{
 "name": "Phuket international schools with tuition fees by academic year",
 "description": "International schools in Phuket, Thailand: curriculum, ages, campus coordinates and nearest area, boarding, memberships as stated by the school, published annual tuition (lowest and highest year-group band plus one reference band) for each academic year with the fee sheet behind it, one-off entry fees and priced extras.",
 "url": "https://phukettravels.com/schools",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0 — free to use with attribution to phukettravels.com",
 "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "publisher": "The Dream View Co., Ltd.",
 "as_of": "2026-09-05",
 "fee_years": [
  "2022-23",
  "2023-24",
  "2024-25",
  "2025-26",
  "2026-27"
 ],
 "current_year": "2026-27",
 "definitions": {
  "fees": "Per academic year: min/max are the lowest and highest year-group bands of tuition on the school's own fee sheet, day students, THB per year; ref is the tuition of the reference band named in reference_band (Year 1 or equivalent), used for the fee-growth index. Past years come from dated Wayback Machine copies of the same sheets. A note starting \"Secondary source\" marks a year taken from a schools database because the school's site could not be read.",
  "growth": "Fee growth on the pages = change of ref between the earliest and latest published year, with the compound annual rate over the span.",
  "distance": "Pages show great-circle km from the area centroid (areas.json) to the campus coordinates; geo_precision \"approx\" means the campus was located by street or district only.",
  "fx": "USD figures on the pages use 32.985 THB per USD (ECB reference rate via Frankfurter, 2026-09-03)."
 },
 "schools": [
  {
   "slug": "bisp",
   "name": "British International School Phuket",
   "short": "BISP",
   "campus": null,
   "website": "https://www.bisphuket.ac.th/",
   "curriculum": [
    "British",
    "IB"
   ],
   "programmes": "English National Curriculum to IGCSE (Years 10–11), IB Diploma (Years 12–13); Little Ducks pre-school",
   "ages": {
    "from": 2,
    "to": 18
   },
   "grades": "Nursery – Year 13",
   "area": "phuket-town",
   "district": "Koh Kaew, Mueang Phuket",
   "address": "59 Moo 2, Thepkrasattri Road, Koh Kaew, Mueang Phuket, Phuket 83000",
   "lat": 7.9517,
   "lng": 98.3692,
   "geo_precision": "exact",
   "founded": 1996,
   "students": 1160,
   "students_as_of": "2025",
   "languages": [
    "EN"
   ],
   "boarding": true,
   "memberships": [
    "FOBISIA",
    "IB World School",
    "ISAT"
   ],
   "reference_band": "Year 1",
   "fees": {
    "2023-24": {
     "min": 434700,
     "max": 865300,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Nursery – Year 13 (tuition only)",
     "ref": 660400,
     "source_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20230831220420/https://www.bisphuket.ac.th/admissions/school-fees/",
     "source_name": "BISP school-fees page, 2023-24 sheet (archived 31 Aug 2023)",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    "2024-25": {
     "min": 452100,
     "max": 899900,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Nursery – Year 13 (tuition only)",
     "ref": 686800,
     "source_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20240911035438/https://www.bisphuket.ac.th/admissions/school-fees/",
     "source_name": "BISP school-fees page, 2024-25 sheet (archived 11 Sep 2024)",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    "2025-26": {
     "min": 470200,
     "max": 935900,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Nursery – Year 13 (tuition only)",
     "ref": 714300,
     "source_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20250913111401/https://www.bisphuket.ac.th/admissions/school-fees/",
     "source_name": "BISP school-fees page, 2025-26 sheet (archived 13 Sep 2025)",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    "2026-27": {
     "min": 489000,
     "max": 982700,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Nursery – Year 13 (tuition only)",
     "ref": 750000,
     "source_url": "https://www.bisphuket.ac.th/admissions/school-fees/",
     "source_name": "BISP school-fees page, 2026-27 sheet",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    }
   },
   "one_off": [
    {
     "label": "Application fee",
     "thb": 6000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": "per application"
    },
    {
     "label": "Placement fee",
     "thb": 200000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": "one student; 250,000 THB for a family with more than one"
    },
    {
     "label": "Bond",
     "thb": 150000,
     "refundable": true,
     "note": "returned when the student leaves, all fees paid"
    }
   ],
   "extras": [
    {
     "label": "School transport",
     "thb": 99900,
     "unit": "per year",
     "year": "2026-27"
    },
    {
     "label": "Weekly boarding",
     "thb": 396400,
     "unit": "per year, from",
     "year": "2026-27"
    },
    {
     "label": "Full boarding",
     "thb": 473550,
     "unit": "per year, from",
     "year": "2026-27"
    },
    {
     "label": "Intensive English course, if required",
     "thb": 147000,
     "unit": "per year",
     "year": "2026-27"
    }
   ],
   "fit": [
    "Families who want the full run from nursery to an IB Diploma on one campus, with sports academies and boarding.",
    "Secondary students on the IGCSE → IB route; the largest sixth form on the island.",
    "Households on the east side — Koh Kaew, Phuket Town, Panwa — or anywhere on the school-bus network."
