A maths curriculum that connects every stage

Designing and delivering a high-quality maths curriculum is no small task. From balancing exam pressures with teaching conceptual understanding, to ensuring pupils arrive in year 7 with the knowledge they need, teachers are constantly navigating challenges.

At Oak, we’ve worked with our partners at MEI to build a fully sequenced maths curriculum from year 1 to year 11, underpinned by design principles rooted in mastery approaches that will save you hours of planning each week – without compromising on quality.

Explore the curriculum:

• Key stages 1-2 curriculum plan
• Key stages 3-4 curriculum plan

Designed for real classroom needs

We know that time is scarce. Teachers are under pressure to prepare pupils for SATs, GCSEs, and everything in between – all while managing heavy workloads and often limited specialist support. Creating high-quality resources, particularly in areas such as geometry, statistics or graphical representations takes time.

Oak’s curriculum is designed with these pain points in mind. Every unit is fully resourced, including teaching slides, worksheets, answers and video explanations. Whether you’re teaching proportional reasoning for the first time or revisiting trigonometry, you’ll find resources that are clear, adaptable and rooted in mastery approaches. Whether you need new ideas, a more coherent approach to a tricky topic, or a whole new scheme of work, Oak has you covered.

Building strong foundations in primary

In primary, the curriculum lays the groundwork for confident mathematicians by carefully sequencing core ideas like number sense, fractions and proportional reasoning. Each unit comes with visual supports such as bar models, part-part-whole diagrams and rekenreks, helping pupils grasp concepts in practical ways.

These representations are often time-consuming for teachers to prepare, but we provide them ready-made and in a fully editable format - so pupils benefit from consistent, high-quality models that communicate ideas clearly from the start of their mathematical journey.

When teaching a new topic for the first time, Oak provides clear models, structured explanations and guidance to build teacher confidence and support pupils to grasp unfamiliar concepts.

In year 4 pupils explore a unit about the Relationship between the 3 and 6 times tables and tests of divisibility, before moving onto the unit Represent counting in nines as the 9 times table.

Supporting pupils at every stage

Our secondary maths curriculum has breadth and flexibility. It prioritises both procedural fluency and conceptual understanding, ensuring pupils don’t just learn the “how” but also the “why.” Lessons clearly define and use consistent technical vocabulary in context and utilise familiar tools to prepare pupils for success at GCSE and beyond.

The curriculum supports a range of attainment offering full coverage of the foundation and higher routes to GCSE, allowing teachers to choose exactly which lessons suit their learners to keep the content accessible and challenging. This variety allows you to adapt your lessons to the specific needs of your class, supplementing or interleaving Oak’s resources with your existing plans as you see fit.

In year 7 pupils learn how to fluently use certain calculator functions and use a calculator appropriately in the lesson Using your calculator efficiently, while in the year 9 lesson Writing small numbers in standard form, pupils learn how to write very small numbers in the form A × 10^n, (where 1 ≤ A < 10) and appreciate the real-life contexts where this format is usefully used.

Saving you time, without compromise

Oak is free, and always will be, giving schools access to a maths curriculum developed by experts, and mapped across all key stages – with no cost to you or your school. Alongside this is a full suite of lesson resources, so teachers can bring the curriculum to life in the classroom with no budget pressures.

Key stage 1-4: coherence and continuity

Our maths curriculum is informed by a range of key non-statutory guidance from NCETM including the Ready to Progress criteria, Curriculum Prioritisation sequencing, and the Professional Development materials at key stages 3 and 4 – all of which help set out how best to teach the national curriculum. Developed by MEI, our fully resourced curriculum brings that expertise directly into your classroom.

Unlike other schemes, our curriculum is mapped across 11 school years, from age 5 to 16. This all-through design means pupils experience a fully coherent journey in mathematics from how units are sequenced right down to how questions are ordered and structured in each lesson – with careful attention to the crucial transition period from year 5 to 8. For many teachers, this is a time when gaps in prior knowledge become most apparent. With Oak, you can be confident that what pupils learn in years 5 and 6 is seamlessly built upon in year 7 and beyond – ensuring year 7 in particular is a continuation rather than a repeat of previous learning.

Underpinned by research and practice

The design principles are rooted in mastery approaches, with intelligent practice and problem-solving opportunities built in. These are areas highlighted in Ofsted’s 2023 report as crucial to pupils’ mathematical success. By embedding reasoning and problem-solving throughout, our resources aim to develop resilient learners who can apply their skills flexibly.

A curriculum made by teachers, for teachers

Every resource is created by experienced maths teachers who understand the realities of the classroom. Lessons come with guidance and tips, including how to address common misconceptions and how best to introduce challenging concepts. Whether you’re refreshing your whole curriculum, needing some extra inspiration, teaching a topic outside your specialism or covering for a colleague, Oak’s materials are there to support you.