Oak National Academy: Finance

(asked on 20th September 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what budget his Department has allocated to Oak National Academy in the financial year 2022-2023; how that money will be spent in the remainder of the financial year; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Kelly Tolhurst Portrait
Kelly Tolhurst
This question was answered on 28th September 2022

A total of £9.8 million has been budgeted for Oak National Academy in the financial year 2022/2023.

Oak National Academy will continue to work with teachers across the country, giving them and their pupils access to high-quality digital curriculum resources which are free, optional, and adaptable. These optional resources will be available across the UK, helping teachers deliver a high-quality curriculum.

Oak will begin a procurement of full curriculum packages this autumn. Based on sector feedback and in line with the government’s strategic priorities, the first group of six subjects will be: English, maths, science, history, geography and music. Oak’s intention is to have some limited, new resources available in September 2023, with most of Oak’s existing resources maintained on the platform in the interim. Full curriculum packages in the first group of subjects will be available by September 2024.

A portion of the £9.8 million of funding was allocated through the Grant Funding Agreement which enabled Oak National Academy to maintain its activity prior to becoming a non-departmental public body.

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