Emmaus Catholic Primary School

What Emmaus Catholic Primary School does

Emmaus Catholic Primary School is a private Catholic primary school located at 1503 Geelong Road, Mt Clear, Victoria, Australia, serving students from Foundation (Prep) through Year 6. The school is governed by the Diocese of Ballarat Catholic Education Limited (DOBCEL) and operates under the Catholic Education Ballarat framework, delivering the Victorian Curriculum alongside Religious Education via the Awakenings curriculum. Its offering centres on personalised learning, learning diversity support for neurodivergent learners, the Sounds Write synthetic phonics program, and a Specialist Program covering PE, Visual Art, Performing Art, and Japanese.

The school's technology footprint is built around an Apple ecosystem with 1:1 iPad deployment for Grades 1-6 and a 2:1 shared iPad arrangement for Foundation students, supported by Apple Distinguished School status (2018). Operational systems include SIMON as the Learning Management System with the PAM (Parent Access Module) for parent access, Seesaw for digital student portfolios, and School TV for wellbeing resources (the platform awarded Mental Health Organisation of the Year 2025). Additional layers include a customised Emmaus mobile app, a school-wide positive behaviour support (SWPBS) framework, the Gobata regulation space, and a Reconciliation Action Plan published via Narragunnawali.

Revenue is generated through tuition fees, Australian government funding for Catholic education, ancillary services (bus, uniform, Flexischools lunch ordering), and community fundraising via the Emmaus Community Team (Trivia and Comedy Nights, Golf Day, and other events). Enrolment is managed through a collaborative Ballarat Catholic Primary Schools process for Foundation, with direct school office contact for Years 1-6. The school is led by Principal Ethan Corfee with approximately 40 staff.

Name

Emmaus Catholic Primary School

Legal name

Emmaus Catholic Primary School

Website

https://emtclear.catholic.edu.au

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Emmaus Catholic Primary School is a Catholic Foundation-to-Year 6 school in Mt Clear, Victoria, governed by DOBCEL. It serves local families with personalised learning, Apple Distinguished School technology integration, learning diversity and wellbeing programs, and a specialist curriculum including Japanese, arts, and PE.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

International/Global Curriculum Schools (IB, Cambridge, etc.) (EDAJABAG)

Keywords

• Catholic primary education
• Primary school education
• Faith-based learning
• K-6 education
• Specialist programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Mt Clear

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tuition and School Fees: School fees are charged to families for enrollment. The school offers a bus service, uniform sales, and Flexischools online ordering for Friday lunch orders as ancillary revenue streams.
2. Government Funding: As a Catholic school governed by Diocese of Ballarat Catholic Education Limited (DOBCEL), the school receives government funding for Catholic education delivery.
3. Fundraising and Community Events: Emmaus Community Team organises major fundraisers including Trivia and Comedy Nights, Annual Golf Day, and other community events to supplement school funding.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Emmaus Catholic Primary School provides a Catholic faith-based primary education for students from Foundation to Year 6 in Mount Clear, Victoria, delivered through a personalised learning approach on an Apple Distinguished School 1:1 iPad platform. The school supplements its core curriculum with specialist programmes in Physical Education, Visual Art, Performing Art, and Japanese, alongside a Learning Diversity Program and a structured Wellbeing Framework. Supporting services include a school bus service, uniform sales, and Flexischools-integrated lunch ordering for enrolled families.

Product overview

Emmaus Catholic Primary School operates as a single unified educational institution offering a combination of core curriculum delivery and specialized programs. The school's technology infrastructure centers on SIMON as the primary Learning Management System, with the PAM (Parent Access Module) extending functionality to parents. Additional digital products include Seesaw for digital portfolios and School TV for wellbeing resources. The school is recognized as an Apple Distinguished School, integrating Apple technology (iPads) throughout its Digitech program. The Specialist Program rounds out offerings with Physical Education, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, and Japanese Language instruction.

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Products and services

• Foundation to Year 6 Catholic Primary Education Full-time Catholic primary schooling for students from Foundation through Year 6 in Mount Clear, Victoria, delivered through a personalised learning approach on an Apple Distinguished School 1:1 iPad platform with parent communication via the PAM portal and Seesaw learning journals. Designed for local families seeking faith-based, personalised primary education for children aged approximately 5–12.
• Specialist Programs (PE, Visual Art, Performing Art, Japanese) Suite of specialist curriculum strands delivered by specialist teachers to Foundation to Year 6 students, covering Physical Education, Visual Art, Performing Art, and Japanese language. Provided to enrolled students as part of the Catholic primary education programme.
• Learning Diversity Program Dedicated inclusion and learning support programme for neurodivergent and learning-diverse students enrolled at the school, providing tailored support within the mainstream Catholic primary setting. Designed for families seeking specialist inclusion provision alongside faith-based education.
• Wellbeing Program Structured wellbeing framework for students and families, supported by the School TV parent wellbeing resource platform, promoting pastoral care and student welfare across the school community. Designed for enrolled students and their parents.
• School Bus Service School bus transport service providing daily pick-up and drop-off for enrolled students travelling to and from Emmaus Catholic Primary School in Mount Clear, Victoria. Available to families of enrolled students.
• Uniform Sales Retail sale of the official Emmaus Catholic Primary School uniform to enrolled students and their families, providing the school's standard dress requirements.
• Flexischools Lunch Ordering Online lunch ordering service via the Flexischools platform, allowing parents of enrolled students to pre-order and pay for school lunches through a digital canteen system.

