Colegio Villa Caritas vs Markham College - San Antonio Campus

	C Colegio Villa Caritas Lima, Peru	M Markham College - San Antonio Campus Lima, Peru
Snapshot	Snapshot
Fees / year	Fees / year PEN 15,700 - 33,700	Fees / year PEN 13,400 - 16,750
Age range	Age range 3 - 18 years	Age range 3 - 18 years
Type	Type Girls School	Type Co-educational
Curriculum	Curriculum IB (DP), Cambridge IGCSE, Bespoke Curriculum	Curriculum IB (PYP), Cambridge IGCSE, IB (DP)
Pupils	Pupils 375	Pupils 2,000
Typical class size	Typical class size 25	Typical class size 22
Instruction language	Instruction language English, Spanish	Instruction language English, Spanish
Opened	Opened 1981	Opened 1946
Bus service	Bus service No	Bus service No
Essentials	Essentials
Location	Location Calle Hurón 405 Rinconada del Lago, La Molina. The school is part of Villa Caritas with sister school San Pedro. They share the same vision, values and educational project.	Location Markham College operates across two campuses in Lima, Peru: Monterrico Campus at Av. La República N° 111, Urb. El Derby, Santiago de Surco, and San Antonio Campus at Calle Augusto Angulo 291, San Antonio, Miraflores. The Monterrico campus is in the Surco district and the San Antonio campus is in Miraflores, both in central Lima. The campuses are in residential urban neighbourhoods with access to local transport in Lima.
Stages	Stages Early Years (First Steps, Nursery, Pre Kinder, Kindergarten); Elementary (1st–2nd, 3rd–10th); High School; International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (11th–12th).	Stages Early Years; Primary; Secondary.
School type	School type Private Catholic girls' school; partnered with sister school San Pedro.	School type The school is a bilingual Peruvian international school rooted in British heritage.
Pupil nationality mix	Pupil nationality mix —	Pupil nationality mix Students of more than 34 nationalities.
Additional learning support	Additional learning support —	Additional learning support —
Country affiliation	Country affiliation Peru	Country affiliation British heritage; affiliated with the Asociación Educacional Británica del Perú.
Religious affiliation	Religious affiliation Catholic	Religious affiliation —
School day structure	School day structure —	School day structure 180 school days and two semesters; March to December.
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Fees	Fees
Fee details	Fee details Application / Registration fees - Application (derecho de postulación) fee: USD 140 (payable at the time of application). - Transfer (traslado) application fee: USD 140 (when applying for transfer). Tuition fees by year group (payment amount per pension and annual total based on 10 payments) - Early Years — First Steps: S/ 1,570 per monthly pension. Annual tuition calculated as 10 pensions (March–December): S/ 15,700. - Early Years — Nursery: S/ 1,960 per monthly pension. Annual (10 payments): S/ 19,600. - Early Years — Pre-Kindergarten: S/ 2,160 per monthly pension. Annual (10 payments): S/ 21,600. - Early Years — Kindergarten: S/ 2,630 per monthly pension. Annual (10 payments): S/ 26,300. - Elementary — 1st & 2nd grade: S/ 3,250 per monthly pension. Annual (10 payments): S/ 32,500. - Elementary / Middle / High — 3rd to 10th grade: S/ 3,290 per monthly pension. Annual (10 payments): S/ 32,900. - International Baccalaureate Diploma Program — 11th & 12th grade: S/ 3,370 per monthly pension. Annual (10 payments): S/ 33,700. How the fees are billed and payment terms - Annual billing structure: the annual cost of the educational service is collected as one matriculation fee plus ten tuition payments ("pensiones") made from March through December. Sibling discounts do not apply to the matriculation fee. - Sibling discount on tuition (pensiones): second child 5% discount on pension, third child 15%, fourth child 20%, fifth child attends free (discounts apply to pensiones; matriculation is not discounted). One-time entrance / enrollment (cuota de ingreso) fees - One-time entrance fee (new students) — amounts in force for 2026: - USD 9,500 — First Steps and Nursery. - USD 10,000 — Pre-Kindergarten to 2nd grade. - USD 8,000 — Transfer acceptance fee for 3rd and 4th grades. - USD 7,000 — Transfer acceptance fee for 5th–8th grades. - USD 6,500 — Transfer acceptance fee for 9th–11th grades. - USD 5,000 — special rate for daughters of alumni. - USD 15,000 — twins (both daughters). - USD 20,000 — triplets (three daughters). - Foreigners and diplomats: option to pay the entrance fee in full or finance it at USD 2,000 per daughter per year for up to three years (documentation required). The entrance fee is used to reserve the vacancy and is payable immediately after acceptance; vacancies are reserved only once the entrance fee is paid. Boarding / residential fees - The school does not publish or offer boarding (internado) fees. The school lists an optional canteen (comedor) service whose cost is not included in the tuition; no separate boarding/internado service or boarding fees are listed. Other costs and what is included in the tuition - Items explicitly included in the pension from Kindergarten through 11th grade: notebooks and school supplies, agenda, book bank, reading plan, field trips and scheduled tours within the city, Cambridge International Examination fees (CIE) and choir and theater workshops. These items are covered by the indicated pension amounts for the relevant grades. - Items specifically excluded from the pension: the canteen (school lunch) is optional and its cost is not included in the pension. The school does not publish amounts for uniforms, private transportation (school bus), or optional after-school academy fees in the admission/fees pages; those costs are treated as additional and are not included in the