Catholic College Sale

What Catholic College Sale does

Catholic College Sale is a private co-educational Catholic secondary college located in Sale, Victoria, Australia, serving approximately 910 students across Years 7 to 12 in 2026. Founded in 1880 and affiliated with Marist and Sion traditions, the college provides a faith-based secondary education grounded in Catholic spirituality, acknowledging the Gunaikurnai people as traditional custodians of the land. It serves families in the Sale and surrounding Gippsland region, with an extensive daily bus network extending its effective catchment to surrounding rural towns.

The college's core offerings span a comprehensive academic curriculum with VCE, VCE VM, and VET pathways, alongside co-curricular programs including a Sports Academy, High Performance Program, Music and Performing Arts, and pastoral care organised through six house groups (Daly, Allman, Champagnat, Paulinus, Raphaela, Theodore). Its technology stack is built on Google Apps for Education for productivity and communication, the SIMON Learning Management System for student information and assessment management, and the Parent Access Module (PAM) which provides parents with real-time access to assessment results, attendance, timetables, and pastoral information. Canteen services run on CDFpay, a Flexischools-powered cashless payment platform enabling online lunch ordering and student card top-ups.

The business model is a recurring annual tuition and enrolment fee structure paid by families, supplemented by ancillary revenue streams such as uniform sales, bus transport, and canteen transactions. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer: prospective families engage through the college website, information evenings, school tours, and direct enquiries managed by a dedicated College Registrar. The college is governed by a Board of Directors and led by Principal Brett Van Berkel, and maintains a long-standing workforce development partnership with AFL SportsReady providing traineeships. Financial details including tuition fee levels, revenue, and ownership structure are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Catholic College Sale

Legal name

Catholic College Sale

Website

https://ccsale.catholic.edu.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1880

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Catholic College Sale is a private co-educational Catholic secondary college (Years 7-12) in Sale, Victoria, serving approximately 910 students from the Gippsland region with VCE, VET, and pastoral programs on a tuition-fee model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education (Catholic)

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Denominational Theological Colleges (e.g., Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Evangelical) (EDAHAKAM)

Keywords

• Secondary education
• Catholic schooling
• VCE programs
• Faith-based education
• Pastoral wellbeing

Headquarters

HQ city

Sale

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Enrolment Fees: As a Catholic secondary college, Catholic College Sale generates revenue primarily through student enrolment and associated tuition fees paid by families.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Catholic College Sale is a co-educational Catholic secondary college delivering Years 7 to 12 education to approximately 910 students in the Sale and Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Its offering combines a comprehensive academic curriculum (including VCE, VCE VM and VET pathways) with faith formation grounded in Marist and Sion traditions, alongside pastoral wellbeing, Music and Performing Arts, a Sports Academy, and learning inclusion support. The college is supported by an integrated digital ecosystem (SIMON LMS, Parent Access Module, CDFpay cashless canteen, Google Apps For Education) and an extensive bus network serving surrounding rural towns.

Product overview

Catholic College Sale is a co-educational Catholic secondary college (Years 7-12) offering a comprehensive educational program with approximately 910 students. The college operates as a unified educational institution supported by interconnected digital systems: SIMON serves as the central Learning Management System for academic management; PAM (Parent Access Module) provides parents with real-time access to student assessment and progress information; and CDFpay (powered by Flexischools) handles cashless canteen transactions. Google Apps For Education supports classroom collaboration and communication. The institution also provides additional services including a Sports Academy, Music and Performing Arts programs, VET programs, traineeships (in partnership with AFL SportsReady), and a Graduate Program for new teachers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Years 7-12 Catholic Secondary Education Comprehensive Years 7-12 Catholic secondary education program for approximately 910 students in the Sale and Gippsland region of Victoria, blending academic curriculum with faith formation, pastoral care and co-curricular programs.
• VCE and VCE VM Program Senior secondary certificate program (Victorian Certificate of Education and VCE Vocational Major) for Year 11-12 students, monitored by the Director of Senior Studies.
• VET Pathways Program Vocational Education and Training (VET) pathways delivered as part of the senior secondary curriculum, providing students with practical, employment-oriented qualifications alongside their VCE studies.
• Sports Academy and High Performance Program Elite sports development offering for students combining coaching and high-performance training, led by a dedicated High Performance Coach and integrated with School Sport Victoria and Marist Sport competitions.
• Music and Performing Arts Program Performing arts program encompassing music lessons, musical groups and school productions, led by the Head of Performing Arts and open to enrolled students.
• AFL SportsReady Traineeship Program Multi-decade partnership with AFL SportsReady providing students with traineeships that deliver real workplace experience, build skills and confidence, and prepare students for future study or employment.
• School Bus Transportation Services Extensive daily bus network provided by the college to transport students from surrounding rural towns and districts across Gippsland to and from the Sale campus, coordinated by Jenny Hurst in Student Services.
• SIMON Learning Management System Student information and learning management system used by teachers to enter assessment marks, track student progress, and manage academic records, integrated with the Parent Access Module (PAM).
• Parent Access Module (PAM) Real-time parent portal providing access to assessment task marks entered by teachers, formative feedback cycles, student attendance, timetables, school calendar, comments and pastoral information, integrated directly with the SIMON system.
• CDFpay Cashless Canteen Platform Cashless canteen solution powered by Flexischools that enables parents to order lunch online, load monetary value onto student cards and set daily spend limits for over-the-counter purchases.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• AFL SportsReadycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFor over 20 years, Catholic College Sale has partnered with AFL SportsReady to provide trainees with valuable workforce experience. The traineeship program offers students real workplace experience in a supportive environment, building skills and confidence for future study or employment.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Catholic College Wodonga: Regional Victorian Catholic secondary college with a comparable co-educational Year 7-12 model, providing a useful benchmark for regional Catholic college operations outside Melbourne.
• Emmanuel College Warrnambool: Catholic secondary college in regional western Victoria offering co-educational Years 7-12 with VCE/VET pathways, broadly comparable in scale and operational model to Catholic College Sale.
• Catholic Regional College: Catholic secondary college with multiple campuses across Melbourne's western suburbs, illustrating an alternative scale model for Catholic secondary provision and a benchmark for multi-site growth.
• Lavalla Catholic College: Catholic secondary college located in Traralgon, also serving the Gippsland region of Victoria with similar Year 7-12 co-educational offerings, making it a direct regional competitor to Catholic College Sale.
• Marist-Sion College: Catholic secondary college in Warragul, Gippsland, sharing both the regional Victorian footprint and the Marist and Sion congregational heritage with Catholic College Sale—the most directly comparable peer.
• St Augustine's College Kyabram: Catholic secondary college in a smaller regional Victorian town, comparable to Catholic College Sale in serving rural Catholic communities with comprehensive secondary education.

Regional players

• Trinity Catholic College: Catholic co-educational secondary college in regional Lismore, NSW, operating a similar Year 7-12 model with VCE-equivalent pathways; comparable in mission and structure but in a different state.

Broad incumbents

• Xavier College Melbourne: Established Jesuit Catholic school in Melbourne offering Years 7-12; useful as a benchmark for curriculum depth, fee structure and brand positioning in Catholic secondary education, though operating at materially larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/catholic-college-sale

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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