Everything your school needs for brilliant debating

Debate Hub is a partnership programme launched by South Hampstead High School. We run competitions and provide lesson plans, debate curricula, video guides, workshops, debate motions and other resources to help you develop your pupils’ oracy skills.

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Fundamentals

Games Pack 3- Alternative Debates

Some fun, not so serious modulated debates that can be used for both a more relaxed session or specific skill building.

Junior School

Ethical Dilemmas Expansion Pack

This pack features ten ‘ethical dilemmas’ inspired by the St Andrews University ‘Ethics Cup.’ Featuring issues that should be relatable to nine, ten and eleven year olds, the issues come with prompt questions to help foster discussion. Three of these cases were used in our philosophy themed year 5 competition in summer 2024.

Intermediate

Weighing Part 1- Fundamentals

Intermediate

Weighing Part 2- Metric Grabbing

Intermediate

Weighing Part 3- Whips

Intermediate

Weighing Part 4- Pre-emptive

Intermediate

Intermediate Debating PPT 1- Context Setting

Intermediate

Intermediate Debating PPT 2- Burden Pushing

Intermediate

Intermediate Debating PPT 3- Characterisation

Intermediate

Intermediate Debating PPT 4- Improvement

Debate Topics

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This House Would heavily financially incentivise fostering

This House Supports entertainment celebrities (singers, actors..) as role models

This House Believes that Gen Z should toughen up

This House Opposes the ‘Wiser Elder’ narrative

This House believes that environmental protests designed to disrupt public life harm the environmental movement