driespan

What driespan does

VBS Driespan (legal name: Vrije Basisschool Driespan) is a Catholic primary school operating two campuses in the Gistel municipality of West Flanders, Belgium: Afdeling Moere at Molenstraat 2, 8470 Moere, and Afdeling Zevekote at Schoolstraat 2a, 8470 Zevekote. The school delivers full-cycle primary education covering nursery (kleuteronderwijs, ages 2.5–6) and elementary (lager onderwijs, grades 1–6) levels, serving approximately the cohort of local children aged 2.5–12 in the Moere and Zevekote villages. Its educational model emphasizes inclusive learning through observation, remediation (remediëren), and differentiation (differentiëren), supported by collaboration with Vrij CLB De Havens for student counseling and special-needs accommodations, alongside after-school care (opvang), meal catering by Depoorter, and experiential activities such as forest classes (bosklassen), school trips, and themed excursions.

The organization is embedded in the SG Novus scholengemeenschap (school community), a network of six Catholic primary schools in the broader Gistel area that share a directorate, teacher recruitment, and digital infrastructure (including the sgnovus.be platform). VBS Driespan's primary outward-facing asset is its website (driespan.be), which functions as an information portal for parents — hosting news, classroom blogs, school calendars, school regulations, lunch menus, and contact details — rather than as a commercial product. There is no proprietary technology platform, mobile application, or API; technology footprint is limited to a Joomla-based content management system, blog tools, and links to external photo albums on Google Photos and Blogspot.

VBS Driespan does not operate a commercial revenue model. As a publicly subsidized Flemish Catholic primary school, core operations are funded through Belgian government subsidies ( Flemish 'vrije basisschool' funding), with ancillary parental contributions covering meals, school trips, and after-school care. Ownership sits within the SG Novus network, which itself sits under the broader Katholiek Onderwijs Vlaanderen umbrella. There is no private equity, venture capital, or public market ownership; the entity is a non-profit educational institution with no stock symbol and no plans for an IPO or capital raise evident in the data.

Name

driespan

Legal name

Vrije Basisschool Driespan

Website

https://driespan.be

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

VBS Driespan is a Catholic primary school operating two campuses (Moere and Zevekote) in Gistel, West Flanders, Belgium, providing nursery and elementary education to local children aged 2.5–12 under the SG Novus scholengemeenschap network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Child Care Services (62441)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Nursery School Programs (2–4 Years) (EDACACAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Child Nutrition & Meal Programs (CACFP/Snack Programs) (EDACAMAA)

Keywords

• Primary education services
• Catholic primary schooling
• Nursery and elementary teaching
• After-school childcare
• Inclusive differentiated learning

Headquarters

HQ city

Moere

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

VBS Driespan is a Catholic primary school (Vrije Basisschool) providing nursery (kleuter) and elementary (lager) education for children aged approximately 2.5 to 12 years across two campuses in Moere and Zevekote, Belgium. Beyond classroom instruction, the school offers after-school care (opvang), inclusive education with remediation and differentiation, special needs accommodations via CLB, school meals catered by Depoorter, and a rich programme of excursions and forest classes (bosklassen).

Product overview

VBS Driespan is a Catholic primary school (Vrije Basisschool) with two campuses located in Moere and Zevekote, Belgium. The organization operates as an educational institution rather than a technology product company. Its online presence consists of a school website that publishes news, classroom blogs, enrollment information, menus (catered by Depoorter), school calendars, and contact details for both locations. The school is part of the SG Novus scholengemeenschap (school association).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Afdeling Moere: Primary school location in Moere, serving students from preschool through primary education
• Afdeling Zevekote

