Kapunda Primary School

What Kapunda Primary School does

Kapunda Primary School is a government public primary school located on Mildred Street in Kapunda, South Australia, operated by the South Australian Department for Education under the Goyder & Light Partnership region. The school serves approximately 300-330 students from Reception through Year 7, drawn from the Kapunda and surrounding Goyder & Light communities, with a heritage-listed stone building on site housing the library resource centre, computer suite, activities room and Out of School Hours Care facilities. Its offering combines core literacy, numeracy and science instruction (delivered through accelerated literacy approaches) with specialist programs in Physical Education, Performing Arts, and Japanese language, supplemented by social development programs (Achieve, The Virtues, Friendly Schools) and support services including a school counsellor, Pastoral Care Worker and breakfast program.

The school's underlying technology stack consists of standard educational ICT: 1:1 internet-capable device provisioning per student across all classrooms (computers, iPads, interactive screens), and the Audiri mobile app used to push notifications, newsletters and alerts directly to parents' smartphones. Established in 1878 (originally as Kapunda Public School, later The Kapunda Model School), the school has operated continuously for 146 years and currently reports leadership under Principal Sharon Okmasich and Deputy Principal Kerry Giles.

The business model is a hybrid of public funding and ancillary fee-based services. Core revenue comes from South Australian Department for Education operational funding allocations tied to enrollment, while the school also operates an Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) program, led by Director Louise Jenner, generating fees from before/after school care and vacation care. There is no publicly disclosed tuition, as the school is a public institution; OSHC fees are available in downloadable PDF documentation on the school website. Distribution is direct enrollment within the local catchment, supported by scheduled school tours and the website as a top-of-funnel channel.

Name

Kapunda Primary School

Legal name

Kapunda Primary School

Website

https://kapundaps.sa.edu.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1878

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kapunda Primary School is a government public primary school (Reception to Year 7) in Kapunda, South Australia, serving approximately 300-330 local students with core literacy/numeracy curriculum plus specialist programs in PE, Performing Arts, and Japanese, supported by an OSHC ancillary service.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

Keywords

• Primary education services
• Government school programs
• Before and after school care
• Student wellbeing programs
• Specialist curriculum programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Kapunda

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Education Funding: As a public school in South Australia, Kapunda Primary School is funded by the Department for Education (DfE). Revenue comes from government operational funding allocations.
2. Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) Fees: The school operates an OSHC program with session times and fees, including before/after school care and vacation care services for families.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Kapunda Primary School provides government-funded primary education for Reception to Year 7 students in Kapunda, South Australia, emphasising literacy, numeracy, and science with ICT embedded across all classes through a 1:1 device program. The school supplements core curriculum with specialist programs in Physical Education, Performing Arts, and Japanese, and wraps around student and family support through social development programs (Achieve, The Virtues, Friendly Schools), a school counsellor, a Pastoral Care Worker, a breakfast program, and an Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) service.

Product overview

Kapunda Primary School is a public primary school (Reception to Year 7) serving approximately 300 students in Kapunda, South Australia. The school offers a unified educational program combining core curriculum delivery with specialist programs in Physical Education, Performing Arts, and Japanese language. The school provides integrated support services including an Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) program for family support, student counselling and pastoral care, social development programs (Achieve, The Virtues, Friendly Schools), and technology-enhanced learning through computers, iPads, and interactive screens. The core education program focuses on literacy (including Accelerated Literacy), numeracy, and science with ICT embedded across all learning areas. The school uses Audiri as a parent communication tool for newsletters and notifications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Primary Education Program (Reception to Year 7) Comprehensive government primary education program for Reception to Year 7 students at Kapunda Primary School, centred on literacy (including accelerated literacy), numeracy, science, and 21st century skills, with ICT embedded across learning via computers, iPads, and an interactive screen in every classroom under the school's 1:1 device program.
• Outside School Hours Care (OSHC / KOSHC) On-site before-school, after-school, and vacation care service operated by Kapunda Primary School to support working families, with session times and fees published by the school and managed under Director Louise Jenner.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered regional, core and supporting.

• Goyder & Light PartnershipregionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerKapunda Primary School operates as part of the Goyder & Light Partnership region, collaborating with other schools and community organizations in the broader regional education network.
• Kapunda KindergartencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLinked partner providing early childhood education. Located at www.kapundakgn.sa.edu.au, working in conjunction with the primary school for continuous education pathway.
• Kapunda High SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLinked partner for secondary education continuation. Located at www.kapundahs.sa.edu.au, providing the next educational step for primary school graduates.
• KidsMattersupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational mental health framework for primary schools. The school participates in KidsMatter programs supporting student mental health and wellbeing initiatives.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• Eudunda Area School: R–12 government school in the same Goyder region as Kapunda Primary School, providing both primary and secondary education in a low-population rural area. Comparable as a state-run school competing for similar demographic pools within the partnership region.
• Burra Community School: Small R–12 government school in regional South Australia providing both primary and secondary education in a low-density area. Comparable as a state-run regional school facing similar demographic and funding pressures.
• Tanunda Primary School: Public Reception–Year 7 primary school in Tanunda, Barossa Valley, South Australia, operating under the same DfE framework with similar small-community scale and regional partnership structure. Directly comparable as a state-run rural primary school in adjacent South Australian wine-country region.
• Riverton Primary School: Small public primary school in the Mid North of South Australia, also in or near the Goyder & Light region. Comparable in scale, governance, and rural community orientation.
• Nuriootpa Primary School: Public primary school in Nuriootpa, Barossa Valley, serving a similar regional South Australian catchment with comparable size, government funding model, and curriculum scope. Comparable in operations, governance, and demographic exposure.
• Angaston Primary School: Public Reception–Year 7 school in the Barossa Valley under the SA Department for Education, with similar rural community positioning and scale to Kapunda. A near-clone peer operating in the same regional education market.

Emerging players

• Goodstart Early Learning: Australia's largest not-for-profit OSHC and early-learning provider, operating before/after school care and vacation care programs that compete directly with the KOSHC service run by Kapunda Primary School. Relevant peer for the OSHC revenue stream and family-care value proposition.

Others

• Audiri: Provider of the parent-communication mobile app already integrated by Kapunda Primary School. Relevant as an enabling technology vendor whose product performance directly impacts the school's parent engagement capability.
• Compass Education: School management and parent communication SaaS platform widely used by Australian schools, often considered as an alternative or complement to Audiri. Relevant as an enabling/ecosystem peer for the school's digital administration stack.

Broad incumbents

• Department for Education South Australia: State government education authority that funds, governs, and sets policy for all SA public schools including Kapunda. Relevant as the institutional parent and policy-maker whose funding decisions directly shape the school's operating environment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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Investments

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