Ourschool

What Ourschool does

Ourschool Ltd is an Australian not-for-profit public company established in 2019 (emerging from a 2.5-year pilot begun in 2017) that operates a subscription-based alumni program service exclusively for public (state) secondary schools. Its core offering comprises two tiers — Foundation (entry-level support) and Coach Plus (intensive coaching) — delivered through a network of regional Alumni Program Coordinators who embed at partner schools across Victoria, NSW, and Queensland. The technology backbone consists of a password-protected Toolkit Portal providing step-by-step implementation guides, templates, and processes, paired with school-specific alumni databases and a structured programme of career pathway sessions for Years 9–12 students.

The business model rests on three revenue streams: modest annual subscription fees from participating schools, tax-deductible donations of $2 or more collected via an online portal (Raisely), and government grants plus philanthropic funding from foundations (e.g., Koshland, Maple-Brown Family Foundation, William Buck, ACF) and corporate partners (e.g., KPMG, PwC, Slater & Gordon). Ourschool holds DGR1 charity status and is accredited by Social Traders as a certified social enterprise. Distribution combines direct field sales outreach with a privileged referral channel via the Victorian Association of State Secondary Principals (VASSP), whose Deputy President sits on the Ourschool board. By 2025 the company served 28 partner schools and reported strong outcome metrics, including 96% teacher recommendation and 99% alumni recommendation rates.

As a registered charity with limited revenue disclosure, Ourschool competes on the depth of its proprietary program methodology (validated through independent surveys) and its regional coordinator network rather than on technology differentiation. There is no meaningful evidence of AI/ML capability, no external funding rounds, and no acquisitions; growth has been organic, multi-state, and reliant on cross-sector partnerships.

Name

Ourschool

Legal name

Ourschool Ltd

Website

https://ourschool.net.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ourschool Ltd is an Australian not-for-profit that operates a subscription-based alumni program service exclusively for public secondary schools, deploying regional coordinators across Victoria, NSW, and Queensland to build school alumni networks, run career pathway sessions, and connect students with alumni role models.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Nonprofit Services

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Alumni Benefits, Membership & Affinity Programs (EDALAOAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Alternative, Continuation & Credit-Recovery Schools (EDAJAAAG)

Keywords

• School alumni networks
• Alumni program management
• Career pathway sessions
• Public school engagement
• Education nonprofit services

Headquarters

HQ city

North Melbourne

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Annual school subscription fees: Ourschool charges participating schools a modest annual subscription fee. This partially covers salaries and operating costs. Schools can choose between a Foundation service or a Coach Plus service.
2. Tax-deductible donations: Ourschool accepts tax-deductible donations of $2 or more as a registered charity with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR1) status. Donations are made via an online portal (Raisely) or direct bank transfer.
3. Government and philanthropic funding: Ourschool is funded by government grants and philanthropy in addition to school subscription fees. Funding partners include state government, philanthropic trusts and foundations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Ourschool operates a subscription-based alumni program service for public (state) secondary schools in Australia. Participating schools pay modest annual fees to access the Foundation or Coach Plus tier, which includes a Toolkit Portal, alumni databases, program templates, structured career pathway sessions, work experience placement support, and ongoing coaching. The service enables schools to find, reconnect, and engage former students as career role models, scholarship providers, and community supporters for current students in Years 9–12.

Product overview

Ourschool is a not-for-profit education organization offering a subscription-based alumni program for state secondary schools in Australia. The core offering is the Ourschool Alumni Program, a comprehensive service comprising two tiers: Foundation Service (entry-level with coaching, materials, templates, alumni database, and career pathway session support) and Coach Plus Service (premium tier with intensive coaching and broader network/industry connections). The product portfolio also includes the Ourschool Toolkit Portal—a web-based step-by-step implementation guide for Alumni Program Coordinators—along with Communications and Coaching and Industry Partnerships modules. Founded in 2019 as Ourschool Ltd, the organization emerged from a 2.5-year pilot program and is the first dedicated alumni service for public high schools in Australia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ourschool Alumni Program A subscription-based alumni program service for Australian public secondary schools, delivered through two annual tiers (Foundation and Coach Plus). Schools gain access to the Toolkit Portal, school-specific alumni databases, program templates, structured career pathway sessions, work experience placement support, scholarships, and ongoing coaching. The service enables schools to find, reconnect, and engage former students as career role models, scholarship providers, and community supporters for current students in Years 9–12.

