funchal@salesianos.pt +351 291 200 450Applications are now open for new students at the Salesianos do Funchal school for the 2025/2026 academic year. Applications are formalised online.
The Salesianos from Funchal is an educational institution that aims to assist families in promoting the full development of students’ personalities, progressive self-esteem and the ability to be protagonists and responsible for their own educational process; training in respect for the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals; education for coexistence and respect for cultural and religious plurality; the development of attitudes that favour responsible participation in social and cultural life; and commitment to building a society that prioritises peace, cooperation, and solidarity among people and nations.
As a Catholic school, we seek to promote the integral formation of students according to a Christian conception of the person, life, and the world; create an environment that favours the testimony and evangelising action of believers; propose pathways of education in faith for those who wish and in a climate of freedom; and collaborate with other social forces committed to building a more tolerant and empathetic society.
The Salesian school is rooted in Don Bosco’s educational experience. It is this experience that inspires its principles and criteria for action: it is popular, accessible, and open; it cultivates a family environment that educates; places the student at the centre of the educational process; emphasises the personalisation of educational relationships through the presence of educators among the young; favours the co-responsible participation of all; promotes solidarity with the most needy and other entities; “Educates by evangelising and evangelises by educating.”
Application: from 11 November 2024 to 31 January 2025
Applications are made exclusively online by filling out a form and submitting the following documents:
Information Session: presentation of the College’s operating rules and the Salesian Educational Proposal: 20 February, at 18:00.
Enrollment procedures and clarification of doubts: 17 June, at 18:00.
Interviews: Starting on 25 November.
The mandatory interview is scheduled at the time of application and will last approximately 25 minutes. It is conducted in the presence of the parents and the applicant.
Screening and Acceptance
Admission criteria are translated into a score based on the information collected during the interview and bonuses in the following situations:
Acceptance into the school is communicated by phone within five working days.
Applicants who are placed on the waiting list will be informed by email.
The Salesian School prioritises family unity within the school and educational environment, also considering as siblings the young people who live in the same household. Parents and guardians must be aware of the importance of their participation in school life and the applicant’s responsibility in accepting the Salesian Educational Proposal.
The applicant and their guardian must have attitudes and principles consistent with the Salesian Educational Proposal. To become a student, the applicant must, according to age-appropriate requirements:
Enrollment, upon payment, must be made via Multibanco on the school’s portal/website – DNA online (MBWAY or Multibanco reference generated in the payer’s account area) or by bank transfer to the Millennium BCP account, with SWIFT/BIC TOTAPTPL or IBAN: PT50 0018 000333513482020 56, within two working days after the telephone communication. After this period, the vacancy will automatically be made available to another candidate.
The annual fee for pre-school students includes enrollment, registration, and 10 monthly payments, from September to June;
The annual fee for students in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd cycles includes enrollment, registration, and 9 monthly payments from September to May.
The monthly fee exclusively covers the educational component.
Option 1 | Payment of the monthly fees, with a 4% credit that can be used for ArtiSport activities, the canteen, and study visits, with parents and guardians responsible for paying other current expenses that exceed the credit amount by the 8th of each month.
Option 2 | Payment of the monthly fees, with a 3% discount on the total amount payable, with parents and guardians responsible for paying other current expenses, such as ArtiSport activities, the canteen, and study visits, by the 8th of each month.