This comparison is deliberately not a price ranking. Garden Rayong publishes an all-through British IGCSE-to-IB route and latest-published 2025/26 tuition of ฿147,000–฿609,800. Lovell is a Reggio Emilia-inspired British primary school for ages two to 11 with 2026/27 tuition of ฿351,000–฿599,000. Lovell's Year 6 exit and Garden's boarding option are central planning points.
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Both schools begin at age two, but Garden's latest public tariff remains 2025/26 while Lovell publishes 2026/27. Garden continues from British EYFS and National Curriculum through Cambridge IGCSE and the IB Diploma. Lovell blends British EYFS and Key Stages 1–2 with a Reggio Emilia approach and Forest School, then ends at Year 6.
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| Dimension | Garden Rayong | Lovell International School |
|---|---|---|
| School | Garden International School, Rayong | Lovell International School |
| Age span | Ages 2–18; Nursery through Year 13 | Ages 2–11; Pre-Nursery through Year 6 |
| Curriculum | British EYFS and National Curriculum, Cambridge IGCSE and IB Diploma | British EYFS and National Curriculum Key Stages 1–2 with a Reggio Emilia approach |
| 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: Pre-Nursery half-day ฿351,000; full-day ฿433,000; Nursery ฿454,000; Reception ฿505,000; Years 1–2 ฿577,000; Years 3–4 ฿588,000; Years 5–6 ฿599,000. |
| Named extras | Application ฿5,000; enrolment ฿60,000–฿120,000; refundable deposit ฿40,000; transport, boarding, visa documents, trips and compulsory support separate. | Application ฿5,000; registration ฿100,000; tuition includes snacks, milk and lunch; uniform and fee-varying clubs are extra. |
| Planning point | Latest fee tariff is 2025/26; request a dated enrolling-year quote and reconcile optional boarding. | Primary-only; plan the Year 6 transfer and confirm unpriced transport, books, trips, exams, deposits and support. |
| Sources | school overview · latest published fees | admissions · 2026/27 fees · curriculum · OPEC listing |
| Published support-cost label | Combined fee label — “Compulsory EAL/Learning Support”; amount on request in the latest published 2025/26 fee source. | No language- or learning-support tariff appears in the current 2026/27 fee schedule. |
| Live editorial | Read the Garden Rayong editorial | Read the Lovell editorial |
The fee years differ. Request a matched Garden enrolling-year quote with entry, resources, meals, support, transport and boarding rows alongside Lovell's registration, uniform, clubs, transport, books, trips, exams, deposits and support.
Garden publishes latest-available 2025/26 tuition of ฿147,000–฿609,800. Lovell publishes 2026/27 tuition of ฿351,000–฿599,000 plus ฿5,000 application and ฿100,000 registration.
Garden moves from British EYFS and National Curriculum into Cambridge IGCSE and the IB Diploma. Lovell blends British EYFS and Key Stages 1–2 with Reggio Emilia-inspired project learning and Forest School.
Garden's latest tariff is one academic year older and boarding is off campus. Lovell families must plan the Year 6 transfer and price every unlisted service.
The schools overlap only through primary. Garden combines English-medium British stages with Thai, Spanish, French and Mandarin before IGCSE and IB; Lovell uses English within a British primary framework shaped by Reggio Emilia-inspired projects and outdoor learning.
Ask both schools to state the child’s proposed class, start date, age cut-off and following year. Garden publishes Nursery through Year 13; Lovell publishes Early Years through Year 6.
Request the placement test, class equivalence, current cohort and written progression route. At Lovell, treat the Year 6 move as part of today's offer rather than a distant problem.
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.
Lovell records English. Ask how teachers assess English readiness, support newcomers and document progress within project work as well as literacy and mathematics.
At both visits, request anonymised work and the report format. Observe how teachers explain unfamiliar tasks and whether language support builds independent subject learning.
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.
Lovell publishes ฿351,000 for half-day Pre-Nursery, ฿433,000 full-day Pre-Nursery, ฿454,000 Nursery, ฿505,000 Reception, ฿577,000 Years 1–2, ฿588,000 Years 3–4 and ฿599,000 Years 5–6. Application is ฿5,000 and registration ฿100,000.
