Colegio Maristas Denia

What Colegio Maristas Denia does

Colegio Maristas Denia (legal name: Colegio San Juan Bautista Hermanos Maristas) is a private Catholic K-12 school located in Dénia, Alicante, Spain, operating from a historic 1860 mansion in the urban center. The school is a constituent institution of the Provincia Maristas Mediterránea, a non-profit network of the Marist Brothers (Hermanos Maristas de Champagnat) that spans Spain, Italy, Lebanon, and Syria and serves over 27,000 students with 1,650+ professionals. Colegio Maristas Denia delivers education across three stages — Educación Infantil, Educación Primaria, and Educación Secundaria (ages 3-16) — grounded in Christian values and Marist pedagogy, with structured pastoral programming through GVX (Grupos de Vida Cristiana) and solidarity initiatives in partnership with SED.

The school's academic and pastoral offerings are supplemented by a broad extracurricular catalog (sports, arts, robotics, languages, emotional intelligence) priced at €14-30/month, the proprietary literacy initiative "A leer y escribir se ha dicho" launched in 2022-2023, peer tutoring (TEI) and academic compensation (PCE) support programs, and an annual Semana de la Innovación project-based learning week. It holds Cambridge English and Microsoft Office Specialist certifications, participates in the EU Erasmus+ programme, and is accredited by Keeping Children Safe for child safeguarding. The campus comprises the original 1860 mansion, a 1930 secondary building, and a 1998 Infant/Primary building.

The revenue model is predominantly tuition-based, funded by family fees for Infant through Secondary education, complemented by recurring monthly subscriptions to extracurricular activities and ancillary services such as the school canteen and uniform shop ("Tienda del Cole"). Enrollment follows the regulated Generalitat Valenciana (GVA) admission calendar. Go-to-market is community-led: open days, the @maristas.denia Instagram channel, the school website, and word-of-mouth through the parent association (AMPA) and broader Marista network. The 27-employee figure likely understates full instructional headcount; specific tuition amounts are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Colegio Maristas Denia

Legal name

Colegio San Juan Bautista Hermanos Maristas

Website

https://maristasdenia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1860

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Colegio Maristas Denia is a private Catholic K-12 school in Dénia, Spain, part of the Marista Mediterránea Province network, serving families with children aged 3-16 through values-based Infant, Primary, and Secondary education, plus extracurricular activities, pastoral programs, and international partnerships.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Dénia

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Enrollment Fees: As a private Catholic school, the primary revenue comes from tuition fees charged to families for educational services across Educación Infantil, Primaria, and Secundaria levels.
2. Extracurricular Activities: Revenue generated from various extracurricular programs including sports (football, basketball, volleyball, chess), arts (ballet, rhythmic gymnastics, ceramics, cooking), languages (English workshops), and technology (robotics, computing). Fees range from 14-30 euros per month depending on activity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Colegio Maristas Dénia provides Catholic K-12 education from Educación Infantil through Educación Secundaria (ages 3-16), grounded in the Marist pedagogy of Saint Marcellin Champagnat. The school delivers academic instruction, religious and pastoral formation (GVX groups), plurilingual Cambridge-certified English instruction, project-based learning, and a broad catalog of extracurricular activities spanning sports, arts, languages, robotics, and emotional development programs.

Product overview

Colegio Maristas Denia is a Catholic educational institution offering comprehensive schooling from Educación Infantil (early childhood) through Educación Secundaria (secondary). The school provides a unified educational program centered on Christian values and Marist pedagogy, with specialized offerings including the GVX (Grupos de Vida Cristiana) pastoral program for faith formation, AFAMAR annual publication, and the Semana de la Innovación (7mana de la Innovació) for project-based learning. Support services include PCE (Programa de Compensatoria Educativa) for academic reinforcement and TEI (Tutoría Entre Iguales) peer tutoring program. The school offers extensive extracurricular activities spanning sports (karate, tennis, gymnastics), arts (ballet, ceramics, drawing), languages, and technology (robotics). Pastoral services encompass religious education, liturgical celebrations, and vocational guidance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Literacy program shows very positive progress in students since implementation in 2022-2023

