ALFRED DEAKIN HIGH SCHOOL

Name

ALFRED DEAKIN HIGH SCHOOL

Legal name

Alfred Deakin High School

Website

https://adhs.act.edu.au

Company type

Public

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAJAAAC

Public Middle Schools

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/Public K–12 Schools & Districts

Keywords

• Secondary education
• Public schooling
• High school programs
• Curriculum delivery
• Student support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Deakin

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. ACT Government Funding: As an ACT public school, the primary revenue comes from government education funding allocated by the ACT Education Directorate.
2. Voluntary Family Contributions: Annual voluntary family contribution of $100 per family, plus subject contributions for each subject studied. These modest contributions allow continued delivery of quality programs with quality resources.
3. Canteen Operations: School canteen (Café Chatters) operated by Woden Community Service under Social Enterprise program, providing employment for vulnerable people while providing nutritious food for students.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Alfred Deakin High School is a public secondary school located in Deakin, Canberra, ACT, Australia, providing education to Year 7 through Year 10 students. The school is operated by the ACT Education Directorate and delivers secondary curriculum programs, student welfare and learning support, and operates a school canteen (Café Chatters by Woden Community Service).

Product overview

Alfred Deakin High School is a Year 7-10 public secondary school in Canberra, ACT, offering a comprehensive educational program built on Google Apps for Education and Bring Your Own Device infrastructure. The school's core educational offerings include the standard Australian Curriculum (English, Mathematics, Science, HaSS, PE, Languages, Arts, Technologies) supplemented by specialized gifted programs (Academic Unicorn), leadership initiatives (PANTHERS/ELEMENTS, Youth Leadership, LiFT, ADVANCE), and cultural programs (Deakin Deadly Mob). Technology integration is central to the learning environment, with the school operating a BYOD program supporting Chromebooks as the preferred device, Google Apps for Education for collaboration, and Parent Portal/Sentral for school-home communication. The school also offers AI Framework and Student AI Roadmap to guide responsible AI use in learning. The school serves approximately 25% EALD students with dedicated support, and offers international student enrollment through the ACT Education Directorate.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 25% of students from EALD backgrounds, demonstrating multicultural inclusivity
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Integration8 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Woden Community ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWoden Community Services operates the school canteen (Café Chatters) under the Social Enterprise program. The program aims to create social impact by providing nutritious food for students while providing employment for vulnerable people to positively impact the community. The canteen operates Monday-Friday at recess and lunch time.
• Tomioka Higashi Junior High School (Japan)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEstablished sister school relationship with Tomioka Higashi Junior High School in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Japanese language students have the opportunity to travel to Japan to refine classroom skills and gain real-world experience while connecting with the sister school.
• The Woden SchoolmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLiFT (Learning independence through Friendships and Trust) program - Year 9 and 10 students volunteer at The Woden School serving as mentors and friends for students with disabilities. The program fosters inclusion, connection, and support while building leadership capacity in ADHS students.
• ACT Education DirectoratecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAs an ACT public school, ADHS operates under the ACT Education Directorate. The Directorate provides funding, policies, the Sentral/Parent Portal platform, Digital Backpack resources, and coordinates initiatives like InPlace for workplace learning management.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Daramalan College: Catholic systemic secondary school in Canberra offering Years 7-12. Comparable as a competing ACT secondary provider with broader year-level coverage that competes with ADHS for Year 7 enrolment in the same catchment.
• Radford College: Independent Anglican school in Canberra offering ELC-12. Comparable as a high-resource ACT private secondary competitor with full senior years, competing for the same middle-class Canberra family cohort.
• Marist College Canberra: Catholic boys' secondary college in Canberra (Years 4-12) with strong leadership and sporting programs. Comparable as an ACT secondary competitor offering specialised programs similar to ADHS's PANTHERS/ELEMENTS leadership streams.
• Merici College: Catholic girls' secondary school in Canberra offering Years 7-12. Comparable as a competing ACT secondary provider that overlaps with ADHS's ELEMENTS girls' leadership programming and gender-specific education niche.
• Canberra Grammar School: Leading independent (private) school in Canberra offering P-12 education. Comparable as a high-status ACT secondary provider that draws aspirational families from the same central Canberra demographic ADHS serves.

Direct peers

• Lyneham High School: ACT public high school with a strong music and arts specialisation. Comparable as a fellow ACT public secondary school serving similar year levels with specialised program offerings.
• Narrabundah College: ACT public Years 11-12 college that is the primary destination for ADHS Year 10 graduates. Comparable as the senior-years counterpart within the ACT public system, jointly serving the same student pipeline.
• Canberra High School: ACT public secondary school serving the inner-Canberra area. Comparable as a neighboring government high school competing for similar Priority Enrolment Area families within the ACT public system.
• Telopea Park School: ACT public school (junior and senior campus) with a strong bilingual French-English program and significant international student cohort. Most directly comparable to ADHS as a fellow ACT public school serving a multicultural, internationally-oriented student body in central Canberra.

Regional players

• Gungahlin College: ACT public Years 11-12 college in Gungahlin. Comparable as a destination college for ADHS Year 10 leavers, completing the public-school pipeline within the ACT system from a different geographic region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ADHSSchool
• Instagraminstagram.com/alfreddeakinhighschool
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/alfred-deakin-high-school

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