Ons Middelbaar Onderwijs

What Ons Middelbaar Onderwijs does

Ons Middelbaar Onderwijs (OMO) is a Dutch non-profit association (vereniging) that operates a network of approximately 62 secondary schools across the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands, serving nearly 60,000 students. Founded in 1916 to advance educational distribution and cultural emancipation of Catholics in Brabant, OMO has grown into one of the larger regional secondary-education associations in the country, offering the full Dutch secondary spectrum from vmbo and mavo through havo, vwo, atheneum, and gymnasium, plus praktijkonderwijs. The association is member-governed, with parents eligible to join at no cost, and is overseen by a Members' Council (Ledenraad) and Board of Directors (Raad van Bestuur) currently chaired by Ingrid de Bonth.

OMO's core offering is the school network itself, layered with shared digital infrastructure and strategic programs. The ONS intranet platform, launched in 2020 and built on Fellow Digitals, provides single sign-on access, internal messaging, and a unified digital work environment across all OMO schools. Supporting platforms include Script! (an online research-results platform co-developed with teacher-training institutions), OMO Green Office (a cross-school sustainability program hub organized around five development goals), the Amazing Future Festival (an annual sustainability showcase gathering students and staff), and the OMO Awards (OMO-prijzen) recognizing student achievement across school types. Strategic direction is set by Koers 2030 ("Samen groeien"), launched in 2023.

The business model is non-commercial: OMO is funded primarily through Dutch government per-student allocations for secondary education. The association holds two legal entities - Vereniging OMO (KvK 40258061) and Stichting OMO (KvK 41097111) - both headquartered in Tilburg at Spoorlaan 171. OMO participates in five Academic Training Schools (Academische Opleidingsscholen) networks and maintains strategic partnerships with regional higher-education institutions including Tilburg University, TU Eindhoven, Maastricht University, and several hogescholen. GTM is direct via school-level enrollment for students and career-site recruiting for teachers; no commercial pricing applies to students.

Name

Ons Middelbaar Onderwijs

Legal name

Vereniging Ons Middelbaar Onderwijs

Website

https://omo.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1916

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Ons Middelbaar Onderwijs (OMO) is a Dutch non-profit association operating approximately 62 secondary schools across North Brabant, serving nearly 60,000 students across vmbo, mavo, havo, vwo, gymnasium, and praktijkonderwijs programs. OMO is funded by Dutch government per-student allocations and member-governed, with shared platforms including the ONS intranet and OMO Green Office.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tilburg

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Education Funding: As a non-profit educational association operating public secondary schools in the Netherlands, OMO receives government funding based on student enrollment numbers to provide secondary education services.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ons Middelbaar Onderwijs (OMO) is a Dutch non-profit association that operates a network of approximately 62 secondary schools in North Brabant, serving nearly 60,000 students. It delivers the full range of Dutch secondary education levels (vmbo, mavo, havo, vwo, gymnasium, and praktijkonderwijs) and supports its member schools with shared programs such as Script! talent development, the ONS intranet, OMO Green Office sustainability work, and the Amazing Future Festival.

Product overview

Ons Middelbaar Onderwijs (OMO) is a Dutch secondary education association operating approximately 62 schools across North Brabant under a unified platform and strategy. The core offering consists of a network of secondary schools (vmbo through vwo/gymnasium) serving nearly 60,000 students. The association's central digital product is ONS, an intranet platform launched in 2020 providing a shared digital work environment and single sign-on across all member schools. Supporting products include OMO Green Office (a sustainability program hub with five development goals), Script! (an online platform for sharing research results), the Amazing Future Festival (an annual sustainability showcase event for students and staff), and the OMO-prijzen awards program recognizing student achievement across all school types.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OMO Green Office: Sustainability initiative that coordinates sustainability efforts across all OMO schools, focusing on environmental consciousness and social responsibility.
• ONS
• Koers 2030
• Amazing Future Festival

