Dendron College

What Dendron College does

Dendron College is a publicly-funded Dutch secondary school (voortgezet onderwijs) located at Gebroeders van Doornelaan 124 in Horst, Limburg, Netherlands, serving approximately 164 staff and a regional student body drawn primarily from the Horst aan de Maas and Venray municipalities. Founded in 1995 and operated under the Stichting LVO foundation, the school delivers the full Dutch secondary track range — vmbo (basis, kader, and theoretisch, with Zorg & Welzijn and Techniek & Vakmanschap specialisations), havo, and vwo (atheneum and gymnasium) — alongside a layered set of talent and support programs including Sportklas, Kunstklas, Muziekklas, Debatklas, Toptalenten, Op niveau, Dendron Media, Science, and the TaalRijk EOA program for newly arrived non-Dutch-speaking students. It also runs international exchanges with schools in Italy, France, Greece, Turkey, and Senegal, and offers student welfare services such as remedial teaching, dyslexia support, a Focus-klas, thuislokaal, and KIES coaching for grief and divorce.

The school's technology base is a conventional EdTech stack — Microsoft 365, Somtoday (student information system), itslearning (learning management system), Eduroam WiFi, Canon uniFLOW print management, and the Aura library app — wrapped by a proprietary Dendron Dashboard portal at dendrondashboard.online that centralises daily access. It operates a BYOD-onderwijs (Bring Your Own Device) model where students supply their own laptops, supported by eduroam connectivity and blended digital/textbook instruction.

Dendron College's revenue model is government-funded under the Wet op het Voortgezet Onderwijs, with no tuition (lesgeld) charged to parents. Funding flows through Stichting LVO from per-student Dutch state allocation, supplemented by a voluntary ouderbijdrage (parent contribution) and unit-priced fees for optional enrichment programs (e.g., Kunstklas and Sportklas at €100 per school year). The go-to-market is event-driven and community-led: open-house events, primary-school outreach to groep 7/8, and an active ouderraad (parent council) and leerlingenraad (student council) drive enrolment from the regional feeder pipeline; conversion happens through direct on-campus registration rather than commercial sales.

Name

Dendron College

Legal name

Dendron College

Website

https://dendron.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Dendron College is a publicly-funded Dutch secondary school in Horst, Limburg, operated by Stichting LVO, delivering vmbo, havo, and vwo tracks plus talent and EOA programs to regional students aged 11-18.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Horst

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Government-funded education: As a publicly funded secondary school in the Netherlands, Dendron College's primary revenue comes from government funding per the Dutch Wet op het Voortgezet Onderwijs (WVO). Parents do not pay tuition (lesgeld). The school charges a voluntary parent contribution (ouderbijdrage) and fees for specific activities and supplementary programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Dendron College is a Dutch publicly funded secondary school (voortgezet onderwijs) delivering vmbo, havo, and vwo (atheneum, gymnasium) education to students aged 11-18. It supplements core academic tracks with talent enrichment programs (Sportklas, Kunstklas, Muziekklas, Debatklas, Toptalenten, Op niveau, Science, Dendron Media) and the TaalRijk program for non-Dutch speakers. Educational delivery is supported by a BYOD model integrated with Microsoft 365, Somtoday, itslearning, and the Dendron Dashboard portal.

Product overview

Dendron College is a secondary education institution offering a unified educational platform with multiple programs across vmbo, havo, and vwo levels. The core offering consists of three main education tracks (vmbo with specializations in Techniek & Vakmanschap and Zorg & Welzijn; havo; and vwo including atheneum and gymnasium). Complementing these are specialized enrichment programs including Sportklas, Kunstklas, Muziekklas, Debatklas, TaalRijk (for non-Dutch speakers), and Dendron Media. The institution supports its educational programs with digital infrastructure including Dendron Dashboard (central portal integrating Somtoday, itslearning, and Office 365) and a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) education model. Student support services include Leerlingbegeleiding with remedial teaching, dyslexia support, and the Focus-klas for students with additional support needs. International programs include exchanges with European schools and the SOTOS partnership with Senegal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• vmbo (Voorbereidend Middelbaar Beroeps Onderwijs)
• havo/vwo
• Sportklas
• Kunstklas
• Muziekklas
• Debatklas
• Toptalenten
• Op niveau
• TaalRijk
• Dendron Media
• Dendron Dashboard
• Internationalisering
• Science
• Leerlingbegeleiding

