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, boarding from Year 3, IB Diploma or A-Level choice at 16. Both run full 2–18 British pathways. 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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All tuition figures from each school's published 2025/26 admissions schedule — TPIS fee schedule via tpis.ac.th; Regents via Nord Anglia's public tuition page — cross-checked against international-schools-database 2025/26 records. Verified May 2026.
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| Dimension | TPIS (Tara Pattana) | Regents (Pattaya) |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 (ISP member since 2025) | 1995 |
| Address | 88 M. 13 Pattanakarn Road, Soi Tungklom-Tanman 9, Nongprue, Banglamung | Pong, Banglamung — Pattaya-side commute |
| Network | International Schools Partnership (ISP) since 2025 | Nord Anglia Education (80+ schools globally) |
| 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 — flexi and full, from Year 3 (฿434,000/yr + ฿30K retainer) |
| Accreditation | Cambridge CAIE · Pearson Edexcel · EDT ISQM | CIS · IBO · Nord Anglia |
| Early years tuition | ฿263,550/yr (Nursery 2, age 2) | ฿436,050/yr (Pre-Nursery, age 2–3) |
| Year 1 tuition | ฿437,850/yr (Grade 1) | ฿604,200/yr (Years 1–2 band) |
| Year 7 tuition | ฿554,400/yr (Grade 7) | ฿705,850/yr (Years 7–8 band) |
| Year 10 IGCSE tuition | ฿605,850/yr (Grades 9–10 — peak TPIS band) | ฿829,350/yr (Years 10–13 flat fee) |
| Year 13 Sixth Form tuition | ฿543,900/yr (Grades 11–12 A-Level — fee curve inverts) | ฿829,350/yr (A-Level or IBDP — same fee) |
| Tuition structure | All-in: meals, insurance, textbooks (Primary + KS3), stationery included | Tuition only — bus, boarding, exam fees separate |
| Enrolment fee | ฿100,000 non-refundable | ฿60K Pre-N–Reception / ฿107K Years 1–13 |
| Application fee | ฿3,000 (Nursery–K) / ฿5,000 (Reception–G12) | ฿7,500 |
| Sibling discount | 5% (2nd) · 10% (3rd) · 30% (4th) — most generous 4th-child rate in directory | 5% (3rd child) · 10% (4th+) |
| Special programmes | Ror Dor Army Cadet · Duke of Edinburgh · LAMDA · dual exam-board at IGCSE/A-Level | Nord Anglia MIT/Juilliard partnerships · boarding · CIS/IBO credentials |
| Live editorial | TPIS → read editorial | Regents → read editorial |
TPIS's IGCSE-prep years (G9–10) are its most expensive band — plan around ฿605,850, not the lower A-Level figure. Regents charges the same ฿829,350 for Years 10–13 regardless of IB or A-Level — no IBDP premium. First-year all-in at Regents Year 1 ≈ ฿718,700 (tuition + enrolment + application); TPIS Grade 6 first-year ≈ ฿659,400 per TPIS's published schedule.
If yes — Regents, full stop. It is the only school in this pairing — and one of only three premium British schools in the directory — offering both IB Diploma and A-Level on the same campus at age 16. TPIS runs A-Level only through Cambridge and Edexcel. If your child might want IBDP, enrolling at TPIS now means switching schools at Year 10 or accepting A-Level as the only path.
If yes — Regents. Boarding from Year 3 at ฿434,000/yr (plus ฿30,000 refundable retainer). TPIS has no boarding programme. For families relocating without a settled Pattaya address, or parents who travel, Regents is structurally the only option in this comparison. If boarding is non-negotiable and you want pure A-Level boarding culture, also run Rugby vs Regents — Rugby boards from age 10 on an 80-acre campus.
If Nongprue, Huai Yai, or inland Banglamung — TPIS wins on commute. TPIS sits on Pattanakarn Road in Nongprue; Regents is in Pong, 15–25 minutes away depending on traffic and whether you bus. If you are coastal (Jomtien, Pratumnak), both require a bus — but Regents's Nord Anglia bus network is more established for Pong routes. Do not choose TPIS for "Pattaya beach proximity" — neither school is walkable from the coast.
This comparison flips depending on age. At Year 7, TPIS saves ~฿151,450/yr (฿554,400 vs ฿705,850). At Year 10 IGCSE-prep, the gap is ~฿223,500/yr — TPIS's peak vs Regents's flat Sixth Form band. At A-Level, TPIS actually inverts its own fee curve: G11–12 at ฿543,900 is cheaper than its IGCSE years, but still ~฿285,450 below Regents. Over a full 13-year pathway, Regents costs roughly ฿1.5M–฿2M more in tuition alone — before boarding or bus.
If you hold a Thai passport and have sons approaching Year 10, TPIS's Ror Dor Army Cadet Programme can waive the 2-year military conscription at age 21 — the only international school in this directory running it. That is a structural reason to choose TPIS that has nothing to do with fees. If your family relocates internationally and you want seamless Nord Anglia transfers across 80+ schools, Regents is the network play. ISP membership at TPIS is only one year old (2025) — ask admissions what has actually changed operationally.
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.
At almost every year group, TPIS is cheaper. Nursery 2 at TPIS is ฿263,550 vs Regents Pre-Nursery at ฿436,050. Year 7: ฿554,400 vs ฿705,850. Year 10 IGCSE: ฿605,850 vs ฿829,350. TPIS A-Level (G11–12) at ฿543,900 remains below Regents Sixth Form at ฿829,350 — but TPIS's own IGCSE-prep years are its peak band.
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 ฿434,000/yr plus a ฿30,000 refundable retainer. TPIS is a day school only. A Y13 full boarder at Regents pays roughly ฿1,263,350 all-in (tuition + boarding).
TPIS tuition includes textbooks (Primary and Key Stage 3), exercise books, lunch and snacks, accident insurance on campus and school trips, and classroom stationery. Regents tuition is tuition-only — bus (฿18K–฿32K/term by zone), boarding, and external exam fees are billed separately.
If you live in Nongprue and do not need IB Diploma or boarding, TPIS is the structural fit — same postcode, lower fees, Ror Dor Cadet for Thai-passport families. Choose Regents if you need boarding, IBDP optionality at 16, or Nord Anglia network transfers — and accept the Pong commute plus premium fee band.
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