   ],
   "notes": "Opened in 1996 and the largest international school on the island, with around 1,160 students of some 60 nationalities and eight boarding houses. Fees are charged per term (40/30/30 %) and include break-time snacks, lunch, instrument lessons and mandatory educational visits; transport, boarding and the intensive English course are billed on top.",
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  },
  {
   "slug": "uwc-thailand",
   "name": "UWC Thailand",
   "short": "UWCT",
   "campus": null,
   "website": "https://www.uwcthailand.ac.th/",
   "curriculum": [
    "IB"
   ],
   "programmes": "IB continuum: PYP (Nursery – Grade 5), MYP (Grades 6–10), Diploma (Grades 11–12)",
   "ages": {
    "from": 2,
    "to": 18
   },
   "grades": "Pre-Kindergarten – Grade 12",
   "area": "layan",
   "district": "Thepkrasattri, Thalang",
   "address": "115/15 Moo 7, Thepkrasattri Road, Thepkrasattri, Thalang, Phuket 83110",
   "lat": 8.0506,
   "lng": 98.353,
   "geo_precision": "exact",
   "founded": 2009,
   "students": 500,
   "students_as_of": "2025",
   "languages": [
    "EN"
   ],
   "boarding": true,
   "memberships": [
    "United World Colleges",
    "CIS",
    "IB World School",
    "EARCOS",
    "ISAT",
    "ONESQA"
   ],
   "reference_band": "Grade 1",
   "fees": {
    "2024-25": {
     "min": 497000,
     "max": 876000,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Pre-Kindergarten – Grade 12, day students",
     "ref": 707000,
     "source_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20240922044750/https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1707813654/uwcthailandacth/if6muawe2t0wusazl12t/SchoolFeesSchedule2024-25-English.pdf",
     "source_name": "UWC Thailand school fee schedule 2024/25 (PDF, archived 22 Sep 2024)",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    "2025-26": {
     "min": 497000,
     "max": 904000,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Pre-Kindergarten – Grade 12, day students",
     "ref": 730000,
     "source_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20251013115043/https://www.uwcthailand.ac.th/fs/resource-manager/view/3538728f-bf3b-49ea-b875-0cd51d69cca4",
     "source_name": "UWC Thailand school fee schedule 2025/26 (PDF, archived 13 Oct 2025)",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    "2026-27": {
     "min": 345000,
     "max": 933000,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Junior Pre-Kindergarten – Grade 12, day students",
     "ref": 753500,
     "source_url": "https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1733192901/uwcthailandacth/hw8jgzutledn8gtf3zwq/uwcthailandschoolfees.pdf",
     "source_name": "UWC Thailand school fee schedule 2026/27 (PDF)",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "note": "The 2026/27 sheet splits pre-kindergarten into four bands (Junior Pre-K 345,000; Senior Pre-K and Junior K 400,000; Senior K 633,000), which lowers the minimum against earlier years without lowering any grade's fee."
    }
   },
   "one_off": [
    {
     "label": "Application fee",
     "thb": 7000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": null
    },
    {
     "label": "Placement fee",
     "thb": 100000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": null
    },
    {
     "label": "School Development Fund",
     "thb": 165000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": "per family with one child; 220,000 THB with two or more"
    },
    {
     "label": "Security deposit",
     "thb": 25000,
     "refundable": true,
     "note": "less any outstanding payment"
    }
   ],
   "extras": [
    {
     "label": "Boarding service",
     "thb": 653000,
     "unit": "per year",
     "year": "2026-27"
    },
    {
     "label": "Staff-parent association",
     "thb": 500,
     "unit": "per year",
     "year": "2026-27"
    }
   ],
   "fit": [
    "Families who want the IB from nursery to diploma and the UWC ethos: service, outdoor education, a large scholarship intake alongside fee-payers.",
    "Boarders in Grades 6–12 and families based in the north — Layan, Bang Tao, Nai Yang, Mai Khao.",
    "Households who value an all-inclusive fee (trips, expeditions, lunch) over a lower headline."
   ],
   "notes": "Founded in 2009 as Phuket International Academy Day School and a United World College since 2016; a not-for-profit IB continuum school of about 500 students next to Thanyapura in Thalang. Fees are all-inclusive of lunch, learning materials, curriculum trips and expeditions; sibling discounts run from 5 % for a second child to 50 % for a fifth.",
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  },
  {
   "slug": "headstart-chaofah",
   "name": "HeadStart International School",
   "short": "HeadStart",
   "campus": "Chaofah City campus",
   "website": "https://headstartphuket.com/",
   "curriculum": [
    "British"
   ],
   "programmes": "English National Curriculum to IGCSE and A Level, plus BTEC",
   "ages": {
    "from": 2,
    "to": 18
   },
   "grades": "Pre-School – Year 13",
   "area": "phuket-town",
   "district": "Wichit, Mueang Phuket",
   "address": "39/99 Moo 4, Vichitsongkram Road, Soi Na Seau 1, Wichit, Mueang Phuket, Phuket 83000",
   "lat": 7.8852,
   "lng": 98.3615,
   "geo_precision": "exact",
   "founded": 2005,
   "students": 1300,
   "students_as_of": "2024",
   "languages": [
    "EN"
   ],
   "boarding": false,
   "memberships": [
    "ISAT"
   ],
   "reference_band": "Year 1",
   "fees": {
    "2023-24": {
     "min": 300000,
     "max": 425000,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Pre-School – Year 13",
     "ref": 375000,
     "source_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20230528123003/https://headstartphuket.com/en/enrolment/school-fees",
     "source_name": "HeadStart tuition-fees page, 2023-2024 table (archived 28 May 2023)",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "note": "Annual totals are the sum of the three term instalments printed on the page (PS–Reception 120,000 + 90,000 + 90,000; Years 1–6 150,000 + 112,500 + 112,500; Years 7–9 170,000 + 127,500 + 127,500; Years 10–13 two instalments of 212,500)."
