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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
ISE vs
Hastin.
This comparison is deliberately not a price ranking. ISE publishes 2026/27 tuition of ฿357,600–฿646,000 for an American AERO and NGSS route culminating in the IB Diploma. Hastin publishes an English-medium Oxford International Curriculum route from Pre-Nursery through Year 9 with Academic Year 2026 tuition of ฿169,500–฿229,500. The leaving credential, Year 9 transition and complete extras matter as much as the headline gap.
// Jump to → ISE editorial ↗ · Hastin International editorial ↗ · Rugby vs Regents ↗ · Garden vs Regents ↗ · Regents vs Garden ↗ · MIS vs TPIS ↗
// 01 · current record
Shared age range.
Different system.
ISE is an established English-medium American international school in Bowin, Sriracha, while Hastin is an operating English-medium international school in Banglamung. Their current offers are not interchangeable: ISE operates through Grade 12 with the IB Diploma in Grades 11–12, while Hastin uses the Oxford International Curriculum through Year 9.
// In this guide → ISE editorial ↗ · Hastin International editorial ↗ · Rugby vs Regents ↗ · Garden vs Regents ↗ · Regents vs Garden ↗ · MIS vs TPIS ↗ · IB Diploma hub ↗ · American schools hub ↗
// 01A · 18-point comparison
| Dimension | ISE | Hastin International School |
|---|---|---|
| School | International School Eastern Seaboard | Hastin International School |
| Age span | Ages 2–18; Pre-K2 through Grade 12 | Pre-Nursery through Year 9 |
| Curriculum | American AERO and NGSS route, then IB Diploma | Oxford International Curriculum, British EYFS and Key Stages 1–3 |
| Published tuition | 2026/27 annual tuition: Pre-K2–K4 ฿357,600; Kindergarten–Grade 5 ฿514,200; Grades 6–8 ฿600,500; Grades 9–10 ฿617,000; Grades 11–12 IB Diploma ฿646,000. | Academic Year 2026: Pre-Nursery–Reception ฿169,500; Years 1–6 ฿198,900; Years 7–9 ฿229,500. |
| Named extras | Application ฿5,000; non-refundable enrolment ฿90,000; refundable security deposit ฿50,000; meals, trips, external exams, support and bus separate. | Application ฿3,000; enrolment ฿30,000; meals and two annual ฿1,000 protection charges separately priced. |
| Planning point | Compare American grade placement, IB Diploma access, support and complete supplementary charges. | Current pathway ends at Year 9; verify the secondary transfer and next qualification. |
| Sources | school and fees · admissions · IB listing | 2026 fees · lower secondary · OPEC listing |
| Live editorial | Read the ISE editorial | Read the Hastin editorial |
Confirm that Hastin’s Academic Year 2026 basis covers the same attendance period as ISE’s 2026/27 quote. ISE’s listed tuition is before its 5% full-year prepayment discount. Request ISE’s application, enrolment, deposit, meals, trips, transport, uniforms, examinations and support alongside Hastin’s application, enrolment, meals, protection charges, visa processing, bus, uniforms, trips and examinations.
// 02 · decision framework
Choose the model,
then verify the exit.
What is actually published?
ISE publishes 2026/27 tuition of ฿357,600–฿646,000 through Grade 12; full-year prepayment receives 5% off. Hastin publishes Academic Year 2026 tuition of ฿169,500–฿229,500. Both add compulsory charges outside tuition.
What is the curriculum choice?
ISE follows American AERO and NGSS standards before the IB Diploma in Grades 11–12. Hastin uses the Oxford International Curriculum through Year 9.
What needs planning?
ISE families should compare American grade placement, actual IB Diploma subjects, entry criteria, examination history and university guidance. Hastin families need a documented move after Year 9 into the next qualification.
Shortlist guidance
- ISE suits families seeking an established American all-through route with an authorised IB Diploma in Bowin.
- Hastin suits families seeking an English-medium Oxford route beside Mabprachan and prepared to plan the post-Year-9 transition.
// 03 · compare the usable offer
American IB route.
Lower-fee Year 9 route.
The schools overlap from the early years through the age equivalent of Year 9 and both record English as the teaching medium alongside Thai. The resemblance ends there: ISE’s operating route reaches Grade 12 with the IB Diploma, while Hastin’s Oxford International Curriculum currently stops at Year 9.
Match the actual attendance offer
Ask both schools to state the child’s proposed class, start date, age cut-off and following year. ISE publishes Pre-K2 through Grade 12; Hastin publishes Pre-Nursery through Year 9.
Do not translate Grade and Year labels by number alone. Request the placement assessment, class equivalence, current cohort and written progression route. At ISE, ask how American grade placement, English readiness and IB Diploma access are assessed. At Hastin, make the Year 9 move part of the initial offer.
Understand the learning model
ISE follows American AERO and NGSS standards before the IB Diploma in Grades 11–12. Ask to see how individual choice, teacher instruction, collaborative work and core-subject progression fit together.
Hastin uses the Oxford International Curriculum through Key Stages 1–3. Ask for a current curriculum map, lesson evidence, assessment schedule and examples showing how subjects connect across the year.
At both schools, inspect anonymised work from the proposed class rather than relying on programme labels alone.
Build complete first-year totals
ISE publishes 2026/27 tuition of ฿357,600 for Pre-K2–K4, ฿514,200 for Kindergarten–Grade 5, ฿600,500 for Grades 6–8, ฿617,000 for Grades 9–10 and ฿646,000 for Grades 11–12 IB Diploma. Full-year prepayment receives 5% off.
