Name

Carmel College Foundation

Legal name

Stichting Carmelcollege

Website

https://carmel.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1922

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hengelo

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Government Education Funding: Public funding from Dutch government for secondary education (voortgezet onderwijs) based on student enrollment numbers. This is the primary revenue source supporting operations across all 15 schools and 45 locations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Stichting Carmelcollege operates a network of 15 Dutch secondary schools (VO-scholen) across 45 locations providing praktijkonderwijs, vmbo, mavo, havo, vwo, and gymnasium to approximately 33,000 students, with nearly 4,300 teaching and administrative staff. Beyond core secondary education, the foundation delivers supporting offerings including Carmel Academie for professional development, Opleidingsscholen for teacher training in partnership with universities, ServicePunt for centralized operational support, Datateams for data-driven educational research, and a Hybride Professional Program enabling industry experts to teach part-time.

Product overview

Carmel College Foundation (Stichting Carmelcollege) is a Dutch educational foundation operating a network of 15 secondary schools (VO-scholen) across the Netherlands, offering praktijkonderwijs, vmbo, mavo, havo, vwo, and gymnasium to approximately 33,000 students. The organization provides education through both core school products and supplementary platforms including Carmel Academie for professional development, Opleidingsscholen for teacher training, ServicePunt for operational support, and Datateams for data-driven research. Special initiatives include the Auctoraten research program connecting research with practice, the Hybride Professional Program enabling industry experts to teach, the Innovatiefonds supporting innovation, and Samen Slimmer for collaborative business operations. AI implementation is underway with pilots for lesson materials, thesis supervision, and meeting automation, governed by the Gedragscode AI.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Carmel Academie: Professional development and training platform for Carmel employees, bundling all training offerings, knowledge sharing, and professionalization opportunities.
• Samen Slimmer
• Innovatiefonds
• ServicePunt

Products and services

• Carmel VO-Scholen (Carmel Secondary Schools) Network of 15 secondary schools (VO-scholen) offering praktijkonderwijs, vmbo, mavo, havo, vwo, and gymnasium across 45 locations in the Netherlands, serving approximately 33,000 students aged 12-18. Operated as a wholly owned subsidiary network of Stichting Carmelcollege with 15 school brands including Bonhoeffer College, Het Hooghuis, Etty Hillesum Lyceum, and Twents Carmel College.
• Carmel Academie Professional development and training platform for Carmel employees bundling training courses, articles, networks, and knowledge sharing. Includes leadership journeys, professional master trajectories, and teacher leader development programs.
• Opleidingsscholen (Training Schools) Collaborative teacher training schools including AOS-ON, Partnerschap 2, and Noordermarke partnerships where prospective, starting, and experienced teachers learn from each other through joint training and intervision, in cooperation with Windesheim, Universiteit Twente, Radboud Docenten Academie, and other institutes.
• ServicePunt Centralized service desk providing a single point of contact for all school operational inquiries, including facilities, IT, and administrative questions, available both in-person and online with planned AI-powered information retrieval over uploaded policy and regulation documents.
• Datateams Small-scale research teams of teachers and school leadership that use available data to solve specific problems in partnership with the University of Twente, combining professional development with educational improvement through data-driven approaches.
• Hybride Professional Programma Program enabling industry professionals to work part-time as teachers in technical vmbo education while maintaining their industry position, connecting industry expertise with classroom teaching through STO Twente.
• Carmel Innovatiefonds (Innovation Fund) Innovation fund enabling Carmel employees to submit ideas for system and culture-breaking innovations. Ideas are evaluated by an advisory committee and can receive funding and experimentation hours to develop.
• Auctoraten Research positions connecting scientific research with educational practice in secondary education, with two positions where researchers conduct practice-oriented research with teacher-researchers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 17.5% of students receive additional educational support
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Universiteit Twente (UT)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Long-standing partnership for the Datateams project, which started in 2011. University researchers collaborate with Carmel teachers on data-driven educational improvement. Contact: Kim Schildkamp (project leader) and Hanadie Leusink (datateam trainer). Also involved in AI community and educational research initiatives.
• Academische Opleidingsschool Oost-Nederland (AOS-ON)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership school network including Bonhoeffer College, Carmel College Salland, and Twents Carmel College. Collaborates with teacher training institutes: Windesheim, Universiteit Twente, Hogeschool Arnhem en Nijmegen, and Radboud Docenten Academie.
• Opleidingsschool Partnerschap 2coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership school network including Canisius, Etty Hillesum Lyceum, Marianum, Pius X College, and Scholengroep Carmel Hengelo. Collaborates with Windesheim and Universiteit Twente teacher training programs, plus ROC van Twente.
• Opleidingsschool NoordermarkeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership network including Carmelcollege Emmen. Collaborates with Windesheim and other VO-schools in the Noordermarke network for teacher training.
• Sterk Techniek Onderwijs Twente (STO Twente)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner19 vmbo schools in Twente collaborating on technical education. Carmel schools participating include Bonhoeffer College (Enschede), Scholengroep Carmel Hengelo, Twents Carmel College (Oldenzaal), Pius X College (Almelo), and Canisius (Almelo). Enables hybrid professional program connecting industry experts with education.
• VO-raadminorOthersIndustry association for secondary education (voortgezet onderwijs). Carmel is a member and subscribes to the 'Code Goed Onderwijsbestuur' as established by the VO-raad.
• HumanCapitalCareminorOthersExternal confidential counselor service for Carmel employees. Provides external trusted person services for reporting inappropriate behavior. Contact: Caroline van Zoelen.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Cognita Schools: International schools group operating K-12 institutions across multiple countries. Comparable as a multi-school operator with centralized support services, though at international scale with private fee-paying model.
• GEMS Education: Global K-12 school operator with extensive portfolio of premium and mainstream schools. Comparable in operating model (multi-school foundation/group) but at much larger international scale and with more diverse revenue streams.
• Nord Anglia Education: Premium international schools group with global footprint and partnerships (e.g., MIT, Juilliard). Comparable for shared services and network operating model, though focused on premium fee-paying segment globally.

Emerging players

• Kunskapsskolan: Swedish personalized learning education company operating schools and licensing model. Comparable for innovative pedagogical and data-driven teaching approaches, though operates in different national context.

Direct peers

• Stichting Lucas Onderwijs: Large Dutch foundation operating multiple primary and secondary schools across the Netherlands. Most directly comparable peer given similar foundation structure, government funding model, and multi-school network operating model.
• Optimus Onderwijs: Dutch education foundation operating primary and secondary schools. Comparable as a Dutch stichting school network with government funding and shared service back-office structure.
• Quadraam: Dutch secondary education foundation (stichting) operating multiple VO schools in the Gelderland region. Directly comparable as a multi-school VO foundation with similar funding model and student demographic.
• Stichting Het Rijnlands Lyceum: Dutch secondary education foundation operating multiple schools. Comparable as a VO-focused stichting with similar funding model and multi-location operating footprint.
• Stichting Katholiek Onderwijs (SKO): Dutch Catholic education foundation. Closely comparable to Carmel given shared Catholic heritage, values-based positioning, and multi-school stichting structure.

Others

• VO-raad: Dutch industry association for secondary education (voortgezet onderwijs) of which Carmel is a member. Comparable as adjacent ecosystem participant setting sector governance codes (Code Goed Onderwijsbestuur) and influencing policy that shapes Carmel's operating environment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/carmelvacatures
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/stgcarmel
• Facebookfacebook.com/stgcarmel
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stichtingcarmelcollege

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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