DIRECTION DES SERVICES DEPARTEMENTAUX DE L'EDUCATION NATIONALE DE LA MAYENNE

What DIRECTION DES SERVICES DEPARTEMENTAUX DE L'EDUCATION NATIONALE DE LA MAYENNE does

The Direction des services départementaux de l'Éducation nationale de la Mayenne (DSDEN 53) is a decentralized administrative service (service déconcentré de l'État) of the French Ministry of National Education, operating under the hierarchical authority of the Rectorat de l'Académie de Nantes. It is the sole official departmental arm responsible for administering public education across the Mayenne department (department 53) in the Pays de la Loire region of France. The organization coordinates school enrollment, contract-teacher recruitment, national examinations, inclusive-education services (Adaptation Scolaire et Handicap, AESH support), orientation and career guidance, school-business relationships, and pedagogical resources for primary education, serving public-school students from maternelle through lycée, their families, primary-school teachers, and AESH candidates within Mayenne.

The DSDEN 53 service surface is delivered primarily through a unified institutional website on the ac-nantes.fr domain. The portfolio consists of a core portal supported by approximately ten sub-portals covering a staff directory (Annuaire), the weekly "La lettre du jeudi" newsletter, a press office (Espace Presse), a youth-and-sports service portal (Service Départemental à la Jeunesse, à l'Engagement et aux Sports), primary-education pedagogical resources (Vie pédagogique en département), a public-schools directory (Écoles publiques en Mayenne), secondary-school enrollment (Formation et affectation dans un collège ou un lycée de Mayenne), special-education and disability support (Adaptation Scolaire et Handicap), a high-schools portal (Les lycées de la Mayenne), a school-business relationship service (Relation École-Entreprise en Mayenne), a contract-teacher recruitment portal, and a portal for primary-school teachers. The technology stack is standard for a French government administrative portal — Eulerian Analytics for audience measurement under CNIL exemption, OpenStreetMap for location display, and a long list of social-media embed integrations (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Flickr, Soundcloud, Dailymotion, Vimeo, YouTube). No proprietary technology, AI/ML capability, API, mobile app, or patent is disclosed.

The entity has no commercial revenue, no pricing model, and no external ownership. Its operations are funded entirely through allocations from the French national education budget (budget de l'Éducation nationale). All services are provided free of charge to citizens. The organization is physically headquartered at the Cité Administrative in Laval (Rue Mac Donald, B.P. 23851, 53030 Laval cedex 9), is operating, and reports within the Académie de Nantes alongside four peer DSDEN offices (Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Sarthe, Vendée). From a PE/VC/M&A perspective, DSDEN 53 is not an investable entity — it is a public-sector administrative function whose continuity is governed by statute rather than by market dynamics.

Name

DIRECTION DES SERVICES DEPARTEMENTAUX DE L'EDUCATION NATIONALE DE LA MAYENNE

Legal name

Direction des services départementaux de l'Éducation nationale de la Mayenne

Website

https://dsden53.ac-nantes.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Direction des services départementaux de l'Éducation nationale de la Mayenne (DSDEN 53) is the French Ministry of National Education's departmental office for Mayenne (department 53), administering public schooling, teacher recruitment, examinations, and inclusive-education services for students, families, teachers, and AESH support staff.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Education Administration

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111), Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

School District Central Administration (Superintendent & Cabinet Offices) (EDADABAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

State/Provincial Education Department Administration (BPAIABAJ), District Student Services Administration (Special Ed, Counseling, Health) (EDADABAJ)

Keywords

• Public education administration
• Departmental education services
• School enrollment management
• Teacher recruitment services
• Inclusive education support

Headquarters

HQ city

Laval

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Direction des services départementaux de l'Éducation nationale de la Mayenne (DSDEN 53) is a decentralized administrative service of the French Ministry of National Education that coordinates all public primary and secondary education in the Mayenne department (53). It administers school enrollment, deploys and recruits teaching staff, organizes national examinations, manages pedagogical resources, oversees inclusive schooling for students with disabilities, and facilitates school-business relations — operating under the Rectorat de l'Académie de Nantes.

Product overview

DSDEN 53 operates as a departmental education services office within the French national education system, part of the Nantes Academy. The organization provides a unified web portal delivering administrative services for primary and secondary education in the Mayenne department. The portfolio consists of a core website portal supported by multiple sub-portals covering teacher recruitment, student enrollment and placement, pedagogical resources for primary education (Vie pédagogique), special education services (Adaptation Scolaire et Handicap), school-business relations, press services, and a weekly newsletter (La lettre du jeudi). Additional services include departmental directories, public school listings with regulatory information, and specialized services for youth engagement and sports. These products collectively support the administrative and educational mission of the French Education Ministry at the departmental level.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DSDEN 53 Website Portal Official departmental web portal of the Direction des Services Départementaux de l'Éducation Nationale de la Mayenne, providing public information about education services, school administration, student resources, career information, and departmental news for Mayenne within the Nantes Academy.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• DSDEN Maine-et-Loire: Departmental education office within the Académie de Nantes responsible for primary and secondary public education in Maine-et-Loire. Direct peer sharing the same service catalogue, governance, and digital portal as DSDEN 53.
• DSDEN Loire-Atlantique: Sister departmental direction of the same Académie de Nantes, administering public K-12 education in Loire-Atlantique. Identical statutory role, service catalogue, and shared digital infrastructure as DSDEN 53, differing only by territory.
• DSDEN Vendée: Fifth departmental education office of the Académie de Nantes, administering public education in Vendée. Operates under the same statutory framework and shares digital infrastructure with DSDEN 53.
• DSDEN Sarthe: Departmental direction of national education in the Sarthe department, part of the same Académie de Nantes. Functionally identical to DSDEN 53 in mandate, services, and operating model.

Regional players

• DSDEN Manche: Departmental education direction of the Manche department within the Académie de Normandie. Comparable in statutory role and service portfolio to DSDEN 53, serving a different académie region.
• DSDEN Ille-et-Vilaine: Departmental education direction in the neighbouring Académie de Rennes (Brittany region). Performs the same statutory function for Ille-et-Vilaine but under a different regional académie than DSDEN 53.

Broad incumbents

• Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (France): National ministry that sets education policy, allocates departmental budgets, and defines the statutory mandate executed by DSDEN 53. Operates broadly across all French académies and territorially defines DSDEN 53's scope.
• Rectorat de l'Académie de Nantes: Regional academic authority overseeing all five DSDENs in Pays de la Loire, including Mayenne. Provides shared digital infrastructure, exam coordination, and policy direction — the immediate hierarchical parent of DSDEN 53.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/direction-des-services-departementaux-de-l'education-nationale-de-la-mayenne
• Instagraminstagram.com/academie_nantes

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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