Regents International School Thailand

• Students age: 2-18 years.

A great opportunity to get a traditional British education in the comfort of hospitable Thailand is the Regents School. Here, students from all over the world are offered balanced, effective educational programs starting with a kindergarten (children from 2 years are admitted to the school) to the last grades of the secondary school (18 years).

The doors of Regents International School in Thailand opened in 1994, and over the years the school has earned an excellent reputation and respect for colleagues and students from all over the world, prestigious British Council accreditation, positive reviews and recommendations from independent educational agencies from around the world. The campus is located near Chonburi, the "water city" (30 kilometers): it's about 100 kilometers east of Bangkok, right on the shore of the Gulf of Thailand.

Educational programs that are personally supervised by Director Jan Blake (in office since 2015, graduated from the University of Sheffield), fully comply with high British and international standards. All the teachers came from the UK and other English-speaking countries: together with the general international atmosphere of the campus (representatives of many cultures and nationalities study at the Regents International School in Thailand), this forms an excellent opportunity for active language and academic as well as personal development. After completing the program, students receive a prestigious international certificate of secondary education and can continue their studies in any country in the world. The quality of education is clearly demonstrated by the graduates' statistics: many students who completed the IB program successfully enter the best world universities from among the TOP-100:

• Seoul National University
• University of Melbourne
• University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
• The Maastricht University
• The London School of Economics and Political Science
• The University of California at Davis
• The Royal College of London
• University of Erasmus Rotterdam
• University of Hong Kong
• York University.

Study plans at all academic levels are enriched with practical STEM tasks: students focus on developing mathematical and analytical abilities, actively engage in art, and study technology and engineering through hands-on practice. The introduction of STEM areas takes place in cooperation with MIT and The Juilliard School.

Beyond the global partnerships focused on developing key qualities, the school provides students with comprehensive support in other areas:

• Development of language skills — the EAL and EDL program is taught by highly qualified specialist teachers who ensure accelerated acquisition of the English language. With this support, students who join the school with minimal or no knowledge of English reach the necessary language level and successfully master the core curriculum,
• Counseling services — specialists help students plan their subsequent academic steps: choosing subjects for exams, a major, and a university. Dedicated mentors support students in studying topics they find difficult and in adapting to the new academic system.

The school offers programs across four academic stages of secondary education:

• Early Years — a preschool department for children aged 2-5,
• Primary School — primary school for students aged 5-11,
• Secondary School — secondary classes for students aged 11-16, including the GCSE stage in years 10-11,
• Sixth Form — years 12-13 for students aged 16-18.

For the students prepared comfortable residences: all 3 houses are carefully guarded at night and in the afternoon, two of them are reserved for boys and one for girls. The rooms are designed for 1-2 people, bathrooms and toilets in sufficient numbers are located on the floors, as are cozy living rooms for relaxation and functional small kitchens.

Meals are organized on a full board basis, three times a day - for this 3 spacious dining rooms are built on the territory. The diet is balanced and varied: there is a vegetarian table, and from a rich abundance of delicious dishes it is easy to choose what a particular schoolboy will like. Fresh fruit is served daily on the table, and in the café on campus you can buy something to eat and refreshments.

Subject list: Art, biology, Business and management, chemistry, economics, geography, history, Information Technology, maths, music, physics, sports science, Study of the environment

A lot of attention in Regents International School in Thailand is paid to sports activities and active recreation: it develops a competitive spirit in children, helps them to have fun, to improve their physical form and health. There are 6 qualified instructors working at the school: they conduct both compulsory studying included in the school curriculum and various electives, and the classes can be conducted both on campus and outside. On a regular basis the following sports are offered:

• Running
• Martial Arts
• Athletics (mostly light)
• Gymnastics
• Cricket
• Football
• Diving
• Horse Riding
• Tennis
• Basketball
• Volleyball
• Swimming.

Additionally, many clubs and sections on interests, creative and academic communities have been opened. For example, there is a culinary club where children can learn how to cook traditional national dishes from different countries, dance studio and theatrical circle - children even put their performances, and in their free time visit the best theaters in the capital. You can learn to play on African drums, master the art of debating and chess, play various musical instruments and attend a vocal studio, massage parlor and beauty classes. Many students are attracted to a variety of crafts and arts:

• Painting
• Knitting on needles
• Drawing
• Creating handmade greeting cards
• Sculpture
• Sewing and knitting and etc.

