School profile / Rayong
Belfry International School
A Nursery-to-Year-6 school in Ban Khai combining British early-years and primary study with school-described Montessori principles. Secondary school is a separate move.
At a glance
- Tuition
- ฿301,000–฿395,000 a year2026/27; checked 10 October 2026. Fee table
- Ages & grades
- Nursery–Y6Ages 2–11
- Curriculum
- BritishEYFS + Key Stages 1–2
- Location
- Ban Khai, Rayong
- Boarding
- NoDay school
Provision source: www.belfry.ac.th
For parents
Where the school is
ค่าเทอม Belfry International School ปีการศึกษา 2569 (2026/27) เท่าไร?
ตารางค่าเล่าเรียนปี 2026/27 ของโรงเรียนมีหัวข้อว่า “4th year Family” แต่ไม่ได้ระบุว่าใช้กับครอบครัวใด เราจึงยังไม่นำตัวเลขมาเปรียบเทียบ ควรขอใบแจ้งค่าใช้จ่ายสำหรับบุตรของท่านจากโรงเรียนโดยตรง
Open: the school’s own website shows its 2026–2027 fees and calendar (checked 14 October 2026).
The experience
Learning and school life
British primary and Montessori approach
The official curriculum material describes the British Early Years Foundation Stage for younger children and English National Curriculum Key Stages 1 and 2 through Year 6. The school also presents Montessori principles as part of its teaching approach.
More detail
Those statements describe curriculum and pedagogy; they do not establish IB, Cambridge examination-centre status or a secondary leaving qualification. Families should ask for the target-grade timetable, subject-language allocation and examples of assessed work, especially if a child may later transfer into a larger British secondary school.
Registration and its limits
OPEC’s record supports the campus’s legal identity as a registered international school. It is not represented here as CIS, WASC, NEASC, IB or Cambridge accreditation.
More detail
The school’s own description of a British curriculum is a curriculum claim, not an accrediting-body listing. If admissions names an external recognition, verify this exact campus in the organisation’s own directory and ask what practical consequence the status has for Year 6 transfer records.
The fee picture
Costs
Standard annual tuition for 2026/27. An annual-payment discount is listed. Confirm the applicable year-group price and first-year charges.
Cost source. www.belfry.ac.th
Fee details
The rendered 2026/27 school PDF publishes complete standard annual tuition through Year 6, annual-payment discounts, a separately labelled long-standing-family table and entry charges.
| Charge | Published amount | Structure / action |
|---|---|---|
| Nursery / Early Years 1 | ฿301,000/year | Standard · annual pay ฿285,950 |
| Early Years 2 | ฿326,500/year | Standard · annual pay ฿310,175 |
| Year 1 | ฿371,000/year | Standard · annual pay ฿352,450 |
| Year 2 | ฿383,400/year | Standard · annual pay ฿364,230 |
| Years 3–6 | ฿395,000/year | Standard · annual pay ฿375,250 |
| Application | ฿4,000 | One-time · non-refundable |
| Registration | ฿80,000 | One-time · non-refundable |
| Deposit | ฿30,000 | Refundable · withdrawal conditions apply |
| Catering / trips / clubs / events | Not priced | Separate from regular programme |
Annual payment discount
The published 5% discount reduces standard annual tuition to ฿285,950–฿375,250. Compare schools using the same payment method. Paying up front exposes more cash; ask when payment becomes non-refundable and whether late entry, withdrawal or absence changes the discount.
The separate “4th year Family” tariff
A separate table shows another 5% reduction and annual-payment totals of ฿271,653–฿356,488. The document does not define who qualifies or whether this combines with the annual-payment discount. Ask for written eligibility, calculation and renewal terms; use the standard tariff until confirmed.
Entry charges and first-year cash
Application is ฿4,000 and registration ฿80,000, both non-refundable. A ฿30,000 deposit is described as refundable subject to withdrawal terms. Those charges require ฿114,000 on entry beyond tuition, although only the deposit may return. Standard annual tuition plus entry cash is at least ฿415,000 for Nursery or ฿509,000 for Year 3 before unpriced services.
Included programme and unpriced services
Tuition covers the regular school programme. Catering, trips, clubs, events and other optional services have no current public prices. Ask which are part of normal learning, whether lunch can be declined and whether after-school transport is available. Have uniform, books, devices, examinations and learning support marked included, compulsory, optional or unavailable in the offer.
Tuition and deposit refunds
The published tuition policy returns 50% before the term, 25% within its first 15 days and none after that. Deposit recovery requires one term’s advance notice. Ask what date counts as notice, whether holidays count and whether annual and term payments follow the same rule; keep the policy attached to the signed offer.
Term and late-payment timing
The 2026/27 calendar starts terms in August, January and April. Term payment is allowed and late entrants may be charged proportionally; request the calculation and due dates for the exact start date. The published late-payment charge is ฿100 a day.
Planning a visit
Visit and admissions
Contact and location
- Official site
- www.belfry.ac.th
- Address
- 99/99 Moo 1, Nong Taphan, Ban Khai, Rayong 21120
Arrange a visit
Ban Khai is a distinct geography
The campus address is Nong Taphan in Ban Khai district. Do not treat the province name as a commute estimate. It may fit families based around Ban Khai, industrial estates or inland Rayong routes better than households in central Pattaya, Si Racha or the coast. Test the door-to-door journey at arrival and dismissal time, ask whether transport serves the exact home, and obtain a route-specific quote because the published fee PDF does not price buses.
Term dates 2026/27
- Term 1: starts 13 August 2026
- Term 2: starts 6 January 2027
- Term 3: starts 19 April 2027
The calendar gives start dates and breaks: Christmas break 16–31 Dec 2026; summer holiday from 10 Jun 2027.
School calendar, re-read 14 October 2026. Schools can move dates; confirm before booking travel.
Accreditation, checked at the source
We found no accreditation claim on this school’s website that an awarding body could confirm on 14 October 2026. Ask the school which inspections or memberships apply and for the certificate.
Confirmed means we read it on the awarding body’s or government’s own page on 14 October 2026. The Cambridge International, CIS, ISAT and COBIS search directories could not be reopened that day, so listings found only there are not shown.
Official channels
- Website: belfry.ac.th
The school’s website links no social profiles we could confirm on 14 October 2026.
For your conversation
Questions to ask
- What is the full first-year cost?Get tuition, entry charges, transport, support and refund terms in writing.
- What will my child study?Request the current timetable and qualification route for the intended year.
- How would the journey work?Test the route from home at arrival and collection times.
- What support is available?Ask about class size, language support and learning provision for the target grade.
Evidence and dates
Sources and dates
- 2026/27 feeswww.belfry.ac.th
- School overviewwww.belfry.ac.th
- Curriculumwww.belfry.ac.th
- Admissionswww.belfry.ac.th
- Registrationschool.opec.go.th
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