Gaia Hariduse Selts

What Gaia Hariduse Selts does

Gaia Hariduse Selts operates Gaia Kool, a non-profit community school (kogukonnakool) headquartered at Harju tn 9, Tallinn, Estonia, serving children from pre-school (eelkool) through upper secondary (gümnaasium). Founded in 2014, the school differentiates itself with small class sizes, project- and outdoor-based learning, and an explicit values framework summarized as "healthy individual, healthy community, healthy world." Its product portfolio is integrated within a single site: a basic school (põhikool, grades 1–9), an upper-secondary program actively recruiting students for the 2026/27 academic year, a home-education program (koduõpe) that now offers web-based classes, and a pre-school (eelkool).

The school's business model is direct-to-consumer: families apply through an admissions process (Vastuvõtt) and pay recurring tuition (õppemaks), with exact pricing not publicly disclosed. Distribution is single-channel and local — enrollment is effectively limited to the Tallinn catchment area, with the school's website (gaiakool.edu.ee) serving as the principal information and content-marketing vehicle alongside a periodic Gaiakiri newsletter and topical news categories (Koolitunnis, Värskes õhus, Uued tuuled, Muud põnevat). The school holds no patents, has no disclosed awards, and reports no external funding rounds; international engagement is limited to minor European partnerships (an Erasmus+ strategic partnership on holistic wellbeing education and two Nordplus Junior projects on sustainability education).

No headcount, revenue, or financial disclosures are available in the input. Leadership and management-team data are not present, and there are no disclosed regulatory actions, mergers, or restructurings. The institution operates as a private non-profit entity in a single Estonian city with a stable community-school identity.

Name

Gaia Hariduse Selts

Legal name

Gaia Hariduse Selts

Website

https://gaiakool.ee

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Gaia Hariduse Selts operates Gaia Kool, a non-profit community school in Tallinn, Estonia offering pre-school, basic school (grades 1–9), gymnasium, and web-based home education, serving local Estonian families with small classes and values-based holistic pedagogy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary and Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAJAAAE

Public K–12 Combined Schools

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/Public K–12 Schools & Districts

Keywords

• Community primary education
• Upper secondary school
• Home schooling program
• Pre-school education
• Values-based education

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallinn

HQ country

Estonia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Educational Services Tuition: The school generates revenue through tuition fees (õppemaks) for educational services including primary school (põhikool), upper secondary (gümnaasium), home schooling programs (koduõpe), and pre-school (eelkool). Tuition fees are mentioned in the admissions section.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Gaia Hariduse Selts operates Gaia Kool, a community school (kogukonnakool) in Tallinn, Estonia, providing pre-school (eelkool), basic school (põhikool, grades 1-9), upper secondary (gümnaasium), and web-based home education (koduõpe) programs. The school charges tuition fees (õppemaks) and delivers instruction through small class sizes, project-based and outdoor learning, and value-based education emphasizing "healthy individual, healthy community, healthy world."

Product overview

Gaia Kool is a community-based educational institution in Tallinn, Estonia, operating as a unified school with multiple integrated programs: a basic school (põhikool, grades 1-9), upper secondary/gymnasium (gümnaasium), home education program (koduõpe) with web-based instruction, and pre-school (eelkool). The school emphasizes holistic education values (healthy individual, healthy community, healthy world), small class sizes, project-based and outdoor learning, and value-based education. The institution publishes the Gaiakiri newsletter for community communication.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Põhikool (Basic School)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Erasmus+minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic cooperation project 'Rethinking learning: a holistic approach to education through wellbeing' - a small-scale Erasmus+ strategic partnership focused on holistic education approaches through wellbeing.
• Nordplus JuniorminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTwo-year cooperation project 'Nordic Schools for Sustainability' focused on sustainability education across Nordic schools.
• Nordplus JuniorminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTwo-year cooperation project 'Green Connection' focused on environmental and sustainability education.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/gaiakool

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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