Golden Valley School - Heredia

The school operates two campuses in Costa Rica: Golden Valley Heredia and Golden Valley Alajuela. It is an international, trilingual institution offering English immersion and German as a third language.

Preschool, Primary, and Secondary levels are offered. The program integrates Montessori philosophy, the International Baccalaureate (IB) program (MYP), and project-based learning.

International day school

Learning Support Services department

Christian

Application / enrollment fee

- The school charges an enrollment (matrícula) fee at the time of registration. The most recent publicly listed historic figure located is CRC 185,000 (₡185,000).

Tuition fees (general statement and available figures)

- A published, grade-by-grade fee schedule for the 2026/27 or 2025/26 academic year is not available publicly. A historic published listing (June–July 2014) shows a general monthly tuition amount of CRC 270,000 (₡270,000); that listing does not break the fee down by individual year groups or by term. No current per-term or per-grade fees for 2025/26 or 2026/27 were found.

Billing schedule and payment terms

- The school operates with two academic-calendar options (Local: January–December; International: July–June). Parents should expect an enrollment (matrícula) charge at registration plus recurring tuition billed on a monthly basis in the formats that private schools in the country commonly use; however, a formal, published billing calendar (due dates, late-penalty rules, or term/annual invoicing options) for the 2025/26 or 2026/27 year was not published.

Boarding / residential fees

- Golden Valley School operates as day campuses (Heredia and Alajuela) and does not list boarding or residential provision; therefore no boarding fees are published.

Other costs and typical additional charges

- Materials and school supplies: many private schools itemize an annual materials or supplies charge; the historical listing does not confirm whether materials are included in the tuition or billed separately for Golden Valley.
- Uniforms: no published uniform-fee schedule was found; parents should expect a uniform purchase cost if required.
- Canteen / food service: the school operates a staffed food program (“The Food Place”), indicating an onsite meal service that may carry additional charges.
- Extracurricular clubs and after-school activities: clubs (sports, music, arts, technology) are offered; some clubs or external programs commonly have separate fees. No specific club-fee list was published.
- Transport: no published transport tariff was found in the materials reviewed.

Refund information

- No publicly posted refund policy or formal fee-refund schedule for withdrawals, cancellations, or early departures for the 2025/26 or 2026/27 academic years was located. Refund rules and timelines are not published in the public materials reviewed.

Fee payment options

- The school website structure includes a cart/checkout flow and a WhatsApp contact link for quotes and inquiries, but specific accepted payment methods (credit card, bank transfer, direct debit, cheque) are not published in the public material reviewed. Parents should expect that common payment routes (bank transfer, card, or in-person payment) are used by private schools in the country, but the school's specific accepted methods were not listed publicly.

Brief note on availability of up-to-date fee details

- No official, current fee schedule for the 2026/27 academic year (and none for 2025/26) was published in the public pages or documents reviewed. The only concrete numeric figures located in public materials were from an older private-schools guide (June–July 2014), which lists an enrollment fee of CRC 185,000 and a monthly tuition of CRC 270,000; those figures are historical and should not be assumed current for 2025/26 or 2026/27. For many line items requested (per-term or per-grade tuition, boarding fees, formal refund policy, and a published list of accepted payment methods) no current public detail was available.