Aquinas Catholic College Menai

What Aquinas Catholic College Menai does

Aquinas Catholic College Menai is a co-educational Catholic secondary school located at 1D Anzac Road, Menai, in the Sutherland Shire of southern Sydney, NSW, Australia. Founded in 1993 and named after St Thomas Aquinas, the college serves approximately 1,150 students across Years 7 to 12 on a single campus and operates as a not-for-profit community asset under the Sydney Catholic Schools network of 147 low-fee Catholic schools. The principal is James Clancy and the school is part of the Sydney Archdiocese Catholic education system led by Executive Director Danielle Cronin.

The school's core offering is secondary education structured around the proprietary Enlivened Learning Framework, which integrates Catholic faith formation, wellbeing, and academic instruction across four value domains (Wholeness, Hope, Justice, Revelation). Operational technology is delivered through Compass School Manager, a cloud-based student information system providing parents with attendance tracking, semester reports, excursion consent and payment, fee payment, and parent-teacher conference booking via web and mobile apps. The college operates within a feeder ecosystem of nine named Catholic primary schools and partners with Holy Family Catholic Church Menai for sacramental programs, Bell Shakespeare and NIDA for arts programming, and the Catholic Education Foundation for fee assistance bursaries.

Revenue is generated primarily through three recurring annual streams: tuition fees of $5,319-$6,206 per first child depending on year level, a $927 building levy on the eldest sibling, and school-based charges covering teaching resources, excursions, sports, instrument hire, and music tuition within the Amadeus Music Education Program. Sibling discounts reduce tuition materially for the second through fourth child, the go-to-market is community-led via feeder schools, Open Days, and word-of-mouth, and customer acquisition runs through direct Compass-based enrolment within the Sydney Catholic Schools Enrolment Policy.

Name

Aquinas Catholic College Menai

Legal name

Aquinas Catholic College Menai

Website

https://aquinasmenai.syd.catholic.edu.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Co-educational Catholic secondary school in Menai, NSW, serving approximately 1,150 students across Years 7-12 within the 147-school Sydney Catholic Schools network. Delivers the Enlivened Learning Framework, Compass parent portal, and K-12 pathways from nine feeder primary schools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Catholic Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Catholic secondary education
• Year 7-12 schooling
• Religious education services
• School enrolment programs
• Student wellbeing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Menai

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition Fees: Annual tuition fees charged for all students Years 7-12, varying by year level with sibling discounts for additional children in the family.
2. Building Levy: Building levy charged to eldest sibling in the family attending a Sydney Catholic Systemic school, contributing to building and maintenance.
3. School-Based Charges: Subject-specific material charges covering teaching resources, excursions, specialist sports, instrument hire and music tutors within the Amadeus Music Education Program.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Aquinas Catholic College Menai provides co-educational Catholic secondary education for Years 7 to 12 through its Enlivened Learning philosophy, which integrates faith, wellbeing and a tailored curriculum. The school serves approximately 1150 students on a single campus in Menai, NSW, delivering academic curriculum, religious formation, sporting and cultural programs, and Amadeus Music Education within the Sydney Catholic Schools system. Parents access student information and fee payment through the Compass Parent Portal.

Product overview

Aquinas Catholic College Menai operates as a single-site Catholic secondary education provider offering Years 7-12 schooling. The college's service portfolio centres on its core educational offering supplemented by the Compass Parent Portal for student information management, the Enlivened Learning Framework as its educational philosophy and instructional approach, and the K-12 Pathways Program for enrolment from feeder primary schools. The college also provides fee assistance programs through the Catholic Education Foundation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Aquinas Catholic College Menai (Years 7-12 Education) A co-educational Catholic secondary school for Years 7 to 12 located in Menai, NSW, with approximately 1150 students. The college delivers a tailored curriculum based on the Enlivened Learning philosophy integrating faith, wellbeing and education, with academic, sporting, cultural and Amadeus Music Education Program offerings as part of the Sydney Catholic Schools system.
• K-12 Pathways Program A pathway program linking Catholic primary feeder schools to Aquinas Catholic College Menai, providing priority enrolment for students from nine affiliated Catholic primary schools including Our Lady of Fatima, St Joseph's Como-Oyster Bay, St Aloysius Cronulla, St John Bosco Engadine, St Catherine Laboure Gymea, Holy Family Menai, Our Lady Star of the Sea Miranda, St Patrick's Sutherland and St Francis De Sales Woolooware.

