Full Curriculum Packages Market engagement pre-reading - September 2022 - Section 1 - Executive summary and overview

Oct 21, 2026

Market engagement pre-reading document for September 2022 outlining Oak National Academy’s purpose, aims, and approach to developing free, optional Full Curriculum Packages. It describes procurement requirements and the cycle timeline for award and contract delivery, supported by subject expert groups, agile contract management, common tools, and training. The document defines key terms, including outputs, supplier deliverables, roles, and concepts like choice, alternative curricula, and stretch curriculum content.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages43

Reading Time1 h 48 min

AccessFree to download

Section 1: Executive summary and overview

About Oak National Academy

Oak’s aims

Full Curriculum Package development: Summary

Subject Expert Group Input

Full Curriculum Package development: key terms

Procurement evaluation and pricing overview

Full Curriculum Packages Market engagement pre-reading September 2022 Section 1: Executive summary and overview ● Oak National Academy: About Oak and its Aims ● Proposed requirement and Procurement Methodology Overview ● Full Curriculum Package Development Summary and Key Terms ● Procurement Evaluation & Pricing Overview ● Cycle 1 Procurement Award timeline: Sept 2022-March 2023 ● Cycle 1 Contract Delivery timeline: March 2023-Aug 2024 About Oak National Academy Oak National Academy (Oak) began as a response from the education community in response to the pandemic. Tens of thousands of teachers continue to rely on it for support for lesson planning and curriculum development each week. In September 2022, Oak became an independent arms length body of the Department for Education. Oak’s purpose is to improve pupil outcomes and close the disadvantage gap by supporting teachers to teach, and pupils to access, a high quality curriculum. Oak will provide easy access to comprehensive set of high-quality resources, created through a broad system-wide partnership. Teachers can use as teachers see ﬁt, including: ● To support curriculum planning ● To support lesson planning with a particular focus on workload reduction ● By providing consistent examples of quality lessons and curricula to support CPD programmes, new and early career teachers and non specialist teachers ● For cover lessons ● For homework-setting and catch up ● As a remote education contingency Oak National Academy’s aims Oak’s aims are to: ● Work with schools, teachers and the wider education system to create, develop and support the use of free, entirely optional, high quality Full Curriculum Packages that are available to teachers and pupils through a robust, accessible digital education platform ● Continue to provide a national contingency for remote education should it be needed in the event of disruption ● Provide a package of connected stretching materials for teachers and pupils through the same digital education platform that is available across the four nations and draws on content and expertise from all areas of the UK ● Establish itself as a high performing, well respected sector organisation that: maintains its ‘by teachers for teachers’ approach; contributes to the growing understanding of curriculum best practice; is operationally independent from government; and delivers excellent value for money. Full Curriculum Package development: Summary ● Working with Subject Expert Groups, Oak identiﬁes Suppliers through open procurement to create Full Curriculum Packages across six subjects: maths, English*, science, history, geography and music, and across two phases (primary and secondary). ● Suppliers use identiﬁed staff, their expertise, and existing resources if they have them to create Full Curriculum Packages (noting requirements for options e.g. different texts where appropriate; alignment with national curriculum; due regard to evidence and non statutory guidance and evidence). ● Oak supports this process with clear speciﬁcation, agile contract management, common tools and training. ● Full Curriculum Packages are published on Oak’s platform, under a creative commons licence, in ‘beta’ and Supplier responds to feedback from teachers. Subject Expert Group Input ITT Speciﬁcation issued Procurement evaluation Oak agile contract management, common tools and training Full Curriculum Packages published on Oak platform Oak users provide feedback which is directed to the Supplier during Contract Term *excluding phonics Full Curriculum Package development: key terms | Category | Term | Deﬁnition | | --- | --- | --- | | Outputs | Full Curriculum Packages | Curriculum information: overview, sequence of content and units of learning including key knowledge, vocabulary and skills. | | | | Full sets of lessons: slides, worksheets, quizzes, teacher guidance and video lessons. | | Supplier deliver

FAQs

What is Oak National Academy’s purpose and how does it relate to Full Curriculum Packages?

Oak aims to improve pupil outcomes and close the disadvantage gap by supporting teachers to teach and pupils to access a high-quality curriculum. It provides optional, high-quality Full Curriculum Packages through a robust, accessible digital platform.

What process does Oak use to develop Full Curriculum Packages?

Oak identifies suppliers through open procurement to create Full Curriculum Packages across six subjects and two phases. Suppliers use identified staff and expertise, while Oak supports with clear specification, agile contract management, common tools, and training.

What does the document say about procurement evaluation and lot structure?

The first procurement cycle is split into twelve lots, one per subject in each primary and secondary phase. Tender evaluation prioritizes the quality of existing curriculum sequences, supplier expertise, and capacity to meet specifications.

Oct 21, 2026

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