St. Thomas School, Ashoknagar

What St. Thomas School, Ashoknagar does

St. Thomas School, Ashoknagar is a private, CBSE-affiliated (Affiliation No. 1030869, School Code 50829), English-medium K-12 institution located on Vidisha Road in Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is operated under the Sagar Diocesan Service Society (SDSS), a Christian minority educational body, with on-site management by Rev. Father Lis Varghese and Fr. Sinoj Annie Thomas and academic leadership from Principal Sister Mary Immaculate. The school delivers the full CBSE curriculum from Nursery through Class XII, with four streams (PCM, PCB, Arts, Commerce) offered at the senior secondary stage, and supports inclusion through a special educator and counsellor on staff. Physical infrastructure comprises a 23,420 sq mtr campus with 39 classrooms (~60 sq mtr each) and 5 laboratories (~80 sq mtr each), supported by computer, library, transport, and sports facilities, and a teaching cadre of approximately 22 staff covering PGT, TGT, PTI, and PRT roles. The school maintains an online presence via a dedicated website (stthomasschoolaskn.org) and active Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and X handles to support parent communications and admissions.

The business model is fee-based tuition charged quarterly in four installments, with no disclosed ancillary revenue streams, corporate contracts, or government funding. Customers are fee-paying parents in the Ashoknagar catchment seeking a CBSE pathway from early years through board examinations, with reported Class X pass rates of 84.37% (2023–24), 94.11% (2024–25), and 86.36% (2025–26) and Class XII pass rates of 96.55% (2023–24) and 80% (2024–25). No financial metrics (revenue, enrollment counts, fee levels, EBITDA) are publicly disclosed, and there is no evidence of M&A activity, external funding rounds, or expanded program launches beyond the existing stream structure.

Name

St. Thomas School, Ashoknagar

Legal name

ST. THOMAS HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL

Website

https://stthomasschoolaskn.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

St. Thomas School, Ashoknagar is a CBSE-affiliated, English-medium K-12 institution (Nursery–Class XII) on Vidisha Road, operated under the Sagar Diocesan Service Society, serving fee-paying families in the Ashoknagar catchment with four senior-secondary streams.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Private Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• K-12 education
• CBSE affiliated school
• English medium education
• Christian minority school
• Higher secondary education

Headquarters

HQ city

Ashoknagar

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. School Tuition Fees: Fees collected from students/parents in advance through installments. Four installment periods: before 15th April, 15th August, 15th October, and 15th January. Late fee of Rs. 100/- charged after installment dates. Full fee required for mid-session withdrawals. All dues must be cleared before term examinations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

St. Thomas School, Ashoknagar is a private English-medium Christian minority school offering K-12 education from Nursery through Class XII. The school operates under the Sagar Diocesan Service Society and provides a CBSE-affiliated curriculum with four higher-secondary streams: PCM (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics), PCB (Physics, Chemistry, Biology), Arts, and Commerce. The institution focuses on holistic development combining academic excellence, character formation, and co-curricular engagement.

Product overview

St. Thomas Higher Secondary School operates as a co-educational English medium institution managed by the Sagar Diocesan Service Society, offering a single integrated educational program spanning Nursery (age 3) through Class XII (age 18). The school's core offering is its comprehensive academic curriculum supplemented by Computer/Technology Education (using TECH EXPLORER and TECH BITS textbooks from Class I onwards) and Extracurricular Programs including a House System with four named houses. For higher secondary (Class XI-XII), the school offers four distinct streams: PCM, PCB, Arts, and Commerce, allocated based on academic performance criteria. The institution emphasizes holistic development combining academic excellence with character formation, moral values, and extracurricular participation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• K-12 Academic Program (Nursery to Class XII)

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Sagar Diocesan Service SocietycoreOthersManaging body of the school. The Society operates educational institutions in the Sagar Diocese region, following the Education Policy of forming leaders who are intellectually competent, spiritually mature, morally upright, psychologically healthy and socially acceptable.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Amity International Schools: Large private K-12 chain expanding into smaller Indian cities, offering CBSE/IB schooling; competes for the same English-medium, value-added parent cohort though with a secular positioning.
• La Martiniere Schools: Established Christian-founded K-12 institutions in Lucknow and Kolkata offering English-medium CBSE/ICSE schooling — comparable heritage positioning though serving larger metros.
• Delhi Public School (DPS) Society: One of India's largest K-12 chains; not faith-based but provides CBSE-affiliated, English-medium schooling in many tier-3 towns, competing for the same aspirational parent segment.
• Podar Education Network: Multi-brand K-12 chain (Podar International, Podar Jumbo Kids) operating CBSE/ICSE schools across India including tier-3 markets; competes broadly for the same paying-parent segment.

Direct peers

• Sacred Heart Convent Schools: Catholic convent K-12 schools in tier-3 Indian towns, sharing faith-based positioning, English-medium instruction, and emphasis on holistic/character development similar to St. Thomas.
• Don Bosco Schools (Salesian Society): Salesian-run Catholic K-12 schools across India with a focus on character formation and education of under-served youth — directly comparable in faith-based K-12 positioning and diocesan-style governance.
• Bethany Convent Schools: Catholic-convent-run K-12 institutions typically in smaller Indian towns, providing comparable faith-based English-medium schooling with CBSE affiliation.
• St. Xavier's Schools (Society of Jesus): Catholic K-12 institutions operated by the Jesuit order across India, sharing the same faith-based K-12 model, CBSE/ICSE affiliation, and holistic education philosophy as St. Thomas School.
• Loyola Schools (Jesuit): Jesuit K-12 institutions emphasizing intellectual and moral formation, sharing the same religious-management governance model and holistic K-12 offering as St. Thomas.
• Carmel Convent Schools: Catholic-convent-run K-12 schools, typically in tier-2/tier-3 Indian towns, with similar holistic curriculum, English-medium instruction, and CBSE affiliation — strong functional and demographic comparability.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PRINCIPALSTTHO1
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC3ofuDwvB2ij2PHkhyZUd2w
• Facebookfacebook.com/stthomasaskn
• Instagraminstagram.com/stthomasashoknagar
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/st.-thomas-school-ashoknagar

Compliance7 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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