Quantifiable outcome

• Gouden Schaal (Gold) certification for the Gezonde Schoolkantine, demonstrating compliance with the Richtlijnen Gezondere Kantines from the Voedingscentrum.
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Opleidingsschool Noord-LimburgcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016A consortium of six secondary schools (Blariacumcollege, Bouwens van der Boijecollege, Dendron College, College den Hulster, Raayland College, Valuascollege) and two teacher training institutes (HAN ILS Nijmegen, Radboud Docenten Academie Nijmegen) working together on joint teacher training and professional development. The partnership was recognized as an aspirant opleidingsschool by the Ministry of OC&W from school year 2016-2017. School year 2025-2026: Martijn Janssen and Irene Veurink serve as school trainers at Dendron College.
• SOTOS (Stichting Ontwikkeling Technisch Onderwijs Senegal)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSOTOS is a foundation focused on technical education development in Senegal, partnered with Bouwmensen Noord-Limburg and Peters Bouw & Onderhoud. Dendron College students installed computer networks at CEM and CFP schools in Sindian in 2006, 2009, and 2015. Since 2017, there has been an annual exchange between Dendron College and CEM in Sindian with 10-12 upper-year students working on a joint program for one week.
• Stichting LVO (Landelijk VO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStichting LVO is the overarching school foundation that owns and operates Dendron College and other schools in Limburg and South-East Brabant. The foundation provides governance, shared ICT infrastructure (including Dendron Dashboard, Somtoday, itslearning, Office 365), and administrative services. TaalRijk is a program established by Stichting LVO in collaboration with municipalities Venray, Horst aan de Maas, and Peel en Maas.
• Samenwerkingsverband Voortgezet Onderwijs Noord-Limburg (SWV VO Noord-Limburg)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA regional consortium of regular and special schools that coordinates inclusive education (passend onderwijs) across North Limburg. Dendron College is a member. The consortium manages support funding, arranges referrals to special education, and develops shared support plans. Contact person at Dendron: Gertie Sikes (ondersteuningscoördinator).
• Exchange partner schools (Italy, France, Greece, Turkey)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUpper-year students (vmbo-4, havo-4/5) participate in student exchange programs with schools in Desenzano (Italy), Chartres (France), Athene (Greece), and Cesme (Turkey). Each exchange consists of a one-week stay abroad and a one-week hosting of foreign students in the Netherlands. Programs have a thematic focus and include student pairing. Contact persons: mevr. C. Wetzels and mevr. H. Lemmen.
• Gemeenten Venray, Horst aan de Maas, Peel en MaasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTaalRijk, the EOA (Eerste Onderwijs aan Anderstaligen) school for the Horst and Venray region, was established in 2016 by Stichting LVO together with these three municipalities to provide Dutch language and cultural integration for non-Dutch speaking youth aged 11.5 to 18 years.
• GGD VenlominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe GGD (Municipal Health Service) in Venlo collaborates with Dendron College on the Gezonde School (Healthy School) certification program, providing health education, guidance on nutrition, movement, and wellbeing. The partnership includes health promotion activities and the school nurse service.
• Voedingscentrum (Netherlands Nutrition Center)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Voedingscentrum sets guidelines for healthier school canteens (Richtlijnen Gezondere Kantines). Dendron College achieved the Gouden Schaal (Gold) certification under these guidelines in 2019. The school uses the Kantinescan tool annually to assess canteen offerings.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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