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Comparison · Premium British
Rugby vs. Regents
The headline premium decision
A-Level brand vs. IBDP optionality. Boarding from 10 vs. Y3. Side-by-side fees + decision framework.
// HEAD-TO-HEAD · current source audit
BJP vs
Hastin.
This comparison is deliberately not a price ranking. BJP publishes dated 2026/27 tuition of ฿80,000–฿120,000 from Preschool through Year 10, plus GED and ESL options. Hastin publishes an English-medium Oxford International Curriculum route from Pre-Nursery through Year 9 with Academic Year 2026 tuition of ฿169,500–฿229,500. The leaving credential, Year 9 transition and complete extras matter as much as the headline gap.
// Jump to → BJP editorial ↗ · Hastin International editorial ↗ · Rugby vs Regents ↗ · Garden vs Regents ↗ · Regents vs Garden ↗ · MIS vs TPIS ↗
// 01 · current record
Shared age range.
Different system.
Both are English-medium schools in Banglamung, but BJP publishes English-medium provision from Preschool through Year 10 while Hastin publishes an international route from Pre-Nursery through Year 9. Their learning models and exit routes are not interchangeable: BJP publishes an English National Curriculum pathway through Year 10, while Hastin uses the Oxford International Curriculum through Year 9.
// In this guide → BJP editorial ↗ · Hastin International editorial ↗ · Rugby vs Regents ↗ · Garden vs Regents ↗ · Regents vs Garden ↗ · MIS vs TPIS ↗ · British schools hub ↗ · Budget schools hub ↗
// 01A · 18-point comparison
| Dimension | BJP | Hastin International School |
|---|---|---|
| School | BJP Elite Academy | Hastin International School |
| Age span | Ages 2–16; Preschool through Year 10 | Pre-Nursery through Year 9 |
| Curriculum | English National Curriculum pathway through Year 10, plus school-published IGCSE and GED options | Oxford International Curriculum, British EYFS and Key Stages 1–3 |
| Published tuition | Dated 2026/27 tuition: Preschool ฿80,000; Kindergarten/Reception ฿100,000; Primary, Secondary and ESL ฿120,000; GED ฿120,000 total. | Academic Year 2026: Pre-Nursery–Reception ฿169,500; Years 1–6 ฿198,900; Years 7–9 ฿229,500. |
| Named extras | Mandatory annual registration ฿12,000; books, insurance, canteen, bus and uniforms separately priced; two- or three-instalment payment adds ฿5,000 or ฿10,000. | Application ฿3,000; enrolment ฿30,000; meals and two annual ฿1,000 protection charges separately priced. |
| Planning point | Confirm the live class, Year 10 subjects, IGCSE entry evidence, GED recognition, inclusions and complete recurring charges. | Current pathway ends at Year 9; verify the secondary transfer and next qualification. |
| Sources | 2026/27 fees · programmes · school | 2026 fees · lower secondary · OPEC listing |
| Live editorial | Read the BJP editorial | Read the Hastin editorial |
BJP labels its tuition 2026/27, while Hastin labels its schedule Academic Year 2026. Confirm that attendance dates match before comparing. Request BJP’s application, registration, deposit, catering, trips, clubs, transport, books, uniforms, examinations and support alongside Hastin’s application, enrolment, meals, protection charges, visa processing, bus, uniforms, trips and examinations.
// 02 · decision framework
Choose the model,
then verify the exit.
What is actually published?
BJP publishes 2026/27 tuition of ฿80,000–฿120,000. Hastin publishes Academic Year 2026 tuition of ฿169,500–฿229,500. Both add compulsory charges outside tuition.
What is the curriculum choice?
BJP publishes an English National Curriculum and IGCSE pathway through Year 10 plus GED preparation, but independent IGCSE-centre evidence is not present in the ledger. Hastin uses the Oxford International Curriculum through Year 9.
What needs planning?
BJP families should confirm current Year 10 subjects, IGCSE entries, GED recognition, next-school route and senior support. Hastin families need a documented move after Year 9 into the next qualification.
Shortlist guidance
- BJP suits families seeking a low-fee English-medium route through Year 10 with IGCSE or GED options near Siam Country Club in Banglamung.
- Hastin suits families seeking an English-medium Oxford route beside Mabprachan and prepared to plan the post-Year-9 transition.
// 03 · compare the usable offer
Two lower-fee routes.
Different evidence.
