Escuelas Católicas de Madrid

What Escuelas Católicas de Madrid does

Escuelas Católicas de Madrid (ECM) is a private nonprofit association representing and providing services to 340 Catholic schools across the Autonomous Community of Madrid, collectively serving more than 223,000 students, 15,000 teachers, and 18,000 professionals. The organization is constituted as a federation of two founding bodies — Federación Española de Religiosos de la Enseñanza – Titulares de Centros Católicos (FERE-CECA-MADRID) and Asociación Educación y Gestión de Madrid (EyG Madrid) — and operates from a single headquarters in Madrid under the direction of President Miguel Ángel Fraile, OSA (appointed October 2024) and Regional Secretary Emilio Díaz (Dec 2023). Its core function is collective representation of the concertada (publicly-funded private) Catholic school segment in dialogue with the Consejería de Educación and the Arzobispado de Madrid, alongside legal advocacy and compliance support for member institutions.

ECM's service portfolio comprises structured educational programs — BEDA bilingual education in partnership with the University of Cambridge (60,000+ exams administered), INNOVACIÓN 43.19 for pedagogical innovation, Artes for performing arts, Deporte Escolar y Valores (Juegos Deportivos, currently XXXVII edition), Convivencia ECM, and IVO Cumplimiento Normativo — alongside professional services including Asesoría Jurídica, Talento ECM recruitment, EGAUMA support, and Formación ECM training (partly FUNDAE-funded). The technology stack is conventional: a WordPress-based website with WooCommerce, a digital magazine archive of 130+ issues, an event calendar, and a VI Congreso survey platform. There is no proprietary software product, no AI capability, and no external API surface.

ECM's revenue model is membership-fee-driven (recurring) supplemented by training and formation services, event participation, and ancillary service revenue. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The organization is independently governed by its member schools through the General Assembly and Junta Rectora, has no parent company, and is not venture- or PE-backed. Growth signals are modest and primarily operational — new service lines (Talento ECM, IVO), a congress cycle (VI Congreso, November 2027), and partnerships with technology and content vendors — rather than expansionary in geography or scale.

Name

Escuelas Católicas de Madrid

Legal name

FERE-CECA / CONFEDERACIÓN DE CENTROS EDUCACIÓN Y GESTIÓN

Website

https://ecmadrid.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Escuelas Católicas de Madrid is a private nonprofit association representing 340 Catholic schools in the Community of Madrid, delivering advocacy, training, legal advisory, and educational programs (including the Cambridge-certified BEDA bilingual initiative) to over 223,000 students across its member institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

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. Membership fees from member institutions: Schools and educational institutions pay membership fees to belong to the association, which funds operational activities and services
2. Training and formation services: Provides organized professional development programs and training sessions for member school staff, including FUNDAE-funded programs
3. Event organization: Organizes congresses, assemblies, and professional development events that generate participation and networking opportunities

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Escuelas Católicas de Madrid is a private nonprofit membership association that represents, advises, and supports 340 Catholic schools in the Madrid region. It bundles specialized educational programs (bilingual BEDA with Cambridge, INNOVACIÓN 43.19, Artes, Deporte Escolar y Valores, Convivencia, IVO compliance), professional services (legal advisory, Talento ECM recruitment, EGAUMA, FUNDAE-certified training), and shared representation before the Comunidad de Madrid and the Arzobispado de Madrid.

Product overview

Escuelas Católicas de Madrid (ECM) is an educational institution association serving 340 Catholic schools with over 223,000 students and 15,000 teachers in the Madrid region. Rather than offering a unified software platform, ECM provides a portfolio of educational programs and professional services to its member schools. The core offerings include specialized educational programs (BEDA bilingual program with Cambridge, INNOVACIÓN 43.19 for pedagogical innovation, and Programa Artes for performing arts), school sports competitions (Juegos Deportivos), coexistence and compliance programs (IVO). Member services include legal advisory, talent recruitment platform (Talento ECM), professional development training (both ECM-organized and FUNDAE-certified), and communication channels including the institutional magazine and blog. The organization hosts the biennial VI Congreso as a major gathering for the educational community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Programa BEDA: Bilingual education program in collaboration with the University of Cambridge
• Programa Innovación 43,19
• Programa Artes
• Programa Deporte Escolar y Valores
• Programa Convivencia ECM
• IVO Cumplimiento Normativo
• Talento ECM
• EGAUMA

