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The school is located at Av. Paseo Pie Andino 8837, Lo Barnechea, Santiago, Chile. The campus sits on a 24-hectare site with over 29,000 square metres of built space. The Primary Section runs from Pre-Kinder to Year 4, the Middle Section from Year 5 to Year 8, and the Senior Section from Year 9 to Year 12, with shared facilities including an Inquiry Centre and dining hall.
Primary Section (Pre-Kinder to Year 4); Middle Section (Year 5–8); Senior Section (Year 9–12).
Private bilingual IB World School offering the IB Programme from Pre-Kinder to Year 12.
Chile
Application and admissions fees
- Admissions test (one-off): CLP 60,000.
Incorporation and registration fees (one-off)
- Incorporation (at admission): 1st child: UF 150; 2nd child: UF 125; 3rd child onwards: UF 100; pupil in Educación Media (High School): UF 100.
- Annual registration / enrolment fee (paid by all pupils): UF 12.
Tuition fees (annual figures by year group and sibling position)
- Playgroup (annual tuition):
- 1st child: UF 121.88
- 2nd child: UF 121.88
- 3rd child: UF 118.83
- 4th child: UF 115.79
- 5th child onwards: UF 0.00.
- Prekinder & Kinder (annual tuition):
- 1st child: UF 221.04
- 2nd child: UF 221.04
- 3rd child: UF 215.59
- 4th child: UF 210.14
- 5th child onwards: UF 0.00.
- Year 1 to Year 12 (annual tuition):
- 1st child: UF 259.55
- 2nd child: UF 259.55
- 3rd child: UF 253.14
- 4th child: UF 246.72
- 5th child onwards: UF 0.00.
What the tuition covers
- Annual tuition includes lunch service and school accident insurance for Playgroup through Year 12.
- Delivery of materials/texts: all supplies and textbooks from Playgroup to Year 4; books and exercise books from Years 5 to 10; books for Years 11 and 12.
School insurance and mandatory family fees
- School insurance charge (policy-holder options): Primary policy holder 100%: UF 2,650; Primary policy holder 100% + Secondary policy holder 100%: UF 4,754.
- Parents' Association fee (annual, per family): UF 1.5.
Extracurricular and after‑school charges
- After‑School programme: UF 6.41 per month (charged semiannually).
- Other activities: UF 0.92 per month (charged semiannually).
- Several extracurricular activities may carry a separate annual materials or uniform charge; specific activity notices identify those amounts when applicable.
Uniform and related costs
- The official school uniform is mandatory for all pupils; the school publishes a uniform and personal‑appearance policy that sets required garments and presentation standards.
- Specific uniform item prices are not published in the uniform policy; certain activities note an additional annual materials/uniform charge.
Boarding
- Craighouse operates as a day school; boarding accommodation is not offered.
Billing schedule, payment terms and payment methods
- The school publishes annual tuition levels and some charges that are billed semiannually (for example, after‑school and other activity monthly rates billed semiannually). No detailed public schedule for term/quarter/monthly tuition instalments, specific payment deadlines or explicit accepted payment methods (credit card, bank transfer, direct debit) is published in the school's public admissions and fees information.
Refunds and cancellations
- No public, detailed refund or cancellation policy for admissions/incorporation/tuition fees is published alongside the admissions and institutional policy documents; families should expect that one‑off payments such as the admissions test and incorporation/registration fees are treated as non‑routine charges.
Other notes and summary of available figures
- The fee figures above are published by the school as UF (Unidad de Fomento) amounts for admission, enrolment, annual tuition by year group and sibling position, school insurance, Parents' Association fee and typical extracurricular charges. The school's published materials and policy documents list uniform requirements but do not publish fixed uniform purchase prices, a detailed per‑term billing schedule, explicit payment method instructions, or a formal refunds table in the publicly available admissions and policy pages.
Craighouse School is a private bilingual IB World School in Chile offering the IB continuum from Pre-Kinder to Year 12. The Primary Years Programme runs PreK to Year 4 with English immersion, supported by two teachers in the early years and specialist teachers for Spanish, Music, Religious Education and Sport. In Year 1, a tutor supports core subjects while specialists cover other areas. The Middle Section prepares students for the Senior years, and the Senior Section combines the IB Programme with the Chilean national curriculum. Little Darlings Playgroup provides bilingual education for the youngest learners. The school sits on a 24-hectare campus with more than 29,000 square metres of built space, including extensive Primary, Middle and Senior facilities, a large Inquiry Centre, theatre, recording studio, multiple music and Visual Arts studios, and four Technology spaces. The two-level Sports Hall seats 1,000, with multiple pitches and a dedicated mountain-bike circuit opened in 2021. Craighouse is a founding member of ABSCH and LAHC and a Round Square School.
