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Oak National Academy
Manchester, England
What it is
Oak National Academy provides free curriculum plans and teaching materials for schools, teachers, trusts, and pupils. Its programs span key stages 1–4 across 20 subjects and align with the national curriculum and exam boards. Materials include lesson plans, slide decks, quizzes, worksheets, and a video library showing teachers delivering content. Teachers can adapt these resources to their pupils and setting. Oak also offers generative AI tools for education professionals to create, modify, and improve curriculum-aligned lessons, slides, and quizzes; pupils must not use those tools directly. The service is available on the web and through an open curriculum API. Content published after 1 September 2022 is generally under the Open Government Licence v3.0, with exceptions and third-party rights. Oak lists keyboard and screen-reader support on most of its site, a Help Centre, and child-focused privacy protections.
For and against
For
- Free access with no paywalls
- Covers 20 subjects
- Curriculum and exam-board alignment
- Adaptable lesson materials
- Open curriculum API
Against
- AI tools exclude direct pupil use
- Some accessibility issues are documented
- Older lesson videos cannot be reproduced
The verdict
Oak offers broad, free teaching resources with adaptable materials, assessments, videos, and an open API. Teachers should note the pupil restriction on generative AI and licensing limits affecting older lesson videos.
Who it suits
It is intended for teachers, schools, trusts, and pupils needing curriculum-aligned resources. Education professionals can use the AI tools, while pupils should not use them directly.
Plans and prices
Free
No paywalls · no package tiers · no hidden costs
Read 4 Oct 2026 · thenational.academy
On the record
- Accessibility
- Oak supports keyboard navigation and screen readers on most of the site, while its accessibility statement lists known issues with some embedded Google files, captions, and other page elements.thenational.academy · read 4 Oct 2026
- Adaptability
- Oak describes its materials as flexible starting points that teachers can adapt to their setting and pupils.thenational.academy · read 4 Oct 2026
- AI audience limit
- The generative AI tools are intended for teachers and education professionals and must not be used directly by pupils.thenational.academy · read 4 Oct 2026
- AI data handling
- Oak says its Labs site uses OpenAI models, does not submit personal information to OpenAI, and has opted out of automatic model training.thenational.academy · read 4 Oct 2026
- AI tools
- Oak offers AI tools intended to help teachers create, adapt, and enhance curriculum-aligned lessons, slide decks, and quizzes.thenational.academy · read 4 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Oak describes its resources as support for teachers, schools, and trusts, with a dedicated area for pupils.thenational.academy · read 4 Oct 2026
- Content reuse
- Lesson content published after 1 September 2022 is generally available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, subject to exceptions and third-party rights.thenational.academy · read 4 Oct 2026
- Coverage
- Its curricula cover key stages 1–4 across 20 subjects and align with the national curriculum and exam boards.thenational.academy · read 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations and infrastructure
- Oak lists Google Cloud Platform, Google Drive, OpenAI, Zapier, and other service providers in its privacy policy; its services also include an open curriculum API.thenational.academy · read 4 Oct 2026
- Older content limit
- Pre-September 2022 lessons may be downloaded where Oak allows, but the licence does not permit downloading, recording, or reproducing lesson videos.thenational.academy · read 4 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Oak says it does not sell personal data, limits collection to what it needs, and adds specific protections because many users are children.thenational.academy · read 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Oak provides free, adaptable curriculum plans and teaching resources to help schools deliver lessons and improve pupil outcomes.thenational.academy · read 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- Oak provides a Help Centre with guides for curriculum plans, teaching resources, AI tools, the pupil area, and technical support.support.thenational.academy · read 4 Oct 2026
- Teaching materials
- Resources include lesson plans, slide decks, quizzes, worksheets, and a video library of teachers teaching the content.thenational.academy · read 4 Oct 2026
