Marist College Kogarah

What Marist College Kogarah does

Marist College Kogarah (legal name Marist Catholic College Kogarah) is a Roman Catholic secondary day school for boys located at 52 Wolseley Street, Bexley, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1909 by the Marist Brothers at the urging of Fr O'Driscoll and opened by Cardinal Moran, the school serves students in Years 7-12 and is positioned as a systemic Catholic college within the 147-school Sydney Catholic Schools network, drawing students from the St George community and 14 feeder Catholic primary schools. The school operates under the Marist charism of founder St Marcellin Champagnat and the motto 'Finis Coronat Opus – The End Crowns The Work', with the Marist Brothers having withdrawn from formal administration in December 1993. As of 2025 leadership, Mr David Forrester is Principal, succeeding Simon Ghantous.

The school's product is a six-year secondary education program combining HSC preparation, faith formation, co-curricular sport and creative arts, and VET pathways. Operational technology centres on the Compass cloud-based student information system (web and mobile apps) used for attendance, reporting, excursion consent, fee payment, parent-teacher booking, and enrolment. A Stage 5 Computing Technology program sourced through the March 2025 Neuranext partnership delivers robotics and AI education via humanoid robots (AGIBOT, Rizzbot), a canine robot, and a tracking drone. The school generates revenue primarily through annual tuition fees (Year 7 first-child A$6,078, Year 11 first-child A$6,166 in 2026 pricing, declining across a four-tier sibling discount stack), plus a $820 annual building levy on the eldest sibling, subject-specific materials and instrument hire charges, and offsetting bursaries from the Catholic Education Foundation covering Refugee, Indigenous, Financial Hardship, and Foster Child categories.

Distribution is direct-to-family via the Compass enrolment portal, with priority pathways for feeder primary school students and siblings; marketing is conducted through the school's website, the Sydney Catholic Schools central platform (including Magis 2033 communications and the So You Want To Be... podcast), Facebook, and annual Open Days. Academic performance has trended upward, with HSC ranking improvements from 172nd in 2022 to 73rd in 2023 (Sydney Morning Herald top 150), 130th in 2025 (climbed 30 places from 2024), an average ATAR above 80 in 2025, and 33% of the 2025 cohort achieving ATAR above 85.

Name

Marist College Kogarah

Legal name

Marist Catholic College Kogarah

Website

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

Company type

Private

Founded year

1909

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Marist College Kogarah is a Roman Catholic secondary day school for boys in Bexley, NSW, serving Years 7-12 within the Sydney Catholic Schools system, delivering HSC preparation and faith-based education to families across the St George community.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Bexley

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, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition Fees: Annual tuition fees charged for secondary education, varying by year level. First child rates range from $5,330 (Year 10) to $6,166 (Year 11). Sibling discounts apply for second, third, and fourth children in the same family.
2. School-Based Charges: Materials fees for specific subjects, teaching resources, excursions, specialist sports, and music program costs including instrument hire and Amadeus Music Education Program tutors.
3. Building Levy: $820 annual building levy charged to eldest sibling in family attending Sydney Catholic Systemic Schools, contributing to building and maintenance.
4. Catholic Education Foundation Bursaries: Fee support for families in need, funded by donations. Provides Refugee, Indigenous, Financial Hardship, and Foster Child Bursaries.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Marist College Kogarah is a Catholic secondary day school for boys that delivers Years 7-12 education grounded in the Marist tradition. Its core offering encompasses academic instruction aligned with the NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC), faith formation, vocational education and training (VET) pathways, co-curricular sport and creative/performing arts programs, and student wellbeing services. The college is integrated within the Sydney Catholic Schools system and operates on its Bexley campus serving the St George community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Years 7-12 Catholic Secondary Education Comprehensive Catholic secondary day education for boys from Year 7 to Year 12, aligned with the NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC) curriculum. Includes academic instruction, faith formation, vocational education and training (VET) pathways, sport, creative and performing arts, student wellbeing, and university preparation and career guidance. Tuition ranges from $5,330 to $6,166 per annum for the first child (2026 fees), with sibling discounts and financial hardship bursaries available.
• Compass School Manager parent portal Cloud-based student information system providing parents with online access to view attendance, enter absences, access semester reports, provide consent for excursions, pay school fees, book parent-teacher conferences, and update contact details. Accessible via web browser and mobile app.

