Denison College Kelso High Campus

What Denison College Kelso High Campus does

Denison College of Secondary Education, Kelso High Campus is a Year 7 to Year 12 comprehensive co-educational public secondary school operated by the NSW Department of Education, located at 88 Boyd Street, Kelso, NSW 2795, Australia. The school serves students residing primarily within its designated local intake area, with placement guaranteed for in-area families via the NSW DoE School Finder tool and online enrollment through the eHub portal. Education is provided free of charge; voluntary school contributions are requested but not mandatory and do not affect curriculum access. The school explicitly welcomes students from all backgrounds and cultures and operates under the motto "Truth Courtesy Cooperation."

The school's core offering is delivery of the NSW curriculum across key learning areas — literacy, numeracy, STEM, creative arts, and sport — supplemented by tailored learning support programs covering EAL/D (English as an additional language or dialect), gifted and talented extension, and disability support; wellbeing and counselling services delivered by school counsellors, psychologists, and Head Teacher Wellbeing; Special Religious Education and Special Education in Ethics as optional programs; and an extensive extra-curricular program including the inter-school CKC Cup sports competition, athletics, performing arts, public speaking, debating, and student leadership. The school day is structured into six periods with roll call, recess, and lunch, and operates Monday to Friday with Tuesday reserved for a whole-school assembly on a rotating cycle. Underlying technology is modest and entirely third-party: the Sentral parent portal app (available on Google Play and Apple App Store) handles attendance, parent-teacher interview booking, academic report access, event communication, and canteen pre-orders. There are no proprietary technology products — all digital infrastructure (eHub enrollment portal, School Finder intake verification, Service NSW School Student Transport Scheme integration) is provided by the NSW Department of Education. Facilities include classrooms, library, science labs, sports fields, art and music spaces, and computer labs.

From a commercial and investment perspective, the school does not operate a revenue-generating business model. It is funded by NSW Department of Education government allocation and revenue figures are not publicly disclosed. Voluntary contributions and canteen sales (breakfast, recess, lunch including hot meals, sandwiches, salads, drinks, and weekly specials) generate marginal auxiliary income but are not material. Go-to-market is enrollment-driven rather than sales-driven, relying on the NSW DoE online enrollment portal, local intake area placement guarantees, school tours, open days, the official website, the school Facebook page, and the Sentral parent portal newsletter for parent communication. Leadership includes Principal Michael Sloan and College Principal Craig Luccarda, supported by year-level Deputy Principals (Jen Wickam for Years 9 & 12; Gemma Carter and Sharon Mendes for Years 7 & 10; Karen Mortimore for Years 8 & 11; Lauren Dean for Support), seven Year Advisors, Head Teacher Wellbeing (Brendan Hyam), School Support Officers, Business Manager (Kathy Fardon), and School Administration Manager (Sonia Tilburg).

Name

Denison College Kelso High Campus

Legal name

Denison College of Secondary Education, Kelso High Campus

Website

https://kelso-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Denison College Kelso High Campus is a NSW Department of Education public co-educational secondary school serving Year 7 to Year 12 students in the Kelso, NSW intake area. It delivers the NSW curriculum with tailored learning support, wellbeing services, and extra-curricular programs, operating free of charge under government funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Co-Teaching & In-Class Instructional Support (Specialist Teachers) (EDAKABAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Standards Alignment & Curriculum Mapping (State/National) (EDAJAFAD)

Keywords

• Secondary education
• Public schooling
• Curriculum delivery
• Student wellbeing
• Learning support

Headquarters

HQ city

Kelso

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government-Funded Education: Public secondary school funded by NSW Department of Education. Education is free for all students. Voluntary school contributions may be requested but are not mandatory and do not affect curriculum access.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Denison College Kelso High Campus is a Year 7 to Year 12 comprehensive co-educational public secondary school that delivers NSW curriculum across key learning areas with emphasis on literacy, numeracy, real-world learning and technology integration. It supplements classroom teaching with tailored learning support, wellbeing and counselling services, special religious education/ethics classes, an on-site canteen, and a wide range of extra-curricular activities including sport, creative and performing arts, and student leadership.

Product overview

Denison College of Secondary Education, Kelso High Campus is a Year 7 to Year 12 comprehensive co-educational secondary school. It offers a unified educational service built around NSW curriculum delivery supplemented by the Sentral Parent Portal for family engagement, an on-site canteen service, tailored learning support programs, wellbeing services, and extra-curricular activities. The school operates under NSW Department of Education policies with eHub powering online enrolments and School Finder used for intake area verification.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sentral Parent Portal
• School Canteen Service
• NSW Curriculum Programs
• Tailored Learning Support
• Special Religious Education (SRE) and Special Education in Ethics (SEE)
• Extra-Curricular Programs
• Wellbeing and Support Services
• School Facilities and Resources

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Cowra High SchoolminorOthersAnnual CKC (Cowra, Kelso, Canobolas) Cup competition where students compete in various sports against students from Cowra and Canobolas High Schools. Develops teamwork skills through inter-school sports competitions.
• Canobolas High SchoolminorOthersAnnual CKC (Cowra, Kelso, Canobolas) Cup competition where students compete in various sports against students from Cowra and Canobolas High Schools. Develops teamwork skills through inter-school sports competitions.
• Cowra High SchoolminorOthersAnnual CKC (Cowra, Kelso, Canobolas) Cup competition where students compete in various sports against students from Cowra and Canobolas High Schools. Develops teamwork skills through inter-school sports competitions.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Sentral: Provider of the parent portal and student information system used by the school. Adjacent technology ecosystem participant enabling parent engagement, attendance, and reporting functions across NSW public schools.
• NSW Department of Education: Central state education authority that funds, governs, and sets curriculum policy for the school. Indirect peer as the system operator and policy maker whose decisions materially affect the school's operations, funding, and strategic direction.

Direct peers

• Denison College Bathurst High Campus: The sister campus of Denison College of Secondary Education, sharing the same college structure and NSW Department of Education oversight. Operates as a direct peer public secondary school within the same college, with shared leadership and likely shared programs.
• Bathurst High School: NSW public secondary school operating in the same broader Bathurst region as Kelso High Campus, competing for the same regional student population and family base within the public education system.
• Canobolas High School: NSW public secondary school that participates in the annual CKC Cup with Kelso High Campus. Comparable institutional model, regional NSW context, and student demographic profile.
• Cowra High School: Surrounding NSW public secondary school partnered with Kelso High Campus through the annual CKC Cup inter-school sports competition. Direct peer in the same regulatory environment, serving a similar regional community.

Broad incumbents

• St Stanislaus' College (Bathurst): Catholic systemic secondary school in Bathurst, operating in the same regional catchment as Kelso High Campus. Competes for the same families through differentiated faith-based education and traditional secondary programs.

Regional players

• Mudgee High School: Regional NSW public secondary school serving a similar rural/regional community in the Central West. Comparable operational profile, size, and student demographic, but in a different geographic catchment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/kelsohighcampus
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/denison-college-kelso-high-campus

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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