pension figures above. Refunds and cancellations - No detailed public refund or cancellation policy for the matriculation fee, entrance fee (cuota de ingreso) or the pensiones is published in the admission pages or the terms and conditions. The admissions process indicates that the reservation of the vacancy is made with payment of the entrance fee and that vacancies not reserved within the indicated deadline will be assigned to the next candidate on the waiting list. For specific refund/cancellation terms related to matriculation, entrance fee or pensiones, no explicit schedule or percentages are published on the admissions or terms pages. Payment methods and practical payment details - The application (derecho de postulación) is paid (USD 140) and applicants are instructed to send the payment voucher by email to the admissions contact. This implies use of a bank deposit/transfer or other method that generates a voucher; the pages do not list a published online card-payment gateway or a credit-card acceptance policy for routine pension payments. - For foreign/diplomatic families, the entrance fee may be financed at USD 2,000 per year for up to three years; details and documentation requirements are listed with that option. Summary of items not published on the public admission/fees pages - The explicit amount of the matriculation (matrícula) fee is not published on the admission/tuition pages; the school states the annual cost is divided into one matriculation fee plus ten pensiones but does not provide the matriculation amount. The admissions pages also do not publish specific prices for uniforms, school-transportation (bus) fees, canteen price lists, or a full, itemized refund schedule for withdrawals. The admissions pages and the terms and conditions provide the payment structure, entrance-fee schedule and what is included in the pensiones but do not provide those specific line-item amounts.	Fee details Entrance (entry) fees - An entry fee is payable at the time of acceptance. The entry fee is split in some entry years between an initial payment on acceptance and a later instalment as the child progresses into Primary; the totals by entry year/group are: - Foundation Stage 1 (entry year shown as 2025/2026 examples): US$10,000 on acceptance + US$7,500 later = US$17,500 total. - Foundation Stage 2 (4+): US$12,500 on acceptance + US$5,000 later = US$17,500 total. - Kinder and Primary 1: US$8,750 on acceptance + US$8,750 later = US$17,500 total. - Primary 2 to Primary 5: US$6,250 on acceptance + US$6,250 later = US$12,500 total. - Primary 6 to Secondary 2: US$4,250 on acceptance + US$4,250 later = US$8,500 total. - Secondary 3, 4 & 5B (IB Programme): US$8,500 on acceptance (single payment) = US$8,500 total. Tuition fees (annual and per-instalment detail) - Annual tuition for the 2026 school year: - Foundation Stage 1 (FS1): US$ 13,400 per year. - Foundation Stage 2 (FS2) through Secondary 6 (S6): US$ 16,750 per year. - Billing model and instalments (the school does not present fees by academic "term"): - Fees are payable either as a single annual payment or in 10 monthly instalments. - The 10-instalment schedule consists of one matriculation instalment (paid at enrolment) plus nine monthly instalments. - For 2025/2026 the per-instalment (10-payment) values are shown as: FS1 = US$1,340 per instalment; FS2 onward = US$1,675 per instalment (10 instalments total equals the annual amounts above). Billing schedule and payment terms - Payment timing and deadlines for 2026: - Matriculation (first instalment): window from 12 January to 9 February. - 1st instalment: due 31 March. - 2nd instalment: due 30 April. - 3rd instalment: due 30 May. - 4th instalment: due 30 June. - 5th instalment: due 31 July. - 6th instalment: due 31 August. - 7th instalment: due 30 September. - 8th instalment: due 31 October. - 9th instalment: due 30 November. - The other billing terms: parents must be up to date with school fees and any other debts at the time of annual matriculation; families with outstanding balances are not permitted to matriculate until debts are cleared. Boarding fees - Boarding is not listed as a programme or charged item; therefore boarding fees are not applicable. Other costs and optional services - Items included in the annual tuition: textbooks, copybooks, paper and access to the internet/intranet; most international examination fees, local class trips and most outdoor educational trips are covered. - Items explicitly not included in tuition and therefore additional costs to budget for: - The student's personal writing equipment and school uniform. - Optional school transport (bus) service. - Optional lunch service. - Optional longer (user-pays) school trips, which may be partially subsidised in some cases. Refund information - No explicit refund policy for tuition, entrance fees or instalments is published on the fee schedule page. The only fee-related condition stated is that outstanding balances must be settled before a family may matriculate a student. Fee payment options and contact for payment queries - Specific payment methods (for example: credit card, bank transfer, direct debit) are not specified on the published fee page. For clarification of accepted payment methods and related procedures, contact the Director of Finance (Miriam Parodi) at miriam.parodi@markham.edu.pe or the Admissions office at admissions@markham.edu.pe. Summary of missing or unspecified items found while compiling this overview: - No published breakdown of fees by academic "term" because tuition is presented as an annual amount or as 10 monthly instalments. - No explicit published refund policy or detailed description of accepted payment methods on the public fee page. - No boarding programme or boarding fees are listed.
