The Rayong premium IB decision for Pattaya commuters — two schools, one corridor, opposite structural advantages. Garden International in Ban Chang (CIS + current FOBISIA member, published 100% IB Diploma pass rate 2023, year-by-year fees ฿147K–610K) versus St Andrew's Green Valley in Banchang (Cognita, IB PYP from primary, Dutch language programme, Forest School ethos, ฿213K–868K published fee band). Journey times vary by home address and school-run stop, so test both in school traffic. Garden offers boarding from Year 5; St Andrew’s does not. Both run IB Diploma only at Sixth Form. The split is not IB quality alone — it is CIS + FOBISIA versus Dutch stream + eco-campus culture.
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Garden and St Andrew’s both use their school-published 2026/27 fee records. The table uses the exact published annual rows and does not interpolate between year groups.
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| Dimension | Garden (Ban Chang) | St Andrew's GV (Banchang) |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 | 1997 |
| Address | Ban Chang, Rayong | 1 Moo 7, Banchang-Makham Koo Road, Ban Chang, Rayong · near U-Tapao |
| Age range | 2–18 (Nursery → Year 13 IBDP · full through-school) | 2–18 (Nursery → Year 13 IBDP · full through-school) |
| Secondary on campus | Yes — IGCSE → IB Diploma on same campus (IBDP-only at Sixth Form) | Yes — IGCSE → IB Diploma on same campus (IBDP-only at Sixth Form) |
| Early Years philosophy | British EYFS / Foundation Stage | British EYFS + Forest School + eco-literacy embedded |
| Primary curriculum | British National Curriculum | British NC + IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) |
| Language model | English-medium · Thai · Spanish · French · Mandarin | English-medium · Dutch lessons (Reception→secondary) · Thai · Mandarin |
| Accreditation | CIS · CAIE · IBO · ONESQA · FOBISIA member (joined 2002 or earlier) | EDT Silver · Cognita Schools · IBO |
| Class size | Smaller cohort — verify IBDP class size on tour | ~450 students · 30 rai campus — verify cohort sizes on tour |
| Annual tuition (published) | ฿147,000–609,800/yr across two- and three-term structures (gardenrayong.com 2026/27) | ฿213,000–867,500/yr published fee band (2026/27 PDF · standrewsgreenvalley.com) |
| Nursery / EY1 tuition | ฿147,000/yr (Nursery half-day) · ฿268,500 full-day | ฿213,000/yr (Nursery age 2 · 2026/27 published fee) |
| Year 1 / KS1 tuition | ฿418,500/yr (Years 1–2 band) | ฿632,000/yr (Years 1–2 band) |
| Year 6 tuition | ฿447,300/yr (Years 3–6 band) | ฿659,000/yr (Years 3–6 band) |
| One-time admission | ฿60,000 (Foundation) · ฿120,000 (Primary+Secondary) · ฿5,000 application · ฿40,000 refundable deposit | ฿5,000 application · ฿55,000 entrance (Nursery–Reception) · ฿100,000 entrance (Y1–13) · or ฿120,000 capital levy alternative |
| Transport | ฿18,000–฿32,100/term by zone | ฿57,000–฿89,500/year two-way; one-way service is 75% of the applicable rate |
| Boarding | Weekly from Year 5 ฿297,000/year; full boarding ฿345,000/year; ฿20,000 deposit | Day school only — no boarding |
| Sixth Form pathway | IB Diploma only — Y12–13 IBDP ฿609,800/yr (฿304,900 × 2 terms · no A-Level) | IB Diploma only — no A-Level alternative (฿867,500/yr Y13 IBDP published) |
| Live editorial | Garden → read editorial | St Andrew's → read editorial |
| Published support-cost label | Combined fee label — “Compulsory EAL/Learning Support”; amount on request in the 2026/27 fee source. | Separate charges — EAL: ฿100,000/year; LEAP: ฿175,000/year; assessed learning support is separate, with LSA options of ฿186,067 shared or ฿372,134 full-time. |
Fee comparison is asymmetric in precision: Garden publishes exact year-by-year figures on gardenrayong.com. St Andrew's publishes a 2026/27 PDF fee schedule — our directory uses published fee bands (฿213K Nursery 3 half-day, ฿632K Year 1, ฿776.5K Year 7, ฿867.5K Y13) cross-referenced with ISD; use the PDF from standrewsgreenvalley.com before budgeting. Garden is lower at the cited entry band (half-day Nursery ฿147K) and Sixth Form top-end (฿609,800 versus ฿867,500). At Year 1, Garden’s published ฿418,500 is below St Andrew’s ฿632,000; do not assume Garden is cheaper at every year group without checking both schedules. Garden Y12–13 IBDP is ฿609,800/yr (฿304,900 × 2 terms). First-year examples are Garden Y1 at about ฿590,500 (tuition, enrolment and deposit) and St Andrew's Nursery at about ฿485,800 (tuition and cited one-time fees), before child-specific extras. Neither school publishes a sibling discount in the cited evidence. Request route-specific bus quotes from both schools.
