We’re Jason and Tom.

We have been supporting schools develop their students’ oracy skills for over fifteen years. We continue to work week-in, week-out with schools in various ways.

Together, we’re “The Philosophy Man”. We partner schools deepen thinking yet lighten planning through Philosophy for Children (P4C).

We co-founded Debate Planet - a brand-new approach to debating that gives schools everything they need to make debating for everyone.

We’re also co-authors of Thinking Moves - a groundbreaking approach that makes metacognition simple and understandable for teachers and students.

Tom is Director of Hidden Leaders - delivering team-challenge days for every year group that develop students’ problem-solving, critical-thinking and collaborative skills.

Jason set up Outspark: supporting schools to deliver the expedition element of the Duke Edinburgh Award. He’s also Director of GIFT, which runs residential trips for gifted and talented young people. 

Weve also created resources for Voice21, helped train staff at The Economist Education Foundation and we’ve also collaborated with SAPERE, the UK’s P4C charity, on P4C.com.

We’ve distilled insights from all these settings to capture and innovate the best of oracy practice. Oracy for Schools brings all of these resources to you in one place so you can find the best option for the maximum impact on oracy in your school.