Topsy Page

Topsy is a teacher and former Assistant Head and Writing Lead, with extensive experience using oracy and P4C to transform classroom practice. Her work focuses on classroom participation techniques that ensure every learner has a voice, and on maximising pupil-to-pupil dialogue — a powerful and often overlooked resource.

Topsy is known for her practical, engaging and highly interactive approach to staff development in oracy and P4C, including Talk Audits and live classroom coaching. She is an associate of Oracy Cambridge and has worked as a lecturer and trainer across a range of educational settings.

She also writes a popular blog on oracy and classroom dialogue, sharing practical strategies and reflections with educators each week.

Based in West Yorkshire, UK, she works nationally and internationally.

Books

Author – Oracy: 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers (Bloomsbury, 2024)

Co-author – Oracy: 100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers (Bloomsbury, 2026)

Articles

• Should we ask for volunteers during whole-class talk? https://oracycambridge.org/should-we-ask-for-volunteers/
• Out of the mouths of babes: Critical kids and classroom talk https://oracycambridge.org/the-mouths-of-babes/
• “It sort of gets a little repetitive talking to the same person over and over again…” https://oracycambridge.org/talk-partners/

Podcasts

• The Oracy Education Commission (5 August 2024)
• Teachers Talk Radio: All Things Oracy  (14 December 2024)
• Headteacher Update: Teaching oracy in the primary school (2 October 2024)
• Oracy and Beyond (Summer 2026)