Of the four premium-tier schools on the Eastern Seaboard, Regents is the only one that runs both the IB Diploma Programme and A-Levels through Years 12–13. At every other shortlist school — Rugby, St Andrew's Green Valley, Garden Rayong — the decision is made for you at age 16. At Regents the family looks at the child, looks at the universities they're targeting, and picks the pathway that fits. That alone is worth a serious comparison if your child is heading into Year 10 and the IB-vs-A-Level question is still open.
What you're buying beyond that single Sixth Form advantage is the Nord Anglia network. Regents is one of 80+ schools across 30+ countries owned by Nord Anglia Education, running variants of the same curriculum framework with shared partnership programmes — MIT for STEM, The Juilliard School for performing arts, UNICEF for global citizenship modules — and a Global Campus that lets students from any Nord Anglia school collaborate or transfer cleanly to another country. If your family is internationally mobile — Singapore today, Dubai in three years, Geneva after that — Nord Anglia handles those moves without breaking the academic record.
Regents sits in Pong, on the inland side of Banglamung — closer to central Pattaya than Rugby's Bang Lamung campus, but still not walkable from Jomtien or Pratumnak. School bus is the standard answer for most families on the coast; fees vary by zone. Add ฿55K–฿95K a year per child for transport. The campus itself was purpose-built and has expanded over three decades — swimming pool, sports halls, theatre, music suite, the standard premium-international full kit.
EYFS for ages 2–5. The International Primary Curriculum (IPC) at primary, which is a globally-mobile-family-friendly framework that maps cleanly across Nord Anglia's other schools. IGCSE in Years 10–11. Then the bifurcation at 16: either three or four A-Levels or the full IB Diploma. The teaching corps is overwhelmingly UK and Commonwealth-trained.
Regents offers boarding from Year 3 (age 7) — which is early for international standards and which almost no family actually uses at that age. The realistic boarding cohort starts at Year 9 and concentrates in Sixth Form. Boarding adds ฿422,000 a year on top of tuition — putting a Year 13 IB full-boarder at roughly ฿1.25 million a year before extras.
The premium-tier matchup most families end up running. Rugby is bigger, more expensive at the top end (฿975K vs ฿829K), more sports-heavy, has the older alumni-network brand, and offers A-Levels only. Regents is slightly cheaper, considerably more curriculum-flexible at Sixth Form, has the global network advantage if you move countries, and offers the MIT/Juilliard programme partnerships. If your child is bookish and academically curious, Regents probably edges Rugby. If sport-first or specifically wanting the English public-school atmosphere, Rugby probably edges Regents.
Garden has the strongest single academic credential in the region — full CIS accreditation, published 100% Diploma pass rate in 2023, founding FOBISIA member. If your child is locked-in IB and a proven IB cohort is the priority, Garden may be the academic pick. Where Regents wins is the optionality of the A-Level alternative pathway, which Garden doesn't offer.
Sourced from the Nord Anglia public tuition page and the international-schools-database 2025/26 record. The headline tuition is the easy number — the first-year all-in is what families write the cheque for.
| Year group | Age | Annual tuition |
|---|---|---|
| Early Years | ||
| Pre-Nursery | 2–3 | ฿436,050 |
| Nursery | 3–4 | ฿465,500 |
| Reception | 4–5 | ฿482,600 |
| Primary | ||
| Years 1–2 | 5–7 | ฿604,200 |
| Years 3–6 | 7–11 | ฿635,550 |
| Secondary | ||
| Years 7–8 | 11–13 | ฿705,850 |
| Year 9 | 13–14 | ฿804,650 |
| Sixth Form (Years 10–13) | ||
| Years 10–13 · all programmes | 14–18 | ฿829,350 |
| One-time + boarding | ||
| Enrolment · Pre-Nursery to Reception (one-time) | — | ฿60,000 |
| Enrolment · Years 1–13 (one-time) | — | ฿107,000 |
| School bus (per term, varies by zone) | — | ฿18,000–฿32,000 |
| Boarding · Year 3 onwards (per year) | — | ฿434,000 |
| Boarding retainer (refundable) | — | ฿30,000 |
| First-year all-in · Pre-Nursery day student | 2–3 | ~ ฿503,550 |
| First-year all-in · Year 1 day student | 5–6 | ~ ฿711,200 |
| Y13 day student (any programme) | 17–18 | ฿829,350 |
| Y13 full boarder (any programme) | 17–18 | ~ ฿1,263,350 |
All year-group figures sourced from the Nord Anglia public tuition page for the academic year 2025/26 and cross-checked against the international-schools-database 2025/26 record. Years 10–13 all share the same fee (฿829,350) regardless of programme (IGCSE, A-Level, or IB Diploma) — Regents does not charge an IBDP premium. Sibling discount: 5% on the 3rd child, 10% on the 4th and beyond, per Nord Anglia. Year 1 first-year all-in = ฿604,200 tuition + ฿107,000 enrolment fee + ฿7,500 application = ~฿718,700. Add bus (~฿55K–฿95K/yr) for the full picture.
If your child is heading into Year 10 and you genuinely don't know yet whether IB or A-Level fits — Regents doesn't force the decision early. If your family moves countries every few years, the Nord Anglia network is the cleanest operational answer in Pattaya for academic transfers. The right family has a child who's academically engaged, is comfortable above ฿800K/yr at Sixth Form, and either lives close to Pong or is fine with the daily bus.
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