Quantifiable outcome

• School TV awarded Mental Health Organisation of the Year for 2025
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• St Columba's Primary SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026STEM MAD Project partnership for 2026. Students from Emmaus and St Columba's collaborate through shared learning experiences and events working towards creating a project for STEM MAD (Making a Difference). The initiative challenges students to use science, technology, engineering and mathematics to make a positive impact on their community or wider world. Emmaus received a $27,000 CIRP funding grant to strengthen technology resources and enhance STEM teaching and learning across both schools. Partnership will culminate in an application to present at the National STEM MAD Showcase in Sydney in 2026.
• Diocese of Ballarat Catholic Education Limited (DOBCEL)coreOthersDOBCEL is the governing body of Emmaus Catholic Primary School. All Catholic Primary Schools in Ballarat collaborate throughout the Foundation enrolment process. DOBCEL sets policies including enrolment, attendance, child safety, anaphylaxis management, asthma management, duty of care, and emergency management.
• Sounds WritecoreTechnology or IntegrationSounds Write is a synthetic evidence-based phonics program used at Emmaus. Structured around the sounds of speech, it teaches all representations for the sounds of English in the context of real words with three essential skills: blending, segmenting and phoneme manipulation.
• Catholic Education BallaratcoreOthersLearning Diversity Leaders liaise with staff at Catholic Education Ballarat and external providers. School follows Victorian Curriculum as mandated by the Catholic education system.
• SIMON (Learning Management Software)coreTechnology or IntegrationSIMON is a Learning Management Software solution for primary and secondary schools used by staff to record student attendance and prepare semester assessment reports. PAM provides parents online access to multiple modules through the SIMON platform.
• SeesawcoreTechnology or IntegrationSeesaw is used as a digital learning portfolio at Emmaus. Student Seesaw journals are updated regularly with evidence of achievement containing work samples and teacher comments relating to achievement and progress in Reading, Writing and Mathematics.
• Awakenings CurriculumcoreTechnology or IntegrationCatholic faith tradition curriculum used to teach Religious Education at Emmaus. Students engage in Religious Education lessons for 2.5 hours per week. More information available at awakenings.ceob.edu.au.
• Apple Inc.coreTechnology or IntegrationEmmaus is an Apple Distinguished School with staff becoming accredited Apple Teachers. Students from Grade 1-6 use iPads in a 1:1 ratio. Students in Vornda (Foundation) share iPads in a 2:1 capacity. The school works with Apple representatives across a three-year working partnership.
• NarragunnawaliminorOthersEmmaus's Reconciliation Action Plan is published on the Narragunnawali website (narragunnawali.org.au/raps/22046/emmaus-catholic-primary-school), which supports Australian schools and early learning services to foster reconciliation.
• Murdoch Children's Research Institute and The Royal Children's Hospital MelbourneminorOthersEmmaus uses the Children's Wellbeing Continuum developed by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, adapted for the school's use.
• Apple PodcastChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorStudent-led podcast 'What's Up at Emmaus?' is distributed through Apple Podcast, Spotify, and YouTube platforms.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Caulfield Grammar School: Large Victorian independent P-12 school with multi-campus operations and a strong technology integration profile. Comparable as an independent Victorian school competing for the same set of educationally engaged families, though at substantially larger scale.
• Haileybury: One of Victoria's largest independent schools, with multiple campuses and a strong innovation and wellbeing profile. Comparable as a broad incumbent in independent K-12 schooling in Victoria, with overlapping differentiation themes around technology and wellbeing.
• Scotch College, Melbourne: Long-established Victorian independent P-12 school with a historic campus and broad curricular offering. Comparable as a benchmark Victorian independent school whose resourcing and breadth contrast with the single-site regional model.
• Wesley College Melbourne: Multi-campus Victorian independent school serving a similar cohort of families seeking non-government education. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the same independent schooling space, though at significantly greater scale and geographic footprint.

Direct peers

• St Patrick's College, Ballarat: Catholic secondary college in Ballarat. Comparable as a Catholic institution in the same city that draws from the same regional family base, providing a downstream pathway option for Emmaus families.
• Ballarat Clarendon College: Independent P-12 school located in Ballarat. Comparable as a non-government school competing for the same regional enrolments, with a broader year-level offering that intersects with Emmaus's primary cohort.
• Loreto College, Ballarat: Catholic school in the Ballarat region. Comparable as a Catholic institution serving families in the same geographic catchment, with overlapping governance and community dynamics, though Loreto covers a broader year range.
• St Columba's Primary School, Ballarat: Co-partner in the 2026 STEM MAD Project with shared learning experiences and a $27,000 CIRP funding grant. Both schools operate within the Ballarat Catholic primary system under DOBCEL, making St Columba's the closest direct peer in catchment, scale, and governance.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/emmausmtclear
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• Instagraminstagram.com/emmausmtclear
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/emmaus-catholic-primary-school

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Profiles5 records

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