SKO De Streek

Name

SKO De Streek

Legal name

Stichting Katholiek Onderwijs SKO De Streek

Website

https://sko-destreek.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Catholic primary education
• Primary school foundation
• Dutch basisschoolonderwijs
• Teacher training program
• Educational administration services

Headquarters

HQ city

Grootebroek

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government-Funded Primary Education: SKO De Streek operates as a Catholic primary education foundation receiving government funding for operating 9 primary schools in the municipalities of Stede Broec and Drechterland. Revenue comes from the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science via the lumpsum funding system for primary education.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SKO De Streek operates nine Catholic primary schools (basisscholen) in the municipalities of Stede Broec and Drechterland in North Holland, Netherlands, providing free government-funded primary education to local children. Each school maintains its own pedagogical identity and character while sharing central administrative services, governance, and quality assurance through the foundation's Bestuurskantoor in Grootebroek.

Product overview

SKO De Streek (Stichting Katholiek Onderwijs De Streek) operates as a unified school foundation managing nine Catholic primary schools in the Stede Broec and Drechterland municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands. The organization is structured around a central administrative office (Bestuurskantoor) and nine individual school locations. Its primary digital product is Let'SKOnnect, an internal learning and collaboration platform that serves as the central hub for professional development, organizational activities, and knowledge sharing across all schools. The foundation also provides centralized services including teacher training (Schoolopleider), educational innovation and ICT support, HRM, finance, and quality assurance through its bestuurskantoor, supplemented by GDPR compliance tools from external partners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Let'SKOnnect: The learning and connecting environment for all employees of SKO De Streek, a digital platform organizing professional development activities, workshops, and annual study days for all 9 schools.

Products and services

• De Hussel Jenaplan-based primary school in Grootebroek (Dam 20A) offering Catholic primary education focused on total child development through conversation, work, play, and celebration.
• De Jozefschool Catholic primary school in Venhuizen (St. Lucasstraat 2) with over 300 students across 13 groups, focusing on quality, language, reading, arithmetic, and broad development of children.
• Meester Spigtschool Primary school in Hoogkarspel (Duijvenbrug 15) providing Catholic primary education in a safe environment supporting autonomous development and self-confidence.
• De Uilenburcht Catholic primary school in Grootebroek (Zesstedenweg 182) offering child-centered approach to education, natural learning, and the development of 21st-century skills through The Leader in Me program.
• Het Kerspel Child-centered Catholic primary school in Hoogkarspel (Nachtegaal 1) where talents are developed and children are given space for their own choices.
• De Willibrordus Catholic primary school in Bovenkarspel (De Bouw 64) focusing on the harmonious development of cognitive, creative, and social skills.
• De Baskuul Primary school in Lutjebroek (Horn 15) providing primary education with a focus on a safe environment using Kanjertraining and the development of 21st-century skills.
• De Pancratiusschool Catholic primary school in Oosterblokker (Pennekamplaan 58) providing primary education to local families.
• De Molenwiek Catholic primary school in Grootebroek (Korenmolenlaan 4) providing primary education to local families.
• Bestuurskantoor SKO De Streek Central administrative office of SKO De Streek located in Grootebroek, providing centralized management, quality assurance, HRM, finance, and educational innovation support for all nine schools.
• Schoolopleider Teacher Training Program Teacher training and professional development program delivered in partnership with IPABO, comprising student supervision, mentoring, introductory policies for new teachers, and the Let'SKO-Samen-Opleiden podcast series.
• Let'SKOnnect Digital learning and connecting environment for all employees of SKO De Streek, organizing internal professional development activities, annual SKO-wide study days, and workshops across the nine schools.

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 275 employees serving 9 schools across 2 municipalities
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 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

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IPABOcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022In 2022, SKO De Streek entered into a covenant with IPABO (teacher training institute) for educating students from the triangle of student, training school, and education. School trainers serve as contact persons between education and internships, working together with institute trainers to be responsible for educating, coaching, and assessing students. They also organize professional learning communities (PLGs) for all students at SKO De Streek.
• The Leader in MeminorOthersDe Uilenburcht school uses The Leader in Me program to teach students self-leadership skills, helping them learn how to work independently and self-responsibly from intrinsic motivation. This program also guides the development of 21st-century skills.
• GCBO (Geschillencommissies Bijzonder Onderwijs)minorOthersIn exceptional cases, parents may submit complaints directly to the independent complaints commission GCBO for special education disputes.
• VertrouwensunieminorOthersSKO De Streek works with Vertrouwensunie for external confidential advisors (vertrouwenspersonen). Contact person is Ingrid van Beverwijk for sensitive or serious complaints.
• Normenkader IBP / KennisnetminorOthersSKO De Streek collaborates with five other school boards on implementing the normenkader (information security baseline) from Kennisnet. Schools must meet this standard by 2030, with SKO De Streek aiming to complete implementation by school year 27-28.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Stichting Optimus: A regional Dutch primary education foundation operating multiple schools under a single bestuur, structurally identical to SKO De Streek: same Dutch primary education funding model, similar central-administration-plus-sites structure, and comparable Catholic/integrated identity.
• Stichting PentaPrimair: Catholic primary education foundation operating multiple schools in the Netherlands, very close functional analogue to SKO De Streek in terms of faith-based identity, school count, and centralized service model.
• Stichting Conexus: Dutch primary education foundation running a network of schools with shared back-office services and a unified pedagogical quality framework — directly comparable to SKO De Streek in operating model, scale and governance approach.
• Stichting De Basis: Primary school foundation in North Holland region with multi-site operations under a single bestuur — a clear local geographic peer given similar funding stream, governance structure and school-network model.
• Stichting VCO (Katholiek Onderwijs): Catholic primary education foundation in the Netherlands offering the same faith-based school network model; comparable in identity, target parent segment and reliance on government lumpsum funding.
• Stichting InnoFins: Dutch primary education foundation using a multi-site stichting structure with shared services across schools — operates in the same regulatory and funding environment as SKO De Streek with comparable scale.

Broad incumbents

• Stichting KBA (Katholiek Basisonderwijs Amsterdam): Larger Catholic primary education foundation in the Amsterdam metropolitan area; offers the same faith-based K-12 proposition but at meaningfully greater scale and urban reach than SKO De Streek's two-municipality footprint.

Others

• PO-Raad: Dutch sector association representing primary school boards (besturen) — not a direct operator, but the policy and lobbying counterpart that shapes the funding, compliance and governance environment in which SKO De Streek and its peers operate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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