Welcome to Oundle Voices, a podcast exploring the ideas shaping education and young people’s lives today.
In each episode we look beyond headlines and examination results to consider the fuller purpose of education: how we help young people become resilient, curious, ambitious and open minded, how they find belonging, and how we prepare them for a future we cannot yet fully see.
In this episode of Oundle Voices, Head Dominic Oliver and Head Librarian Andrea Kimball reflect on the power of books in the National Year of Reading. Together, they explore why reading remains central to both education and personal growth. They discuss the importance of reading for pleasure, the balance between guidance and independence in what young people choose to read, and the ways technology, audiobooks and graphic novels are reshaping how we engage with stories.
