Sint-Jozefscollege Aarschot

What Sint-Jozefscollege Aarschot does

Sint-Jozefscollege Aarschot (SJCA) is a Catholic secondary school located in Aarschot, Belgium, serving students aged 12 to 18 across three grades. Founded in 1876 as an archiepiscopal college, it is operated by Arcadia vzw, a non-profit school governing body (schoolbestuur) registered under enterprise number 0409.949.615 that coordinates 13 primary and secondary schools in the Aarschot region. SJCA operates from two distinct campuses: the green Bekaf campus (Bekaflaan 65) housing the first grade (eerste graad) and the city-center Schaluin campus (Schaluin 28) housing the second and third grades (tweede en derde graad). The school delivers a diversified study program covering humanities, sciences, languages, economics, and arts, organized by finality (Doorstroomfinaliteit and Dubbele finaliteit), alongside student guidance services (Leerlingenbegeleiding) covering educational career counseling, learning support, and psychological and social functioning in collaboration with CLB and external partners.

The school's technology stack is limited to a mandatory one-laptop-per-child digital learning program delivered through rental partnerships with The Rent Company and Econocom, plus a centralized digital application system for first-year enrollment. There is no proprietary platform, no AI/ML capability, and no mobile application. Operationally, SJCA runs on 65 employees with 275 first-year students welcomed at a recent Warm Welkom event and 173 students at the most recent proclamation ceremony.

As a publicly-funded Catholic secondary school within the Flemish education system, SJCA generates revenue through regulated government subsidies and modest parental bijdrageregeling (school fees/contributions for educational activities and materials); no financial figures are publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via campus enrollment, supported by an event-driven recruitment calendar that includes open-door days (opendeurdag), infodagen, and community events, alongside a content-marketing website (sjca.be) and an active parent council (ouderraad). Distribution is single-country domestic Belgium (Flanders), with no international footprint or expansion disclosed.

Name

Sint-Jozefscollege Aarschot

Legal name

Arcadia vzw

Website

https://sjca.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1876

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Sint-Jozefscollege Aarschot is a Catholic secondary school in Aarschot, Belgium, serving students aged 12-18 across two campuses under the Arcadia vzw network, delivering diversified study programs in humanities, sciences, languages, economics, and arts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Secondary education
• Catholic schooling
• Study programs
• Student support services
• School laptop program

Headquarters

HQ city

Aarschot

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tuition and School Fees: Parents pay school fees (bijdrageregeling) for their children's education. The school collects contributions for educational activities and materials.
2. Laptop Rental Services: School facilitates laptop rental through partnerships with The Rent Company and Econocom. Students can rent laptops at preferential rates through the school.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sint-Jozefscollege Aarschot provides Catholic secondary education to students aged 12-18 across three grades, delivered through two campuses: the green Bekaf campus for the first grade and the city-center Schaluin campus for the second and third grades. The school offers a diversified curriculum covering STEM, languages, arts, economics, and humanities, organized by finality type (Doorstroomfinaliteit and Dubbele finaliteit), together with structured student guidance and a mandatory 1:1 laptop program facilitated through partner providers.

Product overview

Sint-Jozefscollege Aarschot is a Catholic secondary school offering comprehensive education across three grades through two campus locations: Bekaf (first grade, green campus) and Schaluin (second and third grade, city center). The school provides a diversified study program with multiple tracks including STEM, Languages, Arts, Economics, and Humanities, organized by finality types (Doorstroomfinaliteit for academic pathways and Dubbele finaliteit for combined theory-practice). The product portfolio includes core educational programs across all grades, a laptop rental program in partnership with The Rent Company and Econocom, and comprehensive student guidance services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bekaf: Campus for the first grade (eerste graad) of Sint-Jozefscollege Aarschot. Located on a green and spacious campus at Bekaflaan 65, 3200 Aarschot.
• Schaluin

Products and services

• Bekaf Campus (Eerste Graad) First-grade secondary education campus on a green and spacious site at Bekaflaan 65, Aarschot, providing a familial environment for students aged 12-14 to explore their future path.
• Schaluin Campus (Tweede en Derde Graad) Second and third-grade secondary education campus in the city center of Aarschot, where students specialize in various study domains and prepare for higher education or the labor market.
• Study Programs (Studieaanbod) Comprehensive secondary education program offerings across three grades, including STEM, Languages, Arts, Economics, and Humanities tracks, organized by Doorstroomfinaliteit (academic pathways) and Dubbele finaliteit (combined theory-practice).
• Student Guidance Services (Leerlingenbegeleiding) Quality student guidance covering educational career counseling, learning support, psychological and social functioning, and preventive health measures, delivered in collaboration with CLB and external partners.
• Laptop Project (The Rent Company / Econocom) Laptop rental program for students, offered in partnership with The Rent Company or Econocom, making a laptop a required part of each student's equipment at affordable rates.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• The Rent CompanysupportingOthersLaptop rental partner for the 'One laptop for every child' program. Students can rent laptops at preferential rates through this partnership, enabling digital access for all students.
• EconocomsupportingOthersAlternative laptop rental partner offering affordable laptop rental options for students as part of the school's digital equipment program.
• Arcadia vzwcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArcadia vzw is the school governing body (schoolbestuur) that organizes education across multiple schools in the region including SJCA. Provides centralized governance, HR, and administrative services. SJCA is one of 13 schools in the Arcadia network including primary and secondary schools in Aarschot and surrounding areas.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Damiaaninstituut Aarschot: Fellow Catholic secondary school in Aarschot operated under the same Arcadia vzw governing body. Directly comparable in mission, geography, and target student segment, making it the closest peer.
• GO! Atheneum Aarschot: Public secondary school in Aarschot offering competing secondary education to the same 12-18 age cohort. Represents the public alternative to SJCA's Catholic offering in the same catchment area.
• Sint-Jozefsinstituut Betekom: Catholic school in the Arcadia vzw network located near Aarschot. Comparable in faith-based identity, governance structure, and target secondary education segment, though serving a slightly different municipality.
• Instituut Sancta Maria Aarschot: Catholic secondary school in Aarschot within the Arcadia vzw network. Operates in the same geographic market serving the same age cohort with a comparable faith-based educational offering.

Regional players

• Heilige-Drievuldigheidscollege Leuven: Catholic secondary school in the Flemish region with comparable faith-based identity, comprehensive study programs, and preparation for higher education. Serves a similar demographic in a nearby city.
• Don Bosco Haacht: Catholic secondary school in the Flemish Brabant region with similar faith-based identity and comprehensive study offerings. Comparable in target segment and educational philosophy within the broader Flemish Catholic school landscape.
• Sint-Pieterscollege Leuven: Catholic secondary school in nearby Leuven with a similar faith-based and academically rigorous profile. Comparable in curriculum structure and Flemish Catholic educational philosophy, though serving a different city.

Broad incumbents

• Katholiek Onderwijs Vlaanderen: Umbrella organization representing Flemish Catholic schools. Acts as the broader network and policy framework within which SJCA operates, comparable in sector identity rather than direct school-level competition.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sjcaarschot
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sint-jozefscollege-aarschot

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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