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What’s growing in Oaks.
New features, improvements and the thinking behind them, straight from the team building Oaks.
October 2026
What’s new in Oaks: sign-in, reviews and the training plan
Email and password sign-in now asks for an authenticator app, with a passkey or an email code as backup. A pending review can be marked Gone to gateway, so reminders stop and nothing is scheduled next. The same review shows the safeguarding and personal development modules due before that date. And the training plan on the enrolment shows occupational hours and the off-the-job total.
Released on 29 October 2026
October 2026
What’s new in Oaks: getting to know your learners, and the app
A learner-first update. Getting to know you gives every apprentice one profile and a short study-preferences questionnaire, and tutors can see both on the task. A delivery plan item such as Induction can become a task, with the name and KSBs already filled in. The My Tasks count only shows work still to do. And the Oaks app, for learners only, opens for beta testing and feedback in 2027.
Released on 16 October 2026
Autumn 2026
What’s new in Oaks: Ofsted AI, OBTLA AI and the IQA matrix
Our biggest update yet. Rehearse inspection with Ofsted AI, let OBTLA AI observe teaching and learning in your Teams, Zoom, Google Meet or Webex lessons, give every tutor an action list, plan sampling with the IQA matrix, and work from an Ofsted workspace with its own inspector logins. Plus new reports on deprivation and enrolment files, gateway packs, ILR return close, Skills England sync and improvements right across Oaks.
Released on 16 October 2026