Products and services

• Secondary Education Program (vmbo, mavo, havo, vwo, gymnasium, praktijkonderwijs)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Tilburg UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOMO collaborates with Tilburg University to offer a university-level teacher training program (universitaire lerarenopleiding), enabling prospective teachers to obtain advanced academic credentials while benefiting from OMO's practical school network.
• Fontys Hogeschool ICTcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFontys ICT collaborated with Scholengemeenschap Were Di on the Toekomstdag (Future Day) event, delivering an interactive AI College Tour as part of educational programming around artificial intelligence and sustainability.
• Technische Universiteit EindhovencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTU Eindhoven partnered with Scholengemeenschap Were Di for the Toekomstdag event, contributing to educational programming around AI and sustainability for OMO students.
• Maastricht UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaastricht University participated as an educational partner in the Toekomstdag event at Scholengemeenschap Were Di, contributing expertise to AI and sustainability educational programming.
• Avans HogeschoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAvans University of Applied Sciences participated in the Toekomstdag event collaboration with Scholengemeenschap Were Di, providing educational content on AI and sustainability topics.
• Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUAS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBUAS participated as a partner in the Toekomstdag event with Scholengemeenschap Were Di, contributing to educational programming around AI and sustainability themes.
• HAS Green AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHAS Green Academy collaborated with the Nuenens College on a podcast about sustainable food, and participates in educational programming around sustainability and green topics across OMO schools.
• Academic Training Schools (AOS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEach OMO school participates in one of five Academic Training Schools (Academische Opleidingsscholen), which are networks of schools and training institutions that collaboratively train prospective teachers.
• Script! PlatformcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScript! is an online platform for sharing research results, developed as a unique initiative by OMO in collaboration with various teacher training institutions (lerarenopleidingen).
• Broedplaatsen NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOMO broedplaatsen (incubator spaces) bring together stakeholders to work on complex societal questions and challenges in education through collaborative problem-solving.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Nuffic: Dutch organization for internationalization in education. Ecosystem participant supporting Dutch educational institutions including OMO, but not a direct competitor.
• Universiteit van Tilburg: Strategic partner of OMO via the universitaire lerarenopleiding teacher training program. Not a direct competitor but a key ecosystem partner in the Brabant education landscape, sharing institutional relationships with OMO.
• VO-raad: Dutch sector council for secondary education, representing the collective interests of secondary schools in the Netherlands. OMO is a member; serves as an industry body and policy advocate rather than a direct competitor.
• Fontys Hogescholen: Dutch university of applied sciences that partnered with OMO's Scholengemeenschap Were Di on AI and sustainability programming. Strategic partner and ecosystem participant rather than direct competitor.
• SLO: National Dutch expertise center for curriculum development. Operates as an enabler/ecosystem participant in Dutch secondary education that OMO and other school associations engage with, rather than a direct competitor.
• Technische Universiteit Eindhoven: Partnered with OMO's Scholengemeenschap Were Di for the Toekomstdag event on AI and sustainability. Key ecosystem enabler in the Dutch educational landscape rather than a direct peer.

Direct peers

• Stichting Quadraam: A Dutch educational foundation operating secondary schools in Gelderland, structured similarly to OMO as an umbrella organization for multiple schools sharing resources and governance. Comparable in regional-multi-school association model.
• Stichting Carmelcollege: A Dutch foundation operating multiple Catholic secondary schools across several regions, structured similarly to OMO as an association-style umbrella of schools. Closest direct comparable in scale, mission, governance, and operational model.
• CVO Groep: A Dutch secondary education organization operating multiple schools in the Amsterdam/Flevoland region, comparable to OMO in being a multi-school umbrella providing centralized services and shared governance.

Broad incumbents

• Stichting Aeres Groep: A larger Dutch educational organization covering vocational, secondary, and higher agricultural education. Broader scope than OMO but operates with similar association-style governance and serves adjacent educational segments in the Netherlands.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/vereniging_omo
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCb2sVZufjTDzS1Um1QdkxBw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/omo

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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