Quantifiable outcome

• Top 150 HSC ranking (130th in NSW, 2025)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Sydney Catholic SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarist College Kogarah is part of Sydney Catholic Schools, a system of 147 low-fee Catholic schools in the Sydney Archdiocese. The school participates in system-wide initiatives including Magis 2033 strategic plan, centralised enrolment through Compass portal, shared professional development, and system HSC results benchmarking. SCS provides centralised services, policy frameworks, and strategic direction.
• Rockdale City and Bexley ParishescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool situated in Rockdale City and Bexley Parishes with shared partnership with St Francis Xavier's Arncliffe, St Gabriel's Bexley, and St Joseph's Rockdale. Parish Administrator Reverend Father Yacub Barkat serves the parishes and school community.
• Feeder Catholic Primary SchoolscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor14 feeder Catholic primary schools including St Francis Xavier's Arncliffe, St Gabriel's Bexley, St Joseph's Rockdale, St Mary's Star of the Sea Hurstville, and others. Students from these schools receive priority enrolment status at Marist College Kogarah.
• Catholic Education FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEF provides school fee support for families in need including Refugee, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Financial Hardship, and Foster Child Bursaries. In 2023, CEF provided 6,324 student bursaries across Sydney Catholic Schools.
• University of New South WalesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner2023 duxes Luca Colarusso and Brendan Mabbutt plan to study physics and aerospace engineering respectively at UNSW. Alumni tutoring program connects current students with university students.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• St Patrick's College, Sutherland: Catholic boys secondary school in the Sutherland Shire, southern Sydney. Closely comparable to Marist Kogarah in single-gender boys' education, Catholic identity, geographic catchment, and Sydney Catholic Schools system membership.
• Trinity Catholic College, Auburn: Catholic secondary school in western Sydney operating within the Sydney Catholic Schools system. Comparable in mission, governance structure, and curriculum approach, though it serves a more diverse cultural demographic than Marist Kogarah.
• Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham: Catholic boys secondary school in Sydney's inner west, run by the Christian Brothers religious order. Comparable to Marist Kogarah in single-gender focus, Catholic tradition, HSC curriculum, and Sydney Catholic Schools system membership.
• Marist College Eastwood: Fellow Marist Brothers tradition Catholic boys secondary school in Sydney's northern suburbs. Direct peer in terms of Marist charism, religious order heritage, single-gender boys' education, and Sydney Catholic Schools system membership.
• De La Salle College, Cronulla: Catholic boys secondary school in southern Sydney, serving a similar geographic community to Marist College Kogarah. Operates within the Sydney Catholic Schools system with comparable tuition fees, mission focus, and HSC curriculum. Most direct geographic and structural peer in the Sutherland/St George area.
• St Mary's Cathedral College, Sydney: Catholic boys secondary school located in Sydney's CBD. Comparable to Marist Kogarah in single-gender focus, Catholic identity, and Sydney Catholic Schools system membership, though with a more urban catchment area.

Broad incumbents

• St Ignatius' College, Riverview: Top-tier Jesuit Catholic boys' school on Sydney's Lower North Shore, consistently ranked as one of NSW's leading schools. Comparable to Marist Kogarah in single-gender Catholic education but with boarding facilities and a stronger academic reputation.
• St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill: One of Sydney's most prestigious Catholic boys' schools (Jesuit tradition), consistently ranked among the top NSW schools. Comparable in single-gender Catholic education but operates at a higher performance tier with stronger academic outcomes and higher tuition fees.
• The King's School, Parramatta: One of Australia's oldest independent boys' schools, located in Parramatta. Comparable to Marist Kogarah in single-gender boys' education and HSC curriculum, but operates as an independent Anglican school with boarding facilities and a stronger academic reputation.
• Sydney Grammar School: Elite private boys' school in Sydney's eastern suburbs, consistently the top-ranked school in NSW HSC results. Comparable in single-gender boys' education but operates as an independent school (not Catholic) with a much higher academic profile and tuition fees.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutu.be/FECty5YYYGQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/105985107839017

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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