United Learning snubs Oak quango and sets up rival website

England’s largest academy trust United Learning won’t hand over 1,500 lessons to the new Oak quango saying it does not support a “government approved curriculum” – and has set up its own rival website instead.

It comes as a new interim board is appointed to Oak ahead its of launch as an independent government arms-length body (ALB) in the coming weeks.

But it’s been revealed today that United Learning – one of the original partners that created lessons for the online school – turned down government cash to hand over its intellectual property rights.