This comparison cannot be a full-year price ranking yet. Garden Rayong publishes a British IGCSE-to-IB route from age two and latest-published 2025/26 tuition of ฿147,000–฿609,800. ACS Sriracha serves Kindergarten 1 through Secondary 6 on Thailand's national curriculum and publishes ฿25,600–฿108,930 in combined Term 1/2569 charges for selected returning grades, programmes and day or boarding status. Obtain a complete annual quote before comparing cost.
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Both schools publish provision from the early years through secondary, but they are not interchangeable. Garden follows an English-medium British IGCSE-to-IB sequence. ACS Sriracha follows Thailand's Basic Education Core Curriculum with Modern Language, Intensive English and Special English programmes; it is a Thai national-curriculum school rather than an English-medium international school.
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| Dimension | Garden Rayong | Assumption College Sriracha |
|---|---|---|
| School | Garden International School, Rayong | Assumption College Sriracha |
| Age span | Ages 2–18; Nursery through Year 13 | Kindergarten 1 through Secondary 6 |
| Curriculum | British EYFS and National Curriculum, Cambridge IGCSE, then IB Diploma | Thai Basic Education Core Curriculum; Modern Language, Intensive English and Special English programmes |
| Published tuition | Latest published 2025/26: Nursery half-day ฿147,000; Nursery full-day ฿268,500; FS1–FS2 up to ฿385,800; Years 1–2 ฿418,500; Years 3–6 ฿447,300; Years 7–9 ฿496,800; Year 10 ฿500,100; Year 11 ฿495,400; Years 12–13 IB Diploma ฿609,800. | Term 1/2569 combined education and other charges for selected returning grades: ฿25,600–฿108,930, depending on programme and day or boarding status. Not a full-year tariff and excludes entry grades K1, P1, M1 and M4. |
| Named extras | Application ฿5,000; enrolment ฿60,000–฿120,000; refundable deposit ฿40,000; transport, boarding, visa documents, trips and compulsory support separate. | Term 2, entry charges and separately itemised boarding, meals, transport, uniforms, books, examinations and activities remain unpublished. |
| Planning point | Latest fee tariff is 2025/26; request a dated enrolling-year quote and reconcile optional boarding. | Match the exact grade, language programme and day or boarding status, then obtain a complete annual quote. |
| Sources | latest fees · boarding · IB record | school site · Term 1/2569 charges · programme evidence · OPEC record |
| Live editorial | Read the Garden Rayong editorial | Read the ACS Sriracha editorial |
ACS's public figures cover only Term 1/2569 and selected returning grades. Request Garden's dated 2026/27 tuition, entry, support, transport, trips and boarding rows alongside an ACS annual quote naming programme, day or boarding status, both terms, entry charges, meals, books, transport, insurance, uniforms, activities, examinations, support and refund terms.
Garden's latest published 2025/26 tuition is ฿147,000–฿609,800; its 2026/27 calendar is live but the next tariff is not. ACS publishes ฿25,600–฿108,930 in combined Term 1/2569 charges for selected returning grades, programmes and day or boarding status; this is not a complete annual tariff.
Garden moves from British early years and National Curriculum stages into Cambridge IGCSE and the IB Diploma. ACS follows Thailand's core curriculum through Modern Language, Intensive English and Special English programmes.
Garden families need a dated 2026/27 quote and must price entry, transport, support or boarding. ACS families need a complete annual quote plus written evidence of subject languages, examinations, final Thai credentials and boarding inclusions.
The schools overlap from kindergarten through secondary, yet lead toward different records of learning. Garden uses English as its medium through British, IGCSE and IB stages; ACS Sriracha combines Thai national credentials with programme-dependent English intensity.
Ask both schools to state the child's proposed class, start date, age cut-off and following year. Garden spans Nursery through Year 13. ACS describes Kindergarten 1 through Secondary 6 and offers day and boarding routes.
Do not translate Grade, Year, Primary and Secondary labels by number alone. Request the placement test, class equivalence, calendar and written progression route, particularly if a child may move between an international system and the Thai system later.
Garden records English as the medium, with Thai, Spanish, French and Mandarin. Ask for weekly allocation, subject language, newcomer support and the transition from British stages into IGCSE and IB qualifications.
ACS Sriracha records Thai and English. Ask which subjects are taught in each language in the selected programme, how English proficiency is assessed, what Thai literacy level is expected and how newcomers receive support.
At both visits, request anonymised work and the report format in each teaching language. Observe how teachers explain unfamiliar tasks and whether translation supports learning or merely task completion.
Garden's latest 2025/26 tuition runs from ฿147,000 to ฿609,800. Application is ฿5,000, enrolment ฿60,000–฿120,000 and the refundable deposit ฿40,000. Bus costs ฿18,000–฿32,100 per term, boarding ฿297,000–฿345,000 per year plus a ฿20,000 deposit, and compulsory EAL or learning support is priced on request.
ACS publishes combined Term 1/2569 education and other charges of ฿25,600–฿108,930 for returning K2–K3, P2–P6, M2–M3 and M5–M6 pupils, depending on programme and day or boarding status. Entry grades K1, P1, M1 and M4 and Term 2 are not covered, so these figures are not comparable with Garden's full-year tuition.