Products and services

• Nursery and Elementary Primary Education (Kleuter- en Lager Onderwijs) Full-cycle Catholic primary education from nursery (kleuter) through sixth grade offered to local children aged 2.5 to 12 across two campuses (Moere and Zevekote) in Gistel, West Flanders, Belgium. Includes inclusive education with remediation and differentiation, special needs support, and preparation for secondary education.
• After-School Care (Opvang) After-school care (opvang) service provided at both the Moere and Zevekote campuses to support working parents, operating in conjunction with the regular school day schedule.
• School Meals (Catering by Depoorter) School meal service provided to students at both Moere and Zevekote campuses, with daily menus (and allergen listings) published monthly on the school website. Catering is supplied by Depoorter.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Scholengemeenschap Novus (SG Novus)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVBS Driespan is part of the SG Novus school community (scholengemeenschap), which includes multiple Catholic primary schools in the Gistel area (Gravenbos Gistel, De Tandem Roksem, VBS Eernegem-Bekegem, H. Familie Oudenburg-Ettelgem, De Driespan Moere-Zevekote, Tempeldreef Gistel). SG Novus manages shared resources, teacher hiring, and provides the school website platform. The school community is led by a shared directorate (directienovusv2). Vacancies are posted via sgnovus.be.
• DepoorterminorOthersDepoorter provides the school meals (lunch menus) for both Moere and Zevekote campuses. Menus with allergen information are published monthly on the school website.
• Vrij CLB De HavensminorOthersThe school collaborates with Vrij CLB De Havens (Centrum voor Leerlingenbegeleiding / Student Guidance Center), which provides student counseling, learning support, and wellbeing services to students and families.
• Vriendenkring MoereminorOthersThe parent-friends association (Vriendenkring) at the Moere campus supports school events and fundraising. They notably contributed to Sinterklaas celebrations and donated a sand and water table for the nursery playground.

Recent moves5 records

Direct peers

• Gravenbos Gistel: Catholic primary school within the same SG Novus scholengemeenschap as VBS Driespan, located in Gistel. Operates under the same shared directienovusv2 leadership and governance framework, making its operations, funding model, and regulatory exposure directly comparable.
• VBS De Tandem Roksem: Sister Catholic primary school within SG Novus, located in Roksem (Gistel area). Shares the same network governance, funding model, and operational framework as VBS Driespan, with comparable size and rural West Flanders catchment.
• VBS Eernegem-Bekegem: Catholic primary school in SG Novus covering Eernegem and Bekegem. Direct comparable to VBS Driespan in governance, funding source, and multi-campus Catholic primary education model within the same scholengemeenschap.
• Heilige Familie Oudenburg-Ettelgem: Catholic primary school in SG Novus covering Oudenburg and Ettelgem. Operates under identical SG Novus governance and Flemish Catholic education subsidies as VBS Driespan, serving a comparable small-town primary-age cohort in West Flanders.
• Tempeldreef Gistel: Sixth Catholic primary school in SG Novus, also located in Gistel. Direct intra-network peer to VBS Driespan with the same funding, governance, and Catholic primary education offering, serving a geographically adjacent catchment.

Broad incumbents

• GO! Onderwijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap: The Flemish community education network, the public-sector counterpart to the Catholic school network of which VBS Driespan is part. Operates primary schools throughout Flanders under public funding, providing the secular alternative against which VBS Driespan's Catholic positioning competes.
• Katholiek Onderwijs Vlaanderen: Umbrella organization representing all Flemish Catholic schools, of which VBS Driespan is a member through SG Novus. Comparable as the broader governing body for the Catholic primary education network, setting policy, advocacy, and shared services that frame VBS Driespan's operating environment.

Others

• Scholengemeenschap Novus (SG Novus): Parent scholengemeenschap of VBS Driespan. Not a peer in the competitive sense but the governing network that provides shared services (teacher hiring, central directienovusv2, web platform). Included as an ecosystem participant whose decisions directly affect VBS Driespan's operating context.
• Vrij CLB De Havens: Student guidance center (Centrum voor Leerlingenbegeleiding) that partners with VBS Driespan for student counseling, learning support, and wellbeing services. Included as an ecosystem participant enabling VBS Driespan's inclusive-education value proposition.

Regional players

• Scholengroep TKO (Torhoutse Katholieke Scholen): Catholic school group operating primary schools in the broader Torhout/West Flanders region. Comparable to VBS Driespan as a regional Catholic school network competing for the same Flemish per-pupil subsidies and overlapping catchment areas in West Flanders.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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