Garden vs St Andrew's

This is the structural fork between the two Rayong IB schools. Garden holds full CIS accreditation — as recorded in the cited accreditation evidence — plus current FOBISIA membership; the federation says it joined in 2002 or earlier. It publishes IBDP examination results (100% Diploma pass rate in 2023). St Andrew's runs IB Primary Years from primary through IB Diploma — IB-consistent from early years — with Forest School and eco-literacy embedded on a 30-rai campus, inside the Cognita global network. If external academic audit credentials and FOBISIA event access matter most, Garden. If IB PYP continuity from primary and outdoor eco-pedagogy fit your child, St Andrew's.

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 published fee bands (฿213K–868K/yr) plus one-time fees — exact per-year amounts require the 2026/27 PDF from the school. 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. Compare the published fee year, year group and included items at each school.

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 are in the Ban Chang corridor, but a family’s journey depends on its address and transport arrangements. Garden publishes FOBISIA participation and CIS accreditation; St Andrew’s publishes Forest School and eco-literacy provision on a 30-rai campus. Ask each school about the activities available to the intended year group, current cohort sizes and the actual journey at school times.

For a different age span, curriculum, boarding option or location, browse St Andrew's vs Regents · Garden vs Regents · Regents vs Garden · Garden vs ISE · Rugby vs St Andrew's. Check the linked source’s date and fee conditions before shortlisting.

Ask both admissions teams to price the same pupil for the same start year. Garden and St Andrew’s both publish 2026/27 tuition, but the child-specific 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.