Dunalastair admissions
Dunalastair seeks to spark curiosity in its students through inquiry and learning by doing, inviting them to be agents of their own learning.
Admission Form
The application process for Dunalastair is open throughout the year, subject to available vacancies:
Vacancies at Dunalastair Las Condes
| 2026 | |
| Minibees | 2 |
| Playgroup | 4 |
| Prekinder | 0 |
| Kinde | r0 |
| Year 1 | 0 |
| Year 21 | |
| Year 3 | 7 |
| Year 4 | 1 |
| Year 5 | 0 |
| Year 6 | 1 |
| Year 7 | 0 |
| Year 8 | 0 |
| Year 9 | 0 |
| 2027 | |
| Minibees | 22 |
| Playgroup | 120 |
| Prekinder | 0 |
| Kinde | r0 |
| Year 1 | 0 |
| Year 2 | 0 |
| Year 3 | 0|
| Year 4 | 0 |
| Year 5 | 0 |
| Year 6 | 0 |
| Year 7 | 0 |
| Year 8 | 0 |
| Year 9 | 0 |
Vacancies Dunalastair Chicureo
| 2026 | |
| Minibees | 0 |
| Playgroup | 5 |
| Prekinder | 1 |
| Kinder | 15 |
| Year 1 | 5 |
| Year 2 | 4 |
| Year 3 | 0 |
| Year 4 | 0 |
| Year 5 | 1 |
| Year 6 | 2 |
| Year 7 | 1 |
| Year 8 | 8 |
| Year 9 | 3 |
| 2027 | |
| Minibees | 22 |
| Playgroup | 150 |
| Prekinder | 0 |
| Kinde | r0 |
| Year 1 | 0 |
| Year 2 | 0 |
| Year 3 | 0 |
| Year 4 | 0 |
| Year 5 | 0 |
| Year 6 | 0 |
| Year 7 | 0 |
| Year 8 | 0 |
| Year 9 | 0 |
Vacancies Dunalastair Peñalolén
| 2026 | |
| Minibees | 0 |
| Playgroup | 30 |
| Prekinder | 15 |
| Kinder | 15 |
| Year 1 | 0 |
| Year 2 | 18 |
| Year 3 | 10 |
| Year 4 | 3 |
| Year 5 | 10 |
| Year 6 | 0 |
| Year 7 | 0 |
| Year 8 | 1 |
| Year 9 | 1 |
| 2027 | |
| Minibees | 22 |
| Playgroup | 90 |
| Prekinder | 0 |
| Kinde | r0 |
| Year 1 | 0 |
| Year 2 | 0 |
| Year 3 | 0 |
| Year 4 | 0 |
| Year 5 | 0 |
| Year 6 | 0 |
| Year 7 | 0 |
| Year 8 | 0 |
| Year 9 | 0 |
* Of the total number of places available at each level, priority will be given to the brothers and sisters of our current students, the children of former students, and the children of our staff.
Admission Process:
Applicant documentation
Playgroup
- The documentation that must be submitted includes the applicant’s birth certificate and a report from their nursery or school of origin.
Prekinder a 6º básico
- The documentation to be submitted includes a birth certificate, a personal and social development report from the school of origin, or a report from the nursery school.
7º básico a Iº medio
- The documentation to be submitted includes a birth certificate, the most recent school report, the report card for the first semester of the current year, and a personal and social development report from the school of origin.
IIº medio a IVº medio
- The school does not accept applications for Years 10 to 12, with some exceptions.
- It is a requirement that the school of origin has a high level of English and an International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.
*For all levels, where applicable, a Certificate of Specialist Care and/or Certificate of Special Educational Needs issued by the competent authority is required.
Process Activities
Once you have submitted the Admission Form on our website, the admissions team will contact you to complete your application, which consists of the following steps:
- Complete Application Form: You will receive an email inviting you to complete the requested information and attach documentation.
- Online Course: In order to learn more about Dunalastair, you must complete an online course consisting of reading a document and answering questions about it. At the end of the activity, informed parents confirm their commitment to the educational project.
- Interview with Parents and Applicants: In order to give parents of applicants an opportunity to get to know us and ask questions, they will be invited to a meeting to address any concerns they may have.
- Visit: One of the pillars of our educational project refers to spaces that promote learning, so applicants will be invited to tour our facilities.
- Assessments:
– Students applying to Infant School, i.e. Playgroup, Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten, will not be assessed.
– Students applying for Yaer 1 to 6 will be invited to an assessment interview to measure their English skills and determine whether they will be able to adapt to bilingual education.
– Students applying from Year 7 and 8 will be invited to sit written entrance examinations in English, Language and Mathematics.
Communication of Results
After a maximum of five working days following completion of the process, the applicant family will receive a letter by email informing them of the outcome of their application, i.e. indicating whether or not they have been allocated a place, or whether their child has been placed on the waiting list.
Formalisation of enrolment at the school
After receiving notification of the results, there is a period of 5 working days to complete payment of the registration fee and sign the documentation. Once the deadline has passed, the waiting list remains open until all vacancies are filled.
*Note: Families applying to Playgroup who already have children at Dunalastair, they only need to complete the application form, and with this single requirement, their children’s admission is guaranteed, subject to availability. Applicants for Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, Junior and/or Senior Schools will have to participate in the process as appropriate.
Fees 2026
| LAS CONDES | CHICUREO | PEÑALOLEN | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INFANT | JUNIOR- MIDDLE -SENIOR | INFANT | JUNIOR-MIDDLE -SENIOR | INFANT | JUNIOR-MIDDLE-SENIOR | |||||||
| PG | PK – K | 1° a 8° básico | I medio | PG | PK – K | 1° a 8° básico | I medio | PG | PK – K | 1° a 8° básico | I medio | |
| JOINING FEE | 75 | 75 | 80 | 67 | 75 | 75 | 80 | 67 | 75 | 75 | 80 | 67 |
| FEE | 140 | 142,5 | 182,8 | 182,8 | 140 | 142,5 | 182,8 | 182,8 | 140 | 142,5 | 167,9 | 167,9 |
The registration fee includes:
- Enrolment year
Tuition fees include:
- Los materiales escolares.
- School accident insurance, agreement with Clínica Alemana.
- School insurance, in the event of the death of the guardian who has signed the documents.
Contact Admissions
| Dunalastair LAS CONDES | Dunalastair CHICUREO | Dunalastair PEÑALOLÉN | |
| Coordinators | Paula Pino | Moira Allen | Daniela Gavilán |
| plpino@dunalastair.cl | mallen@dunalastair.cl | daniela.gavilan@dunalastair.cl | |
| +56 9 3947 0977 | +56 9 2624 9400 | +56 9 3250 6329 |
Reimagine Learning
Learning at the center
In a growth mindset, challenges are exciting rather than threatening. So instead of thinking, “I’m going to show my weaknesses,” you say, “Wow, here’s an opportunity to grow.”.
Karol Dweck
We work on learning skills through the growth mindset, where the way we perceive mistakes and challenges directly influences our ability to learn and improve.
With growth mindset we refer to the opportunities that challenges present to us, leading us to expand our abilities.
We no longer see challenges as threats, quite the opposite, but as fertile ground for learning, and the approach takes a path in which we change the need to avoid error to see an error to see an opportunity to improve.
In challenges, we discover and identify areas for growth, placing fundamental importance on effort, practice, and perseverance, qualities essential for progressing and thriving in adult life.
By overcoming the fear of failure, we cultivate resilience and learn to view failure as a path to improvement, overcoming obstacles and strengthening selfesteem.
By discovering the opportunity for improvement, motivation is born and the learning process begins to be exciting.