Same district. Opposite tiers. TPIS in Nongprue — ISP member since 2025, dual exam-board British, all-in day tuition, Ror Dor Cadet. Regents in Pong — Nord Anglia premium, Lion Cubs from age one from August 2026, boarding from Year 3, and IB Diploma or A-Level choice at 16. Both run British pathways through age 18. The decision is not curriculum overlap — it is tier, boarding, Sixth Form optionality, and whether you are modelling ฿550K or ฿830K per child.
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TPIS and Regents both use their school-published 2026/27 fee PDFs. The table compares standard tuition before full-year-payment discounts and labels Regents’ discounted annual option separately.
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| Dimension | TPIS (Tara Pattana) | Regents (Pattaya) |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 (ISP member since 2025) | 1994 |
| Address | 88 M. 13 Pattanakarn Road, Soi Tungklom-Tanman 9, Nongprue, Banglamung | Pong, Banglamung — Pattaya-side commute |
| Network | International Schools Partnership since 2025 · 120 schools across 26+ markets | Nord Anglia Education · about 90 schools across 37 countries |
| Curriculum | British EYFS → Cambridge/Edexcel IGCSE → A-Level | British EYFS → IGCSE → IB Diploma or A-Level |
| Sixth Form pathway | A-Level only (Cambridge + Edexcel dual board) | IB Diploma or A-Level — real choice at 16 |
| Boarding | No — day school only | Yes — from Year 3 · ฿447,000/year standard; 5% annual-payment saving ฿22,350 gives ฿424,650 (+ ฿30,000 retainer) |
| Accreditation | Cambridge CAIE · Pearson Edexcel · EDT ISQM | IB World School since 2002 · Education Development Trust and ONESQA claims are school-published; no current campus-specific CIS claim |
| Early years tuition | ฿273,000/yr Nursery standard | ฿464,000/yr Pre-Nursery standard; annual prepayment ฿440,800 |
| Year 1 tuition | ฿453,000/yr standard | ฿649,000/yr standard; annual prepayment ฿616,550 |
| Year 7 tuition | ฿574,000/yr standard | ฿765,000/yr standard; annual prepayment ฿726,750 |
| Year 10 IGCSE tuition | ฿627,000/yr standard | ฿890,000/yr standard; annual prepayment ฿845,500 |
| Year 13 Sixth Form tuition | ฿665,000/yr standard (Years 12–13) | ฿899,000/yr standard (A-Level or IBDP); annual prepayment ฿854,050 |
| Tuition structure | All-in: meals, insurance, textbooks (Primary + KS3), stationery included | Tuition only — bus, boarding, exam fees separate |
| Enrolment fee | ฿90,000 non-refundable | ฿60K Pre-N–Reception / ฿107K Years 1–13 |
| Application fee | ฿3,000 (Nursery–K) / ฿5,000 (Reception–G12) | ฿7,500 |
| Sibling discount | Tuition: 5% second child and 10% third; the 2026/27 schedule lists no fourth-child rate | 5% third child · 10% fourth and later |
| Special programmes | Ror Dor Army Cadet · Duke of Edinburgh · LAMDA · dual exam-board at IGCSE/A-Level | Nord Anglia MIT/Juilliard partnerships · boarding · IB World School since 2002 |
| Live editorial | TPIS → read editorial | Regents → read editorial |
| Published support-cost label | Separate school labels — “Special Educational Needs” and “English Language & Learning Support”; both are additional costs, with no amount published. | Separate school labels — English Language Acquisition Programme: ฿131,000–฿214,000/year; Personalised Support Programme: ฿27,000–฿92,000/year, plus ฿3,000 inclusion assessment. |
TPIS standard tuition rises from ฿273,000 in Nursery to ฿665,000 in Years 12–13. Regents standard tuition rises from ฿464,000 in Pre-Nursery to ฿899,000 in Years 12–13; its 5% annual-payment option reduces the top row to ฿854,050. TPIS includes lunch, Primary/KS3 textbooks, insurance and standard stationery, while Regents prices several services separately.
Regents publishes both IB Diploma and A-Level routes; TPIS publishes Cambridge and Pearson Edexcel A-Level routes but not the IB Diploma. If IBDP is required, confirm Regents' current subject availability and entry conditions. A pupil at TPIS would need to plan a later school transfer to enter an IB Diploma route.
If boarding is required, Regents is the option in this pairing. It boards from Year 3 at ฿447,000 standard, or ฿424,650 with its 5% annual-payment option, plus a ฿30,000 retainer. TPIS is a day school.
TPIS is on Pattanakarn Road in Nongprue; Regents is in Pong. Actual travel time depends on the home address, traffic and school-bus route. Test both journeys at normal arrival and collection times, and request a current route, pickup window and price from each school before treating location as an advantage.
On standard tuition, TPIS is lower at every displayed peer: Year 7 is ฿574,000 versus Regents ฿765,000; Year 10 is ฿627,000 versus ฿890,000; and Years 12–13 are ฿665,000 versus ฿899,000. Regents’ 5% annual-payment option is shown separately.