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Academics	Academics
Curriculum details	Curriculum details The school offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) and IGCSE. The school uses English as the language of instruction from Early Years, with 80% of classes taught in English, continuing through Lower and Upper School to the IB program. A third language is offered from grade 3, with German or French; the school provides DELF for French and Sprachdiplom for German. Cambridge ESOL assessments are taken during schooling (YLE, PET, FCE), culminating in IGCSE English B HL.	Curriculum details The school teaches a bilingual English–Spanish curriculum. Lower School runs a dual-language programme with English and Spanish across subjects, including Peruvian Studies, Personal and Social Education (PSE), IMPACT (cross-curricular skills and values), Music, Art, and Computers. Lower School subjects are based on the English National Curriculum and the Peruvian Curriculum. In Primary, English follows a UK English Curriculum and Talk for Writing. The Middle School content and educational standards correlate closely with the UK national curriculum. The Secondary School offers Cambridge IGCSE and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP), with 21 IGCSE subjects and 41 IB subjects (19 at Higher Level).
Student teacher ratio	Student teacher ratio —	Student teacher ratio 18 students per class.
Exam results	Exam results 93% success rate in IB Diploma.	Exam results The school offers Cambridge IGCSE (21 subjects) and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP) with 41 IB subjects (19 in HL). In November 2018, 92 candidates sat the IB Diploma exams. University destinations include Cambridge University (UK), University of Toronto (Canada), McGill University (Canada), University of Edinburgh (UK), and King's College London (UK), among others.
Higher education progression	Higher education progression The school has been recognized for academic excellence due to the outstanding performance of its students in the best universities of Peru and around the world.	Higher education progression Graduates have been accepted to universities worldwide, including Cambridge University (UK), University of Toronto (Canada), McGill University (Canada), University of Edinburgh (UK), and King's College London (UK), among others.
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Facilities	Facilities
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Admissions	Admissions
Admissions	Admissions Open enrollment 2027–2028. The admissions process is organized into two tracks: Early Years and Transfer. Early Years steps: 1. The Admissions team will acknowledge receipt and provide the link to the online application platform. 2. After receiving the reply containing the link, complete the applicant's information in the virtual platform, making sure all fields are filled accurately and required documents are attached. The platform will guide you to the next step. 3. The payment confirms your submission and is recorded by Admissions. 4. Admissions will inform you of the interview date. You will receive notice of the interview with the Headmistress or Admissions staff. 5. If your daughter is accepted, a welcome email will be sent and an interview with the Headmistress will be scheduled. This marks the final step of the Early Years admissions. Documents required to apply for Early Years include: birth certificate; baptismal certificate; reference letter from the nursery; proof of non-debt from the nursery; applicant photo; family photo; applicant's National ID; National IDs of both parents; identity card/passport (for foreigners); employment contract or work certificate (for foreigners); marriage certificate of the parents; progress record from the applicant's last nursery. Note: Admissions depends on vacancies. If a family has connections within the school community, letters of recommendation are requested (per the model Admissions sends). Admissions decisions and vacancy availability are determined by the established limits. Steps to apply through Transfer: 1. 2. After receiving the reply containing the link, complete the applicant's information in the virtual platform. 3. 4. Admissions will inform you of the interview date and/or academic evaluations. 5. If accepted, a welcome email will be sent and an interview with the Headmistress will be scheduled. Documents required to apply through transfer include: birth certificate; baptismal certificate; last three report cards of the applicant; proof of non-debt from the school they are coming from; applicant photo; family photo; applicant's National ID; National IDs of both parents; marriage certificate; identity card/passport; employment contract or work certificate. Note: In the transfer process, Admissions will provide letters of recommendation; transfers depend on vacancies. Number of vacancies: There is a limited number of vacancies that varies by grade. Applicants will be accepted only if the established limit has not been exceeded. Evaluation criteria include: whether the family is already part of the Villa Caritas or San Pedro educational community; whether the applicant is the daughter of an alumna or alumnus; delivery order of the complete admission file; specific interest in a Catholic educational project; letters of introduction from two parents or members of the educational community; references from the nursery or previous school regarding family involvement; attendance to admission or transfer activities; and the ability to honor