Lovell tuition includes snacks, milk and lunch. Uniform and fee-varying clubs are excluded; transport, books, trips, exams, deposits and learning support are not priced publicly. Ask both schools for personalised complete totals.
Garden publishes Cambridge IGCSE followed by the IB Diploma. Confirm which senior years accept newcomers and which subjects operate for the enrolling cohort.
Lovell ends at Year 6. Ask which secondary schools recent pupils enter and what transcript, curriculum map and references support transfer.
Rehearse relocation after two years. Request the transcript, curriculum map, grading scale and teacher references each school would supply.
Garden publishes ELS at ฿20,000–฿30,000 per term and prices compulsory learning support on request. Lovell 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 and exit criteria. Separate English acquisition from other learning needs.
Bring existing reports before assessment and ask admissions to state any limitations in writing.
Garden publishes an established IGCSE-to-IB sequence. Ask for current secondary subjects, the latest IB cohort size and average points, timetable constraints and university-counselling evidence.
Lovell has no secondary stage. Ask how Year 6 pupils are prepared for transfer, which destinations recent cohorts entered and what transition support is included.
For either school, request anonymised work, a sample transcript and the transition timeline.
Lovell appears in the OPEC international-school directory. Its Reggio Emilia wording describes an educational approach, not a separate qualification or accreditation. Garden is independently listed by CIS and the IB, while its Cambridge and ONESQA claims remain school-published in the current ledger.
Compare teacher qualifications, class size, project documentation, homework and reporting cadence for the child's class.
Garden publishes scholarships of up to 25% of tuition, reviewed annually, that replace other discounts and exclude examinations, trips and resource funds. The current Lovell ledger records no standard annual-payment or sibling discount.
Ask Lovell to state any current concession in writing and keep it separate from standard tuition and registration.
Garden is in Ban Chang, Rayong; Lovell is in Naklua, North Pattaya. 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 boarding from Year 5 in a small off-campus residential-estate house. Lovell does not publish a transport tariff, so request an exact address quote and test vehicle time.
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, Thai, Spanish, French and Mandarin through British primary and into later IGCSE and IB stages. At Lovell, trace English National Curriculum work through Key Stage 2 and ask how pupils demonstrate progress in project work and core subjects.
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 prices meals, resources, transport and boarding separately. Lovell includes snacks, milk and lunch but excludes fee-varying clubs, 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.
Garden is in Ban Chang, Rayong; Lovell is in Naklua, North Pattaya. Verify each entrance, transport route and contract address before payment. Test gate queues, parking and the return journey.
Lovell is day-only. Garden offers boarding from Year 5 in an off-campus residential-estate house capped at 12 students. Ask whether each address is served, then obtain pickup time, route duration, supervision and price in writing.
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 use a British curriculum family, but ask how classroom evidence, language provision and teaching approach differ. At age eleven, Garden may continue while Lovell requires a secondary transfer.
For a Lovell family approaching Year 6, ask admissions for a destination list that separates applications, offers and actual enrolments, then request the preparation calendar for assessments, references and records. For a Garden family considering the same age, confirm the proposed Year 7 cohort, curriculum, subjects and later IGCSE-to-IB sequence. Put those answers beside the child's likely relocation date. Continuity is valuable only when the next stage exists, accepts the child and supplies the subjects or support the family expects.
Before signing, compare the two schools’ invoice language line by line. For Lovell, include registration, uniform, clubs and every currently unpriced service.
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 Lovell's 2026/27 schedule, and note who supplied every grade and support answer. That record makes the decision auditable.
The fee years differ. Garden's latest 2025/26 rows are lower across most overlapping full-day stages, while Lovell publishes 2026/27 fees with meals included; compare matched enrolling-year totals.
Yes, but continuity differs. Garden continues from British stages through Cambridge IGCSE to the IB Diploma; Lovell follows EYFS and English National Curriculum Key Stages 1–2 through Year 6.
Garden serves ages 2–18 and runs Nursery through Year 13. Lovell serves ages 2–11 and ends at Year 6, so every family must plan a secondary transfer.
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.
Include tuition, application, registration, meals, uniform, clubs, transport, books, trips, examinations, deposits, learning support and refund terms.
Use the decision framework above to weigh curriculum, fees, continuity, location and your child’s fit.