The schools overlap from the early years through Year 9 and both record English as the teaching medium alongside Thai. The resemblance ends there: BJP’s published route continues one year further to Year 10, while Hastin’s Oxford International Curriculum currently stops at Year 9.
Match the actual attendance offer
Ask both schools to state the child’s proposed class, start date, age cut-off and following year. BJP publishes Preschool through Year 10; Hastin publishes Pre-Nursery through Year 9.
Do not translate Grade and Year labels by number alone. Request the placement assessment, class equivalence, current cohort and written progression route. At BJP, ask how English readiness, placement and IGCSE or GED entry are assessed. At Hastin, make the Year 9 move part of the initial offer.
Understand the learning model
BJP publishes an English National Curriculum pathway through Year 10, with IGCSE and GED options. Ask for a current subject map, exam-board entry evidence and examples showing progression from Year 7 into the senior programme.
Hastin uses the Oxford International Curriculum through Key Stages 1–3. Ask for a current curriculum map, lesson evidence, assessment schedule and examples showing how subjects connect across the year.
At both schools, inspect anonymised work from the proposed class rather than relying on programme labels alone.
Build complete first-year totals
BJP publishes 2026/27 tuition of ฿80,000 for Preschool, ฿100,000 for Kindergarten/Reception and ฿120,000 for Primary, Secondary and ESL. GED is ฿120,000 total.
BJP adds mandatory annual registration of ฿12,000. Books and materials are ฿2,000–฿17,500 a year, insurance ฿2,000, canteen ฿400 weekly or ฿1,500 monthly, bus ฿2,000–฿10,000 monthly and uniforms ฿100–฿1,500.
Hastin publishes ฿169,500 for Pre-Nursery through Reception, ฿198,900 for Years 1–6 and ฿229,500 for Years 7–9. Application is ฿3,000 and enrolment ฿30,000.
Hastin prices mandatory Early Years meals at ฿5,000 per term, optional meals at ฿6,000 in Years 1–6 or ฿6,500 in Years 7–9, plus annual ฿1,000 property protection and ฿1,000 accident insurance. Bus, uniforms, trips and external examinations remain unpriced.
Plan the exit before entry
BJP publishes provision through Year 10 with IGCSE and GED options. Ask for exam-entry evidence, awarding body, transcript format, recognition and the route after Year 10 before treating either as a leaving pathway.
Hastin’s current pathway reaches Year 9. Ask which secondary schools accept its record, what placement evidence is supplied, which qualification pupils enter next and where recent leavers progress.
For either route, rehearse a move after two years and request the curriculum map, grading scale, report samples, references and clearance conditions that would travel with the child.
Audit support without assumptions
BJP does not publish a usable language- or learning-support tariff in the current ledger. Hastin does not publish a usable language- or learning-support tariff in the current ledger.
If support matters, request the staff member, group size, minutes per week, review date, progress measure, exit criteria and price. Separate English acquisition from other learning needs and ask what happens when the school cannot provide the recommended support.
Bring existing reports before assessment and require any provision limits in writing.
Compare registration and claims carefully
BJP publishes a Thai Ministry of Education accreditation claim without an independent register URL in the current ledger; Hastin appears as registered international school 1120700016. Registration supports each school record but does not establish a particular external qualification or accreditation.
Ask each school for campus-specific examination or recognition evidence, then compare teacher qualifications, class size, homework, reporting cadence and safeguarding practice. Keep registration separate from curriculum and credential claims.
Model payment and withdrawal risk
BJP publishes payment dates and instalment surcharges but no usable withdrawal or refund terms; ask for them in writing.
Hastin gives a three-business-day grace period, then charges ฿100 per day for tuition and ฿50 per day for special-course or transport fees. Only tuition is potentially refundable under its notice and clearance rules.
Ask both admissions teams to mark refundable, non-refundable and prorated rows on the offer before payment.
Test the real family week
BJP is in near Siam Country Club, Banglamung; Hastin is in Pong beside Mabprachan. Drive both routes at arrival and collection times, including work and sibling stops.
Both schools are day-only and neither publishes a usable bus tariff. Request an exact address quote, pickup time, route duration, supervision and late-collection arrangement.
Finish the offer meeting
- Placement: exact class, placement evidence and next class.
- Learning: daily teaching model, curriculum map, work and reports.
- Cost: acceptance cash, complete first year and recurring year.
- Support: provision, staffing, review and price.
- Exit: BJP’s Year 10 IGCSE or GED evidence or Hastin’s post-Year-9 transfer.