TPIS publishes a Ror Dor Army Cadet Programme. Eligibility, completion requirements and any effect on Thai military-service obligations depend on current official Thai rules and the student's circumstances; obtain written confirmation from the school and the relevant Thai authority. If your family relocates internationally, Regents is part of Nord Anglia's network; ask for current transfer and placement terms rather than assuming a place. TPIS joined ISP in 2025; ask admissions what has changed operationally at this campus.
You want Nongprue British at lower fees than TPIS — run MIS vs TPIS (Montessori EYFS, ~฿442K all-in at Year 7). You want premium British boarding without IB — run Rugby vs Regents. You want IB Diploma without Nord Anglia pricing — Garden Rayong or St Andrew's GV are the Rayong alternatives.
Tara Pattana International School source ↗ · Regents International School Pattaya source ↗. Read each school editorial for claim-specific source links, document dates, fee inclusions and unresolved evidence conflicts.
TPIS and Regents can both serve an all-through British-school shortlist in Banglamung, but their senior options, boarding, fee tiers and campus routines need to be compared for the child’s exact cohort.
Ask TPIS for the A-Level subjects expected to run for the child’s likely cohort, timetable constraints and minimum class sizes. Ask Regents for the equivalent A-Level information and its IB Diploma subjects and levels. Record the guidance process used to choose a route and request examples connected to the child’s likely university system.
For younger pupils, observe the proposed class before assigning much weight to post-16 breadth. Compare current work, teacher feedback, grouping and parent reporting. Ask how the curriculum changes between primary, lower secondary, IGCSE and sixth form and when families make binding subject choices.
Obtain dated, year-specific invoices from both schools. Compare standard published tuition first, then record annual-payment discounts, deadlines and refund exposure separately. Regents publishes a 5% annual-payment reduction under its stated 2026/27 deadline; TPIS has its own payment structure and discounts that should be applied only on the exact written terms.
Add application, registration or enrolment, deposit or retainer, meals, transport, books, uniforms, devices, trips, experiential programmes, examinations, clubs and language or learning support. Separate money due to accept the place, the complete first year and a recurring year. A fee-band gap is meaningful only after both totals contain equivalent categories.
Regents publishes boarding provision, while TPIS is compared here as a day-school offer. If boarding is genuinely under consideration, inspect the relevant house and document eligible years, nights, weekends, holidays, meals, laundry, activities, medical care, transport, parent contact and every separate charge. Compare that routine with the TPIS day commute. If the child will be a day pupil at either school, remove boarding from the score.
Ask for the actual class size and adult staffing in the offered year. Request who assesses English, learning or wellbeing needs, what help occurs inside class, frequency, group size, duration, review date and price. If support affects acceptance, obtain a child-specific plan and clarify how it continues into examinations and senior subject selection.
Observe a normal transition, lunch or activity period as well as a lesson. The schools’ different scale and facilities matter only through the child’s usable routine, access to teachers, activity availability and sense of belonging.
Drive both routes at actual arrival and collection times despite their shared district label. Include work, siblings and activities. If transport is considered, obtain the exact pickup window, likely journey length, supervision and price. Put school calendars and care coverage beside the route.
Rehearse one change of plan, such as a move abroad or a switch in senior route. Ask what transcript, notice, subject and fee consequences follow. Finish with one evidence sheet containing placement, subjects, classroom fit, complete costs, support, boarding or commute and the next review point; keep all unknowns open until answered in writing.
Save the final quotations, calendars, fee terms and pathway answers together, and review every discrepancy before paying any non-refundable amount.
TPIS is lower at every displayed peer stage on standard tuition: Nursery ฿273,000 versus Regents Pre-Nursery ฿464,000; Year 7 ฿574,000 versus ฿765,000; Year 10 ฿627,000 versus ฿890,000; and Years 12–13 ฿665,000 versus ฿899,000. Regents’ 5% annual-payment option reduces its rows.
No. TPIS runs British through Cambridge and Pearson Edexcel A-Level only. Regents offers IB Diploma or A-Level as a real choice at age 16 — the only Eastern Seaboard school in this directory with both pathways on one campus.
Regents offers boarding from Year 3 at ฿447,000 standard; the 5% annual-payment saving is ฿22,350, giving ฿424,650, plus a ฿30,000 retainer. TPIS is a day school.
TPIS tuition includes Primary and Key Stage 3 textbooks, exercise books, lunch and snacks, on-site accident insurance and standard classroom stationery. Regents prices bus at ฿45,000–฿126,000/year one-way or ฿60,000–฿168,000/year two-way; boarding and examination charges are separate.
TPIS may enter a Nongprue family's shortlist where its published A-Level routes, lower displayed fees and day-school model fit. Regents documents boarding and an IBDP/A-Level choice. Test both journeys, confirm each senior pathway and obtain current Ror Dor eligibility guidance before deciding.
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