Having launched new, experimental AI tools for quizzes and lesson planning, we now want to help schools develop their own AI projects.

Our new AI tools for teachers are just the start

Our new curriculum plans are now available! We've got your questions covered in this blog. 

New curricula: what you need to know

Our Chief Executive Matt Hood reflects on our new curricula and the limitations and benefits it will have for teachers.

What our new curriculum is, and what it isn't

We share findings for our latest evaluation about the impact Oak has on teachers.

What impact did Oak have in 2022/23?

Submit your bid to work with us to create brand new curriculum sequences and teaching resources

Launched: open procurement for new curricula and resources

Careful task design is vital to the successful delivery of any maths curriculum. Here we share our approach.

Task design within our maths curriculum 

Find out about the considerations made when planning our new music curriculum to help you when creating yours. 

Musical conversations and curriculum considerations

Does your curriculum need a refresh? Watch our short video on making changes using our resources and start planning using our free quick guide. 

How to refresh your curriculum using Oak resources

Want inspiration to help you design a unit of study? Our handy guide and quick six minute video tutorial take you through the steps we follow.

How to design a unit of study

Need to design a subject curriculum but not sure where to start? Watch our short seven minute video to learn about the steps we take and download our free guide.

How to design a subject curriculum

We explore our geography expert group's feedback on our new curriculum.

Collaborating with our geography expert group 

Learn about our subject expert group's feedback on the explainer statements, curriculum threads and sequencing of our new English curriculum. 

Collaborating with our English expert group 

Here we explore feedback we gathered on the curriculum explainer statements, curriculum threads and sequencing for our new science curriculum. 

Collaborating with our science expert group 

We sought feedback from our history expert group on our new curriculum explainer statements and sequencing. Find out what they said. 

Collaborating with our history expert group 

We have now met with our music expert group for feedback on our new curricula twice. Here we explore their thoughts on our curriculum explainer statements, curriculum threads and sequencing. 

Collaborating with our music expert group 

We explore our maths subject expert group members' thoughts on our curriculum explainer statements, curriculum threads and sequencing. 

Collaborating with our maths expert group 

Find out how Oak can help you on your ITT and ECT training years!

We can help on your teacher training year

Find out how our new primary geography curriculum will explore your local context. 

Teaching local geography in the primary phase 

How do we choose what to teach in English? It is the maddening, exciting, and challenging question that preoccupies anyone lucky enough to be tasked with making curriculum decisions in English. In this blog, we talk about the considerations made around our new primary and secondary curricula. 

Selecting texts to teach in English 

Find out how we've been shaping our NEW history curriculum, and some of the thinking behind curriculum challenges. 

How do we plan a history curriculum?

We are growing our community of partners and are now looking to share information with potential new curriculum partners ahead of an open procurement process in the new academic year covering a wide range of subjects. 

New opportunities to create resources for Oak

Get ready for teaching in September with our top tips for stepping into a new school or starting your teacher training!

Preparing to teach for September

Find out how we are developing our brand new science curricula through a 'big questions' approach. 

Exploring ‘big ideas’ through ‘big questions’ in science

Hear from teachers themselves about their hacks for speeding up and improving their lesson planning using Oak.

Rethink how you can use Oak this year

Open innovation: Licensing and access to Oak's new resources

Open innovation: Licensing and access to our new resources

Find out how to adapt and scaffold any lesson to support your pupils.

10 ways to scaffold your lessons, according to our experts

Read about updates for our 2022-2025 strategy, and how we're continuing to shape the future of Oak.

Our strategy update

Help pupils to understand the coronation and royal events with these easy-to-implement lesson ideas.

Using the coronation to teach about monarchy

We share our approach to incorporating concepts like 'monarchy' into the curriculum in a coherent and sequenced way. 

Incorporating monarchy into a history curriculum

Help your pupils to revise by reading our top tips!

Our six tips for effective revision 

Find out how to motivate your pupils when starting a new topic.

Three ways to motivate pupils' learning and hook them into a new topic

Read about how our NEW curriculum partners and subject experts and shaping Oak's curriculum.

Science curriculum partner and subject experts

Maths curriculum partners and subject experts

Read about how our new curriculum partners and subject experts and shaping Oak's geography curriculum.

Geography curriculum partner and subject experts

Oak's new curriculum partners and subject experts 

Music curriculum partner and subject experts

English curriculum partners and subject experts

History curriculum partner and subject experts

Get inspiration for important calendar celebration days for your primary curriculum!

How to teach calendar themed days in primary school

Find out how our new curriculum principles are shaping the future of Oak.

Our approach to curriculum

Interested in working with our curriculum partners to make our new lesson planning and teaching resources? Hear first hand about what's involved.

I spent a month shaping teaching resources for Oak. Here's what I learnt.

We're asking science teachers to tell us what you want us to improve in our teaching resources to better support your planning.

Road test new science resources and tell us how we can improve

Now Oak is evolving, we want to involve you every step of the way. Explore some of the ways you can get involved.

Shaping Oak’s future: how you can get involved

Join a subject expert group and help to create an inspirational new curriculum. Find out more and how to apply.

