Primary and Secondary School of the Cathedral

What Primary and Secondary School of the Cathedral does

Agrupamento de Escolas da Sé - Lamego, operating as the Primary and Secondary School of the Cathedral, is a Portuguese public school cluster headquartered at Avenida D. Egas Moniz, Quinta da Cerca, 5100-196 Lamego, Portugal (NIF 600 083 241). It is a government state entity under the Portuguese Ministry of Education (Ministério da Educação), delivering free public education from pre-school (ages 3-5) through secondary level (10th-12th grade), in line with the Portuguese national curriculum. The cluster operates five campuses: the main Escola Básica e Secundária da Sé, Centro Escolar Lamego N.º 2, Centro Escolar Lamego Sudeste, Escola Básica de Lamego Sudeste (Ferreirim), and Escola Básica Penude.

The institution's operational technology centers on the GIAE Online administrative management platform (for student records, grading, meal tickets, and academic administration) integrated with Google Classroom for digital learning, and the national PIEPE exam-registration platform and Portal das Matrículas enrollment portal managed by the Ministry of Education. The product and program surface includes the Escola Library (over 10,000 publications), the Eco-Escolas environmental program (Green Flag awarded 2021/2022), the Clube de Ciência Viva na Escola (CCVnE) science club, the Clube Europeu, Erasmus+ and eTwinning European mobility programs, Ação Social Escolar social support, and a school canteen service with published weekly menus and standardized pricing.

The business model is non-commercial: as a Portuguese public school cluster, the entity charges no tuition fees and is funded through the national education budget. Customer segments are students aged 3-18 (primary segment) and parents/guardians (secondary segment), enrolled through the national Portal das Matrículas and the school's administrative services. Distribution is geographic and statutory — the institution serves the Lamego municipality and surrounding parishes, with school transport coordinated through the Município de Lamego. No revenue, funding rounds, or private ownership structures apply.

Name

Primary and Secondary School of the Cathedral

Legal name

Agrupamento de Escolas da Sé - Lamego

Website

https://aves.edu.pt

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Agrupamento de Escolas da Sé - Lamego (Primary and Secondary School of the Cathedral) is a Portuguese public school cluster in Lamego, Portugal, delivering free pre-school through secondary education under the Portuguese Ministry of Education across five campuses serving local students and families.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Primary and Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Alternative, Continuation & Credit-Recovery Schools (EDAJAAAG)

Keywords

• Public primary education
• Public secondary education
• School library services
• Environmental education programs
• European student mobility

Headquarters

HQ city

Lamego

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Agrupamento de Escolas da Sé - Lamego is a public school cluster in Lamego, Portugal, providing free education from pre-school through secondary level (3-18 years of age). It delivers the Portuguese national curriculum across multiple facilities, supported by administrative, social, library, and extracurricular programs including the Eco-Escolas environmental program, the Ciência Viva science club, and Erasmus+/eTwinning European mobility programs.

Product overview

Agrupamento de Escolas da Sé - Lamego operates the AVES Website as its official institutional portal, integrated with the GIAE Online administrative management platform. The school offers a comprehensive suite of educational and support services including the School Library (Biblioteca Escolar) with over 10,000 publications, the Eco-Escolas environmental program (awarded the Green Flag), the Clube de Ciência Viva na Escola (science club), and European mobility programs (Erasmus+ and eTwinning). Additional support services include School Social Support (Action Social Escolar), school transport coordination, canteen services, and a European Club. The institution is located in Lamego, Portugal, serving students from pre-school through secondary education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AVES Institutional Website

