Our Lady Star of the Sea Primary School

What Our Lady Star of the Sea Primary School does

Our Lady Star of the Sea Primary School is a Catholic primary school located on a seven-acre campus at 26 Cowes-Rhyll Road, Cowes, Victoria 3922, on Phillip Island, Australia. Founded in 2018 under the governance of Diocese of Sale Catholic Education Ltd (DOSCEL), the school serves families seeking Catholic primary education for children from Prep to Year 6 (approximately ages 5-12) on Phillip Island and surrounding areas. The school is led by Principal Pamela McKillop and operates as a nonprofit entity within the DOSCEL network, which provides central policy and curriculum frameworks including the Religious Education program drawn from the Catholic Diocese of Sale's "To Live in Christ Jesus" publication.

The school's educational product combines a faith-based core with six specialist programs — Visual & Performing Arts, Science & Sustainable Living, Languages (French), Digital Technologies, Physical Education, and Camps & Excursions — plus student development programs including a cross-year Buddy Program and a Student Leadership Program for Year 5 and 6 students. The campus comprises eight flexible classroom spaces, a library and discovery centre, a synthetic oval, a covered basketball court, and sustainability-focused outdoor features (solar panels, water tanks, vegetable gardens, bush tucker gardens, orchard, bird hide, biodiversity zones). Technology adoption centres on the Schoolzine platform for the school's website, newsletters, and parent communications, rather than any proprietary systems.

The school's revenue model is straightforward: annual school fees (amounts not publicly disclosed) billed under DOSCEL guidelines, a non-refundable $100 enrolment fee credited toward future school fees, and ancillary revenue from uniform sales priced on a published list. Distribution is direct to families through a community-led go-to-market motion — prospective families attend scheduled Tour Days or arrange one-on-one tours, with referral pipelines drawn from local parishes (St Mary's Cowes, St Joseph's Bass, Star of the Sea San Remo), word-of-mouth within the Catholic community, and the school's Facebook page. Enrolment is subject to an interview with the principal, with priority given to Baptised Catholics inside the school zone.

Name

Our Lady Star of the Sea Primary School

Legal name

Our Lady Star of the Sea Primary School Cowes

Website

https://olsscowes.catholic.edu.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Our Lady Star of the Sea Primary School is a nonprofit Catholic primary school on Phillip Island, Victoria, serving Prep to Year 6 families under Diocese of Sale Catholic Education Ltd governance with a faith-based curriculum and six specialist programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Catholic Primary Education (K-6)

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAJABAC

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/Private & Independent K–12 Schools

SECONDARYBPAGAJAD

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

Keywords

• Catholic primary education
• Primary school programs
• Religious education services
• Specialist curriculum programs
• Student wellbeing programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Cowes

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, Others

Revenue model

1. School Fees: Tuition fees charged to enrolled families for their children's education at the Catholic primary school. The school operates under Diocese of Sale Catholic Education Ltd guidelines.
2. Enrolment Fee: Non-refundable enrolment fee of $100 charged upon acceptance, which is applied toward 2027 School Fees.
3. Uniform Sales: School uniforms available for purchase from the school office.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Our Lady Star of the Sea Primary School provides Catholic primary education for students from Prep to Year 6, grounded in faith formation and a holistic curriculum. The core offering includes a Religious Education program based on Catholic Diocese of Sale publications, plus six specialist subject areas (Visual & Performing Arts, Science & Sustainable Living, French, Digital Technologies, Physical Education, and Camps & Excursions), supported by buddy and student leadership programs. Services are delivered on a seven-acre campus on Phillip Island, Victoria, with state-of-the-art classrooms and sustainability-focused outdoor learning areas.

Product overview

Our Lady Star of the Sea Primary School is a Catholic primary school offering a holistic education program. The school's educational offerings include core Religious Education based on Catholic tradition, six specialist programs (Visual & Performing Arts, Science & Sustainable Living, French Languages, Digital Technologies, Physical Education, and Camps & Excursions), student support programs (Buddy Program, Student Leadership), and international programs (Sister School partnership with Bali). The school operates on seven acres of land with state-of-the-art facilities including eight flexible classroom spaces, a library and discovery centre, solar panels, and sustainability-focused outdoor areas including vegetable gardens, bush tucker gardens, and biodiversity zones. The school is governed by Diocese of Sale Catholic Education Ltd (DOSCEL) and uses the Schoolzine platform for its website and communications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Religious Education
• Visual & Performing Arts specialist program
• Science & Sustainable Living specialist program
• Languages Other than English (French) specialist program
• Digital Technologies specialist program
• Physical Education specialist program
• Camps & Excursions specialist program
• Buddy Program
• Student Leadership Program
• Sister School Program (Bali)
• School Uniforms

Quantifiable outcome

• Small school environment ensuring individual attention and community belonging

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Sister School in Pengalon, BalicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEstablished in 2020, Our Lady Star of the Sea became a sister school to a small village school in Pengalon, Bali. Many families in this village are poor and struggle to afford education for their children. Students from both schools exchange letters, photos, and videos, teaching each other games and sharing about their lives. OLSS has supported the school with rice, educational resources, and new furniture. Staff and families have visited to educate teachers on current teaching methods.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Brisbane Catholic Education: Large multi-school Catholic education system in Queensland; analogous to DOSCEL as a broader incumbent operating faith-based primary schools across a defined geographic diocese.
• Catholic Education Commission of Victoria (CECV): Peak body representing Catholic schools across Victoria and the governing framework DOSCEL schools operate within; useful comparable for the broader regulatory and funding environment shaping OLSS.
• Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS): Larger Victorian Catholic education system operating dozens of primary schools; relevant incumbent benchmark for faith-based primary education models, governance and funding dynamics in Victoria.
• Sydney Catholic Schools: One of Australia's largest systems of Catholic primary schools; comparable as a faith-based primary education network with shared governance, curriculum standards and parish-based enrolment models.
• Diocese of Sale Catholic Education Ltd (DOSCEL): Parent governance body operating the broader network of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Sale; broader incumbent that sets policy, curriculum framework and funding parameters that OLSS operates within.

Direct peers

• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wonthaggi: Catholic primary school within DOSCEL serving the broader Bass Coast/South Gippsland region; comparable in mission, faith-based curriculum delivery, and parent cohort to OLSS.
• Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, San Remo: Another parish-affiliated DOSCEL primary school on the same Phillip Island/Bass Coast corridor; shares faith-based primary curriculum, enrolment priority framework and parent demographic with OLSS.
• St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Sale: Diocesan Catholic primary school located in the DOSCEL head office town of Sale; provides a comparable faith-based primary education model under the same overarching governance structure as OLSS.
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bass: Sister Catholic primary school under DOSCEL, explicitly named as a parish connection for OLSS families; operates the same faith-based primary model under shared diocesan governance.
• St Mary's Primary School, Cowes: Parish-affiliated Catholic primary school in Cowes under the same DOSCEL network, serving the same Phillip Island community; directly comparable in size, mission and operational structure to OLSS.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/OLSScowes
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/our-lady-star-of-the-sea-primary-school

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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