School considerations

i) Bangkok offers a number of excellent pre-school & international schools offering curricula to students up to the age of 18 years old. Some examples as follows:

Bangkok Patana School www.patana.ac.th Curriculum : British, IB Diploma Harrow International School www.harrowschool.ac.th Curriculum : British International School Bangkok (ISB) www.isb.ac.th Curriculum : North American New International School of Thailand ( NIST ) www.nist.ac.th Curriculum : International PYP, MYP & DP Ruamrudee International School Swiss Section www.dssb.org Curriculum : Swiss Education Lycée Français International de Bangkok www.lfib.ac.th Curriculum : French, IB Shrewsbury International School www.shrewsbury.ac.th Curriculum : British Ruamrudee International School (RIS)  www.rism.ac.th Curriculum : International Phuket International Academy Day School www.phuketinternation alacademy.com

There is also a selection of various schools offering tuition in Mandarin and of course Thai language. Foreign staffed pre-schools are also widely available.

Education standards in general are very good and most international schools operate from modern campuses.

ii) International schools are also available with the option of boarding facilities at :

Chiang Mai www.premcenter.org Curriculum : International Phuket www.bcis.ac.th Curriculum : British, IB Diploma Pattaya www.regents.ac.th Curriculum : British, IB Diploma

No aspect of a move overseas is more important for most families than the education of school-age children.

Several important considerations are  involved in making the choice between local and international schools.  The former may offer the advantages of acquiring a new language, broader acquaintanceships with host-country children,  and a richer appreciation of a different culture.  It has been the experience of many expatriate parents that adaptation, particularly of younger children,  is much less difficult than anticipated.  Most often,  however,  the key consideration is the affect a year or  more in a foreign system may have on the child’s reintegration into point,  an  international school should be considered.