    },
    "2024-25": {
     "min": 330000,
     "max": 467000,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Pre-School – Year 13",
     "ref": 412000,
     "source_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20240922044945/https://headstartphuket.com/en/enrolment/school-fees",
     "source_name": "HeadStart tuition-fees page, 2024-2025 table (archived 22 Sep 2024)",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    "2026-27": {
     "min": 347000,
     "max": 540000,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Nursery – Year 13",
     "ref": 480000,
     "source_url": "https://www.international-schools-database.com/in/phuket/headstart-international-school-phuket/fees",
     "source_name": "HeadStart 2026/27 fee schedule as reproduced by the International Schools Database",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "note": "Secondary source: the school's own fee page sits behind a bot-protection wall and could not be read directly on the retrieval date; figures are the schedule reproduced by a schools database (Nursery–K1 347,000; K2 360,000; K3–Year 5 480,000; Years 6–12 540,000). Re-check against the school's PDF at the next revision."
    }
   },
   "one_off": [
    {
     "label": "Application fee",
     "thb": 3000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": "Years 3–13; 8,000 THB on the 2026/27 schedule"
    },
    {
     "label": "Entrance fee",
     "thb": 100000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": null
    },
    {
     "label": "Endowment fee",
     "thb": 75000,
     "refundable": true,
     "note": "returned on permanent withdrawal after the end of the academic year, with 30 days' written notice"
    }
   ],
   "extras": [],
   "fit": [
    "Families on the Phuket Town / Chalong side who want a large British school with A Levels and BTEC without boarding.",
    "Households comparing headline fees: mid-range for the island, with lunch, textbooks, day and residential trips included.",
    "Sports and performing-arts academies on top of the curriculum."
   ],
   "notes": "Founded in 2005; with over 1,300 students across its two campuses it is the largest British-curriculum school on the island. Fees include lunches and snacks, textbooks, learning equipment, a selection of after-school activities, day and residential trips and the Duke of Edinburgh's Award; uniforms, bus, academies, examinations and the BTEC programme are billed separately. Both campuses share one fee schedule.",
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  },
  {
   "slug": "headstart-cherngtalay",
   "name": "HeadStart International School",
   "short": "HeadStart",
   "campus": "Cherngtalay campus",
   "website": "https://headstartphuket.com/en/cherngtalay",
   "curriculum": [
    "British"
   ],
   "programmes": "English National Curriculum, Foundation and Primary phases (capacity 200)",
   "ages": {
    "from": 2,
    "to": 11
   },
   "grades": "Pre-School – Year 6",
   "area": "bang-tao",
   "district": "Cherngtalay, Thalang",
   "address": "9/2 Srisoonthorn Road, Cherngtalay, Thalang, Phuket 83110",
   "lat": 8.004,
   "lng": 98.335,
   "geo_precision": "approx",
   "founded": 2023,
   "students": null,
   "students_as_of": null,
   "languages": [
    "EN"
   ],
   "boarding": false,
   "memberships": [
    "ISAT"
   ],
   "reference_band": "Year 1",
   "fees": {
    "2023-24": {
     "min": 300000,
     "max": 375000,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Pre-School – Year 6 (the phases this campus offers)",
     "ref": 375000,
     "source_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20230528123003/https://headstartphuket.com/en/enrolment/school-fees",
     "source_name": "HeadStart tuition-fees page, 2023-2024 table (archived 28 May 2023) — one schedule for both campuses",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    "2024-25": {
     "min": 330000,
     "max": 412000,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Pre-School – Year 6 (the phases this campus offers)",
     "ref": 412000,
     "source_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20240922044945/https://headstartphuket.com/en/enrolment/school-fees",
     "source_name": "HeadStart tuition-fees page, 2024-2025 table (archived 22 Sep 2024) — one schedule for both campuses",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    "2026-27": {
     "min": 347000,
     "max": 480000,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Nursery – Year 6 (the phases this campus offers)",
     "ref": 480000,
     "source_url": "https://www.international-schools-database.com/in/phuket/headstart-international-school-phuket/fees",
     "source_name": "HeadStart 2026/27 fee schedule as reproduced by the International Schools Database",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "note": "Secondary source (see the Chaofah City entry); the school publishes one schedule for both campuses, so the primary bands are quoted here."
    }
   },
   "one_off": [
    {
     "label": "Application fee",
     "thb": 3000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": "Years 3–13; 8,000 THB on the 2026/27 schedule"
    },
    {
     "label": "Entrance fee",
     "thb": 100000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": null
    },
    {
     "label": "Endowment fee",
     "thb": 75000,
     "refundable": true,
     "note": "returned on permanent withdrawal after the end of the academic year, with 30 days' written notice"
    }
   ],
   "extras": [],
   "fit": [
    "Families with children up to Year 6 living in Bang Tao, Layan, Surin or Kamala who want a short school run rather than the bus to town.",
    "Households already at the Chaofah City campus who move north — same curriculum, same fee schedule.",
    "Secondary-age children continue at the Chaofah City campus; the fee schedule is shared."
