Debate
For debate societies and clubs.
- Rounds convened, timed, and held to format automatically
- Every speech scored against the Adjudica rubric, feedback the moment it ends
- Elo ratings, a leaderboard, and tournaments
Our plans.
Debate is the arena. The three oracy practices are the daily rehearsal. A school can take both, or either.
Most complete
Debate + Oracy
For the whole year group, not only the society.
- Everything in Debate, without exception
- Discover It, Teach It, and the Interview Room
- Every student, not just the society, speaks and is assessed
Academic Oracy
For spoken assessment, no debate rounds.
- The three speaking practices, with no debate rounds
- A topic met cold, a subject taught at the right board and level, five questions unseen
- Built for viva, oral exams, and interview prep across departments
| What is included | Debate | Debate + Oracy | Academic Oracy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adjudicated debate roundsConvened, timed, and held to the format. | DebateIncluded | Debate + OracyIncluded | Academic OracyNot included |
| FormatsBritish Parliamentary, World Schools, two-sided, and duo. | DebateAll four | Debate + OracyAll four | Academic OracyNot included |
| Adjudica rubric and verdictsObjective criteria, applied identically every round. | DebateIncluded | Debate + OracyIncluded | Academic OracyNot included |
| Elo rating, leaderboard, tournamentsStanding that carries across a term. | DebateIncluded | Debate + OracyIncluded | Academic OracyNot included |
| Discover ItA topic met cold, researched, then explained plainly. | DebateNot included | Debate + OracyIncluded | Academic OracyIncluded |
| Teach ItThe student's own subject, level, and examination board. | DebateNot included | Debate + OracyIncluded | Academic OracyIncluded |
| Interview RoomFive questions, asked one at a time, none of them seen ahead. | DebateNot included | Debate + OracyIncluded | Academic OracyIncluded |
| Per-speech feedbackReturned the moment a round or a session ends. | DebateIncluded | Debate + OracyIncluded | Academic OracyIncluded |
| Faculty dashboard and cohort reportingSeats used, sessions sat, and where a cohort is thin. | DebateIncluded | Debate + OracyIncluded | Academic OracyIncluded |
| Single sign-onAgainst your existing identity provider. | DebateOn request | Debate + OracyOn request | Academic OracyOn request |
| Data processing agreementCountersigned before any student account is created. | DebateOn request | Debate + OracyOn request | Academic OracyOn request |
Three kinds of institution.
The product does not change. What changes is the size of the cohort, where the budget comes from, and what the department is trying to fix.
Independent and international schools
You almost certainly run debate already. The constraint is rarely appetite, it is adjudication capacity: a society meets weekly, but a round only counts for a student once somebody qualified has sat through it and said something specific afterwards, and there are never enough of those people to go round.
For a group with more than one campus, the second constraint is consistency. Two sites judged by two different teachers produce two different standards, and a student who moves between them cannot tell whether they improved or simply changed judge. Adjudica applies the same criteria in both rooms, every time.
The sixth form is usually the second conversation. Oxbridge and medical interviews, IB orals, and university admissions all assess a student speaking under questioning, and the Interview Room rehearses exactly that, unseen question after unseen question.
Where it starts
The existing debating society, then the sixth form.
The plan that usually fits
Debate + Oracy, for the society and the year group together.
How it is usually counted
A whole-school site licence, or per-student seats for one year group first.
What changes first
A member gets a judged round a week instead of a judged round a term.
Questions we are asked first.
Why are there no prices on this page?
Because a single published figure would be wrong for almost everyone reading it. A quote depends on how many students will speak, over what period, and which plan the department is buying, and those three answers vary more between institutions than the plans themselves do. We would rather give you a figure that holds than a headline number you have to negotiate away from.
How is a quote produced?
You tell us the institution, roughly how many students would take part, and which plan interests you. We come back with a figure and the terms behind it. There is no discovery process to sit through and no obligation attached to asking.
What counts as a seat?
One named student, held for an academic year. A seat is not a login or a session: a student who speaks forty times and a student who speaks twice occupy one seat each. Staff accounts are not seats and are not charged for.
Do independent schools pay the same as state schools?
No. Independent and international schools, state and public schools, and independent debate clubs are quoted on separate scales. Pricing every institution identically would put the platform out of reach of most of the students it was built to serve, which would defeat the purpose of building it.
Is there a minimum cohort?
There is a practical one rather than a contractual one. Debate needs enough students to fill the seats a format calls for, so a British Parliamentary round wants eight speakers and a two-sided round wants far fewer. Academic Oracy has no minimum at all: the three practices are sat alone.
Can a debate club buy without a school?
Yes. A club or a university society can hold its own agreement, on its own budget, with no institution countersigning. The per-club cohort exists for exactly that case.
Which plan does a school usually start with?
It depends where oracy currently sits. A school with an established society usually starts with Debate and adds the speaking practices later. A school putting oracy into timetabled lessons usually starts with Academic Oracy and adds rounds once a club forms. Debate + Oracy is where most institutions end up.
How is student data handled?
MyOracy is aligned with the UK GDPR and the other applicable data protection regulations, and a data processing agreement is countersigned before any student account is created. Institutions choose how student records are retained, and subject access requests are supported through a documented process. The privacy policy sets all of it out in full.
Request pricing
Tell us who you are and roughly how many students would take part. We reply with a figure, the terms behind it, and nothing else.