What Bertinus Collectief does

Bertinus Collectief (operating as BCPOP) is a Catholic secondary school collective (scholengemeenschap) governed by the non-profit vzw VSOP Sint-Bertinus (Vrij Secundair Onderwijs Poperinge Sint-Bertinus), headquartered at Burgemeester Bertenplein 32 in Poperinge, Belgium. The organization operates three pedagogical entities across four campuses in the West Flanders region: De Keiwijzer (first-grade secondary, A-stream and B-stream for ages 12-14), Lodewijk Makeblijde College or LMC (upper-secondary, second and third grade, ages 14-18, with study directions including Economics, Agriculture, Society & Well-being, STEM, Languages & Culture, and Food & Hospitality), and De Ast (special secondary education, OV3 for behavioral/emotional issues and OV4 for autism spectrum disorders). The collective also operates two boarding facilities — Internaat BCPOP for De Keiwijzer and LMC students, and Internaat Ten Bunderen for De Ast students — offering accommodation, meals, pedagogical guidance, and 24-hour supervision.

The technology stack is built entirely on standard educational and productivity platforms: the Smartschool digital learning environment for planners, grade books, attendance, and career guidance; Schoolware for parent communications; Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Teams delivered through school accounts; and a Bring Your Own Device laptop program using HP Probook hardware with monthly usage fees and four-year service contracts. There is no proprietary technology platform. The organization collaborates with De Pinker (school of De Lovie) as a scholengemeenschap partner, works with Vrij CLB Westhoek-Houtland for mandatory student guidance, and operates under the PLP41 cooperation protocol with Lokale Politie Poperinge.

The business model is fundamentally public-sector: education in Belgium is publicly funded, so core tuition is free and the institution is financed primarily through Flemish government subsidies and parent contributions (bijdrageregeling). Direct revenue streams are limited to ancillary services — boarding fees (€2,910-€2,960 per student per year), laptop usage fees (€8.10-€22/month), meals (€0.80-€6.60 per unit), and student locker rentals (€13/year). Marketing is conducted through the school website (bertinuscollectief.be), Facebook and Instagram channels, the Smartschool parent portal, open days, and the periodic Wijsneus magazine, targeting prospective students and families in the Poperinge region through direct enrollment at school offices.

Name

Bertinus Collectief

Legal name

vzw VSOP Sint-Bertinus (Vrij Secundair Onderwijs Poperinge Sint-Bertinus)

Website

https://bertinuscollectief.be

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bertinus Collectief is a publicly funded Catholic secondary school network in Poperinge, Belgium, operating three pedagogical entities — De Keiwijzer, Lodewijk Makeblijde College, and De Ast — plus two boarding facilities, serving regional students aged 12-18.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Nonsectarian Independent Boarding Schools (EDAJABAB)

Keywords

• Secondary education services
• Special education programs
• Boarding school facilities
• Catholic school network
• Student guidance services

Headquarters

HQ city

Poperinge

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Bertinus Collectief is a Catholic scholengemeenschap (school community) in Poperinge, Belgium that runs three pedagogically linked secondary schools — De Keiwijzer (first grade), Lodewijk Makeblijde College (second and third grades), and De Ast (special needs education) — together with two boarding schools, Internaat BCPOP and Internaat Ten Bunderen. The collective provides classroom secondary education, residential boarding, meals, a laptop usage program, and dedicated student guidance (zorg) services to pupils and their families.

Product overview

Bertinus Collectief is a school collective (scholengemeenschap) consisting of three pedagogical entities: De Keiwijzer (first-grade secondary education), Lodewijk Makeblijde College (second and third-grade upper-secondary), and De Ast (special secondary education for students with special needs, OV3 and OV4). The collective also operates two boarding schools (Internaat BCPOP and Internaat Ten Bunderen), publishes a school magazine (Wijsneus), and provides a digital learning environment through Smartschool and Microsoft 365. Additional services include a laptop (BYOD) program and various student support services through CLB.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• De Keiwijzer: First grade secondary school (eerste graad) within Bertinus Collectief, serving students in first and second year A and B streams.
• Lodewijk Makeblijde College
• De Ast
• Internaat BCPOP
• Internaat Ten Bunderen

Products and services

• De Keiwijzer (first-grade secondary school)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• De Pinker (De Lovie)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBertinus Collectief forms a scholengemeenschap (school community) with De Pinker school of De Lovie. This partnership provides educational collaboration and shared resources between the two institutions, with Heidi Vanslambrouck serving as director of De Pinker.
• Vrij CLB Westhoek-HoutlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudent guidance center (Centrum voor Leerlingenbegeleiding) providing mandatory health examinations, learning support, educational career guidance, and well-being support. Located at Rekhof 22, Poperinge. The CLB works with students, parents, and school on learning problems, study choice, health, and well-being matters.
• Katholiek Leersteuncentrum West-VlaanderenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCatholic learning support center providing general questions about educational support and learning accommodations for students with additional needs.
• Lokale Politie PoperingeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration under PLP41 cooperation protocol for school-police relations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Heilig-Hartscholen: Heilig-Hartscholen is a Catholic secondary school network in Belgium offering comparable mainstream and special-needs tracks; structurally similar to Bertinus Collectief as a faith-based, multi-campus scholengemeenschap serving similar age cohorts.
• Don Bosco Belgium: Don Bosco Belgium is a Catholic secondary education network operating multiple schools with technical and vocational study directions across Flanders, directly comparable to Bertinus Collectief's mix of mainstream and dual-learning programs at LMC and the Catholic values underpinning the organization.
• De Lovie: De Lovie operates De Pinker, Bertinus Collectief's scholengemeenschap partner, and is itself a special-needs education organization with residential and day programs. It is a directly comparable special-needs provider in West Flanders and the most natural peer for the De Ast and Internaat Ten Bunderen operations.
• Atheneum (Flemish public secondary schools): Atheneum schools are public secondary schools operating across Flanders, including in West Flanders, offering comparable mainstream study directions and competing directly for the same regional student pool as De Keiwijzer and LMC.
• VTI Roeselare: VTI Roeselare is a Catholic technical secondary school in the West Flanders region offering STEM and vocational tracks comparable to LMC's technical and dual-learning study directions, competing for the same regional student pool.
• Sint-Aloysiuscollege: Sint-Aloysiuscollege is a Catholic secondary school in Belgium offering mainstream and technical tracks; comparable to Bertinus Collectief in terms of Catholic identity, secondary grade range, and dual-learning/STEM orientation in the Flemish market.

Broad incumbents

• GO! Onderwijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap: GO! Onderwijs is the umbrella network for Flemish public/community secondary schools, the public-sector counterpart to Bertinus Collectief's Catholic scholengemeenschap and the principal alternative source of secondary education for families in the Poperinge catchment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/bertinuscollectief
• Instagraminstagram.com/bertinuscollectief
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bertinus-collectief

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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