   ],
   "notes": "Opened in August 2023 on 38,000 m² of hillside about 4 km from Bang Tao beach, with the Foundation and Primary phases and capacity for 200 pupils; the same fee schedule and inclusions as the Chaofah City campus. Coordinates are approximate (Srisoonthorn Road, Cherngtalay).",
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  },
  {
   "slug": "kajonkiet-international",
   "name": "Kajonkiet International School Phuket",
   "short": "KIS",
   "campus": null,
   "website": "https://www.kisp.academy/",
   "curriculum": [
    "British"
   ],
   "programmes": "English National Curriculum, EYFS to IGCSE and A Level",
   "ages": {
    "from": 2,
    "to": 18
   },
   "grades": "Pre-Nursery – Year 13",
   "area": "phuket-town",
   "district": "Kathu",
   "address": "125/1 Soi The Valley 1, Phra Phuket Kaew Road, Kathu, Phuket 83120",
   "lat": 7.9098,
   "lng": 98.3605,
   "geo_precision": "exact",
   "founded": null,
   "students": null,
   "students_as_of": null,
   "languages": [
    "EN"
   ],
   "boarding": false,
   "memberships": [],
   "reference_band": "Year 1",
   "fees": {
    "2025-26": {
     "min": 275000,
     "max": 440000,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Pre-Nursery – Year 13 (full day)",
     "ref": 330000,
     "source_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20260517214823/https://www.kisp.academy/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Tuition-Fees-2025-26.pdf",
     "source_name": "KIS Phuket school fees 2025-2026 (PDF, archived 17 May 2026)",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "note": "A half-day pre-nursery programme is 193,000 THB; the range quotes full-day bands."
    },
    "2026-27": {
     "min": 285000,
     "max": 454000,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Pre-Nursery – Year 13 (full day)",
     "ref": 345000,
     "source_url": "https://www.kisp.academy/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/KIS-Phuket-School-Fees-2026-2027-FINAL.pdf",
     "source_name": "KIS Phuket school fees 2026-2027 (PDF)",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "note": "A half-day pre-nursery programme is 200,000 THB; the range quotes full-day bands."
    }
   },
   "one_off": [
    {
     "label": "Application and placement fee",
     "thb": 2000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": null
    },
    {
     "label": "Entrance fee",
     "thb": 60000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": null
    },
    {
     "label": "Endowment fee",
     "thb": 50000,
     "refundable": true,
     "note": "returned on permanent withdrawal with one month's notice"
    }
   ],
   "extras": [
    {
     "label": "School bus, round trip",
     "thb": 72600,
     "unit": "per year (+20 % to the west and south coasts)",
     "year": "2026-27"
    },
    {
     "label": "EAL support, Reception – Year 4",
     "thb": 46000,
     "unit": "per year",
     "year": "2026-27"
    }
   ],
   "fit": [
    "Families in Kathu, Phuket Town or the Patong side who want a British curriculum to A Level at a mid-range fee.",
    "Households where a second child matters: 15 % off tuition for the second child.",
    "Children who need structured English support — EAL is compulsory below the school's standard and priced per year."
   ],
   "notes": "A British-curriculum day school on 15 rai in the Kathu valley, from pre-nursery to A Level. Compulsory meals (snacks, Thai and international lunch) are included in the fee; the school bus costs 20 % more to Cherngtalay, Surin, Kamala, Patong, Kata and Rawai. IGCSE and A Level examination fees are billed separately in Term 2.",
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  },
  {
   "slug": "qsi-phuket",
   "name": "QSI International School of Phuket",
   "short": "QSI",
   "campus": null,
   "website": "https://phuket.qsi.org/",
   "curriculum": [
    "American"
   ],
   "programmes": "QSI mastery-learning programme, pre-school to Secondary IV, with Advanced Placement courses",
   "ages": {
    "from": 2,
    "to": 18
   },
   "grades": "2-year-old class – Secondary IV",
   "area": "phuket-town",
   "district": "Kathu",
   "address": "81/4 Moo 1, Chalermprakiat Ratchakan Thi 9 Road, Kathu, Phuket 83120",
   "lat": 7.9076,
   "lng": 98.3622,
   "geo_precision": "exact",
   "founded": 2000,
   "students": null,
   "students_as_of": null,
   "languages": [
    "EN"
   ],
   "boarding": false,
   "memberships": [
    "Quality Schools International",
    "Middle States Association (MSA)"
   ],
   "reference_band": "5-year-old class",
   "fees": {},
   "one_off": [],
   "extras": [],
   "fit": [
    "Families on an American track — mastery learning, AP courses, a US-style transcript — who expect to move on to another QSI school.",
    "Small classes: the school has been one of the smallest on the island since it opened in 2000.",
    "Households in Kathu or Phuket Town."
