De Theaterhavo/vwo

What De Theaterhavo/vwo does

De Theaterhavo/vwo is a publicly funded Dutch secondary school (HAVO/VWO level) located in Rotterdam's Delfshaven district, combining a standard pre-university diploma track with specialized artistic talent development in Theater, Film, or Vormgeving (Design). Founded on 1 August 2005 as a cooperation between LMC Voortgezet Onderwijs (now SARO) and Jeugdtheater Hofplein, the school enrolls approximately 595 students who select one of three specialization tracks: Theater (4 hours drama, 2 hours singing, 2 hours dance per week), Film (6 hours weekly with professional filmmakers), or Vormgeving (2 day-segments per week covering drawing, painting, graphic design, 3D work, and digital tools). Students accumulate roughly 1,500-2,000 hours of artistic skill development alongside their academic curriculum, with mandatory entrepreneurial projects (Ondernemende Projecten) in year 3 and a self-directed study period (Het Vijfde Uur) developing independence.

The school operates from two historic buildings approximately 50 meters apart on Pieter de Hoochstraat/Pieter de Hoochweg, housing classrooms, drama/singing/dance studios, a media library, and the Studio 29 professional film studio. Curriculum delivery is a hybrid model: SARO provides the academic governance and qualification framework, while Jeugdtheater Hofplein supplies the arts instructors and professional theater facilities (three theater halls located on-site). The school operates under a government-funded revenue model supplemented by a €220 annual parent contribution (€480 in year 1 including a school trip), with school books provided free of charge. Admission is audition-based and requires a minimum HAVO advice, excluding VMBO-TL candidates (though a 2017 sister school, De Mavo voor Theater / MT010, was launched to serve that segment).

The business model is structurally government-backed: revenue is primarily derived from per-student Dutch secondary education funding flows through SARO, with predictable annual intake and no commercial product sales. The student body is the end customer; parents are the paying counterparty for the modest contribution fee. The school's value proposition hinges on dual credentialing — a standard HAVO or VWO diploma plus deep artistic specialization — supported by notable alumni outcomes in Dutch acting and film, recurring exhibition partnerships with Kunsthal Rotterdam and Villa Zebra, and international exchanges with partner schools in China and Romania.

Name

De Theaterhavo/vwo

Legal name

De Theaterhavo/vwo

Website

https://theaterhavovwo.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

De Theaterhavo/vwo is a Rotterdam-based Dutch secondary school (HAVO/VWO) that combines standard pre-university education with specialized arts tracks in Theater, Film, and Visual Design, serving approximately 595 students under the SARO school board in partnership with Jeugdtheater Hofplein.

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Product category

Secondary Arts Education

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (61161)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAJAJAE

Performing Arts Programs (Band, Choir, Orchestra, Theater)

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/K–12 Extracurriculars & Athletics (School-Run)

SECONDARYEDAJAJAF

Visual Arts & Media Arts Programs (Art Club, Photography, Film)

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/K–12 Extracurriculars & Athletics (School-Run)

Keywords

• Secondary arts education
• HAVO VWO programs
• Performing arts training
• Visual design education
• Filmmaking curriculum

Headquarters

HQ city

Rotterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

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B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government-Funded Education: De Theaterhavo/vwo is a publicly funded secondary school (HAVO/VWO level) operating under SARO (Samen Ambitieus Rotterdams Onderwijs). It generates revenue through government educational funding. The school also collects a parent contribution fee (ouderbijdrage) of €220 per year (€480 in year 1 including school trip).

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Go-to-market motion1 record

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Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

De Theaterhavo/vwo is a Dutch secondary school (HAVO/VWO level) that combines a fully accredited pre-university diploma with specialized artistic talent-development tracks in Theater (Theaterklas), Film (Filmklas), and Visual Design (Vormgevingsklas). Students receive 6–8 hours per week of arts instruction from industry professionals and accumulate 1,500–2,000 hours of artistic skill development alongside their regular academic curriculum, supported by mandatory entrepreneurship training (Ondernemende Projecten) and self-directed study (Het Vijfde Uur).

Product overview

De Theaterhavo/vwo is a Dutch secondary school (havo/vwo level) that combines regular pre-university education with specialized arts programs. The school offers three artistic specialization tracks: Theater (Theaterklas), Film (Filmklas), and Visual Design (Vormgevingsklas). Each track provides approximately 6-8 hours per week of artistic instruction taught by industry professionals. The educational program is structured around three core pillars: earning a havo or vwo diploma, talent development in the chosen artistic direction, and learning to communicate, entrepreneurially think, and perform. Unique programs include the Entrepreneurial Projects (Ondernemende Projecten) where third-year students run mini-businesses, and Het Vijfde Uur (The Fifth Hour), a self-directed study period. The school operates two historic buildings in Rotterdam's Delfshaven district, approximately 50 meters apart, and serves approximately 595 students.

