From Book Lists to Digital Ecosystems

Scope

Campion Education is one of Australia’s most established education resource providers, partnering with over 2,500 schools nationwide. With a legacy of 75 years, Campion supports K–12 schools, educators, students, and parents in sourcing, distributing, and provisioning educational materials from traditional textbooks to digital resources.

As technology reshapes education, Campion has expanded from being a distributor to becoming a digital service provider, systems integrator, and innovation partner, simplifying how schools access, manage, and implement educational tools.

Challenge:

Too many tools, not enough time: Schools struggle to deliver resources efficiently

Schools face increasing complexity in selecting, managing, and delivering a mix of print and digital resources, while maintaining data security and readiness for day one.

The digital transformation of education brought both opportunity and fragmentation. Schools struggled to:

  • Evaluate an overwhelming number of new digital tools and textbooks.
  • Coordinate booklists and provisioning across departments, parents, and tech teams.
  • Ensure seamless student access to purchased digital content.
  • Protect sensitive student data during digital delivery and integration.
  • Gain visibility into whether students had access to the correct materials on time.

“In the world that most of our teachers are working in now, there’s not four choices — there’s maybe a hundred.”

Tom Bradley (CEO, Campion)

Meanwhile, startups and international EdTech companies found it difficult to scale or enter schools due to lack of trusted pathways and curriculum alignment.

Solution:

Simplifying School Resourcing Through Smart Integration

Campion Education developed a suite of digital platforms and tools that streamline every stage of the education resource journey, from selection to provisioning, while acting as a bridge between publishers, EdTech providers, and schools.

“It makes life easier for the school, for the teacher, and for the student — everything’s in one place”

Tom Bradley (CEO, Campion)

Key Tools & Services:

  • Booklisting Platform: Simplifies collaboration between heads of departments, administrators, and tech teams to build accurate and timely resource lists for each school year.
  • MyConnect: A digital provisioning tool that automatically delivers digital resources to each student on day one, no manual codes, no confusion. Teachers and students access all resources in one place, integrated with school systems.
  • Campion eReader: A consistent reading and lesson planning experience across various digital formats, enhancing classroom usability.
  • Secure Data Integrations: Built-in privacy protections and LMS integrations ensure safe and seamless data flow between publishers, schools, and students.
  • Campion Incubate: A new initiative curating and testing EdTech tools with schools. By launching pilots like Campion Write (an AI-based creative writing tool), Campion reduces the evaluation burden for schools while supporting innovation.

Results & Impact:

  • Simplified resource management for over 2,500 schools, ensuring materials are available and ready on day one.
  • Seamless student access to digital tools without manual setup,  improving user experience and reducing IT burden.
  • Empowered teachers with a single platform to access, teach, and plan across digital resources.
  • Robust student data protection, earning long-term trust from schools and parents.
  • Enabled EdTech scale-up via Campion Incubate, offering Australian startups and global tools a guided path into schools with built-in feedback loops.

Campion Education is redefining what it means to be an education resource provider in the digital era. By combining decades of trusted relationships with robust digital infrastructure, Campion helps schools cut through complexity, ensuring every student has what they need to learn and every school is ready to teach from day one.

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