Rede Nossa Senhora das Dores

What Rede Nossa Senhora das Dores does

Rede Nossa Senhora das Dores (Rede NSD) is a Brazilian Catholic educational network operating three K-12 schools and three social programs across four Brazilian states. The schools are Colégio Nossa Senhora das Dores in Itabira/MG (founded 1923), Instituto Nossa Senhora das Dores in Rio de Janeiro/RJ, and Colégio São José in Formosa/GO. The social projects — Obra Social Madre Maria de Jesus in Belo Horizonte/MG (2001), Centro Social Madre Maria Miguel in Aracatu/BA (2003), and Projeto Irmã Gema Galgani in Formosa/GO (2005) — serve children and adolescents in social vulnerability through after-school, arts, sports, and tutoring activities. The network was formally unified in 2016 under the Religiosas Missionárias de Nossa Senhora das Dores (RMNSD) congregation, whose missionary charism derives from founder Madre Maria de Jesus (Sarah Pauline Charlotte Marie Gayetti, 1882-1963), who arrived in Brazil in 1913 and opened the first school in 1914.

The network's core pedagogical platform is the Sistema de Ensino Bernoulli partnership, a nationally recognized Brazilian educational system cited for high ENEM and vestibular approval rates, which provides content, teacher training, and exam-preparation methodology. Complementary offerings include bilingual programs, socio-emotional development, pastoral education, a Social Scholarship Program (Bolsas Sociais) for qualifying families, and a professional development program for educators called Formação em Rede.

Revenue is generated primarily through recurring tuition fees at the three schools, supplemented indirectly by donations, philanthropic funding, and the social scholarship program for income-qualifying families. Distribution is direct: families contact schools individually for enrollment, while social works serve beneficiaries through community partnerships and referrals. The entity is a private, non-profit institutional organization under the RMNSD religious congregation, with no external investor ownership or public market listing. Pricing is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Rede Nossa Senhora das Dores

Legal name

Rede Nossa Senhora das Dores

Website

https://redensd.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rede Nossa Senhora das Dores is a Brazilian Catholic educational network operating three K-12 schools and three social programs across four states (MG, RJ, GO, BA), serving tuition-paying families and vulnerable youth under the RMNSD religious congregation, with Sistema Bernoulli de Ensino as core pedagogical partner.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Catholic K-12 Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Charter School Networks (Multi-Site) (EDAJACAC)

Keywords

• Catholic K-12 education
• Religious education network
• Values-based schooling
• Social outreach programs
• Scholarship tuition programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Belo Horizonte

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition-based education: The schools generate revenue through tuition fees from enrolled students. Financial assistance through Social Scholarships (Bolsas Sociais) is available for qualifying families.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Rede Nossa Senhora das Dores operates a network of three Catholic K-12 schools and three social outreach projects across four Brazilian states, providing integral education that combines academic excellence with Christian values and pastoral formation. Schools deliver basic education enhanced by the Sistema Bernoulli de Ensino curriculum, bilingual programs, and ENEM/vestibular preparation, while social projects serve vulnerable children and youth aged 7-14 with after-school programs, arts, sports, and tutoring. The network also administers a social scholarship program and a teacher professional development program in partnership with Sistema Bernoulli.

Product overview

Rede Nossa Senhora das Dores is a network of Catholic educational and social institutions united since 2016. The portfolio consists of three Catholic schools (Colégio Nossa Senhora das Dores, Instituto Nossa Senhora das Dores, and Colégio São José) and three social projects (Obra Social Madre Maria de Jesus, Projeto Irmã Gema Galgani, and Centro Social Madre Maria Miguel). The network offers basic education services combined with Christian values, complemented by social programs addressing vulnerability, a social scholarship program, and professional development for educators through Sistema Bernoulli de Ensino partnership. The institutions operate across four Brazilian states (MG, RJ, GO, BA) under the charismatic mission of Madre Maria de Jesus.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 154 children served daily at Centro Social Madre Maria Miguel
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Sistema Bernoulli de EnsinocoreTechnology or IntegrationSistema Bernoulli de Ensino provides pedagogical consulting and educational materials for the network. The partnership offers ongoing teacher training, innovative methodologies, and preparation strategies for ENEM and vestibular exams. Sistema Bernoulli is a nationally recognized educational system with high approval rates.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Colégio Bandeirantes: Established premium private K-12 school in São Paulo with strong ENEM/vestibular reputation. Comparable on academic excellence and exam prep, though secular and single-site.
• Pitágoras (Kroton/Cogna): Large for-profit K-12 school network with hundreds of units across Brazil. Comparable to Rede NSD as a multi-site school operator but at vastly greater scale and secular positioning.

Regional players

• Colégio Marista Dom Silvério: Marist Catholic K-12 school in Minas Gerais (same state as Rede NSD's flagship Itabira unit). Comparable on Catholic values-based formation and Brazilian regional private-school positioning.

Direct peers

• Colégio Santa Marcelina: Catholic K-12 school network in São Paulo operated by a religious congregation. Comparable to Rede NSD in religious-congregation governance and integral Christian formation.
• Rede de Educação Notre Dame: Catholic K-12 school network in Brazil with multi-unit operations and faith-based formation. Closely comparable to Rede NSD on structural model — religious-congregation-operated schools serving Catholic families.
• Colégio São Luís (Jesuítas): Elite Jesuit Catholic K-12 school in São Paulo with strong ENEM/vestibular preparation track record. Comparable to Rede NSD on Catholic-values-based formation and exam-prep focus, though at a single premium campus.
• União Marista do Brasil (Rede Marista): Catholic Marist K-12 school network operating multiple units across Brazil with values-based education and social mission. Directly comparable in mission, multi-site model, and faith-based positioning to Rede NSD, though at significantly greater scale.

Others

• Sistema COC de Ensino: Brazilian K-12 content and teaching system offering pedagogical support, materials, and exam preparation to partner schools. Direct functional analog to Bernoulli's role within Rede NSD.
• Sistema Positivo de Ensino: Major Brazilian K-12 educational content and pedagogical system that partners with schools similarly to how Sistema Bernoulli partners with Rede NSD. Comparable as an enabling content/pedagogy infrastructure provider.
• Anglo (Vestibulares Anglo): Leading Brazilian pre-university exam preparation brand focused on vestibular and ENEM outcomes. Comparable to Rede NSD's exam-prep dimension delivered through the Bernoulli partnership.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@redensd
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Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

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