St John Paul College Coffs Harbour

What St John Paul College Coffs Harbour does

St John Paul College Coffs Harbour is a Catholic secondary college serving students in Years 7 through 12, located in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. The college was established in 1983 as John Paul College and was renamed in 2014 to its current title following the canonisation of Pope John Paul II; it operates under the Diocese of Lismore Catholic Schools system, with the motto "The way, the truth and the life." Its core offering is a faith-integrated secondary curriculum leading to the NSW Higher School Certificate, delivered across a single campus that has undergone a rolling capital works program since 2020 covering a new car park, library, and PDHPE buildings.

The institution runs on a standard regional-school technology stack: Google Workspace for Education as the productivity and classroom backbone, Compass for student information and parent communication, Schoolzine for newsletters and content, and ClickView for curriculum video, supplemented by a mandatory Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program for Years 7-12. Pastoral infrastructure includes the Stella Maris Chapel (rededicated 1997), and the college holds formal Teaching School status in partnership with Southern Cross University for pre-service teacher training.

The business model is that of a not-for-profit diocesan school: tuition and family fees billed per term, supplemented by Australian government recurrent funding for Catholic systemic schools and parish/Diocese support. Enrolment is driven by direct admissions, parish referrals, and feeder pipelines from local Catholic primary schools; the school sits within the regional Mid North Coast catchment with no multi-campus or international branch operations. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and the college does not report revenue.

Name

St John Paul College Coffs Harbour

Legal name

St John Paul College Coffs Harbour

Website

https://cofhslism.catholic.edu.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

St John Paul College Coffs Harbour is a Catholic systemic secondary college serving Years 7-12 students in Coffs Harbour, NSW, operated by the Diocese of Lismore Catholic Schools and delivering a faith-integrated HSC curriculum on a single campus.

Ownership category

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Headquarters

HQ city

Coffs Harbour

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, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Enrolment Fees: Catholic school fees charged to enrolled families for Years 7-12 education. Fee assistance programs available for eligible families.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

St John Paul College Coffs Harbour provides Catholic secondary education for students from Year 7 through Year 12 in the Coffs Harbour region. The college delivers a faith-based curriculum grounded in Gospel values, preparing students for the HSC examination, complemented by pastoral care, co-curricular activities, sports programs, and spiritual formation under the Diocese of Lismore Catholic Schools system.

Product overview

St John Paul College Coffs Harbour is a Catholic secondary school (Years 7-12) offering a unified educational program grounded in Gospel values. The core product is secondary Catholic education supplemented by specialized facilities (McAuley Library, Stella Maris Chapel, Gymnasium), programs (BYOD laptop program, Sports, Co-Curricular Activities, Emmaus Project spiritual formation), and technology platforms (Compass student portal, Google Apps for Education, Schoolzine website/SZapp). The Fullness of Life Framework and Teaching School Program represent the college's distinctive pedagogical approaches.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Secondary Catholic Education Program Comprehensive Catholic secondary education for students from Year 7 to Year 12, integrating faith-based learning with academic curriculum including Religious Education, English, HSIE, Languages, Mathematics, PDHPE, Science, TAS, Creative Arts and VET.
• Compass Student Portal Web-based student information system for attendance tracking, scheduling, assessment management, and parent-student-teacher communication.
• SZapp Mobile Application Schoolzine-powered mobile app for parents and students to access latest news, events, push notifications, newsletters, calendar events, and college information.
• McAuley Library School library named after Catherine McAuley providing research assistance, collaborative learning spaces, quiet reading areas, and access to curated digital resources including ClickView video platform and Oliver Online Library.
• Stella Maris Chapel Sacred space for prayer, Mass, and spiritual gatherings, relocated to campus in 1997 from Hood Street.
• Co-Curricular Activities Program Wide range of activities including academic competitions, public speaking, debating, choir, Duke of Edinburgh, St Vincent de Paul, retreats, artist residencies, clubs, and homework centre.
• Sports Program Compulsory sport for Years 7-10 on Thursdays. Years 7-8 includes aquatics, golf, tennis, martial arts, fitness, fishing, beach games, and OSSA surf safety certification. Years 9-10 offer elective sports including surfing, paddle boarding, kayaking, and various team sports.
• Emmaus Project Spiritual Formation Program Spiritual formation pathway from Years 7-12 based on Gospel values, providing age-appropriate faith development experiences.
• Fullness of Life Framework Diocese of Lismore framework guiding Catholic education across Mission, Pastoral Care, Catholic Leadership, Learning and Teaching, and Family-School-Community Partnership domains.
• Teaching School Program Partnership with Southern Cross University where experienced educators mentor Associate Teachers through hands-on classroom experience, with Resident Teaching Consultants providing professional development.

