St John Bosco

What St John Bosco does

St John Bosco is a non-profit Catholic primary school located at 6 Teague Street, Niddrie, Victoria, Australia, serving families with children from Prep to Grade 6 within the St John Bosco's Parish catchment area. Founded in 1970 and operated under the Melbourne Archdiocese of Catholic Schools (MACS), the school delivers a comprehensive curriculum including Religious Education, English, Mathematics, Science, Inquiry Learning, Digital Technologies, The Arts, Physical Education, and Italian (LOTE), supplemented by Sacramental Programs, Social Justice initiatives, and a Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) framework. Governance is shared between the Principal (Mr Peter Monaghan), Deputy Principal (Mrs Sommer Azzopardi), the Parish Priest (Fr David Cartwright), and elected parent representatives on the school board, with active involvement from a Parents and Friends Association.

The school operates from a single physical site with multiple classes at each year level and an 11-50 employee headcount. Its technology footprint consists of standard school communications tooling: dedicated iOS and Android mobile applications, the SeeSaw platform for newsletters and parent engagement, a school website with termly year-level overviews, and a virtual tour. The school supplements its core offering with on-site Outside School Hours Care delivered by partner MACSEye, and maintains a parish-school integration through co-located parish facilities at 29 Muriel Street, Niddrie.

St John Bosco is funded through a combination of MACS systemic funding, Australian government per-capita grants, and parental fees, none of which are publicly disclosed. There is no venture capital, private equity, or external ownership; the institution operates under a non-profit governance model dictated by the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne. Its only physical distribution channel is direct enrolment, governed by MACS priority order, with catchment-area Catholic families receiving enrollment precedence.

Name

St John Bosco

Legal name

St John Bosco, Niddrie

Website

https://sjbniddrie.catholic.edu.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

St John Bosco is a non-profit Catholic primary school in Niddrie, Victoria (Australia), serving Prep to Grade 6 students from the local parish catchment under the Melbourne Archdiocese of Catholic Schools (MACS). It delivers a standard Catholic curriculum with on-site OSHC and parent-facing mobile and SeeSaw communication platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Catholic Primary Education (K-6)

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Faith-Based Before/After Care Programs (Early Years) (EDACAHAE)

Keywords

• Primary education
• Catholic schooling
• Religious education
• Prep to grade 6
• Primary school services

Headquarters

HQ city

Victoria

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

St John Bosco is a Catholic primary school that delivers full-time primary education from Prep to Grade 6, supported by a comprehensive curriculum that includes Religious Education, English, Mathematics, Science, Inquiry/Discovery Learning, Digital Technologies, The Arts, Physical Education, and LOTE (Italian). The school also provides student wellbeing and social-emotional learning programs, Sacramental preparation, and ancillary services such as on-site Outside School Hours Care (delivered via MACSEye) and a school canteen, with parent communication handled through dedicated iOS and Android mobile apps and the SeeSaw platform.

Product overview

St John Bosco is a Catholic primary school in Niddrie, Victoria offering educational programs from Prep to Grade 6. The school provides a comprehensive curriculum including Religious Education, English, Mathematics, Science, The Arts, Digital Technologies, Physical Education, and Languages (Italian). The school offers mobile applications for iOS and Android platforms for parent communication and engagement. Additional services include Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) through MACSEye and a Virtual Tour feature for prospective families.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Prep to Grade 6 Catholic Primary Education Program Full-time primary schooling from Prep to Grade 6 delivering Religious Education, English, Mathematics, Science, Inquiry/Discovery Learning, Digital Technologies, The Arts, Physical Education, and LOTE (Italian), along with Student Wellbeing and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) programs, for families in the Niddrie parish catchment area.
• Sacramental Program Religious Education offering that prepares students for the Catholic Sacraments, coordinated with St John Bosco's Parish and supported by Parish Priest Fr David Cartwright.
• MACSEye Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) On-site before and after school care service delivered in partnership with MACSEye, providing wrap-around care for primary school students at St John Bosco's.
• School Canteen On-campus canteen service providing food and refreshments to students at St John Bosco's Primary School Niddrie.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• MACSEyecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMACSEye provides Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) services on-site at St John Bosco's. Services include before and after school care with dedicated contact numbers for onsite and out of hours enquiries.
• St John Bosco's ParishcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school maintains a close relationship with St John Bosco's Parish located at 29 Muriel Street Niddrie. Parish Priest Fr David Cartwright is part of the school board and supports the school's Catholic identity and Sacramental Programs.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Salesian College (Riddell): Salesian-tradition Catholic school sharing the Don Bosco/John Bosco identity with St John Bosco Niddrie. Differs by being a secondary college, but directly comparable on religious tradition, community ethos, and broader Catholic branding.
• Ave Maria College: Catholic secondary college in Melbourne's northern suburbs under MACS governance. Comparable as part of the broader systemic Catholic education market competing for the same family pool that begins in primary feeders like St John Bosco.
• Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College: Salesian-tradition Catholic school in Victoria. A clear adjacent peer on religious order identity and Salesian pedagogy, though differentiated by secondary education scope.

Others

• Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS): Systemic governing authority and parent entity for St John Bosco. Provides governance, policy, shared curriculum, and enrolment priority frameworks; effectively the parent institution across all Melbourne Catholic primary schools.
• MACSEye (Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools OSHC): Direct operating partner at St John Bosco providing on-site before- and after-school care. Adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a competitor, but central to the school's wraparound care offering.

Direct peers

• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Niddrie area): Another faith-based Catholic primary school operating under MACS governance with a parish-integrated model, comparable in student age range, religious education programs, and enrolment/priority dynamics.
• Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School: Another MACS primary school in the Melbourne Archdiocese system delivering Prep–Year 6 Catholic education. Directly comparable in governance (MACS), curriculum scope, parish integration model, and target family segment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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