Royal English Programme School.

Thai-bilingual fees
and published
boarding.

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Royal English Programme School — REPS, also recorded in OPEC's English field as Rayal English Programme School — is a private coeducational day and boarding school at 188/46 Moo 4, Pala-Ban Chang Road, in Ban Chang, Rayong. OPEC registry code 1121100039 confirms the registered school. It takes children from Nursery through Grade 12 (Mattayom 6) in a bilingual English-Thai programme. Its own 2026/27 sheet publishes tuition of ฿84,800–฿153,800 per year, annualised from two semesters.

The documented route is a Thai MoE bilingual programme from Nursery through Grade 12, with published day and boarding fees. The leaving credential is Thai national rather than IGCSE, A-Level or IB Diploma. The public record does not establish learning quality, bilingual proficiency outcomes or superiority over local peers.

REPS's current careers page says the school serves over 1,000 students from Nursery 1 through Grade 12. That is useful scale context for a Ban Chang bilingual school, but it is still a school-published marketing figure rather than a dated census or grade-by-grade roll count. Treat it as directional, not forensic.

What "bilingual programme" means here

The curriculum follows Thai Ministry of Education guidelines, delivered in English and Thai. The school states an aim of bilingual, biliterate and bicultural pupils and names Cambridge, Oxford, Singapore mathematics and Reading Eggs as supplementary materials. The leaving credential is a Thai MoE Mattayom 6 certificate, not an IGCSE, A-Level or IB Diploma. Downstream entry requirements vary by institution; the pages checked do not publish a defined international-qualification or overseas-admissions pathway.

The published boarding fees

REPS operates a boarding house alongside day places. Weekly boarding is ฿80,000 per semester; full boarding is ฿85,000 per semester, or ฿160,000 and ฿170,000 across two semesters, plus a ฿10,000 refundable boarding deposit. The public tariff does not state supervision ratios, dorm arrangements, weekend provision or the youngest accepted boarding age; obtain those details in writing.

Published day-to-day practicalities

REPS publishes drop-off from 7:00am, a kiss-and-go lane, lanyard-controlled access to the Nursery/Kindergarten building, CCTV, 24-hour on-site security, up to two paid after-school lessons from 3:40–4:30pm, and van transport capped at nine students with a driver and monitor. It lists lunch and fruit for Nursery–Kindergarten and milk from Kindergarten upward. Published payment terms are 50% before each semester, with the balance due before semester end, payment plans and sibling discounts of 5% for the second child and 10% for the third and later children.

REPS vs. BJP — the budget bilingual decision

The natural comparison is the directory's other budget bilingual school:

• Price: REPS ฿84.8K–฿153.8K vs. BJP ฿92K–฿132K. REPS enters cheaper and tops out higher; compare grade-specific inclusions rather than only the range.
• Languages: REPS publishes an English-Thai bilingual route. BJP’s 27 July 2026 snapshot recorded an English-medium route, French as a foreign language, an IGCSE pathway through Year 10 and GED preparation. The credentials and language models differ.
• Range: REPS publishes Nursery 1 through Grade 12. BJP’s 27 July 2026 snapshot recorded ages 3–16.
• Location: REPS is in Ban Chang, Rayong. BJP is near Siam Country Club in East Pattaya.
• Boarding: REPS publishes weekly and full boarding; BJP does not publish boarding.

Direct answer: REPS documents a Thai bilingual route with a Thai credential and optional boarding. It does not publish an international diploma route. Families requiring IGCSE, A-Level or IBDP should compare schools that publish those qualifications rather than treating the fee bands as equivalent products.

The family economics — what the published range actually buys

Tuition starts at ฿42,400 per Nursery semester and reaches ฿76,900 per Secondary semester. The school's public page specifically lists lunch, afternoon snacks, milk and learning resources with Kindergarten tuition; the current fee image does not repeat that inclusion set for every grade, so confirm inclusions for the target stage. Published sibling discounts are 5% and 10%. This remains a Thai national pathway with international supplementary materials, not an IGCSE, A-Level or IB Diploma route.

Boarding details to confirm

REPS publishes annual prices of ฿160,000 for weekly boarding and ฿170,000 for full boarding, but the tariff is only one part of the arrangement. Ask about overnight supervision, dorm configuration, weekend provision, medical cover and the youngest accepted boarding age before comparing it with another school's boarding offer.

The Ban Chang context — different credentials

Ban Chang includes Garden International, which publishes a British and IB route; St Andrew's Green Valley, which publishes British, IGCSE and IBDP pathways; and REPS, which publishes a Thai MoE bilingual route. Their fee ranges are not like-for-like because the leaving credentials and inclusions differ. Verify the qualification requirements of any target institution before selecting a pathway.

What the record supports — and what it cannot

REPS says its students outscore local peers in English, Thai, mathematics and science, but the source set contains no published O-NET breakdown, current external-assessment table or inspection report that substantiates the comparison. Current enrolment by grade, teacher qualifications and boarding occupancy are also unverified. The public record does support the OPEC licence, published fees and payment terms, stated inclusions, transport arrangements and boarding offer. No conclusion about teaching quality or risk is drawn from either the available documents or the remaining gaps; request current supporting records directly.

Questions for the tour

One: what percentage of weekly timetabled hours are English-medium, by grade? Two: what exactly do weekly and full boarding include, and what are the supervision ratios and weekend programme? Three: where did the last three Mattayom 6 cohorts go—which universities and programmes? Four: which tuition inclusions shown for Kindergarten also apply in Nursery, Primary and Secondary? The bilingual promise and the real family budget both depend on precise answers.