ISE charges a ฿5,000 application fee, non-refundable ฿90,000 enrolment fee and refundable ฿50,000 security deposit. Tuition includes classroom supplies and textbooks but excludes meals, uniforms, out-of-town trips and external exams. EAL is ฿19,200–฿57,600 per semester and two-way bus ฿70,000–฿93,700 per year.
Hastin publishes ฿169,500 for Pre-Nursery through Reception, ฿198,900 for Years 1–6 and ฿229,500 for Years 7–9. Application is ฿3,000 and enrolment ฿30,000.
Hastin prices mandatory Early Years meals at ฿5,000 per term, optional meals at ฿6,000 in Years 1–6 or ฿6,500 in Years 7–9, plus annual ฿1,000 property protection and ฿1,000 accident insurance. Bus, uniforms, trips and external examinations remain unpriced.
Plan the exit before entry
ISE operates through Grade 12 and is authorised for the IB Diploma in Grades 11–12. Ask for current subjects, entry criteria, timetable constraints, examination cohorts, results context and destination evidence.
Hastin’s current pathway reaches Year 9. Ask which secondary schools accept its record, what placement evidence is supplied, which qualification pupils enter next and where recent leavers progress.
For either route, rehearse a move after two years and request the curriculum map, grading scale, report samples, references and clearance conditions that would travel with the child.
Audit support without assumptions
ISE publishes EAL at ฿19,200–฿57,600 per semester. Hastin 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 and ask what happens when the school cannot provide the recommended support.
Bring existing reports before assessment and require any provision limits in writing.
Compare registration and claims carefully
ISE is an IB World School for the Diploma and WASC-accredited through 2030; Hastin appears as registered international school 1120700016. Registration supports each school record but does not establish a particular external qualification or accreditation.
Ask each school for campus-specific examination or recognition evidence, then compare teacher qualifications, class size, homework, reporting cadence and safeguarding practice. Keep registration separate from curriculum and credential claims.
Model payment and withdrawal risk
ISE states that non-deposit fees are non-refundable and deposit return requires the official withdrawal form at least three months before departure, an exit meeting and cleared balances; graduating Grade 12 pupils are exempt from the notice rule. Card payments add 1%, while overdue balances accrue 1.5% interest per month calculated daily.
Hastin gives a three-business-day grace period, then charges ฿100 per day for tuition and ฿50 per day for special-course or transport fees. Only tuition is potentially refundable under its notice and clearance rules.
Ask both admissions teams to mark refundable, non-refundable and prorated rows on the offer before payment.
Test the real family week
ISE is inside Burapha Golf Club in Bowin, Sriracha; Hastin is in Pong beside Mabprachan. Drive both routes at arrival and collection times, including work and sibling stops.
Both schools are day-only. ISE publishes two-way bus at ฿70,000–฿93,700 a year, while Hastin has no usable bus tariff in the ledger. Request an exact address quote, pickup time, route duration, supervision and late-collection arrangement.
Finish the offer meeting
- Placement: exact class, placement evidence and next class.
- Learning: daily teaching model, curriculum map, work and reports.
- Cost: acceptance cash, complete first year and recurring year.
- Support: provision, staffing, review and price.
- Exit: ISE’s American-to-IB Diploma route or Hastin’s post-Year-9 transfer.
Save offers, fee schedules, calendars and recognition 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 ISE, trace AERO and NGSS work into the actual IB Diploma subject plan and eventual leaving record. At Hastin, trace English-medium classwork through Oxford International Curriculum units and readiness for the next secondary system.
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. ISE includes classroom supplies and textbooks but separately prices meals, external exams, EAL and bus; Hastin prices meals and two annual protection charges outside tuition. Neither publishes every routine-service price, so require a personalised inclusion 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.
Separate address from commute
ISE is inside Burapha Golf Club in Bowin, Sriracha; Hastin is at 16/5 Moo 9 on Pornprapanimit Road in Pong. Verify each entrance and contract address, then test both drives at the family’s real travel times.
Both schools are day-only. Ask whether the home address is served, then obtain 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, compare classroom structure, language support and the child’s response to American standards-based study versus Oxford-framed work. By early secondary, compare ISE’s American high-school preparation and IB Diploma subject access with Hastin’s documented transfer route after Year 9.
Before signing, compare the invoice language line by line. For ISE include tuition, application, enrolment, deposit, meals, exams, EAL, bus, uniforms and refund terms; for Hastin include enrolment, meals, protection charges and visa processing.
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 ISE’s 2026/27 schedule and Hastin’s Academic Year 2026 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 headline tuition?
Hastin publishes lower tuition at ฿169,500–฿229,500, while ISE publishes tuition of ฿357,600–฿646,000 through Grade 12. Both add compulsory charges, so compare complete totals on matched attendance dates.
Do both schools use the same curriculum?
No. ISE follows American AERO and NGSS standards, then offers the IB Diploma. Hastin uses the Oxford International Curriculum through Year 9.
How long can a child stay?
ISE publishes an operating route through Grade 12 with the IB Diploma. Hastin publishes Pre-Nursery through Year 9. Confirm the live year group before relying on either future path.
What should an ISE quote include?
Ask for tuition, application, enrolment, deposit, meals, external exams, EAL, bus, uniforms, card costs and refund terms.
What should a Hastin quote include?
Ask for tuition, application, enrolment, meals, property protection, accident insurance, visa processing, bus, uniforms, trips, examinations, support and refund terms.
Five questions.
Use the decision framework above to weigh curriculum, fees, continuity, location and your child’s fit.