Oakleigh Primary School and Kindergarten

What Oakleigh Primary School and Kindergarten does

Oakleigh Primary School and Kindergarten is a Victorian Government public school located at 20 Warrigal Road, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia, serving families with children aged 3 to 12 under the governance of the Victorian Department of Education. Founded in 1874 and celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2024, the school operates a single campus delivering a tiered educational program: three-year-old funded kindergarten, four-year-old funded kindergarten, the Free Kinder / Pre-Prep initiative for eligible families, and primary schooling from Foundation through Year 6. Enrolments for 3-year-old, 4-year-old, and Pre-Prep are managed centrally through the City of Monash's central enrolment service, while school-aged enrolments are administered by the School Council.

The school's curriculum is anchored in standard literacy and numeracy, supplemented by specialist programs in Performing Arts, Japanese language, STEAM, Visual Arts, Physical Education, EAL (English as an Additional Language), and MSL. The Performing Arts program is delivered as a sequential 50-minute weekly specialist lesson for all year levels, integrating music notation, recorder, ukulele, contemporary dance, drama, and STEAM tools (Soundbops, Osmo, Dash and Dots, Makey Makeys, iMovie). Extracurricular offerings include Choir, Glee Club, school productions, and user-pays private instrumental music tuition (piano/keyboard, drums, guitar, violin, woodwind, recorder). The school also runs Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) for enrolled students.

The business model is government-funded rather than commercial: families accessing the funded kindergarten position have no out-of-pocket expense under the Free Kinder program, and primary schooling is fully state-funded. The only direct user-pays revenue stream is the private instrumental music tuition offered during school hours. The school is led by Principal Ruth Biddle and an Authorised Point of Contact (Belinda Zajda), with a stated staff headcount of 18. Revenue, ARR, and capital structure are not disclosed; the entity has no parent company in the commercial sense, no subsidiaries, and no funding rounds. Distribution is single-geography (Oakleigh/Monash, Victoria), with outreach via the school website, virtual tours, termly group tours, newsletters, and community partnerships.

Name

Oakleigh Primary School and Kindergarten

Legal name

Oakleigh Primary School and Kindergarten

Website

https://oakleighps.vic.edu.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1874

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Victorian Government primary school and kindergarten in Oakleigh, Victoria, serving children aged 3-12 with funded kindergarten, Pre-Prep, and Foundation-to-Year 6 programs, enhanced by specialist curricula in Performing Arts, Japanese, STEAM, and EAL support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary and Early Childhood Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

General Preschools (Play-Based) (EDACABAA), Nursery School Readiness & Transition Programs (EDACACAL)

Keywords

• Primary school education
• Government funded kindergarten
• Early childhood education
• STEAM curriculum programs
• Out of school hours care

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakleigh

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, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government-Funded Kindergarten: The school operates as a Victorian Government school providing funded kindergarten positions. The school has opted into the Victorian Government's Free Kinder program where families accessing a funded kindergarten position have no out of pocket expense.
2. Instrumental Music Tuition: Private user-pays music tuition offered during school hours for piano/keyboard, drums, guitar, violin, woodwind and recorder. This is an additional paid program separate from the core curriculum.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Oakleigh Primary School and Kindergarten is a Victorian Government public school delivering funded three-year-old and four-year-old kindergarten, Pre-Prep for eligible families, and primary education from Foundation to Year 6. Curriculum is enriched by specialist programs in Performing Arts, Japanese, STEAM, EAL support, Visual Arts, Physical Education, and Library. Extracurricular and fee-based offerings include private Instrumental Music Tuition, Choir, Glee Club, School Productions, and Out of School Hours Care (OSHC).

Product overview

Oakleigh Primary School and Kindergarten is a Victorian Government school providing early childhood education and primary schooling. The institution operates a tiered educational program structure: three-year-old kindergarten, four-year-old kindergarten, Pre-Prep (for eligible families), and primary school from Foundation to Year 6. The curriculum is enhanced by specialist programs including Performing Arts, Japanese, STEAM, and EAL support, supplemented by extracurricular offerings such as Instrumental Music Tuition, Choir, Glee Club, and School Productions. The school also provides Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) for enrolled students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Three Year Old Funded Kindergarten Play-based kindergarten program for 3-year-old children offering two sessions of 7.5 hours per week (15 hours total) led by a teacher and an educator, with 22 enrolments per day. Promotes holistic development through peer and educator relationships, supporting independence, motor skills, and early literacy and numeracy.
• Four Year Old Funded Kindergarten Pre-school program for 4-year-old children with two sessions of 7.5 hours per week (15 hours total; 22.5 hours for eligible Pre-Prep). Groups led by a teacher and two educators, with 27 enrolments per day. Builds on early learning with formal school library sessions, perceptual motor program (PMP), and transition support to primary school.
• Pre-Prep Program

Quantifiable outcome

• An adult has 1,000 new neural connections every second, a child has 1,000,000

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Noukendai Elementary SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister school relationship in Yokohama, Japan. Students exchange letters, cards, pictures and videos. Year 5 and 6 students participate in regular online Skype conversations to develop greater intercultural understanding.
• Showa Elementary SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister school relationship in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Students exchange letters, cards, pictures and videos as part of the Japanese language and cultural program.
• Baker's Delight OakleighminorOthersLocal bakery partner supporting the school community.
• Harcourts Next Gen OakleighminorOthersReal estate partner supporting the school community.
• The Alwood Foundation (TAF)minorOthersFoundation partner supporting the school community.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Wesley College Melbourne: Major independent K-12 school across multiple Melbourne campuses. Provides specialist Performing Arts, language, and STEAM programs comparable to Oakleigh PS, but at a fee-paying scale well beyond a single government primary.
• Huntingtower School: Long-established private K-12 school in Mount Waverley, City of Monash. Comparable on local catchment and curriculum breadth but operates under a fee-paying, independent model rather than government funding.
• Caulfield Grammar School: Large independent K-12 school with multiple campuses in southeast Melbourne. Overlaps with Oakleigh PS on primary-age curriculum and southeast Melbourne catchment but operates a private, fee-paying model.
• Haileybury: Large independent K-12 school with multiple Melbourne campuses including Keysborough near Oakleigh. Comparable on specialist curriculum offerings and cultural diversity, but at significantly larger scale and fee-paying model.

Direct peers

• Glen Waverley Primary School: Government primary school in Glen Waverley, City of Monash catchment. Serves a similar culturally diverse, EAL-rich population with Foundation-Year 6 programs, making it the closest comparable government primary peer to Oakleigh PS in the same local government area.
• Oakleigh South Primary School: Victorian Government primary school immediately adjacent in Oakleigh South, sharing catchment overlap and demographic profile. Most directly comparable local competitor for in-catchment enrolments.
• Mount Waverley Primary School: Neighbouring Victorian Government primary school in the City of Monash serving Foundation to Year 6. Directly comparable on funding model, governance structure, catchment demographic, and curriculum scope to Oakleigh PS.
• Clayton South Primary School: Government primary school in City of Monash serving a similarly multicultural, EAL-heavy community. Comparable on funding structure, primary-year range, and demographic profile.
• Holy Eucharist Primary School Oakleigh: Catholic primary school in Oakleigh serving Foundation-Year 6 within the same local catchment. Competes for the same family demographic and operates specialist programs alongside core curriculum.

Emerging players

• Goodstart Early Learning Oakleigh: National chain of government-funded kindergarten/early learning centres with an Oakleigh location. Competes directly for the 3-year-old and 4-year-old kindergarten enrolments that feed Oakleigh PS's primary pipeline.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oakleigh-primary-school-and-kindergarten

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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