When we came together to create ‘Oak National Academy’ in 2020, it was simply to support children and teachers in a national emergency. By offering a set of video lessons online, we could help as many children as possible to continue to learn when schools were forced to close their doors.
There was no other agenda for those involved. ‘Oak’ was not a company, a business, or a government project – it was a collaboration. Reach Academy Trust are its particular heroes – employing the initially small central staff at their own risk and securing philanthropic funding to make it possible.
