This comparison is deliberately not a price ranking. Kids Avenue publishes Thai-English early-years provision for ages 2–6 but no tuition tariff. Wells publishes an American route for ages 2–18, although its current official pages conflict on the highest grade operating. Obtain a dated Kids Avenue quote before comparing complete totals.
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Kids Avenue has no published tuition, registration or service tariff in the current record. Wells publishes dated 2026/27 tuition, development fee, meals, transport and support. The missing Kids Avenue figure remains missing here.
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| Dimension | Kids Avenue International School | Wells International School — Chonburi Campus |
|---|---|---|
| School | Kids Avenue International Kindergarten | Wells International School — Chonburi Campus |
| Age span | 2–6 | Ages 2–18 published; operating/admissions claims conflict at Grades 8, 9, 10 and 12 |
| Curriculum | Thai-English bilingual early-years programme; school-described blended international and Thai kindergarten curriculum | American curriculum; verify the highest grade actually operating |
| Published tuition | Fees on application — no current official tuition or extras tariff published. | Dated 2026/27 tuition: Nursery ฿320,000; K1–3 ฿330,000–฿390,000; Grades 1–6 ฿460,000–฿580,000; Grades 7–12 ฿630,000–฿760,000. |
| Named extras | Not published; request core day, extended care and every compulsory charge in writing. | Registration ฿5,000 from K1; campus-development fee ฿150,000–฿220,000; Grade 1–12 deposit ฿35,000; lunch, bus and support are separate. |
| Planning point | Confirm the exact entrance and contract address; official school and OPEC records use adjacent street numbers in Surasak. | Confirm upper-grade delivery: official pages variously stop at Grades 8, 9, 10 or 12. |
| Sources | Kids Avenue · OPEC | school overview · fee page · programmes |
| Live editorial | Read the Kids Avenue editorial | Read the Wells Chonburi editorial |
Kids Avenue publishes no tariff, so there is no verified lower-price claim; Wells publishes dated 2026/27 tuition plus registration from K1, a development fee, deposit, lunch, transport and support rows. Compare the exact attendance pattern and hours and request every applicable line in writing.
Kids Avenue publishes Toddler, Nursery, Kindergarten and after-school provision but no current tariff. Wells publishes dated 2026/27 tuition of ฿320,000–฿760,000 plus development, meals, transport and support charges.
Kids Avenue describes a Thai-English bilingual early-years programme without naming an external framework. Wells publishes an American curriculum, but its current pages conflict on the highest grade operating. Compare daily language exposure, teaching routines and progress evidence.
Kids Avenue ends at age six. Wells’s fee sheet reaches Grade 12, while its homepage, enquiry selector and campus copy stop at Grades 8, 9 or 10. Confirm the highest grade actually delivered and its subjects before accepting.
The schools overlap from age two through kindergarten. Kids Avenue is a Thai-English early-years specialist ending at six; Wells continues toward Grade 12 in an English-medium American setting.
Ask both schools to state the child’s proposed class, start date, age cut-off, core hours and following year’s class. Kids Avenue names Toddler, Nursery and Kindergarten stages; Wells publishes Nursery, K1–3 and Grades 1–12 on the fee sheet. Similar ages do not make the labels or weekly hours identical.
Wells publishes a longer Nursery-to-Grade-12 published span, but official pages conflict; ask which grade is actually operating and which fee row applies. Ask Kids Avenue to quote the same attendance pattern. Observe the actual room, transitions, meals, rest and outdoor time rather than comparing a part-time endpoint with a full-time place.
Kids Avenue describes Thai-English communication and a blended international and Thai kindergarten curriculum but names no external framework. Request a weekly programme map showing which adult uses each language and how Thai literacy, English phonics, numeracy and inquiry are sequenced.
Wells records English. Ask for the exact weekly language split, how the American programme progresses by grade and what subjects are actually available in the highest operating year.
At both visits, watch how teachers explain unfamiliar tasks, how children ask for help and what happens when they work at different speeds. Request anonymised current work and the report format parents receive. The useful comparison is classroom practice, not the word “international.”
Wells’s 2026/27 tuition is ฿320,000 Nursery, ฿330,000–฿390,000 K1–3, ฿460,000–฿580,000 Grades 1–6 and ฿630,000–฿760,000 Grades 7–12.
Wells publishes ฿5,000 registration from K1, a ฿150,000–฿220,000 campus-development fee and ฿35,000 Grade 1–12 deposit. Lunch is ฿15,000 per semester, support ฿30,000–฿80,000 per semester and bus ฿36,000–฿80,000 round trip per semester.