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered major, core, recurring and minor.

• Stichting Rotterdams Hulpfonds voor het OnderwijsmajorOthers · 27 October 2015Stichting Rotterdams Hulpfonds voor het Onderwijs funded the construction of Studio 29, a professional film studio at the school. This capital contribution made the studio possible.
• SARO (Samen Ambitieus Rotterdams Onderwijs)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2005SARO is the school governing body (schoolbestuur) that emerged from the merger of Kind en Onderwijs Rotterdam and LMC Voortgezet Onderwijs on January 1, 2024. SARO operates schools across Rotterdam and Spijkenisse offering vmbo, mavo, havo, vwo (atheneum and gymnasium), and practical education. De Theaterhavo/vwo is one of the schools under SARO's umbrella.
• Jeugdtheater HofpleincoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2005Jeugdtheater Hofplein is the co-founding partner that provides the artistic/art education component. They offer theater activities, performances, and courses in the community, and in collaboration with SARO and Albeda, they offer practical HAVO, VWO, and MBO programs. The school's art lessons (kunstlessen) are provided by Jeugdtheater Hofplein instructors. The school uses three theater halls belonging to Jeugdtheater Hofplein.
• Sunday Foundation (Sander de Kramer)recurringOthersThe annual Ondernemende Projecten (entrepreneurship projects) raised funds for Sunday Foundation. Over cumulative years, enough was raised to build a new school in Sierra Leone. The school now has a 'sister school' there. In 2025/26, €11,639.35 was raised, the highest ever.
• Stichting Free A GirlminorOthersThird-year students chose Free A Girl as the beneficiary of their Ondernemende Projecten, raising over €4,000. The organization fights forced prostitution of young girls.
• Mengzi No. 1 Highschool (China)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual student exchange program with the Mengzi No. 1 Highschool in Yunnan province, China. THV students visit China and Chinese students visit Rotterdam. Film students document the exchanges.
• Liceul de Arte Vizuale 'Romulus Ladeá' (Romania)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual exchange with a specialized art school in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. THV students have visited Romania and Romanian students have visited Rotterdam, including joint cultural presentations and workshops.
• CityLab010 (Gemeente Rotterdam)minorOthersCityLab010 is a municipality-funded work program for Rotterdam's future. THV participated with 'Flippen in Rotterdam' — a project where students created instructional videos for art history lessons. The project was subsidized by CityLab010.
• Kunsthal RotterdamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVormgeving (Design) students have exhibited their work at Kunsthal Rotterdam during Museumnacht010 and other exhibitions. The school has collaborated with Kunsthal on photography projects.
• Villa Zebra (Rotterdam)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFifth-year Vormgeving students exhibited their work at Villa Zebra in Rotterdam. The museum serves as an exhibition venue for student work.
• WIRED Rotterdam (Kenniscentrum Cultuureducatie Rotterdam)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on art education projects. WIRED Rotterdam provided masterclasses for students (e.g., photographer Nick Franken) and collaborated on the 'Inspireer mij!' photo exhibition at Kunsthal.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK): Largest Dutch performing-arts higher education institution with schools for theatre, dance, music, film, and design. Relevant because it represents the next educational stage for THV graduates and shapes employer expectations for arts talent in the Netherlands.
• Codarts Rotterdam: Rotterdam-based university of professional higher education offering bachelor's and master's programs in music, dance, and circus arts. Comparable as a Rotterdam-anchored performing-arts training institution, though it sits at the post-secondary level and serves a broader portfolio of disciplines.
• Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten: Dutch university of applied sciences offering performing arts, music, and dance programs in Tilburg. Comparable as a Dutch post-secondary destination and as an employer of arts instructors; THV's arts pedagogy and talent pipeline have thematic overlap.

Direct peers

• BRIT School: UK-based free secondary school for ages 14-19 specialising in performing arts, media, and applied theatre. Internationally recognised, it is the strongest international comparable to De Theaterhavo/vwo because both institutions combine a regular academic diploma with intensive arts specialisation tracks.
• LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts: Famous New York City public high school combining a strong academic diploma with conservatory-style training in visual art, music, and performing arts. Comparable to THV because both deliver a rigorous academic credential alongside professional-level arts immersion at the secondary level.
• De Mavo voor Theater (MT010): Sister school created in 2017 by the same co-founders (Hofplein Rotterdam and LMC/SARO) using the identical integrated arts-academic model but at the VMBO-TL level. It is the closest comparable school because it shares the same value proposition, partnership structure, and governance umbrella.

Others

• Jeugdtheater Hofplein: Rotterdam youth theatre organisation and THV's co-founding partner since 2005; it provides the arts instructors and three theater halls used by the school. Not a competing peer, but an ecosystem participant whose continued operation directly enables THV's curriculum delivery.

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Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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