Oracy October

Resource type: Event

Price band: Free

Key stage: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5

Region(s): All of UK

Oracy October is a month-long celebration of oracy. It aims to raise awareness of the important role oracy plays in supporting young people to transform their learning and their lives. Details of Oracy October 2025 to be released.

The Oracy October website offers a range of resources to support teachers, including:

A programme of free, expert-led webinars.
Free resource packs for EYFS, Primary and Secondary schools with challenges to help students hone their listening skills.
Specialist blogs.

Cost: Free with registration

About Voice 21: Voice 21 is the UK’s leading oracy education charity, dedicated to transforming the learning and life chances of young people through talk. The charity provides training and resources to empower schools to provide a high-quality oracy education that will enable their students to use their voice for success in school and in life.

Further resources:

Read the Voicing Vocabulary report examining how purposeful classroom talk can be harnessed to support vocabulary learning, improve reading attainment and build pupil confidence and participation in class.
Find out more about what a high-quality oracy education looks like by downloading The Oracy Benchmarks report.
Download free resources to help improve the quality and quantity of pupil talk in primary and secondary classrooms from Oracy Cambridge.
Access comprehensive training and support to help your school embed oracy in your teaching practices across the curriculum by signing up to become a Voice 21 Oracy School.
Help pupils develop and perfect their oracy skills by taking part in this year’s Poetry by Heart Competition, a poetry speaking competition for pupils in KS2 – KS5 in England.
Sign up for the Story Seekers, a free, fully-resourced oracy and creative literacy project from the National and Unicorn Theatres for primary-aged pupils based around finding, telling and sharing stories from around the globe.
Topical Talk is a year-round programme of free resources from the Economist Education Foundation designed to help students aged 10+ develop critical thinking and communication skills through discussion about current affairs.
Words for Work is the National Literacy Trust’s fully funded communication and aspirations programme working with young people from disadvantaged communities. They are currently looking for schools to take part in their KS3 and KS4 and Post-16 programmes.