OLHC

What OLHC does

Our Lady Help of Christians, Wendouree (OLHC) is a Catholic parish primary school located at 480A Gillies St N, Wendouree, Victoria, Australia, on Ballarat's northwest fringe near the Western Freeway. Established on 15 October 1961 by the Ballarat Cathedral Parish and originally opened by four Sisters of Mercy with 176 children, the school now serves students from Foundation through Year 6 under the governance of the Diocese of Ballarat Catholic Education Limited (DOBCEL). OLHC delivers a comprehensive curriculum aligned with the Victorian Curriculum, including explicit instruction in structured literacy and mathematics, Religious Education, and specialist programs in Art, Music/Dance/Drama, ICT/Library, Physical Education, Health, and AUSLAN. The school also operates as a 'School Wide Positive Behaviour School' with wellbeing programs (school counsellor two days/week via Catholic Care, Peaceful Kids/Peaceful Classrooms, Rights/Resilience/Respectful Relationships) and a Foundation-to-Year-6 camp program.

OLHC is operated as a private non-profit educational institution rather than a commercially owned entity, with no external investors or public shareholders; ownership and control rest with the Catholic Church through the diocesan education authority. Revenue is generated through family tuition fees (a 2026 school fees schedule is referenced, with Family Fee Assistance Scheme available through DOBCEL for eligible families) supplemented by recurrent government funding as part of the Victorian Catholic education funding model. The school's technology stack centres on the Schoolzine platform (website, newsletters, digital forms) and the Parent Access Module (PAM) family portal, with SchoolTV providing curated wellbeing content for parents.

OLHC reaches prospective families through direct enrollment enquiries, guided school tours led by leadership team members, and virtual information sessions, marketing primarily to families in the Ballarat northwest fringe and surrounding areas. Current strategic focus includes the 2024 Stage One build project (refurbishment of Middle and Senior learning spaces) under a new Principal (Jaci Commons, effective January 2025), alongside operational partnerships with YMCA Ballarat (Onsite OSHC), Catholic Care (school counselling), Schoolzine, and SchoolTV. The listed team comprises 12 staff including leadership, specialist teachers, a five-person Learning Support Team, and admin/finance officers.

Name

OLHC

Legal name

Our Lady Help of Christians, Wendouree

Website

https://olhcwendouree.catholic.edu.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Our Lady Help of Christians, Wendouree (OLHC) is a Catholic parish primary school serving Foundation to Year 6 students in Ballarat's northwest fringe, operated as a non-profit under the Diocese of Ballarat Catholic Education Limited (DOBCEL) and governed by the Catholic Church.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC)

Keywords

• Catholic primary education
• Primary school
• Faith-based education
• School wellbeing programs
• School tuition services

Headquarters

HQ city

Wendouree

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. School Tuition Fees: School fees charged to families for educational services; 2026 school fees document referenced; Family Fee Assistance Scheme available through DOBCEL for eligible families
2. Government Funding: Catholic schools receive government funding as part of the Catholic education system under DOBCEL (Diocese of Ballarat Catholic Education Limited)

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

OLHC is a Catholic parish primary school delivering Foundation to Year 6 education in Wendouree, Ballarat. The school provides classroom instruction across core learning areas, specialist programs (Art, Music/Dance/Drama, ICT/Library, Physical Education, Health, and AUSLAN), wellbeing support, and a camp program. It supplements these with out-of-school-hours care through YMCA Ballarat and digital tools for family engagement.

Product overview

Our Lady Help of Christians Parish School is a Catholic primary school offering Foundation to Year 6 education. The school operates as a single educational institution providing a unified educational program rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Core educational services include classroom instruction across core learning areas (Literacy, Mathematics, Religious Education, History, Geography, Science, Technology) and specialist programs (Art, Music/Dance/Drama, ICT/Library, Physical Education, Health, AUSLAN). The school supplements its core educational offerings with digital tools including the Parent Access Module (PAM) for family communication and administration, SchoolTV for parent wellbeing resources, and OSHC services provided through YMCA Ballarat. Additional programs include intervention supports (Peaceful Kids, Peaceful Classrooms), school counselling services, and a structured camp program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Catholic Primary Education (Foundation to Year 6)
• Outside School Hours Care (OSHC)
• SchoolTV Wellbeing Resource

Quantifiable outcome

• Learning spaces reflecting contemporary, student-centred approach to learning and wellbeing

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

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

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Catholic CarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Catholic Care provides a School Counsellor on site twice a week. Through this resource, OLHC offers individual support to children, carers, groups, and parents, plus access to parenting programs. The Catholic Care worker supports children and adults experiencing stress, anxiety, loss, or those in need of a listening ear.
• YMCA BallaratcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorYMCA Ballarat provides After School Hours Care (OSHC) program onsite at OLHC. Students are walked across to the multipurpose space at the end of the school day. Care is also offered during school holidays.
• SchoolzinecoreTechnology or IntegrationSchoolzine provides the website platform, newsletter system, and digital forms powering OLHC's communications with families and community.
• DOBCEL (Diocese of Ballarat Catholic Education Limited)coreOthersDOBCEL is the governing body for Catholic education in the Ballarat Diocese. OLHC operates under DOBCEL policies, guidelines, and oversight. DOBCEL provides policies on child safety, learning and teaching, assessment, and various operational areas.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Regional players

• Beaconhills College: Independent P-12 school in Pakenham / Berwick (Victoria); comparable as a regional faith-adjacent or independent primary-secondary operator with similar curriculum differentiation model, though serving a different geography.

Broad incumbents

• St Patrick's College, Ballarat: Long-established Catholic boys' secondary college in Ballarat; comparable as a Catholic-system incumbent in the same regional market, influencing family Catholic-school selection decisions.
• Loreto College, Ballarat: Catholic secondary school in Ballarat under a religious order tradition; while serving Years 7-12, it is a Catholic-system incumbent shaping local family perceptions and downstream feeder decisions for OLHC.
• Ballarat Grammar School: Independent P-12 school in Ballarat; broader incumbent offering a continuous Foundation-to-Year-12 pathway that competes for the same fee-paying family segment as OLHC.
• Ballarat Clarendon College: Independent co-educational P-12 college in Ballarat; comparable regional incumbent offering a full primary-to-secondary pathway that competes with Catholic primary feeders like OLHC.
• Damascus College, Ballarat: Catholic secondary college in Ballarat operating under DOBCEL governance; broader incumbent that captures OLHC's graduating Year 6 cohort and shapes family Catholic-education brand expectations.

Direct peers

• Emmaus Catholic Primary School: Catholic primary school within the Ballarat diocese offering Foundation to Year 6 instruction under DOBCEL, directly comparable in mission, governance, and target segment to OLHC.
• St Columba's School, Ballarat North: Catholic parish primary school in Ballarat operating under DOBCEL, directly comparable as a same-system, same-geography primary competitor for Foundation to Year 6 families.
• St Thomas More Primary School, Alfredton: DOBCEL Catholic primary school serving Ballarat's western growth corridor, comparable to OLHC in faith-based mission, primary-only structure, and diocesan governance model.
• Lumen Christi Primary School, Delacombe: DOBCEL Catholic primary school located on Ballarat's western fringe, comparable in size and offering as OLHC and competing for the same northwest Ballarat family catchment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/olhcwendoureevictoria
• Instagraminstagram.com/ourladyhelpofchristianswend
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/olhc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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