   ],
   "notes": "Part of the Quality Schools International network and open since August 2000, next to Kajonkiet in Kathu. The school does not publish a fee schedule on its website: tuition is quoted on application (schools databases note the same), so no fee year is listed here rather than a converted or second-hand figure.",
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  },
  {
   "slug": "oak-meadow",
   "name": "Oak Meadow International School Phuket",
   "short": "Oak Meadow",
   "campus": null,
   "website": "https://oakmeadow.ac.th/",
   "curriculum": [
    "American"
   ],
   "programmes": "American curriculum (Creative Curriculum, CCSS, Edmentum high school), Nursery – Grade 12",
   "ages": {
    "from": 3,
    "to": 18
   },
   "grades": "Nursery – Grade 12",
   "area": "chalong",
   "district": "Wichit, Mueang Phuket",
   "address": "10/49 Wichit, Mueang Phuket, Phuket 83000",
   "lat": 7.8624,
   "lng": 98.3512,
   "geo_precision": "exact",
   "founded": null,
   "students": 350,
   "students_as_of": "2026",
   "languages": [
    "EN"
   ],
   "boarding": false,
   "memberships": [
    "ISAT"
   ],
   "reference_band": "Grade 1",
   "fees": {
    "2026-27": {
     "min": 231000,
     "max": 408240,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Kindergarten – Grade 12",
     "ref": 317520,
     "source_url": "https://oakmeadow.ac.th/pages/school-fees",
     "source_name": "Oak Meadow school-fees page, 2026-2027",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    }
   },
   "one_off": [
    {
     "label": "Administration and entrance-exam fee",
     "thb": 3000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": "per child"
    },
    {
     "label": "Entrance fee",
     "thb": 50000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": "per child"
    },
    {
     "label": "Deposit",
     "thb": 30000,
     "refundable": true,
     "note": "on permanent withdrawal, subject to terms"
    }
   ],
   "extras": [
    {
     "label": "Books and stationery",
     "thb": 15000,
     "unit": "per year, Grades 1–12 (6,000 THB Nursery–K)",
     "year": "2026-27"
    },
    {
     "label": "Accident insurance",
     "thb": 1800,
     "unit": "per year",
     "year": "2026-27"
    }
   ],
   "fit": [
    "Families who want an American curriculum on the Chalong / Wichit side at the lower end of the island's fee range.",
    "Households with more than one child — the school advertises a family discount.",
    "Students aiming at a US high-school diploma through Grade 12."
   ],
   "notes": "An American-curriculum school in Wichit, between Chalong and Phuket Town, with over 350 students of 26 nationalities. Tuition is billed in three terms (40/30/30 %); books, stationery, insurance, uniforms and transport are on top.",
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  },
  {
   "slug": "lighthouse",
   "name": "Lighthouse International School Phuket",
   "short": "Lighthouse",
   "campus": null,
   "website": "https://lighthousephuket.com/",
   "curriculum": [
    "Canadian",
    "British"
   ],
   "programmes": "Alberta (Canada) programme with Cambridge elements, kindergarten to Grade 12",
   "ages": {
    "from": 1,
    "to": 18
   },
   "grades": "Kindergarten – Grade 12",
   "area": "rawai",
   "district": "Rawai and Chalong, Mueang Phuket",
   "address": "Primary: 21/1 Soi Salika, Rawai; Secondary: 95/43 Moo 4, Soi Sanya Yukhunthon, Rawai; Kindergarten: 34/4 Moo 7, Soi Jaofa 57, Chalong",
   "lat": 7.7869,
   "lng": 98.3253,
   "geo_precision": "exact",
   "founded": null,
   "students": null,
   "students_as_of": null,
   "languages": [
    "EN"
   ],
   "boarding": false,
   "memberships": [
    "Canadian Excel Group"
   ],
   "reference_band": "Grade 1",
   "fees": {
    "2025-26": {
     "min": 220000,
     "max": 330000,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Kindergarten – Grade 12 (termly payment; annual payment 10 % less)",
     "ref": 280000,
     "source_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20260210055647/https://lighthousephuket.com/fees/",
     "source_name": "Lighthouse tuition-fees page, 2025/2026 (archived 10 Feb 2026)",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    "2026-27": {
     "min": 220000,
     "max": 387000,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Kindergarten – Grade 12 (termly payment; annual payment 10 % less)",
     "ref": 280000,
     "source_url": "https://lighthousephuket.com/fees-2026-2027/",
     "source_name": "Lighthouse fees 2026/2027 page",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "note": "Primary bands unchanged (K 220,000; Grades 1–3 280,000; Grades 4–6 300,000); secondary rose to 348,000 (Grades 6–9) and 387,000 (Grades 10–12). The early-years nursery is priced monthly (19,500–21,000 THB)."
    }
   },
   "one_off": [
    {
     "label": "Registration fee",
     "thb": 40000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": "primary and secondary; 10,000 THB nursery"
    },
    {
     "label": "Assessment test",
     "thb": 2000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": null
    }
   ],
   "extras": [
    {
     "label": "Education fee, Grades 1–8",
     "thb": 20000,
     "unit": "per year",
     "year": "2026-27"
    },
    {
     "label": "Education fee, Grades 9–12",
     "thb": 50000,
     "unit": "per year",
     "year": "2026-27"
    },
    {
     "label": "Mandatory insurance",
     "thb": 1000,
     "unit": "per year",
     "year": "2026-27"
    }
   ],
   "fit": [
    "Families in Rawai and Nai Harn who want a small school within the neighbourhood at the lowest fees on this list.",
    "Households paying monthly or termly rather than a year in advance.",
    "Russian-speaking parents: the school lists a Russian-language contact line."
