What ORIGO Education does

ORIGO Education is a privately held Australian educational publishing company that develops mathematics resources for primary/elementary school children from Foundation (Kindergarten) through Year 6. Founded in 1995 by James Burnett and Dr. Calvin Irons and headquartered in Queensland, Australia, the company operates across 14 countries including Australia, the United States, Canada, Singapore, and Thailand. Its curriculum is grounded in Dr. John Hattie's Visible Learning research and emphasizes conceptual understanding over rote memorization, using visual models and structured language development. The company's primary customers are primary schools, teachers, and early learning centers, with named reference customers including Catholic primary schools in Queensland, Emmaus College (SE Queensland), and the Kentucky Center for Mathematics.

The company operates a platform-plus-modules product architecture. Its two flagship programs are ORIGO Mathematics, a flexible online lesson library of approximately 1,000 learning experiences aligned to Australian Curriculum v9.0, Victorian Curriculum, and NSW Syllabus, and Stepping Stones, a comprehensive F-6 program delivered through the proprietary ORIGO Slate digital platform. These core programs are complemented by a broad portfolio of 20+ branded products including Animated Big Books, Fundamentals games, Book and Box of Fact Strategies, The Think Tanks, Algebra for All, Zupelz, Flare (interactive whiteboard), and the Early Years Learning Package for ages 3-5. The company also offers free resources such as ORIGO At Home for caregivers and a Mathedology professional development video library. Technology integrations are limited to standard web tooling (Wistia, Vimeo, YouTube, Flipsnack, Cognito Forms); no public API, SDK, or AI/ML capabilities are documented.

ORIGO's revenue is generated through three streams: annual digital subscriptions for ORIGO Mathematics and Stepping Stones (priced $56-$193 per year per classroom tier), one-time purchases of physical classroom resources and kits ($42-$1,507), and paid professional learning services including webinars and coaching. Distribution combines a direct e-commerce storefront with a field sales force of Resource Advisors and Account Managers covering all Australian states, plus a community-led motion anchored by the ORIGO Insights blog, free resources, and webinar series. The company is privately held with an 11-50 employee team; in March 2025 it closed a strategic financing round with RevTek Capital to support growth in elementary math curriculum and resources, and it celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2025.

Name

ORIGO Education

Legal name

ORIGO Education

Website

https://origoeducation.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ORIGO Education is an Australian educational publishing company that develops Foundation-to-Year 6 mathematics curriculum resources — including the ORIGO Mathematics and Stepping Stones programs delivered via the Slate digital platform — for primary schools, teachers, and early learning centers across 14 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Mathematics Curriculum

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691), All Other Schools and Instruction (61169)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Math Enrichment Curriculum, Workbooks & Question Banks (EDAMAEAG)

Keywords

• Primary mathematics curriculum
• Mathematics education resources
• Elementary math programs
• Professional learning services
• Digital learning platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Strathpine

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Digital Subscriptions: Annual digital subscriptions for ORIGO Mathematics and Stepping Stones programs, providing access to online lesson libraries and teaching resources.
2. Printed Products: One-time purchases of physical resources including Big Books, student journals, practice books, manipulatives, and classroom materials.
3. Professional Learning: Paid professional development sessions, coaching, and webinar recordings for educators.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ORIGO Education develops, publishes, and sells primary mathematics curriculum resources for Foundation through Year 6, anchored by the ORIGO Mathematics online lesson library (~1,000 learning experiences) and the Stepping Stones comprehensive maths program, both delivered through its proprietary ORIGO Slate digital platform. The portfolio is rounded out with standalone print and digital supplements — Animated Big Books, ORIGO Big Books, Fundamentals games, Think Tanks, Algebra for All, Flare interactive whiteboard, Early Years Learning Package — and is paired with professional learning webinars, coaching, and ORIGO At Home resources for caregivers.

Product overview

ORIGO Education offers a comprehensive K–6 mathematics education portfolio built around two core programs — ORIGO Mathematics (a flexible online lesson library of ~1,000 experiences) and Stepping Stones (a complete F–6 program delivered via the proprietary Slate platform) — supplemented by a broad range of standalone print and digital products. Core programs are augmented by early learning resources (Early Years Learning Package, Big Books for Early Learning, Mathematics for Young Minds), Big Book titles for F–2 (Animated Big Books, standard Big Books, Big Poster Books), fact fluency tools (Book and Box of Fact Strategies, Fundamentals games, Step It Up), supplemental math resources (The Think Tanks, Algebra for All, Zupelz, GEO Series, Dominoes, DecaCards, The Number Case), assessment and reasoning tools (Thinking Caps, Mathedology), classroom technology (Flare interactive whiteboard), and professional development (webinars, ORIGO One videos, Gem Stones). The company also provides ORIGO At Home for family-based learning. The product architecture is a platform-plus-modules model where Slate serves as the central digital delivery hub for Stepping Stones and ORIGO Mathematics, while supplements are available as standalone print or digital products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ORIGO Mathematics: A flexible lesson library of approximately 1000 learning experiences designed to help teachers meet the diverse needs of every student in F-6 classes.
• Stepping Stones
• Animated Big Books
• ORIGO Slate
• Book and Box of Fact Strategies
• Fundamentals
• Think Tanks
• Big Books
• Early Years Learning Package
• Thinking Caps
• ORIGO At Home

