Pacific Pines State Primary School

What Pacific Pines State Primary School does

Pacific Pines State Primary School is a co-educational Queensland Government state primary school located on the northern Gold Coast at Santa Isobel Boulevard, Pacific Pines, Queensland. It delivers the Australian Curriculum from Prep to Year 6 (children approximately aged 4 to 12) under the governance of the Queensland Department of Education, with curriculum alignment to ACARA standards and QCAA assessment frameworks. The school serves a culturally diverse student population and positions itself as a "school of choice" for northern Gold Coast families, with transition pathways into Pacific Pines High School.

The school's core educational technology is the MyPad Program, a 1:1 iPad Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiative deployed across all year levels and managed via Microsoft Intune Company Portal. Learning is structured around a Whole School Approach to Pedagogy that integrates Age-Appropriate Pedagogies, Deep Learning, and the 6Cs framework (Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Citizenship, Character). Differentiated Excellence Programs in Sport, The Arts, and Japanese extend the core offering. Supporting platforms include the QParents portal (Department-provided) for parent communication, the Qkr! mobile app for tuckshop and uniform ordering, Mathletics and Reading Eggs for numeracy and literacy, and NAPLAN adaptive online assessments for Years 3 and 5.

The school's revenue model is not commercial: as a state school it receives Queensland Government per-student funding and does not publicly disclose financial figures. Ancillary commercial-style activities — including the P&C-run Pine Cone Café tuckshop, the P&C uniform shop, YMCA-operated Out of School Hours Care (before, after, and vacation care), and parent payments via Bpoint and Qkr! — supplement the core funded operations. Enrolment is conducted directly via a three-step application, documentation, and principal-interview process within the school's designated catchment.

Name

Pacific Pines State Primary School

Legal name

Pacific Pines State Primary School

Website

https://pacificpinesss.eq.edu.au

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pacific Pines State Primary School is a Queensland Government state school delivering Australian Curriculum education from Prep to Year 6 on the northern Gold Coast, featuring a 1:1 iPad BYOD program, Excellence Programs in Sport, Arts, and Japanese, and on-site OSHC, tuckshop, and uniform services for local families.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Standards Alignment & Curriculum Mapping (State/National) (EDAJAFAD)

Keywords

• Primary education services
• Public school education
• Curriculum instruction
• Student wellbeing programs
• Digital learning programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Pacific Pines

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Pacific Pines State Primary School delivers the full Australian Curriculum from Prep to Year 6 as a Queensland Government state school. Its signature offering is the MyPad Program, a 1:1 iPad BYOD initiative across all year levels with school-managed apps via Intune. The school supplements core curriculum with Excellence Programs in Sport, The Arts, and Japanese, and operates NAPLAN online assessments for Years 3 and 5.

Product overview

Pacific Pines State Primary School is a co-educational Queensland state school offering a comprehensive primary education program from Prep to Year 6. The school delivers the Australian Curriculum through a Whole School Approach to Pedagogy, enhanced by Excellence Programs in Sport, The Arts, and Japanese. Central to the offering is the MyPad Program—a 1:1 iPad initiative where students from Prep to Year 6 bring their own iPad daily as a learning tool. The school provides integrated parent communication through QParents portal, with operational support services including the Pine Cone Café tuckshop (managed by P&C via Qkr! ordering), P&C Uniform Shop, and YMCA-operated before/after school and vacation care. NAPLAN assessments are conducted online for Years 3, 5, 7, and 9, and Christian Religious Instruction is offered alongside supervised alternative activities for non-participating students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Australian Curriculum Delivery (Prep to Year 6)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• YMCA BrisbanecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYMCA operates the Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) facility located in the school hall. Provides before school care (6:30am-8:45am), after school care (3:00pm-6:00pm), and vacation care services. All profits support the school. YMCA staff pick up/drop off prep and year 1 students.
• Department of Education (Queensland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school operates under the Queensland Department of Education. QParents portal is provided by the Department to give parents 24-hour access to student information including attendance, behaviour, report cards, and invoices.
• Various Church Groups (Christian Religious Instruction)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple faith groups including Acts Global Churches, Anglican Church, Catholic Church, Hillsong Church, Lutheran Church, Uniting Church, and others provide Christian Religious Instruction using approved programs 'Beginning With God', 'Connect', and 'Big Questions'. Instructors must hold blue cards and participate in compulsory training.
• ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school delivers the Australian Curriculum from Prep to Year 6, aligned with ACARA standards across all learning areas including English, Mathematics, Science, HASS, Technology, The Arts, Languages (Japanese), and Health and Physical Education.
• QCAA (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school aligns curriculum delivery with QCAA guidelines for Queensland state schools, ensuring compliance with regional educational standards and assessment frameworks.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• GEMS Education: One of the world's largest private K-12 operators with a significant primary-school portfolio across the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. GEMS competes broadly for primary education delivery, and its 1:1 device programs and digital curriculum investments make it comparable to Pacific Pines' MyPad program and EdTech-driven pedagogy.
• Cognita: International schools group operating primary schools across Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Comparable in terms of structured K-6 curriculum delivery, integrated parent engagement portals, and pedagogical frameworks rolled out across school networks.
• Nord Anglia Education: Operates premium international schools globally, including primary campuses. Nord Anglia's technology-rich learning environments, extracurricular excellence tracks (arts, sport, languages), and parent digital portals are directly comparable to Pacific Pines' MyPad BYOD program, Excellence Programs, and QParents integration.

Direct peers

• Brisbane Catholic Education: Operates the largest network of Catholic primary schools in Queensland, including in the Gold Coast region. Families frequently choose between state schools like Pacific Pines and Catholic primary schools within the same catchment, making BCE the most direct comparison in terms of target customers (Gold Coast primary-school families), offering (Australian Curriculum from Prep to Year 6), and operational model (school-level leadership under a central education authority).

Others

• Independent Schools Queensland: Represents independent (private) K-12 schools in Queensland. While not a direct operator, ISQ provides benchmarking, advocacy, and shared services to competing non-government schools that families in the Pacific Pines catchment might select instead of the state school.
• Australian Independent Schools: National body representing independent schools in Australia. Provides sector benchmarks and advocacy relevant to Pacific Pines' competitive positioning against independent primary schools in the broader Gold Coast and Queensland markets.

Regional players

• Lutheran Education Queensland: Operates Lutheran K-12 schools in Queensland, including primary campuses. Shares Pacific Pines' Australian Curriculum delivery, parent community structures (P&C-equivalents), and EdTech integration, but serves faith-based families on a different competitive track than state schools in the same region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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Investments

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