Our range of products promotes clear communication at all levels and recognises the potential of all learners.
Christabel Burniston, a true pioneer of oracy, founded ESB in 1953. Her vision was for individuals to learn to communicate clearly throughout life. Today, ESB continues to promote confident communication.
ESB produces relevant, high quality products which promote clear, effective communication in the UK and internationally. Our qualifications are regulated by Ofqual and are internationally recognised.
ESB takes a learner-focused approach to assessments. Our dedicated team works with teachers and takes care to ensure all learners feel valued throughout their ESB journey. Our assessments promote confidence, recognising and encouraging the potential of all.
Become a registered ESB centre to begin delivering assessments to suit your centres needs. Our simple and stress-free process frees up your time to focus on the needs of your centre. To get started, browse our range of products to find a qualification to match your learners needs.
I am delighted to have everything completed and that the process enabled the learners to pass. I want to personally thank the team for all their kind advice and support. This has been a very difficult time for everyone, I have a large number of learners to manage, but you made life so much easier for me. The very quick turnaround time for confirmation was fantastic and I look forward to working with you all in the next academic year.
Cathy Brannigan (Centre Manager Disability Services at Belfast Met) was delighted to be the first centre to get their confirmed results from ESB under Ofqual's Extraordinary Regulatory Framework.
We are thrilled to announce that ESB Trustee and Honorary Vice-President, Merriel Halsall-Williams has been awarded a Fellowship of the prestigious Girls’ Schools Association (GSA). Representing the heads of many of the top performing day and boarding schools in the UK independent sector, The Girls’ Schools Association encourages high standards of education for girls. Fellows…
Following on from Update 2 at the end of October and English Speaking Board (International) Ltd.’s decision to move all UK-based assessments to a remote, online delivery, ESB International has now taken the decision to extend this until the end of December, 2020. At times like these, we understand that community is more important than…
From the 2nd November until 2nd December 2020, ESB International assessments will take place remotely, using the video-conferencing facility that your centre habitually uses and that your learners are used to. We have already offered this adaptation in the summer, and the learners, assessors and teachers found it to be valid, reliable and a very…
The value of offering assessment as part of learners’ oracy journeys was discussed at a meeting between Emma Hardy MP, Chair of the Oracy All Party Parliamentary Group and Tina Renshaw, English Speaking Board’s Chief Executive, this week. Following on from submitting ESB’s written evidence to the Oracy APPG, Tina Renshaw was delighted to…