Products and services

• ORIGO Mathematics Flexible online lesson library of approximately 1,000 learning experiences for Foundation through Year 6, aligned to Australian Curriculum v9.0, Victorian Curriculum, and NSW Syllabus. Provides curriculum-filtered search, pre-set learning sequences, and differentiated teaching resources across algebra, fractions, and all maths strands. Designed for primary schools needing a configurable mathematics programme.
• Stepping Stones A comprehensive primary mathematics programme for Foundation through Year 6 delivered through the Slate digital platform, balancing digital tools with print supplements and embedded professional learning. Includes lesson plans, student activity pages, assessment activities, and digital teaching tools across all year levels. Target customers are primary schools seeking a complete end-to-end maths programme.
• ORIGO Slate ORIGO Education's proprietary online digital delivery platform that hosts Stepping Stones and ORIGO Mathematics content. Provides one-click access to lesson plans, student activity pages, digital tools, visual aids, and teaching models for Foundation to Year 6 educators.
• Animated Big Books Digital animated versions of ORIGO Big Books for Foundation to Year 2 featuring narrated text, embedded guiding questions, rich visuals, and catchy tunes. Designed for whole group, small group, and independent reading to teach maths concepts conceptually.
• ORIGO Big Books Large-format illustrated storybooks (12 per year for Foundation to Year 2) that develop and reinforce mathematical language and understanding through rhythm, rhyme, and repetition. Includes Teacher's Notes and companion digital resources.
• Big Books for Early Learning Large-format storybooks for children aged 3-5 that blend storytelling with mathematical concepts, featuring 12 titles covering 3D objects, counting, and comparison, accompanied by digital Tools & Tunes for interactive activities.
• Big Book Tunes Musical accompaniment featuring a song for every title in the ORIGO Big Books and Big Poster Books series, designed to bring classrooms to life and reinforce math concepts through music.
• Big Book Tools Digital interactive teaching tools that bring characters and concepts from ORIGO Big Books to life, providing digital alternatives for teacher notes and activities in lesson planning.
• Book and Box of Fact Strategies Ready-made visual aids and activities for developing mathematical thinking strategies for basic facts in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Includes The Box of Facts (laminated cards) and The Book of Facts (teacher and student books) with print and digital components.
• Fundamentals Computational fluency games available as printed books and an online standalone resource with 160 interactive games across Years F-6, including digital annotation and broadcast tools for 2-player activities.
• Step It Up Year 2-6 workbooks addressing all three curriculum strands with essential number fact and mental math practice. Written by classroom teachers and aligned to Stepping Stones lessons.
• Think Tanks Ready-to-use problem card sets (240 laminated cards per box) for Years 1-6 organized into 12 difficulty levels. Available in Number Sense, Computation, Problem Solving, and Reasoning with Fractions categories to foster thinking skills and procedural fluency.
• Algebra for All Five activity books with teacher instructions and sequenced algebra activities for Years 1-5, focusing on big ideas of early algebra including equivalence and equations, properties, patterns and functions, and representations. Includes 30 activities per book with blackline masters and assessment guidelines.
• Zupelz Online logical thinking puzzles with 600 puzzles across all year levels. Stimulates whole-class discussion, provides collaborative small-group opportunities, and challenges individuals with clues that can be revealed during problem-solving.
• Dominoes Series Double-nine dot dominoes, five-and-ten-frame dominoes, and word/symbol/dot dominoes sets with activity books. Strengthens number knowledge through games and discussions with different visual representations.
• DecaCards Classroom visual aid and teacher activity resource for teaching place value based on the representation of ten. Helps students see ten as 10 ones or 1 ten and develop understanding of two-, three-, and four-digit numbers.
• GEO Series Four teacher activity books and metric paper for Years 3-6 developing geometry skills and spatial relationships. Supports STEM understanding and helps students look creatively at structural objects.
• Early Years Learning Package Comprehensive package for children aged 3-5 including ORIGO Early Learning Big Books, Big Poster Books, and Big Book Tools and Tunes. Designed to build school readiness and strong mathematical foundations through student-centered, hands-on learning.
• Mathematics for Young Minds Six-book teacher instruction series for Kindergarten through Year 1 with activities rich in concrete materials and language. Expands and deepens conceptual knowledge through identifying attributes, matching, sorting, comparing, measurement, and ordering.
• Sights, Sounds & Symbols Professional learning resource exploring the history of numbers and number systems. Investigates concrete (sight), spoken (sound), and written (symbol) representations across different cultures to deepen understanding of the Hindu-Arabic system.
• Thinking Caps Digital library of 140 mathematics investigations designed to foster primary students' abilities to think about mathematics through a sequence of problem-solving activities for developing mathematical reasoning.
• The Number Case Ready-to-use classroom resource kit with over 200 resources including multiple representations of number, sharing mats, numeral expanders, and mix-and-match cards for Years F-6.
• Mathedology Growing library of mathematics professional development sessions on contemporary primary school topics, available as online videos covering modern pedagogical approaches.
• Flare Online interactive whiteboard collection of mathematics teaching tools for Years 1-6, easily customizable to enhance lessons and covering all major content areas for whole-class or small-group teaching.
• Professional Learning Webinars Free and paid professional learning webinars hosted by ORIGO Education's Senior Authors covering topics such as Stepping Stones implementation, mental computation, fractions, problem solving, and Animated Big Books usage.
• ORIGO One Videos One-minute animated professional learning videos that refresh teacher knowledge and help student understanding of mathematics concepts, available on YouTube.
• Gem Stones Video series hosted by Gemma Burnett featuring teaching moments and 'Aha!' moments in mathematics for primary learners, available on YouTube.
• ORIGO At Home Free home learning resources with weekly digital content plans for Years F-6 designed for caregivers and remote teachers, with no login required; complements concepts and skills learned at school.

Quantifiable outcome

• Improved NAPLAN results reported by schools using ORIGO Education programmes
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/origomath
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC7UfkfoUOW3FmTAuhx9upSA
• Facebookfacebook.com/origoeducation

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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