Kids Avenue publishes no tuition or extras tariff. Request tuition, application, registration, deposit, meals, materials, uniform, trips, transport, holiday care and extended care in writing. The quote should name the academic year, weekly hours, payment dates, notice requirements and refund conditions.
Create totals for money due before attendance, the complete first school year and a normal recurring year. Mark one-time and refundable sums. The missing Kids Avenue tariff cannot be estimated; Wells’s dated figures still require the child’s grade, entry fees, resources, meals, support and selected services.
Kids Avenue ends at age six. Ask where recent leavers entered primary school, which year groups accepted them, what records were supplied and when applications began. Identify two plausible destinations and check language, curriculum, commute and current fee basis.
Wells publishes an American route, but its own pages conflict about the highest grade currently operating. Ask which grade is operating now, which grades accept new pupils and how current cohorts transition upward.
Rehearse an international relocation after two years. Ask each school what transcript, curriculum record and language evidence it would provide, then ask a likely receiving school how placement would be decided. Familiar curriculum words do not guarantee a place or identical year mapping.
Kids Avenue publishes no usable learning-support tariff. Wells publishes ESL and learning-support charges of ฿30,000–฿80,000 per semester, but a price band does not describe the service. Ask who identifies language, learning, developmental or wellbeing needs, what support occurs inside class and what assessment triggers an additional charge.
If support is important to acceptance, request the responsible staff member, frequency, group size, duration, review date and price. Separate English acquisition from other learning needs. A general assurance is not a child-specific plan.
Kids Avenue is in Surasak, Si Racha; Wells is in Ban Bueng, Chonburi. Drive both routes at intended arrival and collection times, including work, sibling stops and activities. Record door-to-door time on a normal weekday and repeat the uncertain route during rain.
Kids Avenue publishes no transport tariff. Wells publishes per-semester bus bands of ฿36,000–฿80,000 round trip or ฿25,200–฿56,000 one way, but the exact route still needs a written quote. Ask for pickup windows, likely vehicle time and supervision. Place both calendars beside family work dates and identify care required outside core hours.
Save the offers, calendars and placement answers together. Write why the selected classroom fits this child now and how the next transition remains workable. Keep every missing charge or support commitment open until the school confirms it in writing.
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 both schools for an anonymised example of the starting assessment, a mid-year progress record and work from the proposed class. At Kids Avenue, look for evidence of development in Thai, English, early literacy, numeracy, physical coordination and social routines. At Wells, ask how English-medium work maps to American grade-level goals and later subject expectations.
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, toileting, rest, illness procedures, late collection and after-school care. Kids Avenue advertises after-school provision but publishes no tariff; request hours, staffing, food, booking rules and cost. Wells prices mandatory lunch unless home lunch is approved, so families must confirm the applicable rows and care hours, so confirm meals, allergy management, standard hours and any care charge in the written quote.
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.
Kids Avenue’s school website and OPEC record use adjacent street numbers in Surasak, so verify the entrance and contract address before payment. Wells is on Ban Bueng, Chonburi. Test parking, gate queues and the return journey, not just navigation to the map pin. If a grandparent, driver or caregiver will collect, have that person rehearse the route too.
Wells records no boarding. Families requiring residential care should treat that as a non-fit rather than assuming a future service will appear.
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, Kids Avenue requires a new primary place while Wells can continue; compare the application work, likely curriculum change and budget at that point. At age eleven, parents should recheck Wells’s operating grades, subject availability, American pathway and complete price. This timeline makes Wells’s longer runway visible without treating the Grade 12 fee row as proof of current delivery.
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 attach corrections to the offer email, keep copies of the fee schedule and calendar, and note who supplied each answer. The resulting record gives the family a fair comparison even though Kids Avenue has no tariff while Wells publishes dated 2026/27 tuition.
Kids Avenue publishes no current tuition tariff, so no verified price ranking is possible. Wells publishes dated 2026/27 tuition of ฿320,000–฿760,000 plus entry and annual extras; Kids Avenue has no tariff.
No. Kids Avenue describes a Thai-English blended kindergarten programme without naming an external framework. Wells publishes an American curriculum with unresolved upper-grade availability.
Kids Avenue serves ages 2–6 and requires a primary move. Wells publishes fees through Grade 12, while other pages stop at Grades 8, 9 or 10.
Ask for tuition, hours, registration, deposit, meals, materials, uniform, trips, transport, extended care, payment dates and refund terms.
Ask for current grade availability, tuition, registration, development fee, deposit, lunch, transport, trips, devices, ESL or learning support and refund terms.
Use the decision framework above to weigh curriculum, fees, continuity, location and your child’s fit.