Join us as a subject expert and help shape our new curriculum

Find out how to revolutionise your feedback planning, without adding to your workload.

How to provide effective feedback on assessments and mock exams

Four fun and educational activities to help you teach about different religious traditions this term. 

Four ways to teach about winter religious events in EYFS and KS1

Got a great set of resources? We're investing £8 million in developing and sharing curriculum materials – here's how you can bid.

Bid to partner with Oak

New to key stage, year group content or subject? Find out how to improve your confidence quickly, using our thousands of free, adaptable resources. 

How to build your confidence in teaching a new subject or topic

Learn more about our approach to the EYFS framework and our lessons, and how they can be used to support your teaching. 


Our approach to EYFS

What do teachers want and need to support lesson planning workload and curriculum design? Read our new report to find out.

Workload and curriculum: what have teachers told us?

Find out how to incorporate regular quizzing into your lessons to supercharge your pupils’ learning, without adding to your workload.

How to use quizzes to enhance your pupils’ learning

It's time for Oak to evolve again. Learn more about our new role and how we plan to grow our support for schools and teachers.

The evolution of Oak: supporting you to thrive

Find out more and save your place for a market engagement webinar providing further information about the proposed open procurement process.

Create new resources for Oak

Our lesson and resource directory is a complete list of our lessons and resources, for a quick overview of subjects or key stages. Find out more and download the latest version here. 

Updates to our Lesson Resource Directory

We’re still learning more about our 200,000 weekly users. We share what we know about why teachers are visiting Oak.

Why are teachers still using Oak?

Oak chief executive, Matt Hood, explains why curriculum matters so much and the system-wide challenges Oak will play a role in addressing. 

Curriculum matters: Matt Hood’s keynote session at The Festival of Education

Following recent announcements, we share more information on how Oak will support teachers in delivering excellent curriculum content and improving curriculum expertise.

Oak’s future: Continuing to support teachers and pupils

Find out how using our resources to support revision has been beneficial for both pupils and teachers

How using Oak for revision has personalised revision plans and reduced teacher's workload

Children's mental health week 2022 assemblies poster

We’re supporting Place2Be and BAFTA Kids to bring you a free assembly to mark Children's Mental Health Week.

Join the Children’s Mental Health Week assembly 2022

Rachel Watkins, Head of English at St Thomas á Becket secondary, shares the benefits they've realised from using Oak for lesson cover.

How using Oak for lesson cover has improved outcomes for pupils and teachers

Oak supported teachers in over half of all state schools in England during 2020/21. Find out more about the impact we had.

What impact did Oak have in 2020/21?

Find out how our curriculum maps can help you align our resources with your existing curriculum plans.

Using our new curriculum maps to support your classroom planning

Oak National Academy and our thousands of lessons, slides and resources will remain available and free into the next year. Find out more.

We’re staying open and free into next year

Now schools have fully re-opened how are teachers using our resources to support their teaching?

After lockdown: How have teachers used Oak resources since schools fully re-opened?

In this blog, we explore why mental health support for teachers is not a luxury but a basic need. 

Breathe between the thoughts: Why mental health support for teachers is not a luxury but a basic need

In this blog, we look at how you can make the most of our Special Educational Needs (SEN) lessons and resources for remote learning.

SEN Support - Accessible remote learning & making the most of the Oak offer

In the new world of online teaching, should schools be trying to do more live teaching, or use more recorded lessons? We explore the options.

Using Oak vs live lessons: does it have to be one or the other?

Children's mental health week virtual assembly poster

We're working with Place2be and BAFTA Kids to bring you a free assembly as part of Children's Mental Health Week 2021. 

Join our assembly for Children’s Mental Health Week 2021

Read our five top tips for parents who are supporting their children with home learning.

Top tips for parents & carers supporting home learning

Guest blogger, Miriam Kendrick, discusses religion and worldviews and provides guidance for schools without a national curriculum.

Oak’s RE curriculum, for the nation without a curriculum

Learn about our curriculum subject expansion, which includes adding almost 1,000 more lessons to our offering.

New year, new subjects

Read how teachers, ever the innovators, found new and unexpected ways to use Oak to support their work.

Innovative ways schools are using Oak’s lessons and resources

Hear from Oak Principal, Matt Hood, about how our Teacher Hub complements remote and in-school teaching.

Introducing the new Oak Teacher Hub

Our specialist curriculum lessons are now live. Learn more about the resources you can access. 

Our specialist curriculum

We explore primary school history and delve into what should be taught and how it should be delivered.

What should we teach in primary history, and how?

Read about the five reasons for selecting what knowledge to teach: one of the hardest decisions we make in education. 

How should we choose what we teach?

We explore the different ways in which Oak can work with experts in the sector to be more collaborative. 

Making Oak more collaborative

Given the on-going uncertainty caused by the pandemic, we're delighted to be staying open for the next academic year. Find out more about our plans. 

Continuing Oak next year

Read about the lessons that have been learnt from teachers' experiences of remote learning and find helpful tips.

Remote learning: lessons learned

Read blogs from our in-house experts to find ideas to take away and try, from curriculum planning to lesson delivery. Plus, keep up to date with the latest news and insights from Oak.

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