   ],
   "notes": "A small school across three sites in Rawai and Chalong — kindergarten, primary and secondary — following the Alberta programme with Cambridge elements. Books, one uniform, lunches and snacks are included in tuition; transport, ECAs, trips and examinations are optional extras. The catalogue places the school at its primary campus in Rawai.",
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  },
  {
   "slug": "bcis-phuket",
   "name": "BCIS Phuket (Berda Claude International School)",
   "short": "BCIS",
   "campus": null,
   "website": "https://www.bcisphuket.ac.th/",
   "curriculum": [
    "British",
    "French"
   ],
   "programmes": "Cambridge stream to IGCSE and A Level; French national curriculum stream to Brevet and Baccalauréat",
   "ages": {
    "from": 2,
    "to": 18
   },
   "grades": "Nursery – Year 13 / TPS – Terminale",
   "area": "chalong",
   "district": "Chalong, Mueang Phuket",
   "address": "28/89 Moo 4, Chalong, Mueang Phuket, Phuket 83130",
   "lat": 7.8434,
   "lng": 98.3467,
   "geo_precision": "exact",
   "founded": null,
   "students": null,
   "students_as_of": null,
   "languages": [
    "EN",
    "FR"
   ],
   "boarding": false,
   "memberships": [
    "International Schools Partnership (ISP)"
   ],
   "reference_band": "Year 1",
   "fees": {
    "2025-26": {
     "min": 281800,
     "max": 468900,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Nursery – Year 13",
     "ref": 337600,
     "source_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20250815050813/https://www.bcisphuket.ac.th/admissions/tuition-fees",
     "source_name": "BCIS tuition-fees page, 2025-26 (archived 15 Aug 2025)",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "note": "An April 2025 snapshot of the same page showed lower figures (267,120–433,650) under the same heading; the August, November 2025 and May 2026 snapshots agree on the figures quoted, which are taken as the 2025-26 schedule."
    },
    "2026-27": {
     "min": 302000,
     "max": 502500,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Nursery – Year 13 (same bands for the French stream)",
     "ref": 362000,
     "source_url": "https://www.bcisphuket.ac.th/admissions/tuition-fees",
     "source_name": "BCIS tuition-fees page, 2026-27",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    }
   },
   "one_off": [
    {
     "label": "Annual re-registration",
     "thb": 5000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": "per year; the first-year registration fee and the refundable deposit are quoted on application"
    }
   ],
   "extras": [],
   "fit": [
    "Families in Chalong, Rawai, Kata and Karon — the only full-run international school in the south.",
    "French-speaking families: the only French national curriculum stream on the island, to the Baccalauréat.",
    "Households wanting two children on different tracks (British and French) on one campus."
   ],
   "notes": "Two streams on one Chalong campus — Cambridge to A Level and the French national curriculum to the Baccalauréat — with students of more than 50 nationalities; part of the International Schools Partnership group. Fees include tuition, lunch and library access; Cambridge resources, books, uniforms, transport, ECAs and examination fees are extra. Sibling discount 5 % (second child) and 10 % (third).",
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  },
  {
   "slug": "montessori-house",
   "name": "Montessori House Phuket International School",
   "short": "MHP",
   "campus": null,
   "website": "https://www.montessori-thailand.com/",
   "curriculum": [
    "Montessori"
   ],
   "programmes": "Montessori from toddlers to upper elementary, plus a secondary programme (ages 12–18); English medium, Thai and Mandarin taught",
   "ages": {
    "from": 2,
    "to": 18
   },
   "grades": "Toddler – Secondary",
   "area": "chalong",
   "district": "Chalong, Mueang Phuket",
   "address": "28/114 Moo 4, Luang Poh Cham Road, Chalong, Mueang Phuket, Phuket 83130",
   "lat": 7.846,
   "lng": 98.344,
   "geo_precision": "approx",
   "founded": null,
   "students": null,
   "students_as_of": null,
   "languages": [
    "EN"
   ],
   "boarding": false,
   "memberships": [],
   "reference_band": "Lower Elementary (ages 6–9)",
   "fees": {
    "2022-23": {
     "min": 218400,
     "max": 276700,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Kindergarten – Upper Elementary (ages 3–12)",
     "ref": 255300,
     "source_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20230202052057/https://www.montessori-thailand.com/s/School-Fees-2022-2023.pdf",
     "source_name": "MHP school fees 2022/2023 (PDF, archived 2 Feb 2023)",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    "2023-24": {
     "min": 229400,
     "max": 290700,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Kindergarten – Upper Elementary (ages 3–12)",
     "ref": 268200,
     "source_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20230724004101/https://www.montessori-thailand.com/s/School-Fees-2023-2024-3lcs.pdf",
     "source_name": "MHP school fees 2023/2024 (PDF, archived 24 Jul 2023)",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "note": "Annual totals are the sum of the three term instalments on the sheet (91,800 + 68,800 + 68,800; 107,000 + 80,600 + 80,600; 115,900 + 87,400 + 87,400)."