Quantifiable outcome

• 82% of students found alumni career pathway sessions useful; 78% better understood life after school; 71% improved understanding of how to get a future job; 69% more motivated to stay at school to complete Year 12; 68% more motivated to put effort into schoolwork
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Victorian Association of State Secondary Principals (VASSP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVASSP is the peak professional body representing principals and assistant principals in more than 270 state secondary schools in Victoria. VASSP auspicised the Ourschool pilot for 2.5 years and maintains a close ongoing relationship. VASSP's Deputy President Tamara Stubley serves on the Ourschool Board.
• inHivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerinHive is a London-based international not-for-profit working with partners worldwide to strengthen young people's access to strong networks and relatable role models. inHive partnered with Ourschool (Australia), CARE Foundation (Pakistan), Future First Kenya and Future First UK for a joint international survey of alumni programs' impact on teachers.
• Future First UKminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFuture First UK is an international not-for-profit organisation working on school alumni programs. It partnered with inHive and Ourschool for the joint international impact survey on teachers.
• Future First KenyaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFuture First Kenya partnered with inHive and Ourschool for the joint international impact survey on alumni programs' effect on teachers.
• CARE Foundation (Pakistan)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCARE Foundation (Pakistan) partnered with inHive and Ourschool for the joint international impact survey on alumni programs' effect on teachers.
• KPMG AustraliaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerKPMG has provided facilities for Ourschool events (e.g., PwC event venue), and staff member Peter Raftopoulos has participated as an alumni volunteer. KPMG Partner Corrina Bertram serves on the Ourschool Board.
• Slater & Gordon LawyersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSlater & Gordon Lawyers has provided work experience placements through the Ourschool program. Board Chair Manisha Blencowe is a Practice Group Leader at Slater & Gordon. The firm values social justice alignment with Ourschool's mission.
• PwC AustraliaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPwC hosted an Ourschool Friends event with over 160 attendees featuring Nobel laureate Peter Doherty. Provides venue and promotional support.
• Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre hosted a large career pathways session for Ourschool students, with staff from Radiation Therapy, Clinical Education, Nuclear Medicine and other departments sharing career pathways.
• KS EnvironmentalminorGTM or Marketing PartnerKS Environmental has provided work experience placements for Ourschool alumni, bins for school garden makeovers, and sponsorship of industry insights sessions for students.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hivebrite: Community and alumni engagement platform used by educational institutions and associations to manage member directories, events and career networking. Overlaps with Ourschool's community-led GTM and the membership/alumni functionality of the Toolkit Portal.
• Almabase: Alumni management and engagement platform built for schools and universities, offering alumni directories, events, mentoring and fundraising modules. Overlaps directly with Ourschool's Toolkit Portal and school alumni database offering.
• PeopleGrove: Mentoring and career pathways platform for schools and universities, enabling alumni-student mentorship, networking and career programs. Direct functional peer to the career pathway sessions and work experience placement use cases Ourschool enables.
• EverTrue: Alumni engagement software for educational institutions with modules for alumni directories, career networking and donor/fundraising workflows. Comparable to Ourschool on the alumni database, career pathways and fundraising dimensions of the service.
• Future First UK: UK-based charity that pioneered school alumni programs for state secondary schools and was named alongside Ourschool as an international partner by inHive. Operates the same core model (help state schools build alumni networks, run career sessions, work experience) and is the closest conceptual peer globally.
• inHive: London-based international non-profit working with school alumni programs worldwide and an explicit Ourschool partner. Co-published an international survey with Ourschool on alumni program impact on teachers, making it a direct peer in mission, methodology and target beneficiary (state secondary students).
• Graduway: Software platform that powers alumni engagement, mentoring and career pathways programs for educational institutions including schools and universities. Closest SaaS analog to the Ourschool Toolkit Portal, with overlapping value props around alumni databases, mentor-student matching and event tooling.

Others

• Classmates.com: Long-running alumni reconnection and networking service primarily for US high schools. Adjacent rather than directly competitive: addresses alumni reconnect and networking but lacks the structured school subscription, coordinator-led program and career pathways framework that defines Ourschool.

Emerging players

• Future First Kenya: Kenyan affiliate running school alumni programs in the same Future First/inHive international coalition as Ourschool. Same mission (state secondary school alumni engagement) and explicitly part of the joint international impact survey with Ourschool, but earlier-stage and geographically separate.

Regional players

• CARE Foundation (Pakistan): Pakistan-based education foundation working on alumni-style school networks and a named Ourschool/inHive international survey partner. Operates a comparable alumni-for-state-schools model but in a different geography and education system, so it is comparable in mission rather than direct market overlap.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/ourschool_au
• YouTubevimeo.com/ourschool
• Facebookfacebook.com/OurschoolAlumni
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ourschool-au
• Instagraminstagram.com/ourschool_australia

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

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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