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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
Garden Rayong vs
BJP.
This comparison is deliberately not a price ranking. Garden Rayong publishes a British IGCSE-to-IB route and latest-published 2025/26 tuition of ฿147,000–฿609,800. BJP publishes a 2026/27 English-medium route from preschool through Year 10, plus GED and ESL options, at ฿80,000–฿120,000 tuition. Grade continuity, qualification evidence, boarding and compulsory extras matter as much as the headline gap.
// Jump to → GIS Rayong editorial ↗ · BJP editorial ↗ · Rugby vs Regents ↗ · Garden vs Regents ↗ · Regents vs Garden ↗ · MIS vs TPIS ↗
// 01 · current record
Shared age range.
Different system.
Both schools begin in the early years, but Garden's latest public tariff remains 2025/26 while BJP publishes 2026/27. Garden follows British stages through Cambridge IGCSE and the IB Diploma. BJP publishes an English National Curriculum pathway through Year 10, an IGCSE pathway, GED preparation and ESL support.
// In this guide → GIS Rayong editorial ↗ · BJP editorial ↗ · Rugby vs Regents ↗ · Garden vs Regents ↗ · Regents vs Garden ↗ · MIS vs TPIS ↗ · British schools hub ↗ · IB Diploma hub ↗
// 01A · 18-point comparison
| Dimension | Garden Rayong | BJP Elite Academy |
|---|---|---|
| School | Garden International School, Rayong | BJP Elite Academy |
| Age span | Ages 2–18; Nursery through Year 13 | Ages 2–16; preschool through Year 10, plus GED and ESL options |
| Curriculum | British EYFS and National Curriculum, Cambridge IGCSE and IB Diploma | English National Curriculum pathway, IGCSE pathway through Year 10, GED preparation and ESL support |
| Published tuition | Latest published 2025/26: Nursery ฿147,000–฿268,500; FS1–2 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 ฿609,800. | Dated 2026/27: Preschool ฿80,000; Kindergarten/Reception ฿100,000; Primary, Secondary and ESL ฿120,000. GED is ฿120,000 total. |
| Named extras | Application ฿5,000; enrolment ฿60,000–฿120,000; refundable deposit ฿40,000; transport, boarding, visa documents, trips and compulsory support separate. | Mandatory annual registration ฿12,000; books/materials ฿2,000–฿17,500; insurance ฿2,000; canteen, bus and uniforms separately priced. |
| Planning point | Latest fee tariff is 2025/26; request a dated enrolling-year quote and reconcile optional boarding. | Published school pathway ends at Year 10; verify IGCSE entries, GED format, awarding evidence and post-16 progression. |
| Sources | school overview · latest published fees | 2026/27 fees · programmes · school overview |
| Published support-cost label | Combined fee label — “Compulsory EAL/Learning Support”; amount on request in the latest published 2025/26 fee source. | ESL is a published programme/tuition category at ฿120,000/year, not a separate learning-support tariff. |
| Live editorial | Read the Garden Rayong editorial | Read the BJP editorial |
The fee years differ, so align the child's proposed class and request matched enrolling-year offers. Price Garden’s entry, resources, meals, support, transport and boarding rows alongside BJP's annual registration, materials, insurance, canteen, bus, uniform, instalment surcharge, examinations and support.
// 02 · decision framework
Choose the runway,
then price the year.
What is actually published?
Garden publishes latest-available 2025/26 tuition of ฿147,000–฿609,800. BJP publishes 2026/27 tuition of ฿80,000–฿120,000 plus a mandatory ฿12,000 annual registration fee and priced materials, insurance, food, bus and uniforms.
What is the curriculum choice?
Garden moves from British EYFS and National Curriculum into Cambridge IGCSE and the IB Diploma. BJP describes an English-medium National Curriculum pathway through Year 10, an IGCSE pathway, GED preparation and ESL support.
What needs planning?
Garden's latest tariff is one academic year older and boarding is off campus. BJP families must verify live grades, IGCSE subjects and examination entry, the GED format, post-16 progression and every compulsory extra.
Shortlist guidance
- Garden suits families seeking an established English-medium British-to-IB route in Ban Chang with optional boarding from Year 5.
- BJP suits families seeking a lower-fee, smaller English-medium route near Siam Country Club and prepared to document the Year 10 exit and next step.
// 03 · compare the usable offer
Two all-through routes.
Different credentials.
The schools overlap from age two through Year 10, yet their scale, language patterns and exit routes differ. Garden combines English-medium British stages with Cambridge IGCSE and the IB Diploma; BJP uses English as its main medium, with Thai and French also recorded.
Match the actual attendance offer
Ask both schools to state the child’s proposed class, start date, age cut-off and following year. Garden publishes Nursery through Year 13; BJP publishes preschool through Year 10, plus separate GED and ESL options.
Request the placement test, class equivalence, current cohort and written progression route. For a teenager, make BJP's Year 10 transition or Garden's IGCSE-to-IB progression a first-meeting question rather than a future detail.
Make language exposure visible
Garden records English as the teaching language alongside Thai, Spanish, French and Mandarin. Ask for weekly allocation, subject language, newcomer support and the transition from British primary into Cambridge IGCSE and the IB Diploma.
BJP records English as the medium, Thai and French as a secondary foreign language. Ask which subjects each teacher delivers, how English proficiency is assessed, how the published ESL route connects to mainstream classes and whether French runs for the child's cohort.
At both visits, request anonymised work and the report format. Observe how teachers explain unfamiliar tasks and whether language support builds independent subject learning.
Build complete first-year totals
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.