Save offers, fee schedules, calendars and recognition answers together.
// 04 · visit worksheet
Observe, record,
then decide.
Test a normal morning
Arrive before the class begins and watch the transition from gate to room. Record how quickly the child separates, who welcomes them, which language adults use and whether the routine is understandable without repeated prompting. Ask what happens on a difficult morning and how parents are informed. A polished tour after children leave cannot answer these questions.
Compare learning evidence
Ask for a starting assessment, mid-year report and anonymised work from the proposed class. At BJP, trace English National Curriculum work into Year 10 subject progress and documented IGCSE or GED outcomes. At Hastin, trace English-medium classwork through Oxford International Curriculum units and readiness for the next secondary system.
Record the balance of adult-led, child-initiated, individual and group activity during the visit. Ask how teachers adapt the same task for a child who is new to English, already reading or reluctant to join a group. The right environment is not defined by one teaching philosophy; it is the setting where staff can explain how this child will participate and progress.
Check care outside lessons
Confirm arrival supervision, meals, allergies, illness procedures, late collection and activities. BJP separately prices registration, books, insurance, meals, bus and uniforms; Hastin prices meals and two annual protection charges outside tuition. Neither publishes every routine-service price, so require a personalised inclusion list.
Place both calendars beside the family’s work calendar. Count closures that require alternative care and ask whether holiday programmes are offered, separately registered or guaranteed to enrolled pupils. A school-year tuition comparison does not capture care purchased during long breaks.
Separate address from commute
BJP is at 163/30 Permsub Garden Resort near Siam Country Club in Banglamung; Hastin is at 16/5 Moo 9 on Pornprapanimit Road in Pong. Verify each entrance and contract address, then test both drives at the family’s real travel times.
Both schools are day-only. Ask whether the home address is served, then obtain pickup time, route duration, supervision and price in writing.
Write a conditional decision
For each school, finish the sentence: “This place works if…” Include the quoted total, language routine, classroom fit, support availability, care hours, travel ceiling and next-school plan. Then write the conditions that would trigger a review. This prevents a single attractive feature from hiding an unresolved cost or transition risk.
Run the same exercise for two future dates. At age six, compare BJP’s English-medium pathway with Hastin’s Oxford-framed work. By early secondary, compare BJP’s Year 10 IGCSE or GED evidence with Hastin’s documented transfer route after Year 9.
Before signing, compare the invoice language line by line. For BJP include tuition, application, enrolment, senior textbooks, examinations, transport, uniforms, trips, activities, support and card surcharges; for Hastin include enrolment, meals, protection charges and visa processing.
Also rehearse a mid-year move. Ask what notice is required, which reports and curriculum records would be released, how deposits are returned and whether prepaid services are refundable. Families using the Eastern Seaboard industrial corridor should test both routes at real collection time, because a lower fee cannot compensate for an unsustainable daily journey.
Ask how each school handles a mid-year departure before assuming either transfer will happen neatly at the end of a stage. Record required notice, reports supplied, outstanding-fee conditions and whether unused services can be refunded. A family expecting relocation should weight these documented terms alongside teaching and price.
Do not pay while a condition remains material and unanswered. Ask admissions to correct the offer email, retain BJP’s 2026/27 schedule and Hastin’s Academic Year 2026 schedule and note who supplied every grade and support answer. That record makes the decision auditable.
// FAQ
Quick answers
before you decide.
Which school publishes lower headline tuition?
BJP publishes lower 2026/27 tuition of ฿80,000–฿120,000, while Hastin publishes ฿169,500–฿229,500 for Academic Year 2026. Compare complete matched-year totals before deciding.
Do both schools use the same curriculum?
No. BJP publishes an English National Curriculum pathway with IGCSE and GED options. Hastin uses the Oxford International Curriculum through Year 9.
How long can a child stay?
BJP publishes Preschool through Year 10; a later route is needed. Hastin publishes Pre-Nursery through Year 9 and requires a later transfer.
What should an BJP quote include?
Ask for tuition, application, enrolment, annual-payment discount, sibling discount, senior books, examinations, transport, uniforms, trips, activities, support, card surcharges and refund terms.
What should a Hastin quote include?
Ask for tuition, application, enrolment, meals, property protection, accident insurance, visa processing, bus, uniforms, trips, examinations, support and refund terms.
Five questions.
Use the decision framework above to weigh curriculum, fees, continuity, location and your child’s fit.