Ochre Education

Name

Ochre Education

Legal name

Ochre Education Resource Library Ltd

Website

https://ochre.org.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Curriculum Resources and Educational Content

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Open Lesson Plans & Teaching Units (K–12) (EDAGAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Open Accessibility & Inclusive OER (UDL, alt formats) (EDAGAJAJ)

Keywords

• Curriculum resources
• K-12 education
• Teacher professional development
• Educational technology
• Online learning platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Melbourne

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Free Resources: Core curriculum resources are provided free to all teachers. The organization is a not-for-profit committed to providing free access to evidence-based teaching materials to advance educational equity.
2. Ochre Premium Subscription: Annual subscription for premium resources including middle years novel studies curriculum units. Subscription tiers based on school size using ACARA My School data.
3. Professional Learning Courses: Fee-based professional learning courses including year-long programs for whole-school curriculum planning and shorter programs for novel study unit development and knowledge-rich unit creation.
4. Foundation and Philanthropic Funding: Funding from Paul Ramsay Foundation ($1.6m for ACE Project), Origin Energy Foundation (Science Reach program), and other donors to support curriculum development and equity initiatives.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ochre Education is an Australian national not-for-profit that develops and distributes a free online library of evidence-based, curriculum-aligned teaching resources for Foundation to Year 10 across English, Mathematics, and Science. It supplements the free core library with an annual Ochre Premium subscription for enhanced curriculum units and a paid Ochre Learning professional learning program, alongside specialised equity and regional curriculum projects funded by philanthropic foundations.

Product overview

Ochre Education operates as a national not-for-profit providing a dual-tier product offering: a free core Resource Library containing evidence-based, curriculum-aligned teaching resources (video lessons, slides, worksheets, quizzes) across English, Maths, and Science for Foundation to Year 10, plus a premium Ochre Premium subscription for enhanced novel studies. The ecosystem includes professional learning through Ochre Learning, specialized programs like the ACE Project for equity-focused schools and Science Reach for regional science curriculum, plus sub-products The Grammar Project and Daily Review for targeted instruction. Resources align to Australian Curriculum, NSW Syllabus, and Victorian Curriculum, and embed evidence-based practices including explicit instruction and formative assessment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ochre Resource Library Free online library of evidence-based, curriculum-aligned teaching resources for Australian teachers covering English, Mathematics, and Science for Foundation to Year 10, including video lessons, lesson slides, worksheets, quizzes, and assessments.
• Ochre Premium Annual Subscription Annual school-size-based subscription providing enhanced curriculum resources for schools, including middle years novel studies curriculum units, with tiers determined using ACARA My School enrolment data.
• Ochre Learning Fee-based professional learning courses for school leadership teams and teachers covering curriculum design, resource implementation, and classroom instruction, including one-on-one coaching sessions and a year-long whole-school curriculum planning program.
• ACE Project (Advancing Curriculum for Equity) Three-year program to support priority equity schools in implementing Ochre curriculum materials effectively, providing intensive implementation support, additional resources for multi-age classrooms, and research with schools.

Quantifiable outcome

• Teachers save 3+ hours per week using Ochre resources
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and flagship.

• Department for Education, Children and Young People (DECYP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 December 2024New 10-year partnership with Tasmanian Government's DECYP to provide system-wide access to Ochre resources and support.
• Catholic Education Sandhurst LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2024Three-year partnership (Magnify Sandhurst) to support Sandhurst schools with Ochre's existing F-8 maths and 3-6 English resources, and to develop new resources for secondary English, primary science, and secondary science.
• Teach WellminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 July 2024Partnership announcement for collaboration on supporting teacher wellbeing and effective curriculum implementation.
• Paul Ramsay FoundationflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 July 2024The ACE program supports research with schools, immediate additional support for implementation, and pilot implementation in 20 priority equity schools.
• National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 September 2023Partnership to develop comprehensive Years 7 and 8 Mathematics curriculum resources for Catholic schools nationwide. Includes curriculum maps, adaptable classroom materials, and professional learning.
• Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 July 2023Partnership to develop F-2 Mathematics materials and aligned professional learning support for MACS primary schools. Ochre collaborates with MACS teachers to develop and quality assure materials.
• Catholic Education Canberra and Goulburn (CECG)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 October 2022Partnership through CECG's Catalyst Program to develop nearly 50 sequenced F-6 maths lessons. Teachers from CECG schools collaborate with Ochre's Teacher-Creators to develop high-quality evidence-based resources.
• Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 December 2021Foundational partnership with Australia's independent education evidence body. AERO supports Ochre to work with teachers to produce high-quality video lessons and instructional resources aligned to evidence-based practices. The partnership aims to provide resources supporting effective teaching practices as described in AERO's Tried and Tested evidence guides.
• Modern Teaching AidsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSupporters providing teaching aids and resources to complement Ochre's curriculum materials.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Reading Eggs: Australia-headquartered early literacy and reading skills platform with subscription school products. Regional peer operating in the same Australian primary schools buyer base for literacy/English resources.

Broad incumbents

• Curriculum Associates (i-Ready): Established US-based publisher and edtech company behind i-Ready and Ready Classroom, delivering curriculum and assessment tools to schools. Comparable in distributing sequenced, evidence-based K-12 instructional materials through district subscriptions.
• Discovery Education: Large, established K-12 digital curriculum and instructional resource provider serving school systems globally with paid subscriptions. Comparable as a broader incumbent in school-facing curriculum content distribution.

Direct peers

• Education Perfect: Australia/NZ-headquartered digital curriculum and assessment platform serving schools with subscription lesson and revision content. Competes most directly for budget and adoption within Australian schools.
• Khan Academy: Mission-driven, free educational content platform offering sequenced learning resources and teacher tools. Comparable to Ochre in providing open, high-quality instructional content at national/global scale to classrooms and teachers.
• Oak National Academy: UK-founded (and the explicit inspiration for Ochre) non-profit providing free, curriculum-aligned, evidence-based lesson resources for teachers with a similar Freemium-plus-services motion. Operates the closest functional analog globally.
• CoolAustralia / Cool.org: Australian not-for-profit providing free, curriculum-aligned teaching resources and lessons across subjects to teachers, with paid professional learning. Closest domestic analog to Ochre's mission and operating model.

Emerging players

• Common Sense Education: US non-profit that curates and rates educational technology and digital learning materials for schools, comparable to Ochre's evidence-based curation mission and free teacher advisory role.
• Newsela: Subscription-based K-12 instructional content platform with leveled texts, assessments and teacher tools. Overlaps with Ochre's English/Novel Studies and reading content but with stronger US footprint and a paid-only model.

Others

• EdReports: Independent non-profit that publishes free, evidence-based reviews of K-12 instructional materials for schools. Adjacent to Ochre's evidence-quality positioning and helps shape curriculum purchasing decisions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ochre-education

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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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