OxEd and Assessment

What OxEd and Assessment does

OxEd and Assessment is a private, for-profit education technology company founded in 2019 and headquartered in Coalville, United Kingdom. The company provides digital tools and programs designed to assess and support children's language, reading, and math skills in schools. Its stated customer segment is K-12 education, with explicit focus on foundational reading skills, oral language development, and the needs of diverse learners and students with special needs.

The company's core commercial offering is a joint literacy solution developed in partnership with Really Great Reading. The solution is positioned as evidence-based and targets foundational reading and oral language skill gaps through structured reading interventions. Its core technology claim is evidence-based literacy delivery, with the principal differentiator framed as domain specialization in reading science rather than proprietary platform architecture. The company is led by founder and CEO Charles Hulme, whose research credentials in reading science underpin the evidence-based positioning.

OxEd operates a sales-led go-to-market targeting state education departments and school systems. Revenue mechanics are recurring/subscription in nature, routed through state-level partnership agreements. The most material commercial milestone on record is the 2026-01-22 approval of the joint literacy solution by the Mississippi Department of Education, enabling statewide adoption across Mississippi schools. Operations are currently concentrated in the USA, despite the company's UK domicile. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and no funding rounds, M&A, leadership changes beyond the founding CEO, patents, trademarks, awards, or AI capabilities are documented in the available data.

Name

OxEd and Assessment

Website

https://oxedandassessment.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

OxEd and Assessment is a UK-based education technology company that provides digital, evidence-based tools and programs to assess and support children's language, reading, and math skills in K-12 schools, sold primarily via state education department partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Literacy Assessment Software

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Literacy & Reading Intervention Technology (EDAJAMAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Assessment, Testing & Analytics Platforms (Formative/Summative) (EDAJAMAC), Literacy & ELA Instruction (School-Delivered) (EDAJAFAF)

Keywords

• Literacy assessment tools
• Reading intervention programs
• K-12 education solutions
• Early literacy screening
• Evidence-based literacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Oxford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Education Technology Solutions: Revenue generated through partnership agreements with state education departments and educational institutions for evidence-based literacy intervention solutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

OxEd and Assessment develops and delivers digital tools and programs to assess and support children's language, reading, and math skills in K-12 schools. Its primary offering is an evidence-based reading intervention solution developed in partnership with Really Great Reading, designed to improve foundational reading and oral language skills with a focus on diverse learners and students with special needs. The solution has received approval from the Mississippi Department of Education for statewide adoption in Mississippi schools.

Product overview

OxEd and Assessment offers a joint literacy solution developed in partnership with Really Great Reading. This evidence-based reading intervention is designed to improve foundational reading and oral language skills, with a focus on supporting diverse learners and students with special needs. The solution has received approval from the Mississippi Department of Education for statewide adoption.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Joint Literacy Solution (OxEd and Really Great Reading)

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Really Great ReadingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 January 2026Really Great Reading (RGR) and OxEd formed a joint partnership to deliver evidence-based literacy solutions. Their combined solution was approved by the Mississippi Department of Education for statewide adoption, targeting improved foundational reading and oral language skills for diverse learners and students with special needs.
• Mississippi Department of EducationcoreOthersThe Mississippi Department of Education approved the joint literacy solution developed by Really Great Reading and OxEd, enabling statewide adoption of evidence-based reading interventions across Mississippi schools.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Really Great Reading: Established US literacy intervention vendor and OxEd's core partner. Directly comparable as a K-5 foundational reading intervention provider; partnership creates both channel overlap and competitive adjacency.
• Lexia Learning (Curriculum Associates): One of the leading K-12 literacy intervention platforms in the US, with evidence-based reading programs adopted at scale across states. Closely comparable product category and school-buyer focus.
• Voyager Sopris Learning: Provides evidence-based literacy and reading intervention solutions to K-12 districts. Comparable in target customer (schools/districts), intervention methodology, and outcome-driven positioning.
• Imagine Learning: Delivers K-12 literacy and reading intervention programs, with strong penetration in state-level adoptions. Comparable as an evidence-based reading solution competing for the same district contracts.
• Renaissance Learning: Major K-12 assessment (Star) and literacy practice (myON, Accelerated Reader) provider. Comparable in delivering reading-assessment plus instruction to schools at scale.
• NWEA: Provider of widely adopted K-12 adaptive assessment (MAP) used to identify reading skill gaps. Comparable as a school-delivered measurement and analytics layer feeding literacy intervention decisions.
• Waterford Institute: Early literacy and reading intervention programs for K-3, often used in state-funded initiatives. Comparable in target learner segment (foundational reading) and school-district procurement motion.
• Amplify Education: K-12 curriculum, assessment, and intervention provider with a strong literacy footprint (mCLASS). Comparable in delivering reading screening/intervention tools into school districts at scale.

Broad incumbents

• Curriculum Associates (iReady): Parent of Lexia and provider of iReady diagnostic + instruction; a broader K-12 assessment and instruction incumbent with overlapping literacy intervention capabilities.
• Edmentum: Broad K-12 EdTech provider including reading intervention offerings (e.g., Reading Eggs). Overlaps with OxEd in K-5 literacy intervention but operates across a much wider product portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/oxedassessment
• Facebookfacebook.com/OxEdAssessment
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oxed-and-assessment

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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