Quantifiable outcome

• Ranked 107th in NSW HSC rankings (Top 150), climbing 68 places
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

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

• Bell ShakespeareflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership for The Shakespeare Project, a wholly original musical devised by 28 students from 13 Sydney Catholic Schools. Bell Shakespeare provided script development, dramaturgy, co-direction, and specialist workshops focused on performance approach to Shakespeare's language, characters and stories. Bell Shakespeare's Head of Education and award-winning playwright Joanna Erskine wrote original scenes for the production.
• National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerNIDA provided theatre venue (The Space Theatre) and full production support from third-year production students across sound, lighting and stage management for The Shakespeare Project musical production held May 2026.
• Sydney Catholic SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent organization overseeing 147 low-fee Catholic schools in the Sydney Archdiocese. Provides system-wide strategic direction (Magis 2033), centralized policies, enrollment systems (Compass), professional development, and shared resources including the Amadeus Music Education Program.
• Holy Family Catholic Church MenaicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParish partnership providing spiritual foundation for the school. Parish Priest Fr. Mani Malana and Assistant Parish Priest Fr. Daniele Russo support religious education and sacramental programs. Mass times provided at the parish for school community participation.
• Catholic Education Foundation (CEF)minorOthersProvides school fee support bursaries for families in need including Financial Hardship Bursary, Indigenous Bursary, Refugee Bursary, and Foster Child Bursary. In 2023, CEF provided 6,324 student bursaries supporting various communities.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Trinity Grammar School: Independent Anglican boys' school in Sydney serving secondary students with strong HSC outcomes and a feeder pipeline. Comparable as a Sydney-based faith-affiliated secondary school competing for similar academically-oriented families in the same metro market.
• Wenona School: Independent girls' school in Sydney serving Years 7-12 with a strong academic reputation and HSC-driven enrolment. Comparable as a non-Catholic faith-affiliated independent school competing for similar academically-oriented Sydney families.
• SCEGGS Darlinghurst: Independent Anglican girls' school in Sydney serving secondary students with HSC outcomes as a primary demand driver. Comparable in faith-based positioning, single-sex/co-ed market adjacency, and Sydney HSC competitive set.
• PLC Sydney: Presbyterian Ladies' College Sydney, an independent girls' school serving Years 7-12 with feeder primary relationships and HSC ranking as a primary acquisition channel. Comparable in faith affiliation, secondary-only structure, and HSC-driven positioning.
• Knox Grammar School: Large independent Christian boys' school in Sydney's north serving Years 7-12 with feeder primary affiliations and HSC-driven enrollment marketing. Direct comparable in scale, faith-based positioning, and feeder school architecture.
• Kambala: Independent Anglican girls' school in Sydney serving Years 7-12 with HSC outcomes as a key enrolment signal. Comparable in faith affiliation, secondary focus, and Sydney HSC competitive market.
• Scots College: Independent Presbyterian boys' school in Sydney serving Years 7-12 with feeder primary affiliations and HSC-driven reputation. Direct comparable in faith affiliation, secondary-only offering, and feeder school architecture.
• Loreto Kirribilli: Catholic girls' secondary school in Sydney under the Loreto Sisters, providing a faith-based Years 7-12 education with HSC results as a key enrolment lever. Comparable in Catholic mission, secondary focus, and Sydney HSC competitive landscape.

Broad incumbents

• Sydney Grammar School: Elite independent boys' school in Sydney consistently ranked among the top HSC schools in NSW. Comparable as a Years 7-12 secondary competitor drawing on HSC reputation, but operates at a materially higher fee tier and is the upper benchmark Aquinas families may aspire to or trade down from.

Regional players

• St Joseph's College Hunters Hill: Long-established Catholic boys' secondary school in Sydney under the Archdiocese, operating a similar faith-based K-12 model with HSC outcomes and feeder primary networks. Comparable in mission, fee structure tier, and systemic affiliation, but geographically separate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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