Garden documents CIS accreditation and current FOBISIA membership; the federation says it joined in 2002 or earlier. It also publishes a 100% Diploma pass rate for 2023, whose cohort size and current comparability should be checked. St Andrew's publishes an IB Primary Years and Diploma route, Forest School and eco-literacy on a 30-rai campus, and Cognita membership. Compare what each status changes for the child's actual year, timetable and activities rather than treating an accreditation or network label as a verdict.
St Andrew's publishes three to six hours per week of Dutch language and culture lessons from Reception through secondary, taught by qualified Dutch and Belgian teachers, with CNaVT and IBDP Dutch routes. The school calls it the Eastern Seaboard's only Dutch Stream; it is not a full Dutch-medium parallel curriculum. Garden does not publish comparable Dutch instruction. If sustained mother-tongue Dutch matters, St Andrew's is the structural fit. If your family is English-medium only, this question does not apply — move to fee and network calculus.
Garden gives exact published year-by-year numbers: ฿147K (Nursery half-day) → ฿419K (Y1–2) → ฿500K (Y10). You can model a full 2–18 budget with known figures. St Andrew's publishes fee bands (฿213K–868K/yr) plus one-time fees — use the school's 2026/27 PDF for the exact year-group amount. Garden is lower at entry and at Sixth Form top-end; at Year 1 peer comparison Garden’s published ฿418,500 is below St Andrew’s ฿632,000. Over a full journey the cumulative difference depends on which year-groups your children occupy — download both fee schedules before deciding. Neither school is a budget-tier option; both sit in premium Rayong IB territory.
St Andrew's runs IB Primary Years alongside British National Curriculum from primary — your child enters the IB framework before secondary. Garden runs British National Curriculum through primary without IB PYP — IB Diploma begins at Sixth Form after IGCSE. If you want IB philosophy embedded from early years and plan to stay IB-consistent through to Diploma, St Andrew's offers structural continuity. If you prefer a traditional British primary without PYP overhead and are committed to IB only at Sixth Form, Garden's model may suit. Both deliver IB Diploma at 16–18 on the same campus.
Both schools sit in the Ban Chang corridor, but the door-to-door journey and school-run route depend on the family’s address. Garden publishes FOBISIA event participation and CIS accreditation; St Andrew's publishes Forest School, eco-literacy, Cognita membership and a 30-rai campus. Ask to see the relevant programme in the child's actual timetable, test both journeys at school-run times and obtain any network-transfer terms in writing.
You need Pattaya-side premium IB with boarding — see St Andrew's vs Regents. You want Rayong IB vs Nord Anglia Pattaya with exact fees on both sides — see Garden vs Regents. You want American curriculum + IB Diploma — see Garden vs ISE. You need pure British A-Level without IB — see Rugby vs St Andrew's.
Ask both admissions teams to price the same pupil for the same start year. Garden’s latest published schedule in this comparison is 2026/27, while St Andrew’s record uses 2026/27, so the Garden quote must identify the tariff that will actually apply. Keep standard tuition separate from any payment discount, then add application, registration, deposits, meals, transport, books, uniform, trips, examinations and required language or learning support. Mark every missing public price as “quote required,” not zero.
For an older pupil, request the available IGCSE and IB Diploma subjects, entry prerequisites, timetable constraints, counselling sequence and examination charges. For a younger pupil, ask Garden how its British primary route prepares children for IGCSE and later IB, and ask St Andrew’s how PYP is combined with its British curriculum in the proposed class. Visit that class during an ordinary lesson and compare language use, feedback, independent work and support in practice.
Finally, run both Rayong-area journeys at drop-off time and obtain a bus quote to the exact home address. The defensible choice is the complete package whose curriculum, daily routine, full invoice and later qualification route suit this child—not the strongest network, result or facility headline viewed alone.
Garden International School, Rayong source ↗ · St. Andrews International School, Green Valley source ↗. Read each school editorial for claim-specific source links, document dates, fee inclusions and unresolved evidence conflicts.
Yes. Both run British pathways with IB Diploma at Sixth Form. Garden offers weekly and full boarding from Year 5; St Andrew’s is a day school.
Garden is lower at the displayed peers: half-day Nursery ฿147,000 versus St Andrew’s ฿213,000; Years 1–2 ฿418,500 versus ฿632,000; and Garden Years 12–13 IBDP ฿609,800 versus St Andrew’s ฿867,500.
St Andrew's Green Valley publishes Dutch language and culture lessons from Reception through secondary, with CNaVT and IBDP Dutch routes. The school calls it the Eastern Seaboard's only Dutch Stream; it is not a full Dutch-medium curriculum. Garden does not publish comparable Dutch instruction.
Garden holds full CIS accreditation alongside current FOBISIA membership; the federation says it joined in 2002 or earlier. St Andrew's holds EDT Silver and Cognita network membership — not CIS in our verified record.
Garden publishes a 100% Diploma pass rate for 2023 (89% in 2022, 100% in 2021 on its official results page). St Andrew's does not publish identical figures publicly — verify the current-year pass rate and cohort size on tour.
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