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Marista Mediterránea ProvincecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school is an integral part of the Marista Mediterránea Province, a network of educational institutions founded by Saint Marcelino Champagnat. The province includes schools in Spain (Andalucía, Extremadura, Murcia, Valencia), Italy, Lebanon, and Syria, serving 27,000+ students with 1,650+ professionals. The school operates under the shared Marista educational project and values.
• SED (Solidaridad, Educación y Desarrollo)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSED is an NGO for development that works promoting the Right to Education primarily in Africa and Latin America, also in some countries in Asia and Europe. Maristas Dénia participates annually in solidarity projects through SED, including the construction of a nursery school in Kongó, Côte d'Ivoire for course 2024-25.
• Fundación Marcelino ChampagnatcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation develops social inclusion and educational projects across Granada, Málaga, Córdoba, Seville, Sanlúcar la Mayor, Huelva, Jaén, Badajoz, Murcia, Valencia, Quart de Poblet, Cullera, Algemesí, and Torrente. The school participates in foundation initiatives and projects.
• Cambridge English Language AssessmentmajorTechnology or IntegrationThe school holds accreditation as a plurilingual center with Cambridge English certification. Students can obtain official Cambridge language qualifications through the school's English program.
• Erasmus+ ProgrammemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean Union educational program that supports mobility and international cooperation. The school participates in Erasmus+ programs for student and teacher exchanges.
• Keeping Children SafemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational child safeguarding organization. The school is certified for child protection standards, ensuring safe environments that guarantee children's rights and protection.
• Innov@Arts (GVA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational innovation program of the Valencian Community (GVA Educació) promoting creative and innovative teaching methodologies.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Nord Anglia Education: Nord Anglia is a global premium K-12 school group known for high-tuition, internationally accredited campuses (IB, Cambridge, etc.). It overlaps with Maristas Denia in the Cambridge English and premium international-education segments, but operates at significantly larger scale and without a Catholic/Marist identity.
• Cognita: Cognita is a large international K-12 school operator with campuses across multiple countries. It is comparable as a broader incumbent in private K-12 education: similar customer base (fee-paying families) and similar offerings, but at much larger scale and without the religious-identity specialization that defines Maristas Denia.

Direct peers

• Salesianos (Salesian Schools): Salesianos operates a Spain-wide network of Catholic K-12 schools run by the Salesians of Don Bosco. Like Maristas Denia, these are private Catholic schools offering values-based education across Infant, Primary, and Secondary stages, often in historic buildings, with pastoral programs and a similar family-oriented positioning.
• Brains International Schools: Brains is a Spanish private K-12 school group with bilingual and STEM-focused programs. Comparable as a private K-12 operator in Spain targeting middle-class families seeking multilingual, academically rigorous education, and competing for the same enrollment pool.
• CEU (Asociación Católica de Propagandistas): CEU operates Catholic K-12 and university education institutions across Spain. It is comparable as a Catholic private-school group with similar student personas, religious-formation emphasis, and post-secondary pathway positioning that competes for the same Spanish Catholic-family demographic.
• Highlands School: Highlands School is a private bilingual K-12 school in Madrid with a values-driven, holistic education approach. Comparable as a Spanish private K-12 alternative emphasizing English-language immersion and extracurricular breadth, competing for similar Spanish family segments.
• Jesuitas (Jesuit Schools Spain): Jesuitas runs a network of Jesuit K-12 schools across Spain with comparable Catholic identity, values-based formation, and academic programs. They target similar middle-class families seeking religious education and offer extracurricular breadth on par with the Marista Denia offering.
• Agora Lledó International School: Agora Lledó is a private bilingual K-12 school in Castellón (Valencian Community). It is a particularly relevant regional peer because it shares the same GVA regulatory framework, competes for families in the broader Valencia region, and offers a comparable bilingual/values-based K-12 proposition.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/maristasdenia
• Instagraminstagram.com/maristas.denia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/colegio-maristas-denia

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Subsidiaries2 records

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