    },
    "2025-26": {
     "min": 241000,
     "max": 305700,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Kindergarten – Upper Elementary (ages 3–12)",
     "ref": 281800,
     "source_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20260104133501/https://www.montessori-thailand.com/s/School-Fees-2025-2026.pdf",
     "source_name": "MHP school fees 2025/2026 (PDF, archived 4 Jan 2026)",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05"
    },
    "2026-27": {
     "min": 241000,
     "max": 305700,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Kindergarten – Upper Elementary (ages 3–12)",
     "ref": 281800,
     "source_url": "https://www.montessori-thailand.com/s/School-Fees-2026-2027.pdf",
     "source_name": "MHP school fees 2026/2027 (PDF)",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "note": "Unchanged from 2025/2026. Lunch is billed separately (22,300–25,800 THB a year by stage); toddler and secondary fees are not on the published sheet."
    }
   },
   "one_off": [
    {
     "label": "Application and placement",
     "thb": 4500,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": null
    },
    {
     "label": "Entrance fee",
     "thb": 85000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": "kindergarten entrants pay 45,000 THB, then 40,000 THB on moving to lower elementary"
    },
    {
     "label": "Deposit to student account",
     "thb": 25000,
     "refundable": true,
     "note": "15,000 THB for kindergarten; runs field trips, books and minor fees"
    }
   ],
   "extras": [
    {
     "label": "Lunch, upper elementary",
     "thb": 25800,
     "unit": "per year",
     "year": "2026-27"
    },
    {
     "label": "ESL support",
     "thb": 450,
     "unit": "per 45-minute period",
     "year": "2026-27"
    }
   ],
   "fit": [
    "Families who want a licensed Montessori environment for ages 3–12 — two teachers per class of no more than 15.",
    "Households in Chalong, Rawai and Kata; the school sits near Wat Chalong.",
    "Parents comparing on price: with the entrance fee spread over the stages, one of the lowest all-in costs on the island."
   ],
   "notes": "The island's only licensed Montessori school, near Chalong Temple, with an average of 15 children and two teachers per classroom. Tuition is paid in three terms and is non-refundable on early withdrawal; sibling discount 5 %. Coordinates are approximate (Luang Poh Cham Road, Chalong).",
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  },
  {
   "slug": "isp-phuket",
   "name": "International School of Phuket",
   "short": "ISP",
   "campus": null,
   "website": "https://ispphuket.com/",
   "curriculum": [
    "British"
   ],
   "programmes": "Cambridge International primary and lower secondary (Years 1–9); separate nursery and kindergarten programme",
   "ages": {
    "from": 5,
    "to": 14
   },
   "grades": "Year 1 – Year 9",
   "area": "rawai",
   "district": "Rawai, Mueang Phuket",
   "address": "Rawai, Mueang Phuket, Phuket 83130 (5-rai campus; street address not published on the school site)",
   "lat": 7.792,
   "lng": 98.33,
   "geo_precision": "approx",
   "founded": null,
   "students": null,
   "students_as_of": null,
   "languages": [
    "EN"
   ],
   "boarding": false,
   "memberships": [
    "Cambridge International School"
   ],
   "reference_band": "Year 1 (annual-payment price)",
   "fees": {
    "2023-24": {
     "min": 161820,
     "max": 161820,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Years 1–6, one rate; annual-payment price (10 % discount included)",
     "ref": 161820,
     "source_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20231001222917/https://ispphuket.com/",
     "source_name": "ISP Phuket school fees SY 2023/2024 (home page, archived 1 Oct 2023)",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "note": "Monthly rate 17,980 THB over ten months; the ELL programme (English language learners) was 197,820 THB a year."
    },
    "2024-25": {
     "min": 161820,
     "max": 161820,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Years 1–6, one rate; annual-payment price (10 % discount included)",
     "ref": 161820,
     "source_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20240830134314/https://ispphuket.com/",
     "source_name": "ISP Phuket school fees SY 2024/2025 (home page, archived 30 Aug 2024)",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "note": "Unchanged from 2023/2024; ELL programme 197,820 THB a year."
    },
    "2026-27": {
     "min": 174600,
     "max": 197820,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Years 1–9 by key stage; annual-payment price (10 % discount included)",
     "ref": 174600,
     "source_url": "https://ispphuket.com/",
     "source_name": "ISP Phuket school fees SY 2026/2027 (home page)",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "note": "Key Stage 1 174,600; Key Stage 2 183,240; Key Stage 3 197,820. Monthly payment is about 11 % more (19,400–21,980 THB over ten months); the ELL variants run 215,100–238,320 THB."
    }
   },
   "one_off": [],
   "extras": [],
   "fit": [
    "Families in Rawai and Nai Harn who want a Cambridge primary at the lowest published tuition on the island.",
    "Children who need an English-language-learner year before joining a Cambridge classroom.",
    "Households paying monthly: the school prices by the month as well as by the year."
