ISE vs Regents

ISE publishes AERO and NGSS standards, with American high-school diploma and IB Diploma routes at Grades 11–12; it describes MAP testing and later PSAT/SAT use. Regents publishes a British route through IGCSE with IB Diploma or A-Level choices in Sixth Form. Ask both schools which subjects and assessments run for the intended cohort. If a British primary route and an A-Level alternative to IBDP matter, ask Regents to confirm the current options in writing.

If boarding is required, Regents is the option in this pairing. It boards from Year 3 at ฿447,000 standard, plus a ฿30,000 retainer. The former 5% offer was ฿424,650 and required payment before 31 July 2026. ISE is a day school.

ISE is in Bowin, Sriracha, within Burapha Golf Club; Regents is in Pong, Banglamung. Neither address gives a reliable journey time for every family. Test both routes from home at drop-off and collection times, and ask admissions about bus coverage, pickup windows and late-activity returns.

In these selected 2026/27 examples, ISE’s standard tuition is lower, although age bands and inclusions differ: ฿357,600 Pre-K versus Regents ฿464,000 Pre-Nursery; ฿514,200 K–G5 versus ฿649,000 Years 1–2; and ฿646,000 G11–12 versus ฿899,000 Years 12–13. Regents’ 5% full-payment offer expired on 31 July 2026; compare standard fees on the same basis and then add excluded services.

ISE publishes WASC accreditation since 1999 and a student-to-teacher ratio below 8:1, but no current enrolment or grade-cohort sizes in the checked record. Ask for the child's proposed class size, current assessments and American diploma or IBDP requirements. Regents is part of Nord Anglia Education and publishes an IB World School record dating to 2002, plus school-published Education Development Trust and ONESQA claims; no current campus-specific CIS claim appears in this record. Families considering a future move should request the current transfer policy in writing. Compare both schools' published fees for the child's actual year and included charges.

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Start with standard 2026/27 tuition for the child’s exact stage. ISE’s published range is ฿357,600–฿646,000; Regents’ standard range is ฿464,000–฿899,000. Regents’ former 5% full-year-payment figures ran ฿440,800–฿854,050, but qualifying payment was due before 31 July 2026. ISE also publishes a full-payment discount. Keep any current offer on its own line with the qualifying date, cash-flow requirement and refund conditions. A discounted figure at one school should not be compared with standard tuition at the other.

Then build first-year and later-year columns. At ISE, include application, enrolment, refundable security deposit, lunch, bus, uniform, IB examinations and any assessed EAL charge. At Regents, include application, age-band enrolment, experiential fee, meals, transport, projected examinations, any EAL or personalised support, and boarding plus its retainer where relevant. Mark each item mandatory, optional, refundable, annual, termly or one-time. An unpublished price remains quote-required, not zero.

ISE offers an American high-school diploma alongside the IB Diploma route. Regents offers IB Diploma or A-Level after its British and IGCSE foundation. Ask each school for the current senior subject list, prerequisites, timetable blocks, minimum cohort rules, counselling sequence and examination charges. Optionality is valuable when the pupil’s intended subjects actually run and their prior study supports entry; a pair of programme logos is not enough.

For a younger pupil, ask how present teaching builds toward those senior choices without letting a distant qualification outweigh classroom fit. Visit the proposed year group, compare teacher feedback and independent work, and ask how English-language or learning support appears in an ordinary lesson. Request the assessed service and price in writing if either school recommends support.

Regents publishes boarding from Year 3; ISE is day-only. A boarding family should request the current handbook, included nights, weekend and holiday routine, prep supervision, medical care, guardianship, device rules and additional charges. Visit the relevant boarding house during a normal week. A day family should not pay conceptual value for boarding it will never use, but may still value the larger peer group and activity structure that accompany Regents’ scale.

At ISE, ask for the actual class and graduating-cohort size rather than treating the published student-to-teacher ratio as proof of every group’s size. Small-school familiarity can be a strength, but subject choice, activity depth and peer dynamics depend on the relevant cohort. Compare the product this child will enter, not a general description of “small” or “large.”

Run both commutes during school traffic and obtain exact bus quotes to the home address. Record pickup time, ride duration and late-activity returns. The final decision should combine the child-specific class, complete invoice, usable qualification route, boarding or day routine and weekly travel. That evidence explains whether ISE’s American/IB day-school model or Regents’ British dual-pathway scale is the better fit.