Stichting Openbaar Voortgezet Onderwijs Tilburg

What Stichting Openbaar Voortgezet Onderwijs Tilburg does

Stichting Openbaar Voortgezet Onderwijs Tilburg (SOVOT) is a Dutch non-profit foundation (stichting) that provides public secondary education in Tilburg and the surrounding region. It operates three schools: Beatrix College (vmbo-gl/-tl, havo and vwo, approximately 2,000 students and 190 staff), Koning Willem II College (gymnasium, atheneum, havo and mavo, approximately 1,650 students and 200 staff, with additional facilities for theater, arts, ICT, sport, science, top athletes and dance), and Reeshof College (vmbo, approximately 700 students and 100 staff, jointly operated with Onderwijsgroep Tilburg). In total SOVOT serves roughly 4,000-4,350 students with approximately 500 staff, governed by a sole-member College van Bestuur under oversight of a five-person Raad van Toezicht appointed by the Tilburg municipal council.

SOVOT's core technology is described as a standard educational technology platform with no proprietary features disclosed; the foundation's primary "products" are the educational programs at its three schools, supported by the SOVOT-Academie (sovotacademie.nl) in-house professional development platform and participation in the regional Brabantse Opleidingsschool teacher-training consortium. The SOVOT website and a dedicated careers site (werkenbijsovot.nl) form the digital front door, supplemented by Facebook and LinkedIn channels.

The business model is publicly funded secondary education: SOVOT receives Dutch government funding tied to student enrollment numbers and provides education at no tuition charge to students. There is no commercial revenue stream, no parent fee, and no disclosed ARR or contract values. Governance is conducted by a bestuurder (currently Dr. Jeroen Zeeuwen, in role since 1 May 2024) under a Raad van Toezicht, with a focus on the three core values of equality, involvement, and optimism and a pedagogical framework built on qualification, socialization, and personal development.

Name

Stichting Openbaar Voortgezet Onderwijs Tilburg

Legal name

Stichting Openbaar Voortgezet Onderwijs Tilburg

Website

https://sovot.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

SOVOT is a Dutch public education foundation (stichting) operating three secondary schools in Tilburg - Beatrix College, Koning Willem II College, and Reeshof College - serving roughly 4,000-4,500 vmbo, havo and vwo students with about 500 staff under government per-student funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

K–12 Support & School Improvement Nonprofits (BPAGADAB)

Keywords

• Public secondary education
• Vmbo havo vwo
• Secondary schools
• Openbaar onderwijs
• Teacher training

Headquarters

HQ city

Tilburg

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding: SOVOT operates as a publicly funded educational foundation. The organization receives government funding for providing secondary education services (vmbo, havo, vwo) to students in Tilburg and surrounding areas. Revenue is derived from government educational funding allocations based on student enrollment numbers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SOVOT is a Dutch foundation (stichting) that operates three publicly funded secondary schools in Tilburg and surrounding area, delivering vmbo-gl/-tl, havo, vwo, gymnasium and atheneum programs to approximately 4,000-4,500 students with around 500 staff. The schools operate under an open enrollment policy and are funded by the Dutch government, providing tuition-free education focused on the triad of qualification, socialization, and personal development.

Product overview

SOVOT is een stichting voor openbaar voortgezet onderwijs in Tilburg die drie scholen beheert: Beatrix College (vmbo-gl/-tl, havo, vwo), Koning Willem II College (gymnasium, atheneum, havo, mavo) en Reeshof College (vmbo). De stichting telt circa 500 medewerkers en 4.000 leerlingen. Naast de kernscholen biedt SOVOT de SOVOT-Academie voor professionele ontwikkeling van medewerkers en neemt het deel aan de Brabantse Opleidingsschool voor docentenopleiding.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SOVOT-Academie: Professional development platform for SOVOT employees to find workshops and training. Available at sovotacademie.nl.

Products and services

• Beatrix College Open secondary school within SOVOT providing vmbo-gl/-tl, havo and vwo programs to approximately 2,000 students with about 190 staff. The school focuses on developing knowledge, social skills, talent discovery and preparation for further education.
• Koning Willem II College Open secondary school within SOVOT offering gymnasium, atheneum, havo and mavo programs to approximately 1,650 students with about 200 staff. The school provides specialized facilities for theater, arts, ICT, sport, science, top athletes and dance students.
• Reeshof College Vmbo school covering all vmbo levels, operated as a collaboration between Onderwijsgroep Tilburg and SOVOT, serving approximately 700 students with about 100 staff. Provides career guidance focused on future education and professions.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Onderwijsgroep TilburgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint operation of Reeshof College - a vmbo school where SOVOT and Onderwijsgroep Tilburg collaborate under shared educational vision. Despite different administrative organizations for different levels, parents and students experience seamless service. The partnership ensures smooth progression to both mbo and havo-4.
• Brabantse OpleidingsschoolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration for teacher training and professional development of educators. Sabijn Vijlbrief serves as Program Director for the Brabantse Opleidingsschool (BOS) at SOVOT.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Quadraam: Quadraam is a Dutch multi-school secondary education foundation in the Arnhem region. SOVOT's former bestuurder Niek Bootsma transitioned directly to Quadraam as voorzitter College van Bestuur, evidencing a shared executive talent market and structurally similar governance/operating model for public secondary education foundations.
• Onderwijsgroep Tilburg: Onderwijsgroep Tilburg is SOVOT's direct collaboration partner, jointly operating Reeshof College under a shared educational vision. As a peer school group serving the same Tilburg region with overlapping curriculum offerings, it is the most operationally comparable peer.
• Stichting Dunamare: Stichting Dunamare is a Dutch regional secondary education foundation operating public and contract-funded schools in the Haarlem/Kennemerland region. Its multi-school, government-funded operating model closely mirrors SOVOT's structure and scale.

Regional players

• Stichting ZAAM: Stichting ZAAM is a public (openbaar) secondary school foundation serving Amsterdam. It mirrors SOVOT's openbaar value proposition and multi-school operating model but operates in a different metropolitan geography.
• LMC Voortgezet Onderwijs: LMC Voortgezet Onderwijs is a Rotterdam-based secondary education organization operating multiple schools with diverse curriculum tracks. It is comparable as a regional multi-school secondary operator serving a major Dutch city, though it does not serve the Tilburg region directly.
• Melanchthon Scholen: Melanchthon Scholen is a regional Dutch secondary education group operating multiple schools in the greater Rotterdam area. It compares as a similar multi-school secondary operator in a different geographic market with overlapping curriculum offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Stichting Lucas Onderwijs: Stichting Lucas Onderwijs is a large Dutch Catholic school foundation with a multi-school secondary portfolio in the Amsterdam region. It is comparable as a broad, multi-school K-12 operator but at significantly greater scale and with a different denominational base.
• Stichting Carmelcollege: Stichting Carmelcollege is the largest Catholic secondary education group in the Netherlands, operating numerous schools across multiple regions. While substantially larger than SOVOT and confessionally affiliated, it operates the same K-12 secondary school foundation model at national scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/people/Sovot/100064172318180
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stichting-openbaar-voortgezet-onderwijs-sovot

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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