Thread: English Public School International Schools

Does anyone have any kids at either of these schools?
Know anyone who does?

I'm considering them for my daughter (at the moment she's just 3 1/2, but if it's anything like the system in UK then I'd have to put her name down now).

Their websites look promising, but don't show much about what sports they play; I can't see anything about rugby, cricket & hockey, for example (the standard English public school sports).

How are these schools viewed within Thailand?

Any info you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

600,000 baht up for the best schools. Per year per student. Mine just got a 50% scholarship to Harrow which I had to turn down as the cost with extra sport, field trips and the suc
hk was getting to near 700,000 for the two of them. Thats yearly house payments in America. So as said before gotta go.


I dont recommend the lower and middle tier schools having been burned early. But I do wish you the best of luck and hope to hear good things.

Thanks, guys. I know it's pricey by Thai standards, but compared to the English Harrow and Shrewsbury, it's unbelievably cheap (you're looking at around 2m Baht per year for those places). It seems, basically, like a really good deal.

I'm hoping that when I graduate in June, I'l be able to get a decent job, but it'll very likely be based either in UK or ME. And I am really only considering this for the high school/mattayom stage of my daughter's education - which gives me almost a decade to get a salary which can afford it.

As you can see, all a bit up in the air at the moment, but time flies, so it's good to know all this schooly stuff now, IMO.

^ Not one of the highest payers and the owner is a bit of a loon. I think starting salary is about 70K p/m at Regents.

But I might be wrong.

To the OP. Why not just get / aim for a job at one of these Intl. schools. Then your kids get free education. That's what I do.

Bubba, it's a very good idea, with one tiny flaw: I hate teaching. I'm rubbish at teaching. Although I have 2 years' experience teaching in Thailand, I have no formal teaching qualifications whatsoever. That's why I've decided on a different path in life...

Thanks, guys. I know it's pricey by Thai standards, but compared to the English Harrow and Shrewsbury, it's unbelievably cheap (you're looking at around 2m Baht per year for those places). It seems, basically, like a really good deal.

But the teachers at the British version of the schools will be very well qualified and competent and probably will have been there for a long long time. The turnover in the public school system in the UK is very low or people generally stay withing the public school system which ironically does not require a PGCE or any educational qualifications. Having met people from quite a few international schools in Thailand, most of them come from the state sector. This is not to say that those in the state system don't make the grade to teach in the public schools, just that there is a difference in the recruitment practices and pool of talent available and that as the public schools pay more, they can be more selective as to who they choose the employ.

Also the exam results for the British Schools are way better. Harrow (Thailand) got 82.1% of students with 5 GCSEs Grades A - C last year, average 72% over the last 5 years according to their website and I would imagine that the results for Harrow UK would be almost 100%. A Level results will also show a larger disparity I would imagine.

AO: I dont recommend the lower and middle tier schools having been burned early

So you'll slate all middle tier int'l schools because you had a bad experience with one or two? I work in a middle tier int'l school and all the teachers are qualified, hardworking, enthusiastic and reflective teachers -well nearly all. If I had a kid I would be happy for them to be educated there.