Balbriggan Educate Together National School

What Balbriggan Educate Together National School does

Balbriggan Educate Together National School (BETNS) is a publicly funded primary school located at Hamlet Lane, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, Ireland, operating within the Educate Together patron network since approximately 2003-2005. The school delivers equality-based, child-centred education to children from Junior Infants through 6th Class (approximately ages 4-12) under the Learn Together curriculum, with no tuition fees charged; it is funded through the Irish Department of Education and supplemented by ancillary fees for Homework Clubs and Afterschool Clubs. Governance is provided by a Board of Management (term commenced December 2023) comprising patron, parent, teacher, and community nominees, chaired by Kevin Wall with Principal Emma Grufferty serving as Secretary.

The school's core technology stack centres on the third-party Aladdin Connect platform, which handles attendance recording, parent communication, registration for Homework Clubs and Afterschool Clubs, permission requests for trips and events, and ancillary fee processing via ePayments. Ancillary and educational services include Glanmore Foods school lunches (ordered online), the Irish Institute of Music's 'Pathway to the Well' traditional music programme, a school choir, a bi-annual STEM Week, an Active Schools Committee, an annual Human Rights Celebration, and Junior/Senior Homework Clubs running three days weekly. Marketing and distribution are exclusively local — direct family enrollment within the Balbriggan catchment area, supplemented by the school's website (balbrigganetns.com), the Aladdin Connect app, and word-of-mouth within the Educate Together national network.

The business model is non-commercial in the conventional sense: revenue is not publicly disclosed, no tuition is charged, and the only fee-bearing streams are ancillary club services. The single office is the Hamlet Lane headquarters, headcount is reported as 1-10, and the entity is privately operated but state-funded, with no private equity, venture capital, or founder ownership structure. As an institution rather than a commercial enterprise, growth is constrained to enrolment capacity within the defined catchment and programmatic enrichment rather than market expansion.

Name

Balbriggan Educate Together National School

Legal name

Balbriggan Educate Together National School

Website

https://balbrigganetns.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Balbriggan Educate Together National School is a publicly funded Irish primary school in Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, serving children aged 4-12 (Junior Infants to 6th Class) under the Educate Together network's equality-based Learn Together curriculum, with ancillary Homework Clubs and Afterschool services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE)

Keywords

• Primary education services
• Equality-based schooling
• After-school programs
• Learn Together curriculum
• Child-centred learning

Headquarters

HQ city

Ireland

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Balbriggan Educate Together National School is a publicly funded Irish primary school delivering the national primary curriculum alongside the Educate Together "Learn Together" curriculum for children from Junior Infants to 6th Class (ages approximately 4-12). It offers equality-based, multi-denominational, child-centred education enhanced by enrichment programmes (STEM, music, sport, human rights) and ancillary fee-based services including Homework Clubs, an Afterschool Club, and school lunches, with parent communication and administration managed through the Aladdin Connect platform.

Product overview

Balbriggan Educate Together National School is a primary school offering education from Junior Infants to 6th Class. The school operates as part of the Educate Together network, providing an equality-based, child-centred education through the Learn Together curriculum. Key services include the Aladdin Connect communication platform for attendance tracking and parent communication, Homework Clubs for academic support, STEM Week for science and technology education, music programs including the Irish Music Access Programme and Choir, an Active Schools Committee promoting physical wellbeing, and an annual Human Rights Celebration. The school also provides school lunches through a partnership with Glanmore Foods.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Primary Education (Junior Infants to 6th Class)
• Homework Clubs

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• Glanmore FoodssupportingOthersGlanmore Foods provides healthy school lunches to all children at Balbriggan ETNS. Parents can order lunches online through Glanmore's web ordering system. The school also has an HSCL (Home School Community Liaison) teacher contact for parents needing assistance with the lunch ordering process.
• Irish Institute of MusicsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Irish Institute of Music delivers the 'Pathway to the Well' Irish Music Access Programme at Balbriggan ETNS. Through this initiative, children learn to play a variety of traditional Irish instruments, participate in group performances, and develop an appreciation for Ireland's musical heritage. The programme is inclusive and accessible to all students regardless of musical background.
• Aladdin ConnectcoreTechnology or IntegrationAladdin Connect is the school's primary digital platform for attendance recording, parent communication, registration for Homework Clubs and Afterschool Clubs, and requesting permissions for school trips and events. Parents download the Aladdin Connect app (available on Apple and Android) and use the ePayments tab for fee-based services. The Home School Community Liaison teacher provides onboarding support to parents.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Gaelscoileanna Teo: National representative body for Irish-medium (Gaelscoil) primary schools — a parallel alternative-patronage model to Educate Together within the publicly funded Irish National School system; comparable as a peer in the alternative-patronage primary school category.
• Educate Together: The national patron body that operates the network of equality-based, multi-denominational primary and second-level schools to which BETNS belongs; it is directly comparable as the umbrella organization setting curriculum, ethos, and governance standards for schools in BETNS's category.

Others

• Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO): The primary teachers' union and professional body covering Irish National School teachers including those at BETNS; not a peer school but an adjacent ecosystem participant that influences pay, conditions, and education policy affecting BETNS.

Direct peers

• St. Molaga's National School: A Catholic national primary school referenced in BETNS's own materials (choir collaborations); serves the same Balbriggan catchment under a different patronage and is the most direct local competitor for primary enrollment in the area.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/balbriggan-educate-together-national-school

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

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