Ask ACS for a dated offer naming the child, grade, programme, academic year, both terms, entry charges, meals, books, transport, insurance, uniforms, activities, examinations, support and separately itemised boarding. The annual total remains unknown until every compulsory row is written.
Garden publishes Cambridge IGCSE followed by the IB Diploma. Confirm current subject combinations, option-block constraints and the support available when a pupil joins near an examination stage.
ACS describes Kindergarten 1 through Secondary 6 under Thailand's national curriculum. Ask which final Thai credential and transcript pupils receive, which subjects use English in the selected programme and what language evidence is supplied for applications outside Thailand.
Rehearse relocation after two years. Request the transcript, curriculum map, language evidence, grading scale and teacher references each school would supply.
Garden says compulsory English-as-an-additional-language and learning support are priced on request. ACS Sriracha 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.
Bring existing reports before assessment and ask admissions to state any limitations in writing.
Garden's published sequence reaches Cambridge IGCSE and the IB Diploma. Its independent IB record confirms the programme, while copied A-Level wording elsewhere on the Rayong site conflicts with campus-specific curriculum and fee evidence. Ask admissions for the current Year 12–13 subject list in writing.
ACS describes secondary through Secondary 6. Ask which upper-secondary programmes run now, which subjects are taught in English, which Thai national examinations apply and what university-counselling evidence the current cohort receives.
For either school, request anonymised subject-choice forms, a sample transcript, the examination calendar and the university-counselling timeline.
ACS has a campus-specific current Office of the Private Education Commission record at 29 Moo 10, Surasak. That verifies a Thai private-school record; it does not turn an English-intensity programme into an international qualification. Garden's IB World School status and CIS re-accreditation are independently supported; Cambridge and ONESQA remain school-published claims.
Ask each school for campus-specific register or examination evidence, then compare teacher qualifications, class size, homework and reporting cadence. Keep regulatory registration separate from curriculum and qualification claims.
Garden publishes scholarships worth up to 25% of tuition. They replace other discounts, are reviewed annually and exclude examination fees, trips and resource funds. ACS's Term 1 notice offered a ฿1,000 saving through 30 April 2569 and ฿500 from 1 May through 30 September 2569 for SWIS payment; these are payment-timing savings, not evidence of a recurring annual discount.
Ask ACS to state the standard annual price first and any concession separately. A discount has no decision value without its base, duration and conditions.
Garden is in Ban Chang, Rayong; ACS Sriracha is in Surasak, Si Racha. Drive both routes at arrival and collection times, including work and sibling stops.
Garden publishes bus at ฿18,000–฿32,100 per term and offers weekly and full boarding from Year 5. ACS offers day and boarding places but publishes no comparable address-based transport or separately itemised boarding tariff. Request pickup windows, residential inclusions, supervision and exact prices.
Save offers, fee schedules, calendars and placement answers together.
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.
Ask for a starting assessment, mid-year report and anonymised work from the proposed class. At Garden, trace English-medium work through British primary, IGCSE and IB stages. At ACS Sriracha, inspect work in Thai and English and trace how the selected Modern Language, Intensive English or Special English programme covers Thai Ministry standards.
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.
Confirm arrival supervision, meals, allergies, illness procedures, late collection and activities. Garden's tuition inclusions should be checked against transport, trips, support and boarding invoices. ACS Sriracha does not publish separately itemised current prices for meals or transport, so ask whether each service is included in the child's Term 1 row and require a written annual inclusion and price 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.
Garden is in Ban Chang, Rayong; ACS Sriracha is at 29 Moo 10, Surasak, Si Racha. Verify each entrance, transport route and contract address before payment. Test gate queues, parking and the return journey.
Both schools offer boarding, but their models differ: Garden uses a small off-campus residential-estate house, while ACS describes a much larger school campus. Request room arrangements, weekday and weekend supervision, medical cover, leave rules, transport, every compulsory charge and opening dates before treating residence as solved.
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, both schools may be usable, but Garden's British primary sequence and ACS Sriracha's Thai national primary sequence create different language and transfer demands. At age sixteen, compare Garden's IB Diploma runway with ACS Sriracha's Secondary pathway, current subject languages and final Thai credential.
Before signing, compare the two schools’ invoice language line by line. Ask each admissions team to mark every compulsory, optional, refundable and one-time row, then calculate cash due before the first day, the complete first year and a normal later year. Keep every ACS fee row open until a dated signed offer resolves it.
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 Garden's dated 2026/27 quote and ACS's complete annual quote, and note who supplied every placement and support answer. That record makes the decision auditable.
No full-year comparison is possible. Garden's latest published tariff is 2025/26; ACS publishes lower-looking combined Term 1/2569 charges for selected returning grades, but not a complete annual or all-entry-grade tariff.
No. Garden follows British stages through Cambridge IGCSE and the IB Diploma. ACS follows Thailand's national curriculum through Modern Language, Intensive English and Special English programmes.
Garden spans ages 2–18 through Year 13. ACS describes Kindergarten 1 through Secondary 6.
Ask for 2026/27 tuition, class availability, application, enrolment, deposit, transport, visa documents, trips, devices, compulsory EAL or learning support, boarding if relevant and refund terms.
Ask for academic year, both terms, exact grade and programme, day or boarding status, tuition, every entry charge, meals, transport, books, uniform, insurance, activities, examinations, language support and refund terms.
Use the decision framework above to weigh curriculum, fees, continuity, location and your child’s fit.