Aurelia Onderwijs

What Aurelia Onderwijs does

Aurelia Onderwijs is a Dutch public secondary education foundation (Stichting) headquartered in Emmen, Netherlands, formed on January 1, 2024 through the administrative merger (bestuurlijke fusie) of three openbare secondary school communities: RSG Ter Apel, De Nieuwe Veste, and Esdal College. The foundation operates 10 school locations across the provinces of Drenthe, Groningen, and Overijssel, serving approximately 5,500 students daily with 800 staff members. It offers the full Dutch secondary education spectrum — praktijkonderwijs, vmbo, mavo, havo, vwo (atheneum and gymnasium) — plus an Internationale Schakelklas (ISK) for international students at RSG Ter Apel.

The operating model is a federated network: the three predecessor brands (De Nieuwe Veste, Esdal College, RSG Ter Apel) retain independent identities, websites, and distinctive pedagogical approaches (including Technasium, Ontdekkend Leren, and Doelgericht Leren), while governance, administration, and shared services are centralized under one College van Bestuur (sole member W. Veenvliet) and a single Servicebureau. A Raad van Toezicht of five members provides oversight. The technology footprint is modest: students use Chromebooks for digital lessons, and the corporate website uses Google Analytics — no proprietary AI/ML systems, APIs, or integrations were identified.

Revenue mechanics are entirely government-driven: as a publicly funded secondary education institution, Aurelia receives per-student funding from the Dutch ministry rather than tuition from families. Membership in the VO-raad (the national association for secondary schools) and adherence to the Governancecode Funderend Onderwijs are mandatory. Distribution is purely direct-to-consumer through physical campus enrollment across the three-province region, with no enterprise customers, no export of services, and no commercial product lines beyond the core education offering.

Name

Aurelia Onderwijs

Legal name

Stichting Aurelia Onderwijs

Website

https://aurelia-onderwijs.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Aurelia Onderwijs is a Dutch public secondary education foundation formed in 2024 from the merger of three school communities, operating 10 school locations across Drenthe, Groningen, and Overijssel to serve 5,500 students with 800 staff across the full Dutch secondary education spectrum.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Emmen

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding: Government-funded secondary education provided to approximately 5500 students daily across 10 school locations in the Netherlands.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Aurelia Onderwijs is a Dutch educational foundation that provides publicly funded secondary education to approximately 5,500 students daily across 10 school locations in Drenthe, Groningen, and Overijssel. The portfolio covers praktijkonderwijs, vmbo, mavo, havo, vwo (atheneum and gymnasium), and an International Transition Class (ISK), delivered by 800 staff under three school brands: De Nieuwe Veste, Esdal College, and RSG Ter Apel.

Product overview

Aurelia Onderwijs is a Dutch secondary education foundation formed through the administrative merger of RSG Ter Apel, De Nieuwe Veste, and Esdal College. The organization operates as a platform of educational brands rather than a unified product, connecting nine schools across ten locations in Drenthe, Groningen, and Overijssel. The portfolio includes De Nieuwe Veste, Esdal College, and RSG Ter Apel as the primary school brands, each operating independently with their own identity while sharing centralized services. Together these schools offer the complete spectrum of Dutch secondary education: praktijkonderwijs, vmbo, mavo, havo, vwo (atheneum and gymnasium), and an international transition class (ISK). The schools collectively serve approximately 5,500 students daily, guided by 800 staff members. The organization positions itself around transformation, development and growth, with each school maintaining distinctive pedagogical approaches.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• De Nieuwe Veste: Openbaar voortgezet onderwijs on two schools in Coevorden and Hardenberg, from praktijkonderwijs to gymnasium, with distinctive approaches Ontdekkend Leren in Coevorden and Doelgericht Leren in Hardenberg, and Technasium on both locations.
• Esdal College
• RSG Ter Apel

Products and services

• De Nieuwe Veste

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• VO-raadcoreOthersAurelia Onderwijs is a member of the VO-raad, the association of schools in secondary education (voortgezet onderwijs) in the Netherlands. The organization follows the Governancecode Funderend Onderwijs as a membership requirement.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• RSG Wolfsbos: Public secondary school located in Hoogeveen, Drenthe province. Geographic neighbor to Aurelia's Drenthe locations (Emmen, Coevorden, Borger, Klazienaveen, Oosterhesselen), competing for similar student populations in the regional public secondary education market.
• Het Stedelijk Lyceum Enschede: Secondary education organization in Enschede, Overijssel province. Geographic overlap with Aurelia's Hardenberg location in Overijssel, making it a regional competitor for students in the eastern Dutch public secondary education market.

Others

• VO-raad: Dutch national association of secondary schools (voortgezet onderwijs) of which Aurelia is a member. Industry body representing secondary education foundations, providing governance standards (Governancecode Funderend Onderwijs) and policy advocacy for the sector.

Direct peers

• Stichting Carmelcollege: Large Catholic secondary education foundation operating multiple schools in eastern Netherlands (Twente/Achterhoek). Directly comparable to Aurelia as a multi-school regional secondary education network with the same VO-raad membership and government funding model.
• Stichting Quadraam: Regional secondary education foundation operating schools across Gelderland province. Comparable multi-school network with similar government funding structure and VO-raad affiliation, though operating in a different geographic region of the Netherlands.
• Stichting Openbaar Onderwijs Groningen (O2G2): Public secondary and primary education foundation in Groningen province, one of the same provinces Aurelia operates in. Highly comparable as a multi-school public education organization serving an overlapping regional student base in the northeastern Netherlands.
• Stichting LVO (Limburgs Voortgezet Onderwijs): Large Catholic secondary education foundation operating schools across Limburg province. Comparable multi-school secondary education network with similar funding model and VO-raad membership, operating in a different region of the Netherlands.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aurelia-onderwijs

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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