As the organisers of the ESU Schools Mace, the national debating championship and the founders of the phenomenally successful London Debate Challenge, the ESU is the UK's leading provider of debate training to secondary schools.

Our expertise covers all Key Stages and subject areas, and Discover Your Voice will help you develop both debate within the classroom and as an extra-curricular activity.

Secondary school competitions

£400 (exc. VAT)

If you would like to run a one day debating competition – either internally or against other schools in your area – we can suggest motions, brief your judges, run the scoring system, provide certificates and publish the results on our website.

Dartmouth House

The headquarters of the English-Speaking Union are in Dartmouth House, an impressive 19th century mansion in Mayfair, central London.
If you would like to use this building as a venue for your workshop, CPD day or competition (subject to availability and capacity) we can arrange that for you with the building’s contract caterers, Leith’s. Any event held at Dartmouth House is subject to a 100% surcharge.