Queen's Royal College

What Queen's Royal College does

Queen's Royal College is a secondary educational institution located at Hayes Street, St. Clair, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago. Founded in 1859, it is one of the historically established secondary schools in the country, serving male students across Forms 1 through 6 (including Lower Sixth and Upper Sixth). Admissions to Form 1 are administered centrally through the Ministry of Education's Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) placement system, while transfers and Sixth Form intake are handled through dedicated digital registration forms hosted on the school's website (qrc.edu). The institution prepares students for CXC/CSEC and CAPE national examinations and operates under the leadership of Principal David Simon.

The school's operational model is non-commercial: it does not publish pricing, has no disclosed revenue model, and functions within the public secondary education framework of Trinidad & Tobago. Its "products" are educational services rather than technology offerings, and its core technology is described as "Not applicable." Administrative tools in use are standard consumer-grade platforms — Google Forms for student registration data collection, Facebook for community engagement, and PDF documents for booklists, guidelines, and academic calendars. The institution reports a headcount of 15 employees.

Queen's Royal College maintains a tripartite community structure comprising the Parent Teachers Association (PTA), the Old Boys Association (OBA), and QRC International — an international alumni chapter serving the diaspora. These bodies support community engagement, fundraising (e.g., the Three-Car Raffle 2025), and parent-teacher communication. The school serves parents/guardians as a secondary stakeholder segment alongside its primary student population. There is no evidence of private equity, venture capital, parent company ownership, or commercial partnerships in the available data; the institution appears to be self-governed with no external investment or controlling parent entity.

Name

Queen's Royal College

Legal name

Queen's Royal College

Website

https://qrc.edu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Queen's Royal College is a historic secondary school in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, founded in 1859, providing Form 1 through Upper Sixth education to male students under the Ministry of Education's SEA placement system, supported by active PTA, OBA, and international alumni networks.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Middle Schools (EDAJAAAC)

Keywords

• Secondary education
• Boys secondary school
• Sixth form education
• College preparatory
• CXC examination prep

Headquarters

HQ city

Port of Spain

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Queen's Royal College is an independent secondary school that delivers academic instruction for male students from Form 1 through Form 6 (Lower and Upper Sixth), preparing them for CXC/CSEC and CAPE examinations. The school supplements academics with sports, music, and student publication programs, and is supported by an active alumni network (Old Boys Association) and the QRC PTA.

Product overview

Queen's Royal College is a secondary school in Trinidad and Tobago providing educational services for Forms 1 through 6. The institution offers student registration services through digital forms (Google Forms) for first-form admissions, transfer students, and sixth-form applications. Administrative services include booklist distribution, academic calendar publication, and parent-teacher communication via the school's website and Facebook community pages. The institution does not operate a technology product portfolio; its offerings are educational services, not technology products or platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Form 1 Student Registration Enrollment intake process for new Form 1 (Year 7 equivalent) male students entering Queen's Royal College; prospective students/families contact the school directly to register.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Bishops Anstey High School: Co-educational secondary school in Port of Spain offering Forms 1-6 with strong CAPE track. Comparable on academic rigor and Trinidad market footprint, though co-ed model differs.
• Naparima College: A long-established boys' secondary school in Trinidad offering Forms 1-6 with strong academic reputation. Direct peer in cohort, mission, and Trinidad market positioning.
• College of the Holy Cross: Catholic boys' secondary school in San Fernando with a similar Forms 1-6 structure. Direct competitor for the same male student demographic in Trinidad.
• Hillview College: Boys' secondary school in Sangre Grande, Trinidad, with comparable academic and extracurricular offerings. A direct peer in the broader 'premier boys' schools' cohort in Trinidad.
• St. Mary's College (CIC): Jesuit boys' secondary school in Port of Spain, one of the 'Big Five' heritage schools in Trinidad. Direct peer in prestige, all-boys model, and Forms 1-6 academic delivery.
• Presentation College, San Fernando: Catholic boys' secondary school in San Fernando, Trinidad, with a comparable Forms 1-6 structure and similar CXC/CAPE preparation focus. Closest direct competitor outside Port of Spain.
• Trinity College East: Secondary school in Arima, Trinidad serving Forms 1-6 with similar CXC/CAPE preparation. Comparable in academic structure though less heritage-positioned than QRC.

Regional players

• St. Andrew's College (Jamaica): Historic boys' secondary school in Kingston, Jamaica. Comparable Caribbean regional peer for all-boys heritage secondary education.
• Wolmer's Trust: One of the oldest boys' schools in Jamaica, comparable in heritage positioning and CXC/CAPE preparation. Regional peer for benchmarking Caribbean boys' secondary education.
• Harrison College: Premier boys' secondary school in Barbados with a parallel heritage, all-male, Forms 1-6 model. A regional peer in the Caribbean boys' secondary category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/QueensRoyalCollege
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/queen-s-royal-college

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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