Debating is learning the skill necessary to make your voice heard and understood. To be able to speak clearly, coherently and confidently is such a vital part of life, and yet it is so often forgotten about due to massive education cuts across the country.

With the difference between the state and private sectors for education already so large, it is unreasonable to think that children from state schools will come out of school with the same chance of success as their privately educated counterparts.

It is for this reason I decided to set up a debating scheme for 11-13 year olds in camden state schools. It is student-led and of course completely free to all schools but still delivering a high quality program to children who won't otherwise get the chance.