Products and services

• Programa BEDA Bilingual education program developed in partnership with the University of Cambridge, providing English language certification and bilingual curriculum support to member Catholic schools.
• Programa INNOVACIÓN 43.19 Innovation program that promotes and shares innovative educational practices among teachers, featuring teacher-to-teacher knowledge exchange and the annual Moving-On Campus for active methodologies training.
• Programa Artes Arts program that supports and coordinates performing arts initiatives across member schools, including theater, music, and other artistic expressions.
• Programa Deporte Escolar y Valores School sports program with values education component, organizing the Juegos Deportivos (Sports Games) competitions among member schools and training for referees.
• Programa Convivencia ECM School coexistence and conflict resolution program that provides training and resources for peaceful conflict management and bullying prevention at member schools.
• IVO Cumplimiento Normativo Regulatory compliance program helping member schools meet legal and educational regulatory requirements.
• Asesoría Jurídica Legal advisory service providing circulars, legislation information, templates, and webinars for member schools on educational law matters.
• Talento ECM Talent recruitment platform connecting member schools with candidate profiles for teaching and administrative positions.
• EGAUMA Service program providing specialized support and resources for member educational institutions.
• Formación ECM Professional development and training programs organized by ECM for teachers and staff of member schools, including both centrally organized training and FUNDAE-certified in-center training.
• VI Congreso Escuelas Católicas Madrid Major biennial congress bringing together educational community members to discuss and shape the future of Catholic education in Madrid.

Quantifiable outcome

• 340 member schools representing the majority of Madrid's concertada sector
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FERE-CECA MadridcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederación Española de Religiosos de Enseñanza – Titulares de Centros Católicos (FERE-CECA MADRID) is one of the two founding organizations of ECM, representing religious order schools and Catholic educational institutions.
• Asociación Educación y Gestión de Madrid (EyG Madrid)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAsociación Educación y Gestión de Madrid is the second founding organization of ECM, representing Catholic education administrators and managers.
• University of CambridgecoreTechnology or IntegrationLong-standing partnership through the BEDA program for bilingual education certification. Over 60,000 Cambridge exams administered. Collaboration renewed in 2014.
• FUNDAE (Fundación Estatal para la Formación en el Empleo)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState Foundation for Employment Training providing funding for professional development programs organized by ECM for member school staff.
• Universidad Europea de MadridminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for organizing the II National Congress of Physical Education and School Sports.
• MC YadraminorOthersTechnology collaborator providing educational solutions to member schools.
• UNIR (Universidad Internacional de La Rioja)minorOthersOnline university offering academic programs, collaborating with ECM on educational initiatives.
• MT GrupominorOthersEducational services provider collaborating with member schools.
• Anaya EducaciónminorOthersPublishing house providing educational materials to member schools.
• Academica SchoolminorOthersEducational platform provider for schools.
• UmasminorOthersServices provider for educational management.
• SIMO EDUCACIÓNminorGTM or Marketing PartnerInternational education technology exhibition where ECM and member schools showcase innovative educational practices and technologies.
• SamsungminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on 'Parents and Technology in the Classroom' study presented by ECM.
• Comunidad de Madrid - Consejería de EducacióncoreOthersRegional government education authority with whom ECM maintains ongoing dialogue on educational policy, funding, and school concerts.
• Arzobispado de MadridcoreOthersArchdiocese of Madrid providing ecclesiastical guidance and support for Catholic identity of member schools.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• European Committee for Catholic Education (CEEC): Pan-European Catholic education federation coordinating national Catholic school associations across EU member states. Provides ECM with its international framing and is structurally analogous as an umbrella body for Catholic school representation, though operating at continental rather than regional scale.
• National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA): Largest US private education association, serving Catholic schools through representation, professional development, and resource provision. Functionally analogous to ECM as a Catholic school membership association, though at substantially greater scale and with broader service offerings.
• CECE (Confederación Española de Centros de Enseñanza): Nationwide Spanish confederation of privately-held teaching centers, including Catholic and non-Catholic schools. CECE performs similar representation and advocacy functions as ECM but at national scope and across all private education providers, making it a closely related counterpart.
• Escuelas Católicas de Andalucía: Regional Catholic school membership association for Andalucía, operating the same representation, training, and program services model as ECM but in a different Spanish autonomous community. Directly comparable in mission, service portfolio (training, legal advice, programs), and concertada sector advocacy role.
• Escuelas Católicas de Cataluña: Catalan regional Catholic school association with the same mission of representing, training, and supporting Catholic schools. Operates an analogous membership-based service portfolio including legal advisory, training, and educational programs for concertada schools in Cataluña.
• Escuelas Católicas de Castilla y León: Catholic school membership association serving the Castilla y León region under the same Escuelas Católicas federation structure as ECM. Comparable in scale and operational model as a regional hub for FERE-CECA, offering training, legal services, and program support to member Catholic schools.

Broad incumbents

• Red de Colegios de los Sagrados Corazones: International Catholic school network managed by the Society of the Sacred Heart, including Spanish member schools also affiliated with ECM. A faith-based school network with overlapping member institutions, comparable in mission though not in legal structure or representation model.
• CONCAPA (Confederación Católica Nacional de Padres de Familia y Padres de Alumnos): National Catholic parents' association representing families with children in Catholic schools across Spain. Adjacent to ECM in mission and constituency, with overlapping advocacy and policy engagement but focused on parents rather than school titular entities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ecatolicmadrid
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/FerececaMadrid
• Facebookfacebook.com/EscuelasCatolicasdeMadrid
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/escuelascatolicasmadrid
• Instagraminstagram.com/ecatolicmadrid

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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