financial commitments. Tuition fees and payments: Level by level, tuition is: Early Years First Steps S/ 1,570; Nursery S/ 1,960; Pre-Kindergarten S/ 2,160; Kindergarten S/ 2,630; Elementary 1st and 2nd S/ 3,250; Elementary/Middle/High School 3rd and 10th S/ 3,290; International Baccalaureate Diploma Program 11th and 12th S/ 3,370. The annual cost is divided into one matriculation fee and ten tuition payments made from March to December. Sibling discounts do not apply to the matriculation fee. From Kindergarten through 11th grade, tuition includes: notebooks, school supplies, agenda, book bank, reading plan, field trips and scheduled tours within the city, Cambridge International Examination fees (CIE), and choir and theater workshops. The school offers an optional canteen service; food is not included in the tuition. One-time entrance fee in force in 2026: First Steps and Nursery USD 9,500; Pre-Kindergarten to 2nd grade USD 10,000; Transfer in 3rd and 4th grades USD 8,000; Transfer from 5th to 8th grade USD 7,000; Transfer from 9th to 11th grade USD 6,500; Alumni's daughter USD 5,000; Twins USD 15,000; Triplets USD 20,000. Foreigners and/or diplomats may choose to pay the entrance fee in full or finance it at USD 2,000 per daughter per year until year three, when the balance is due (a copy of the employment contract or a company letter is required). Note: The vacancy reservation is made by paying the entrance fee in the first week after the delivery of the welcome letter; vacancies not reserved within the indicated deadline will be allocated to the next candidate on the waiting list. Frequently asked questions address the age to apply; the desirability of letters of recommendation; the tuition-discount schedule for multiple daughters; whether foreign families have vacancies; whether there is admission priority for sisters and alumnae; whether lunch is included.	Admissions 1. Initiate the application by submitting the Online Enquiry Form. After submission, families receive an electronic copy of the Internal Regulations, and the Admissions Office will contact them to discuss the next steps in the process. The College seeks to offer places to families aligned with its educational philosophy, with limited spaces per class. 2. Be aware of admissions priorities and the BEAP requirement. Siblings of current students are given priority, followed by families with connections to the College, and then new families. All new families must be introduced by four BEAP members, one of whom can be a family member (employer letters may be accepted for recently arrived foreign families). These priorities follow legal provisions and influence admission decisions. 3. Who is evaluated. For Early Years (FS1, FS2, Kinder, P1), no age-appropriate assessments are conducted; placement is based on age. All other applicants are required to complete age-appropriate assessments, and the College may request an external evaluation if needed, especially to support language development for the English Immersion and Bilingual Programmes. 4. Notification of application results. All applicant families receive an email with the final decision, and places are offered only to those who have satisfactorily met all entry requirements. Discussions about the final admission decision are not part of the admissions process. Parents of applicants offered a place should visit the College to sign the offer letter and complete the Admissions process. 5. Enrollment and documentation for new students. Enrolment requires submission of the requested documents, and additional documents may be required depending on circumstances. For Local Transfers, documents include the Ficha Única de Matrícula (FUM), a clearance certificate from the previous institution, and a current SIAGIE enrolment certificate if the transfer is mid-year. For Local Transfers and International Transfers, separate documentation applies to ensure proper enrolment. 6. Admissions process for Primary (P2 to 6B) and Secondary. The process includes a guided tour of facilities, delivery of detailed information outlining the steps to start the application, and a complete review of the applicant's form. Next steps include personal interviews with parents in English and Spanish, written assessments in English, Spanish, and Mathematics, and the CAT4 exam; additional interviews may be scheduled at the College's discretion. 7. International transfers and validation of studies. For international families, it is recommended to begin the Process of Study Validation or Recognition with the Peruvian Ministry of Education, as enrolment may require such recognition (processing can take up to 30 working days). The College details the Validation of Studies (agreements) and Revalidation of Studies (no agreement) processes, and outlines the required documents (including translations and apostilles where applicable) to initiate these steps. In addition, international transfer requirements may include providing last two years of academic reports, FUM, and related documentation to complete enrolment.
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Waitlist	Waitlist There is a waiting list mechanism. There is a limited number of vacancies that varies by grade, and the vacancy is reserved by paying the entrance fee in the first week after the welcome letter. Vacancies not reserved within the indicated deadline are allocated to the next candidate on the waiting list. This waiting-list-based approach is noted in the admissions page.	Waitlist —
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