Quantifiable outcome

• 28 Distinguished Achiever awards achieved by 21 students in 2025 HSC cohort
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Coffs Harbour Musical SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Coffs Harbour Musical Society brings Australian and world-class classical musicians to SJPC theatre for concerts. Each concert includes masterclasses or pre-concert talks providing enriching cultural experiences for college students and staff.
• ArtsNational Coffs HarbourminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArtsNational Coffs Harbour offers monthly lecture presentations on diverse topics featuring international and local speakers. Students and staff may attend as audience members or participate in technical aspects of presentations.
• Coffs ComputerscoreTechnology or IntegrationCoffs Computers is aware of SJPC technology requirements and offers suitable devices through their portal. They provide hot-swap service for device repairs to minimise student downtime. Not compulsory to purchase through them.
• Southern Cross UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSJPC is part of Teaching School initiative in partnership with Southern Cross University. Associate Teachers gain hands-on classroom experience mentored by Resident Teaching Consultants. RTCs bridge academic theory and classroom practice with university collaboration.
• Sasebo, Japan (Sister City)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBi-annual youth exchange program with Sasebo Kita Middle School, SJPC's sister city in southern Japan. Japanese students visit Coffs Harbour and stay with SJPC host families; SJPC students reciprocate with visits to Japan in December.
• Diocese of Lismore Catholic SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of Diocese of Lismore Catholic Schools network. Students participate in Diocesan events including Transitus Retreat (Yr7), Festa Christi (Yr8), Catch the Wave, SHINE, KAIROS, LEAD, Street Retreat. Diocesan Youth Ministry team Wildfire provides whole-school evangelisation.
• Catholic Schools Parent AssemblycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDiocesan resource supporting families as partners in education. Provides parent/carer prayer and spiritual formation groups (Advent, Lenten), Family Retreats, and faith formation resources through Parent Resource Centre.
• St Augustine's ParishcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSJPC is a secondary school within St Augustine's Parish. Parish priests support school community; students attend Mass at St Augustine's Church; close collaboration in student discipleship and sacramental preparation.
• New Street ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGuest speaker Shannon Crawford from New Street NSW discussed 'Helping our Youth Navigate Physical and Digital Boundaries' at School Community Group meeting.
• Zonta InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSJPC community contributing to Zonta light pole wrapping project to raise awareness for prevention of violence against women and girls. Students, staff and families knitting/crocheting panels in orange (UN colour of hope) for wrapping light poles in November.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Holy Trinity College, Inverell: Catholic secondary school in the New England/North-West NSW region. Comparable as a regional Catholic secondary provider offering Years 7-12 education and competing for similar student demographics in non-metropolitan NSW.
• McAuley Catholic College, Grafton: Diocesan Catholic secondary college in Grafton, also named after a Catholic figure (Catherine McAuley). Operates under the same Diocese of Lismore governance and serves a comparable regional Northern Rivers / Mid-North Coast catchment, with similar faith-based curriculum and pastoral care structure.
• Coffs Harbour Senior College: Government-run senior secondary school in Coffs Harbour. Directly competes for the same Year 11-12 student pool in the Coffs Harbour region, providing a no-fee alternative to SJPC's Catholic secondary fee structure.
• O'Connor Catholic College, Armidale: Catholic secondary school in the Diocese of Lismore system serving a similar regional NSW catchment. Directly comparable as a same-system Catholic secondary school; SJPC's 15s Boys futsal team defeated O'Connor Catholic College 3-2 in the 2026 Northern NSW Futsal Finals, illustrating direct competitive overlap in regional sport and enrolment.
• St Mary's Catholic College, Casino: Catholic secondary college within the Diocese of Lismore serving the Richmond Valley region. Comparable in scale, governance structure, and faith-based education offering, sharing identical diocesan policy and curriculum frameworks.
• Xavier Catholic College, Ballina: Catholic secondary school in the Diocese of Lismore serving the Ballina region. Directly comparable in scale, governance structure, diocesan policy framework, and Year 7-12 Catholic education offering, making it the most natural functional peer for benchmarking operations and outcomes.
• Trinity Catholic College, Lismore: Catholic secondary school headquartered in Lismore, the diocese seat. Operates under identical diocesan governance, fee structure, and Fullness of Life Framework, making it the closest governance-and-curriculum peer for SJPC.

Broad incumbents

• Sydney Catholic Schools: Large metropolitan Catholic school system in Sydney. Operates a much larger portfolio of secondary schools under a unified governance model, providing a broader-incumbent comparison and source of system-level best practice that may inform SJPC's operating evolution.
• Diocese of Lismore Catholic Schools: The diocesan system that operates SJPC and sets curriculum, fee, and policy frameworks across multiple Catholic schools in Northern NSW. Relevant as the parent entity and broader system context for benchmarking and resource-sharing dynamics.
• Catholic Schools NSW: State-level peak body representing Catholic schools across NSW, including the Diocese of Lismore. Provides funding advocacy, system-wide policy, and bargaining power that shape the operating environment in which SJPC operates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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