Since 2009, the department of the world famous art school Julliard has been working at Regents International School in Thailand - its main building is in New York, and it has been repeatedly recognized as the best profile school in the world. Here, Julliard provides children with interesting curriculum for studying in specialized music universities, and enrolling in the course is based on the evaluation of talents, and not on financial opportunities.

• Excellent quality of educational programs: the curricula is well balanced, interesting and diverse, enable each student to develop personal talents and abilities;
• High requirements for the behavior of students: they are taught the etiquette, courtesy, tolerance and mutual respect;
• The motivation of students to achieve high results: the children here really like to learn, they themselves are striving for new knowledge and self-development;
• Excellent composition of qualified, experienced teachers, educators, instructors;
• Continuous support of pupils, especially new and foreign, an established program of adaptation to the new school life;
• Continuous modernization and development of educational programs, introduction of innovative methods and methods of teaching;
• Close contact with parents, continuous reports on progress and behavior, the creation of a unified school community;
• Comfortable, fully equipped with everything necessary for boarding, tasty and varied food with the possibility of a vegetarian diet;
• Successful territorial location: in the distance there are noisy and dusty cities, and quite near - a beautiful beach and glades for rest;
• Intercultural, international environment: today the school studies representatives of 50 different world states, different religions, nationalities, cultures;
• Ability to receive a musical scholarship (covers 100% of the cost of studying);
• Possibility to complete a preparatory course in the world's best art school Julliard, whose branch is located on campus.

The territory of Regents International School in Thailand is located 10 kilometers from the city: the school is fenced, the territory is carefully guarded 24/7.

The sports infrastructure is well developed and adjusted:

• Athletic track (length 400m)
• Numerous playgrounds for team sports
• Tennis courts
• Basketball courts
• Outdoor swimming pool (length of the tracks is 25 meters, spectators places for fans are equipped)
• Special swimming pool for learning to swim 12 meters
• Multifunctional, spacious sports hall
• Football fields: large and two small.

A separate theater for 300 seats, cozy theater studios, dance classrooms, art and craft workshops are equipped for pupils. Not far from the school campus there is a cozy cafe where you can relax and chat with friends over a cup of tea or coffee.

For the learning process in the institution also prepared everything you need: comfortable, fully equipped auditoriums and lecture halls, a 3D printer of the latest model, more recently, new modern computers were purchased. In the music studio there are Macintosh computers, children actively use iPads and laptops, and they have free access to Wi-Fi.

The following options are additionally paid on the program:

• Accommodation and meals 
• Registration fee (single)
• Admission fee (single)
• Trips and events
• Additional English lessons (English as a foreign language)
• Personal pocket expenses
• Round trip air tickets
• Medical insurance
• Visa fees and expenses, translation and courier delivery of documents
• School uniforms.

Extras:

• Registration fee (for a programme/course) 170 USD
• Registration fee (for a programme/course) 2000 USD
• Application fee 2650 USD

Admission process:

• Submitting an application, the required documents, and paying the application fee,
• Taking the interview: two testing days for younger applicants, and SAT4 and English language tests for those applying to middle and senior school. In addition to these activities, all applicants take part in an interview,
• Receiving the results and the letter of acceptance, after which — paying the tuition fee.

Thanks to comprehensive support from teachers and counselors and a balanced, academically rigorous program, students achieve excellent exam results and university admissions. Institutions that graduates go on to include:

• University of Cambridge,
• University of Oxford,
• The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE),
• Stanford University,
• Cornell University,
• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA),
• King’s College London,
• University of Bath,
• York University,
• Erasmus University Rotterdam,
• Nagoya University.

Foreign applicants must have the following for admission:

• The child's and parent's/guardian's personal documents: international passport or birth certificate, visa or residence permit, medical insurance,
• Academic reports for the last two to three school terms,
• If available: reports from school counselors, psychologists, doctors.

The level of English matters, but it is not necessary to take a test in advance — at one of the admission stages, every child undergoes language testing, based on the results of which they receive recommendations and the necessary support. According to general standards, admission to middle grades requires a level of B1 or higher, and to senior grades — B2 or higher.

The Global Connect scholarship program has been running for more than 20 years, rewarding the academic, social, sporting, and other achievements of local and international students. The award covers up to 30% of the cost of tuition and residence accommodation. In addition to the main scholarship, students have access to:

• Sponsorship support from the Kingdom of Bhutan,
• Music scholarships,
• «Nation Building» funding for students from disadvantaged countries,
• The «Diplomatic Ties» scholarship for children of ambassadors and other diplomats.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision