St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace

What St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace does

St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace is a private, not-for-profit Catholic day school located in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, delivering boys' education from Years 5 through 12 within the Edmund Rice tradition. Founded in 1875, the institution operates across multiple campuses including the main Gregory Terrace campus (285 Gregory Terrace, Brisbane City), the dedicated Year 9 Waterford Place campus, Margaret Rice Place, and Tennyson playing fields. The educational offering is structured as a single integrated programme spanning Years 5–6 (primary transition), Years 7–12 (secondary), a specialised Year 9 "Waterford Journey" housed on its own campus, and an Exceptional Learners support programme, all framed by the four Edmund Rice Education Touchstones (Liberating Education, Gospel Spirituality, Inclusive Community, Justice and Solidarity).

The College's revenue model is a recurring subscription tuition structure paid by families, supplemented by philanthropic donations channelled through the Gregory Terrace Foundation, a wholly-owned, DGR-endowed philanthropic arm established in 1986 that funds bursaries, strategic initiatives, and capital projects. Operations are supported by the proprietary SPIRE Portal & mobile application, which functions as a student information system for parents and students rather than a commercial product. The College markets primarily through its website, open days, campus tours, and the active Gregory Terrace Old Boys' Association (GTOBA) alumni referral network.

Name

St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace

Legal name

St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace

Website

https://terrace.qld.edu.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1875

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace is a Brisbane-based, not-for-profit Catholic day school (Years 5–12) operating in the Edmund Rice tradition, serving families seeking boys' education through recurring tuition fees and Foundation-supported philanthropy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brisbane

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. School Fees: Revenue generated from tuition fees paid by families for student enrollment in Years 5-12.
2. Philanthropic Donations: The Gregory Terrace Foundation supports the College through bursaries, strategic initiatives, and future-focused projects funded by donations from Old Boys, parents, grandparents, staff and friends of Terrace.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace is a Years 5-12 all-boys Catholic Day School in Brisbane City that delivers primary and secondary education in the Edmund Rice tradition. Its offering spans the Years 5-6 primary program, Years 7-12 academic program, a dedicated Year 9 campus (the Waterford Journey), an Exceptional Learners Program, and co-curricular streams in sport, culture, outdoor education, service, and retreats. The college is supported by the SPIRE student information portal/app and the Gregory Terrace Foundation for bursaries and philanthropy.

Product overview

St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace is an all-boys Catholic Day School (Years 5-12) offering a unified educational service rather than a modular product portfolio. The core educational offerings span primary (Years 5-6), junior secondary (Years 7-8), the dedicated Waterford campus for Year 9, and senior secondary (Years 10-12). Supporting this are the SPIRE Portal & App for student information management and communications, and The Gregory Terrace Foundation for philanthropy and bursary support. The institution follows Edmund Rice Education principles with four touchstones: Liberating Education, Gospel Spirituality, Inclusive Community, and Justice and Solidarity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Years 5 & 6 Program Primary education program for the final stages of primary schooling, instilling Terrace values and preparing boys for the structure and demands of high school; intended for boys entering Years 5-6.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Gregory Terrace Old Boys' Association (GTOBA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive alumni association supporting the College community. Members include former students (Old Boys) who maintain connection with the school through various activities and support initiatives.
• Edmund Rice Education AustraliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe College operates in the Edmund Rice tradition as part of the Edmund Rice Education Australia Flexible Schools Ltd network.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Brisbane Grammar School: Brisbane Grammar is the most direct comparable — a prestigious boys' day and boarding school in Brisbane (Spring Hill) serving Years 5-12, competing head-to-head for the same Brisbane families seeking elite private boys' education.
• Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie): Churchie is an Anglican boys' day and boarding school in Brisbane's East Brisbane offering Years 5-12, with directly overlapping competitive positioning to Terrace in the Brisbane boys' private school market.
• Marist College Ashgrove: Marist College Ashgrove is a Catholic boys' secondary school in Brisbane's Ashgrove, sharing the Brisbane Catholic boys' education market with Terrace and operating under a parallel Catholic religious order tradition.
• Villanova College: Villanova College is a Catholic boys' school in Brisbane's Coorparoo also serving Years 5-12, competing for the same Brisbane Catholic boys' families under an Augustinian tradition.
• Padua College: Padua College is a Catholic co-educational school in Brisbane's Kedron offering Years 5-12 under a Franciscan tradition, competing for similar Brisbane Catholic families seeking faith-based secondary education.
• St Peters Lutheran College: St Peters is a Lutheran co-educational P-12 school in Brisbane's Indooroopilly, competing for similar Brisbane private education families with a comparable religious affiliation and broad co-curricular offering.

Regional players

• The Southport School (TSS): TSS is a boys' school on Queensland's Gold Coast (Southport) serving Years 5-12 with similar boarding options — a Queensland regional peer in private boys' education rather than a direct Brisbane competitor.
• Ipswich Grammar School: Ipswich Grammar is a boys' school in Ipswich, Queensland, with a similar boarding and academic focus but located outside the Brisbane metro and therefore not a direct head-to-head competitor.
• Trinity Anglican School: Trinity Anglican is a co-educational Anglican school in Cairns/Kewarra Beach in regional Queensland with a similar religious affiliation and K-12 model, but operating in a different geography than Brisbane.

Emerging players

• Stuartholme School: Stuartholme is a Catholic girls' school in Brisbane's Toowong offering Years 5-12 with a parallel Catholic/religious tradition; comparable model but serves the female demographic rather than competing directly for boys' enrollment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/gregoryterrace1
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/terraceqld
• Facebookfacebook.com/StJosephsCollegeGregoryTerrace

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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