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Trilingual school · Thai curriculum
Dara Academy
Mueang Chiang Mai · Chiang Mai · North
Dara Academy is a trilingual school in Mueang Chiang Mai · Chiang Mai · North, teaching Thailand's national curriculum across Thai, English and Chinese, checked 2026-10-07. Figures below come from the school's own publications — per programme track, in the school's own unit.
Programme & curriculum basis
| Programme type | Trilingual |
|---|---|
| Curriculum basis | Thai national curriculum · trilingual programme (Thai, English and Chinese) |
| School year | Thai school year — mid-May to early March, usually 2 semesters (some schools invoice 3 terms) |
School facts
| Location | Mueang Chiang Mai · Chiang Mai · North |
|---|---|
| Thai name | โรงเรียนดาราวิทยาลัย |
| Address | 196 Kaew Nawarat Road, Wat Ket, Mueang Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai 50000, Thailand |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Levels | Pre-kindergarten to Secondary 6 |
| School group | Church of Christ in Thailand |
| Official website | www.dara.ac.th |
| Archived copy | school's published fee schedule · Wayback Machine, Oct 2026 |
| Checked | 2026-10-07 |
Programmes & fees by track
Programmes & fees by track
One school, several priced tracks. Fees are reproduced exactly as the school publishes them — a per-semester figure is never converted into an annual one, and a figure the school states per year is labelled as such.
| Dara Trilingual E Plus+ Program (DARA-TEP) Levels: M1-M3 (opened at M1 in AY 2566 BE / 2023 CE, continuing to M2-M3 in 2567-2568 BE per the programme site) Trilingual CLIL programme integrating Thai, English and Chinese: the programme's own site states learning integrates content and language across Thai, English and Chinese, with added English and Chinese subjects (e.g. English Public Speaking, Chinese Civilization) taught with native-speaker teachers, on top of the core curriculum | ฿18,000 / per semester (additional programme fee on top of regular tuition) [O] Verified official fees DARA-TEP programme site (About Us): 'Additional student fees in the TEP Program are 18,000 THB per term' on top of the regular tuition; the regular tuition itself is not published on the pages fetched. TEP fee includes the PAS (Pop Arts Studio) programme at no extra charge. |
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| NP - Native Speaker Program (English) Levels: Kindergarten to M6 (per reference summary of the school's programme) English taught by native speakers as a dedicated programme within the Thai curriculum (school's own news pages reference its 'NP TEP' academic unit; programme detail from reference summary) | |
| Regular programme Levels: Pre-kindergarten to M6 Thai-medium national curriculum |
Fees as published by the school, checked 2026-10-07; the school's current fees may differ — confirm with the school before deciding.
Admissions
Admissions
Admissions at bilingual/EP schools run in Thai, on the Thai school calendar — the main intake is in May, not August/September. What the school itself publishes:
School homepage (official Google Site linked from dara.ac.th) states applications are open at every level from pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten 1-3 through P1-6 and M1-6, with M4 selection results for AY 2570 BE announced for internal pupils. DARA-TEP (M1 entry): applications each August; applicants must be finishing P6 or equivalent; entrance tests in English and Chinese plus an English interview with a native-speaker teacher (programme FAQ). No Chinese background is required for TEP entry.
| Main intake | May (Thai academic year); DARA-TEP M1 applications in August |
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| Entrance assessment | DARA-TEP: English and Chinese written tests plus an English interview with a native-speaker teacher (programme site FAQ) |
At a glance
- Girls'-origin Church of Christ school founded in 2421 BE (1878 CE) by Sophia Bradley McGilvary - the oldest school in Chiang Mai and the North (reference summary); the school's own TEP site gives its address as 196 Kaew Nawarat Road, Wat Ket, tel. 053-241039
- Dara.ac.th redirects to the school's official Google Site; its /trilingual shortlink leads to the DARA-TEP programme site
- TEP pupils study additional English and Chinese subjects such as English Public Speaking, Chinese Civilization and Chinese for Tourism (programme subjects page)
- School also runs a dormitory (listed among its own site sections)
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