Admission Process
The admission process is organized into four phases. We hope that each interaction with Beacon will provide families with greater familiarity with the school's mission, values, staff and pedagogical program.
- Presentation of the pedagogical project (in person or online) and visit to the school.
- Completely filling out the admission application.
- Meeting with families, when applicable.
- Experience and/or assessment with candidate-students, from Elementary School I.
When visiting our units, whether Berlioz, Villa or Campus, you will have the opportunity to experience an environment that nurtures collaboration, exchange and learning among students and educators.
We conduct an admission process in a thoughtful, careful and fair way, considering a set of criteria for each grade, listed.. Beacon is empowered to admit candidates in a way that considers the distribution of students in terms of age, sex, nationality, and racial and cultural diversity.
Beacon School retains the right to interpret its admissions policy as it deems best suited to the interests of its student body and to report the results to families without the need to disclose grades or grading.
Admission Criteria
Early Childhood Education
Candidates for G1, G2 & G4
- Application Form submitted and payment of the registration fee by the established deadlines (Please refer to Application fee section).
- Siblings of regular students are prioritized according to how long their siblings have been enrolled.
- Staff children, according to the current legislation.
- Foreign children or children with at least one foreign parent.
- Children who live in the proximity of the school.
- Children who have first-degree cousins at Beacon.
- Parents attendance at information meetings, such as school presentation and open talks,
- Siblings of accepted candidates into Elementary and Middle School grade levels.
Attention to the morning classes of groups G1, G2 and G4: Usually, there is a search for vacancies higher than those available for the G1, G2 and G4 morning groups. Therefore, to be accepted into these groups, we set the following priorities: children who are currently enrolled in G1PM. G2PM or G4PM and are interested in changing sessions, and siblings of currently enrolled students. The position of each child on the list is defined by the following criteria: a) duration of the family's relationship with the school; b) child with older siblings enrolled in Group G5 or higher; c) lottery.
Candidates for Groups G5 and G6
- Application Form completed and submitted and payment of the registration fee, by the established deadlines.
- Siblings of Beacon students are prioritized according to how long their siblings have been enrolled.
- Staff children, according to the current legislation.
- Foreign children or children with at least one foreign parent.
- Children who live in the proximity of the school.
- Children coming from other bilingual schools or proficient in English
- Children who have first-degree cousins at Beacon.
- Siblings of accepted candidates in the Elementary or Middle School grade levels.
- Parents attendance to information meetings, such as school presentation and open talks,
Only G6:
- English language skills assessed during the candidate’s interview.
- Analysis of school records.
- Candidates who study in partner schools.
High School Students: Candidates for Y10
Beacon School reserves the right and has the autonomy to interpret this policy as best as it can on behalf of the current student body and is not obliged to justify its decision or to admit any candidate.
- Application Form completed and submitted and payment of the registration fee, by the established deadlines.
- International students.
- English language skills assessed during the candidate’s interview.
- Analysis of school records.
- Individual on-site assessment of candidates.
- Letter of motivation completed by the student - (download).
- Interview with the potential student and letter of recommendation from their previous teacher, coordinator, or principal.
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