What Mentone Grammar does

Mentone Grammar is an independent private coeducational school located at 63 Venice Street in Mentone, Victoria, Australia, operating across five age-and-stage campuses on a single site: Mary Jones Early Learning Centre, Junior School (Foundation to Year 6), Bayview (Years 7-8), Greenways (Year 9), and Frogmore (Years 10-12). The school was founded in 1898 and transitioned to coeducation around 2006, formally celebrating 20 years of mixed-gender learning in 2026. Its differentiating learning architecture, branded the Together-Apart-Together model, delivers coeducational classes at ELC through Year 4 and Years 10-12, with single-gender classes through Years 5-9 to address middle-years developmental needs. The school's customer base is families in the bayside Melbourne area seeking a continuous ELC-to-Year 12 pathway, supported by a community scholarship, structured open days, and an alumni and parent network (Mentonians Association and Parents & Friends).

Mentone Grammar's core service is fee-based K-12 education with annual tuition billing and a revenue model reliant on sustained family enrollment across 13+ years per child. Programs span a traditional curriculum (Commerce, English, Humanities, Mathematics, Sciences, Languages, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Technologies, Health and PE) plus an extensive co-curricular surface including beachfront learning at Mentone and Shoreham, Cadets, Duke of Edinburgh's Award, debating and public speaking, music tuition, an S.M.A.R.T. program, and a Gifted and Talented / Dare2Dream! enrichment track. Wellbeing is positioned as a strategic pillar via the school-wide RULER emotional intelligence framework, supplemented by Counsellors, Psychologists, Chaplains, Nurses, and therapy dogs.

The underlying technology platform is built on third-party and self-operated systems: Canvas LMS powers academic delivery, TASS Parent Lounge serves as the parent portal, the Student Performance System tracks academic progress, the MyMentone mobile application (iOS and Android) acts as the consumer-facing mobile surface, and a Parent Hub web portal consolidates information across platforms. Distribution is direct-to-family via a Registrar-led Enrolments Team, school tours, and open days, with marketing executed through the school's website and social channels (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter/X). No parent company, holding entity, or institutional investor was identified; the school operates under its own governance structure typical of Australian independent schools, with Michael Martin retiring at the end of Term 2 2026 after approximately 40 years of service.

Name

Mentone Grammar

Legal name

Mentone Grammar

Website

https://mentonegrammar.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1898

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Mentone Grammar is an independent private coeducational school in Mentone, Victoria, Australia, delivering ELC-through-Year-12 education across five age-and-stage campuses on a single site, serving bayside Melbourne families through a Together-Apart-Together learning model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private K-12 Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Nonsectarian Independent Day Schools (EDAJABAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Single-Sex (Boys/Girls) Private Schools (EDAJABAK)

Keywords

• K-12 private education
• Coeducational schooling
• Early learning centre
• Independent school education
• Primary and secondary education

Headquarters

HQ city

Mentone

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Mentone Grammar is an Australian independent coeducational school delivering education from the Mary Jones Early Learning Centre (ELC) through Year 12, with separate Junior School and Senior School campuses. The school sells tuition-based educational programs and supporting student wellbeing and cocurricular services to families in the Mentone, Victoria region.

Product overview

Mentone Grammar is a coeducational school offering educational programs from Early Learning Centre (ELC) to Year 12 across five age-and-stage campuses: Mary Jones ELC, Junior School (Foundation-Year 6), Bayview (Years 7-8), Greenways (Year 9), and Frogmore (Years 10-12). The school employs a Together-Apart-Together model with coeducational classes from ELC-Year 4 and Years 10-12, and single-gender classes through Years 5-9. Technology-enabled services include the MyMentone mobile app, Parent Hub web portal, Canvas learning management system, Student Performance System, and Parent Lounge portal. Academic enrichment programs include the Dare2Dream! Program for gifted students in Years 1-9 and individual enrichment plans for ELC and Foundation students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mary Jones Early Learning Centre (ELC)
• Junior School
• Senior School Secondary education program offered to students in the upper years at Mentone Grammar, including house structures (Bayview, Greenways, Frogmore). Targeted at families seeking private secondary education through to Year 12.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Mentone AquaticminorOthersAquatic facility partnered with the school, mentioned in the school community and footer navigation.
• OSHC Provider - ExtendminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOut of School Hours Care services provided through Extend program for before and after school care needs of enrolled families.
• Canvas LMScoreTechnology or IntegrationThe school uses Canvas as its learning management system, accessible to students through a discovery page login portal. Canvas is the primary platform for academic delivery and student learning.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Kilvington Grammar School: Independent coeducational K–12 school located in Ormond in Melbourne's bayside/southeast corridor. Closely comparable to Mentone Grammar by scale, location, coeducational K–12 model and direct competition for the same bayside family market.
• Xavier College: Jesuit independent coeducational K–12 school with multiple Melbourne campuses. Comparable to Mentone Grammar as a long-established Melbourne private school competing for similar professional families with comparable tuition pricing and breadth of programs.
• Haileybury: Large Melbourne independent coeducational K–12 school operating across multiple campuses (Keysborough, Brighton, Berwick, City). Directly comparable to Mentone Grammar as a multi-campus independent school competing for the same Melbourne bayside family market with a similar tuition model and breadth of extracurricular programs.
• Melbourne Grammar School: Elite Melbourne independent boys' school from ELC to Year 12 with a long heritage. Comparable to Mentone Grammar as a heritage, premium-fee Melbourne private school with a strong academic and co-curricular profile and similar family demographic.
• Scotch College: Elite Melbourne independent boys' school from ELC to Year 12 with strong academic and co-curricular reputation. Comparable to Mentone Grammar as a premium-fee Melbourne private school competing in the same bayside/southeast family catchment.
• Caulfield Grammar School: Independent coeducational K–12 school with multiple Melbourne campuses including in the bayside corridor. Comparable to Mentone Grammar in scale, premium tuition positioning, age-and-stage campus structure and direct competition for bayside enrolments.
• Wesley College Melbourne: Uniting Church independent coeducational K–12 school operating across multiple Melbourne campuses including Glen Waverley and St Kilda Road. Directly comparable as a long-established multi-campus Melbourne private school with similar tuition model and breadth of co-curricular offering.
• Carey Baptist Grammar School: Independent coeducational K–12 school operating across Donvale, Kew and Mernda campuses. Directly comparable as a Melbourne independent K–12 school competing for similar professional-family segments with a multi-campus model and comparable tuition structure.
• Trinity Grammar School: Melbourne independent boys' school from ELC to Year 12 located in the inner east. Comparable to Mentone Grammar in scale, premium-fee positioning and breadth of wellbeing and enrichment programs for fee-paying Melbourne families.
• Brighton Grammar School: Melbourne bayside independent boys' school from ELC to Year 12. Directly comparable as a geographically adjacent private school competing for the same bayside family demographic with a similar premium-fee model and structured wellbeing and academic programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MentoneGrammar
• YouTubevimeo.com/user66181742
• Facebookfacebook.com/MentoneGrammar
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/mentone-grammar
• Instagraminstagram.com/mentonegrammar

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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