BJP publishes ฿80,000 for preschool, ฿100,000 for Kindergarten/Reception and ฿120,000 for Primary, Secondary or ESL. Mandatory annual registration is ฿12,000, making recurring tuition plus registration ฿92,000–฿132,000 before other services.
BJP prices books and course materials at ฿2,000–฿17,500 yearly, accident insurance at ฿2,000, canteen at ฿400 weekly or ฿1,500 monthly, bus at ฿2,000–฿10,000 monthly and uniform items at ฿100–฿1,500. Two instalments add ฿5,000 yearly and three add ฿10,000. Build the offer from the chosen payment plan and service usage.
Plan both transfer points
Garden publishes Cambridge IGCSE followed by the IB Diploma. Confirm which senior years accept newcomers and which subjects operate for the enrolling cohort.
BJP's published school pathway reaches Year 10, with IGCSE and GED labels. Ask which IGCSE subjects run, which examination centre enters pupils, whether every pupil follows that route, what the ฿120,000 GED total includes and where recent pupils progress after each option.
Rehearse relocation after two years. Request the transcript, curriculum map, grading scale, exam evidence and teacher references each school would supply. A lower current bill may carry extra transfer preparation if the next school expects a different sequence.
Audit support without assumptions
Garden publishes ELS at ฿20,000–฿30,000 per term and prices compulsory learning support on request. BJP 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.
Test the senior pathway with present evidence
Garden publishes an established IGCSE-to-IB Diploma sequence and a 100% Diploma pass rate for 2023. Ask for the latest IB cohort size and average points, current IGCSE and IB subjects, timetable constraints and university-counselling evidence.
BJP publishes an IGCSE pathway through Year 10 and separate GED preparation. Ask which live cohorts follow each option, who awards or enters the qualification, how the timetable works and what university-counselling evidence current pupils receive.
For either school, request anonymised subject-choice forms, a sample transcript, the examination calendar and the counselling timeline.
Compare accreditation and curriculum claims carefully
BJP records a school-published Thai Ministry of Education accreditation claim, but the current ledger does not carry independent accreditation or examination-centre evidence. Garden is independently listed by CIS and the IB, while its Cambridge and ONESQA claims remain school-published in the current ledger.
Ask each school for the campus-specific register or examination evidence that applies to the child's programme, then compare teacher qualifications, class size, homework and reporting cadence. Keep registration separate from curriculum, qualification and teaching-quality claims.
Model discounts without inventing them
Garden publishes scholarships of up to 25% of tuition, reviewed annually, that replace other discounts and exclude examinations, trips and resource funds. BJP publishes sibling tuition discounts of 10% for the second child, 15% for the third and 20% for the fourth.
Apply each discount only to tuition and keep BJP's annual registration and instalment surcharges separate unless the offer explicitly says otherwise.
Test the real family week
Garden is in Ban Chang, Rayong; BJP is near Siam Country Club in Banglamung. Drive both routes at arrival and collection times, including work and sibling stops.
BJP publishes bus at ฿2,000–฿10,000 monthly depending on direction and distance. Garden publishes bus at ฿18,000–฿32,100 per term and offers boarding from Year 5 in a small off-campus residential-estate house. Request exact address quotes and test vehicle time rather than relying on straight-line distance.
Finish the offer meeting
- Placement: exact class, live operation and next class.
- Learning: language allocation, programme map, work and reports.
- Cost: acceptance cash, first year and recurring year.
- Support: provision, staffing, review and price.
- Transition: Garden's British-to-IB sequence or BJP's Year 10, IGCSE and GED choices.
Save offers, fee schedules, calendars and placement 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 Garden, trace English, Thai, Spanish, French and Mandarin through British primary, IGCSE and IB stages. At BJP, trace English-medium classwork into the published IGCSE pathway and ask how ESL pupils demonstrate readiness to join mainstream lessons.
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. Garden prices meals, resources, transport and boarding separately. BJP prices canteen use, bus, books, insurance and uniform outside tuition, so model the child's actual routine rather than comparing tuition alone.
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
Garden is in Ban Chang, Rayong; BJP is at Permsub Garden Resort near Siam Country Club in Banglamung. Verify each entrance, transport route and contract address before payment. Test gate queues, parking and the return journey.
BJP is day-only. Garden offers boarding from Year 5 in an off-campus residential-estate house capped at 12 students. BJP's wide monthly bus band makes the exact direction and distance material; ask for 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, both schools may be usable, but Garden's British primary sequence and BJP's English-medium primary route require different evidence. At age eleven, compare live secondary subjects, cohort size, language support and the documented next qualification.
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. For BJP, include annual registration, payment-plan surcharge, materials, insurance, food, bus and uniform.
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 latest 2025/26 schedule and BJP's 2026/27 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 tuition?
The fee years differ: Garden's latest tariff is 2025/26, while BJP publishes 2026/27. BJP's headline rows are lower across overlapping stages, but compare matched enrolling-year totals, qualification evidence and progression.
Do both schools publish Cambridge routes?
Garden publishes Cambridge IGCSE followed by the IB Diploma. BJP describes an IGCSE pathway through Year 10; families should verify current subjects and examination-centre evidence.
How long can a child stay?
Garden publishes ages 2–18 and Nursery through Year 13. BJP publishes ages 2–16 and a school pathway through Year 10, plus GED preparation.
What should a Garden quote include?
Ask for enrolling-year tuition, application, enrolment, refundable deposit, resources, meals, transport, boarding, visa documents, trips, compulsory EAL or learning support, exams and refund terms.
What should a BJP quote include?
Include tuition, mandatory annual registration, chosen instalment surcharge, books, insurance, canteen, bus, uniform, examinations, ESL or other support and refund terms.
Five questions.
Use the decision framework above to weigh curriculum, fees, continuity, location and your child’s fit.