Southport State School

What Southport State School does

Southport State School is a coeducational Queensland government primary school located in Southport on the Gold Coast, Australia. Established in 1880 and relocated to its present Queen Street site in 1991, the school serves more than 583 students from Prep (age 5) through Year 6 (age 11-12), operating under the State of Queensland Department of Education. It delivers the Australian Curriculum with an explicit Literacy and Numeracy focus, supplemented by differentiated programs including intervention and high-performance streams, an Instrumental Music Program, Chinese language instruction from Prep to Year 6, and an annual camp program for Years 4 and 6.

The school's operational infrastructure rests on a small set of third-party platforms: The Learning Place for digital learning, SchoolzinePlus for newsletters, Flexischools and Qkr (Mastercard) for payments, and SOBS for parent-teacher interview booking. Student-facing support services — Out of School Hours Care (OSHC), the Snack Shack tuckshop, and the Uniform Shop — are operated by the P&C Association rather than the school itself. The school holds eSmart cybersafety certification, with a documented eSmart policy, Student User Agreement, and Incident Response Procedure. Parent and community engagement is structured around the PaCE Framework and P&C Association activities including tours, open days, transition programs for incoming Prep students, and a Facebook-based community channel.

The school's revenue model is public-sector: as a state school it charges no tuition, and operating funding flows through Queensland Department of Education mechanisms. Optional parent-paid streams include the Student Resource Scheme (annual bulk-purchased educational resources), camps, instrumental music, and OSHC fees. Commercial revenue, private ownership, equity, or external capital are absent; the school is a single-site government institution with no subsidiaries, M&A activity, or product commercialization.

Name

Southport State School

Legal name

Southport State School

Website

https://southportss.eq.edu.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1880

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Southport State School is a coeducational Queensland government primary school in Southport, Gold Coast, serving 583+ students from Prep to Year 6, funded by the State of Queensland Department of Education and operated as a single-site public institution since 1880.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Middle Schools (EDAJAAAC)

Keywords

• Primary education
• Government schooling
• State school
• Curriculum delivery
• Prep to Year 6

Headquarters

HQ city

Southport

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: As a Queensland Government Department of Education school, Southport State School is funded through public education funding mechanisms

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Southport State School is a government primary school delivering Prep to Year 6 education under the Australian Curriculum, including core literacy and numeracy, instrumental music, Chinese language instruction, sports, and annual camps. The school is supported by ancillary services including Out of School Hours Care, a tuckshop, a uniform shop, and a Student Resource Scheme, all delivered within the Queensland Department of Education public education system.

Product overview

Southport State School is a coeducational primary school offering Prep to Year 6 education. The school operates as a single unified educational institution with student support services including Out of School Hours Care, a Snack Shack (tuckshop), and Uniform Shop—all run by the P&C Association. Academic programs include the Australian Curriculum with dedicated Literacy and Numeracy focus, Instrumental Music Program, and Chinese language instruction from Prep through Year 6. The school also provides extra-curricular activities including an annual camp program for Years 4 and 6, and maintains an eSmart cybersafety certification.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Prep Program Foundation year educational program for children turning five, providing transition support, parent information sessions, and orientation activities for incoming Prep students.
• Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) Before and after school care service operating 6:30am to 9am and 2:45pm to 6pm, operated by the P&C Association for enrolled students and their families.
• Snack Shack (Tuckshop) Food service operated by the P&C Association providing healthy food options for students and staff, open Monday to Friday 8:30am to 1:40pm.
• Uniform Shop School uniform retail service operated by the P&C Association, open Monday and Thursday 8:00am to 11:00am.
• Instrumental Music Program Active and successful music program offering instrumental lessons as part of the school's cultural offerings to enrolled students.
• Chinese Language Program Chinese language lessons offered from Prep through Year 6 as part of the comprehensive classroom Music Program.
• Camp Program Annual camp program available for Year 4 and Year 6 students as part of extra-curricular activities.
• Student Resource Scheme Cost-effective resource scheme operated by the school and P&C Association to provide educational resources and consumables to parents through bulk purchasing processes.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Regional players

• The Southport School: The Southport School is a private boys' school on the Gold Coast serving Prep to Year 12, comparable to Southport State School as a local primary education competitor within the same Southport catchment geography.
• Somerset College: Somerset College is a private K–12 school on the Gold Coast, comparable to Southport State School as a competing primary education provider within the same geographic market but differentiated by its independent, fee-paying model.

Others

• Queensland Department of Education: The Queensland Department of Education is the parent operating entity of Southport State School and the regulator and funder of all Queensland state schools, making it the controlling authority directly comparable to the school's funding and governance structure.

Broad incumbents

• Brisbane State High School: Brisbane State High School is a flagship Queensland Department of Education secondary school serving Year 7–12 students, comparable to Southport State School as a state-operated public school feeding into the same Queensland education system.

Direct peers

• Musgrave Hill State School: Musgrave Hill State School is another Gold Coast public primary school operating under the Queensland Department of Education, providing a closely comparable catchment-based state primary model on the same geographic corridor as Southport State School.
• Robina State School: Robina State School is a Gold Coast public primary school operated by the Queensland Department of Education, comparable to Southport State School in curriculum delivery, funding structure, and primary-age student demographic.
• Kelvin Grove State College: Kelvin Grove State College is a Queensland Department of Education P–12 college, comparable to Southport State School as a state-operated public school delivering primary education under the same funding and curriculum frameworks.
• Coorparoo State School: Coorparoo State School is a public primary school in Queensland serving Prep to Year 6 students under the State of Queensland Department of Education, making it a direct peer in terms of operating model, funding mechanism, and student demographic.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/southportstateschoolpandc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/southport-state-school

Compliance1 record

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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