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Integration7 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Município de Lamego (Municipality of Lamego)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Municipality of Lamego collaborates with the school cluster on school transport services and school social action (Ação Social Escolar) including economic aid applications for students. The municipality handles transportation passes (SUB18+TP and SUB23+TP) and manages special circuit requests for students from surrounding parishes.
• JNE - Júri Nacional de Exames (National Examination Jury)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJNE provides examination regulations, norms, and guidelines for national exams. The school implements JNE procedures for exam registration, conduct, and grading appeals through the PIEPE electronic platform.
• IAVE - Instituto de Avaliação Educativa (Educational Assessment Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIAVE provides examination information, testing materials, and evaluation frameworks. The school follows IAVE guidelines for national exams and accesses examination information through their official platform.
• Rede de Bibliotecas de Lamego (Lamego Libraries Network)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with the Lamego Libraries Network including the Municipal Library of Lamego, providing access to reading resources and literacy programs.
• Plano Nacional de Leitura (National Reading Plan)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational government program promoting reading and literacy in schools. The school library participates in PNL activities and initiatives.
• Rede Bibliotecas Escolares (School Libraries Network)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the national school libraries network managed by the Ministry of Education, providing resources and training for school library services.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Agrupamento de Escolas de Viseu Norte: Larger public K-12 school cluster serving northern Viseu district. Operates the same Portuguese cluster model with multi-school consolidation but at meaningfully larger student scale, providing a regional comparison point within the same education district as the Lamego cluster.

Direct peers

• Agrupamento de Escolas de Castro Daire: Public K-12 school cluster in neighboring Castro Daire municipality (Viseu district). Comparable Portuguese public school cluster with multi-school integration, serving similar rural interior northern Portugal demographic and operating on the same Ministry of Education framework.
• Agrupamento de Escolas de Tarouca: Public K-12 school cluster in Tarouca, a neighboring municipality to Lamego in the Viseu district. Operates the same Portuguese cluster framework serving similar rural northern Portugal demographics, directly comparable in scale and operating model.
• Agrupamento de Escolas de Resende: Public K-12 school cluster in nearby Resende municipality within the Viseu district. Operates the same multi-school Agrupamento structure under Portuguese national curriculum with shared Ministry of Education funding model and similar rural Douro catchment.
• Agrupamento de Escolas de Peso da Régua: Portuguese public K-12 school cluster located in neighboring Peso da Régua municipality in the Douro region. Operates the same multi-school cluster structure under the Portuguese Ministry of Education with comparable catchment demographics, making it the closest geographic peer to the Lamego cluster.

Broad incumbents

• Agrupamento de Escolas de Penafiel: Public K-12 school cluster in Penafiel, north of Porto. Operates similar cluster model under Portuguese Ministry of Education with multi-school integration, but larger scale and broader program scope positions it as a broader incumbent comparator in northern Portugal.
• European Schools: Pan-European K-12 institution network operated jointly by EU member states with shared multilingual curriculum. International public K-12 peer offering EU-aligned education with multi-country enrollment, structurally analogous to the Agrupamento's public K-12 model but operating across borders and at international scale.
• Agrupamento de Escolas de Gondomar: Larger established Portuguese public K-12 school cluster in Gondomar (greater Porto metropolitan area). Operates the same national Agrupamento framework but with substantially larger student population, broader curricular and extracurricular offerings, and proximity to an urban catchment area — representing a broader incumbent comparator.
• Agrupamento de Escolas de Paredes: Public K-12 school cluster in Paredes municipality within the greater Porto area. Operates the same Portuguese cluster framework with multi-school integration under Ministry of Education, larger than the Lamego cluster and offering broader curricular and program scope as a metropolitan-area incumbent.
• Agrupamento de Escolas de Paços de Ferreira: Public K-12 school cluster in Paços de Ferreira within the Porto metropolitan area. Operates the same Portuguese cluster framework with multi-school integration and Ministry of Education funding, larger than the Lamego cluster and offering broader curricular and extracurricular scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCaY9fOiA4dfXGtt9jyJrQLg
• Facebookfacebook.com/agrupamentoescolasselamego
• Instagraminstagram.com/agrupamentoescolasse
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/primary-and-secondary-school-of-the-cathedral

Compliance3 records

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Profiles3 records

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