Oak's impact

How our world-class curriculum is making a difference in schools and trusts across the country.

How Oak is making an impact in schools across England.

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Thought you knew Oak from lockdown? Think again…

Since then we’ve evolved to make an impact.

Oak is used in nearly ¾ schools and we now have curriculum plans across all national curriculum subjects.

Key stages 1 - 4.

Teachers can draw on more than 100,000 resources, to support the delivery of 13,500 lessons.

All free. Forever.

Over 200,000 teachers use Oak. And, over just 7 months, downloaded resources 1,630,000 times.

Oak resources save 4 hours a week per teacher.

And 85% of users say Oak has a positive impact on their workload.

Pupils used 4,200,000 lessons for homework, revision or remote learning.

Schools in high-disadvantage areas use Oak 36% more than affluent areas.

Our AI tools have now helped over 60,000 teachers free up time without compromising quality, safety or trust.

We cover:
Art and design
Citizenship
Computing
Cooking and nutrition
Design and technology
English
French
Geography
German
History
Maths
Music
Physical education
Religious education
RSHE (PSHE)
Science
Spanish

As we move forward, our purpose remains. To improve pupil outcomes and close the disadvantage gap by supporting teachers to teach, and enabling pupils to access, a high-quality curriculum.

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Oak is now used in 72% of schools

Our latest independent evaluation shows how valuable our support has become for teachers and school leaders.

Read the 24/25 impact report

200,000

Between January and July 2025 alone, almost 200,000 teachers used Oak, with over 54,000 using it every week – a 53% rise on the previous year.

85%

85% of Oak users say it has a positive impact on their workload. Two thirds (67%) report an overall workload reduction, saving an average of four hours per week.

92%

92% of Oak users see themselves staying in a teaching role in the next two years compared to 77% of non-users, indicating higher retention could be linked to using Oak.

Case studies

How schools and MATs are embedding Oak’s curriculum

Ormiston Academies Trust
Ormiston Academies Trust supports pupils in 45 schools across secondary, primary, alternative provision and special schools.
“In Ormiston, we value our partnership with Oak, through which we have strengthened the R.E. curriculum in our schools, whilst contributing to a high-quality national resource for all.
Ormiston primary schools are using science and humanities resources to strengthen their curricular offer, and are benefitting from the high quality curriculum design, and opportunities to work in partnership with colleagues at Oak.”
Tom Rees
CEO, Ormiston Academies Trust
Lift Schools
Lift Schools, a trust made up of 57 primary, secondary and special schools, are implementing Oak’s modern foreign languages curriculum.
“We know that the Oak curriculum draws on the best evidence and research about classroom language learning to select and sequence content for maximum impact.
Combined with its coherent unit and lesson resources that include videos to help teachers to visualise how to use the materials in practice, the programme offers a really strong foundation for any languages department.”
Deborah McCarthy
Director of Curriculum, Lift Schools
Blue Kite Academy Trust
Blue Kite Academy Trust are beginning to implement Oak’s maths curriculum across almost all of their 25 schools.
“Oak’s clear sequencing builds knowledge and skills progressively, enabling pupils to apply learning in increasingly complex contexts.
Resources are high quality, fully aligned to the national curriculum, and supported by guidance that helps teachers implement lessons effectively. This combination provides a strong foundation for teaching while offering consistency and clarity across schools.”
Mike Knight
Trust Leader of Education, Blue Kite Academy Trust
Twyford Church of English Academies Trust
The Twyford CofE Academies Trust is comprised of four high-achieving schools and the Teach West London teaching school hub.
“The Oak MFL resources have transformed our curriculum and made a huge impact on our student progress as well as supporting teacher workload as they prepare for a new specification.
We have made particular progress in our results with receptive skills, which we were struggling to make any improvement in prior to using the Oak resources and methodologies….Our students consistently make strong progress thanks to the depth and quality of these materials.”
Emily Lewis
Trust Lead for Languages, Twyford Church of English Academies Trust