   ],
   "notes": "A Cambridge-registered primary and lower-secondary school on a five-rai campus in Rawai, for ages 5–14 (Years 1–9), with an ELL programme for children whose English is not yet at classroom level. Fees are published per month, per term (5 % off) and per year (10 % off); the catalogue quotes the annual-payment price. One-off fees are not published on the site.",
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  },
  {
   "slug": "finnway",
   "name": "Finnway International School Phuket",
   "short": "Finnway",
   "campus": null,
   "website": "https://finnwayphuket.com/",
   "curriculum": [
    "Finnish",
    "British"
   ],
   "programmes": "Finnish core curriculum adapted for international students, with a Cambridge pathway; lower secondary opening August 2026",
   "ages": {
    "from": 2,
    "to": 13
   },
   "grades": "Pre-K – Grade 7",
   "area": "phuket-town",
   "district": "Koh Kaew, Mueang Phuket",
   "address": "9/1 Moo 2, Thepkrasattri Road, Koh Kaew, Mueang Phuket, Phuket 83000",
   "lat": 7.958,
   "lng": 98.3867,
   "geo_precision": "exact",
   "founded": null,
   "students": null,
   "students_as_of": null,
   "languages": [
    "EN"
   ],
   "boarding": false,
   "memberships": [
    "ISAT",
    "ONESQA",
    "Thai Tuition and Schools Association"
   ],
   "reference_band": "Grade 1",
   "fees": {
    "2026-27": {
     "min": 260000,
     "max": 447000,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Pre-K – Grade 7",
     "ref": 337000,
     "source_url": "https://finnwayphuket.com/admissions/",
     "source_name": "Finnway admissions page, 2026/27 tuition",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "note": "The minimum is the half-day pre-K programme; full-day pre-K and K1–K2 are 295,000; K3–Grade 1 337,000; Grades 2–3 362,000; Grades 4–6 397,000; Grade 7 447,000."
    }
   },
   "one_off": [
    {
     "label": "Application fee",
     "thb": 2000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": null
    },
    {
     "label": "Entrance fee",
     "thb": 60000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": null
    },
    {
     "label": "Deposit",
     "thb": 40000,
     "refundable": true,
     "note": "refunded within 30 days after the final term day"
    }
   ],
   "extras": [
    {
     "label": "EAL support, Grades 1–6",
     "thb": 42000,
     "unit": "per year",
     "year": "2026-27"
    },
    {
     "label": "Intensive English programme, Grades 4–6",
     "thb": 70000,
     "unit": "per year",
     "year": "2026-27"
    }
   ],
   "fit": [
    "Families who want a Finnish, play- and project-based early years and primary near Koh Kaew and Phuket Town.",
    "Households with siblings: 10 % off tuition and 50 % off entrance and deposit for a second child.",
    "Parents who prefer to pay a year in advance (8 % discount)."
   ],
   "notes": "A Finnish-curriculum school on Thepkrasattri Road near the Royal Phuket Marina, from pre-K to Grade 6, with lower secondary starting in August 2026. Fees are published by age band; EAL and intensive-English programmes are priced per year on top.",
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  },
  {
   "slug": "glenalmond-phuket",
   "name": "Glenalmond Phuket International School",
   "short": "Glenalmond",
   "campus": null,
   "website": "https://glenalmondphuket.com/",
   "curriculum": [
    "British"
   ],
   "programmes": "English National Curriculum with EYFS and Singapore mathematics; early years and primary in the opening year, secondary to follow",
   "ages": {
    "from": 2,
    "to": 14
   },
   "grades": "Wee Bairns – Year 9 (2026-27)",
   "area": "layan",
   "district": "Thepkrasattri, Thalang",
   "address": "Thanyapura Sports and Health Resort, 120/1 Moo 7, Thepkrasattri Road, Thalang, Phuket 83110",
   "lat": 8.0487,
   "lng": 98.3529,
   "geo_precision": "exact",
   "founded": 2026,
   "students": null,
   "students_as_of": null,
   "languages": [
    "EN"
   ],
   "boarding": false,
   "memberships": [
    "Glenalmond College (Scotland) affiliate"
   ],
   "reference_band": "Year 1",
   "fees": {
    "2026-27": {
     "min": 270000,
     "max": 950000,
     "unit": "THB per year",
     "grades": "Wee Bairns (mornings) – Year 9",
     "ref": 750000,
     "source_url": "https://glenalmondphuket.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Schedule-of-Fees-2026-2027-updated.pdf",
     "source_name": "Glenalmond Phuket schedule of fees 2026-2027 (PDF)",
     "retrieved": "2026-09-05",
     "note": "Wee Bairns 270,000 (mornings) / 390,000 (full days); Kindergarten 1–3 490,000; Years 1–6 750,000; Years 7–9 950,000. First year of operation."
    }
   },
   "one_off": [
    {
     "label": "Application fee",
     "thb": 5000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": null
    },
    {
     "label": "Placement fee",
     "thb": 200000,
     "refundable": false,
     "note": "100,000 THB for second and subsequent children; includes a year's Thanyapura membership"
    },
    {
     "label": "Refundable deposit",
     "thb": 150000,
     "refundable": true,
     "note": null
    }
   ],
   "extras": [],
   "fit": [
    "Families in the north — Layan, Bang Tao, Nai Yang — who want a new British prep-style school with Thanyapura's pools and pitches on site.",
    "Households prepared to pay a placement fee at the BISP / UWC level for a school in its first year.",
    "Primary-age children now; the secondary years are being added as the school grows."
   ],
   "notes": "Opened in August 2026 inside the Thanyapura Sports and Health Resort in Thalang, affiliated with Glenalmond College in Scotland; early years and primary first, with IGCSE, A Level and BTEC planned. Free uniform pack on enrolment; 5 % off for a second child, 15 % for a third, 5 % for paying a year in advance.",
   "verified": "2026-09-05"
  }
 ]
}