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TPIS opened in 2010 as a Thai-owned British international school in Nongprue — the same Banglamung sub-district as Mooltripakdee, but with a more conventionally British structure and a slightly older Sixth Form pathway. For 15 years it operated as an independent school, accredited by the Education Development Trust (the UK educational charity whose International Schools Quality Mark is one of the more rigorous British-international audits). In 2025 it joined the International Schools Partnership (ISP) — a global group of more than 80 schools spanning the UK, Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, and Asia. That move is one year old at the time of this editorial, which means the ISP playbook (centralised curriculum support, cross-network teacher exchanges, ISP-wide learning standards) is currently rolling in. For prospective families this is the interesting question: you're buying into a school that's mid-transition from independent to networked. That's either an opportunity or a risk depending on how you read it.
The pitch in one line: British academic structure with EDT credentials, now with an international school-network operating layer on top. What the network actually delivers in practice is the next 2-3 years' question to ask on tour.
The campus is at 88 M. 13 Pattanakarn Road, Soi Tungklom-Tanman 9, Nongprue, Banglamung — about 15 minutes inland from Jomtien and 20 minutes from central Pattaya. This is a directory correction. Previous versions of this site (and several other aggregators) list TPIS as a "North Pattaya" school. That's inaccurate. It's in Nongprue, the same general Banglamung sub-district where many of the Established-tier international schools cluster. For most Pattaya-resident families this is a daily school-bus commitment — TPIS publishes a transport service with multiple Pattaya routes. Budget for bus separately; not in tuition.
The differentiator most parents miss on a first tour: TPIS runs both Cambridge International (CAIE) and Pearson Edexcel as its exam boards. Most British international schools commit to one or the other — typically Cambridge in Asia, Edexcel less common. Running both means students can pick the exam-board-specific syllabus that best suits their target university or subject (e.g. Edexcel English Literature has a different syllabus from Cambridge English Literature). For most subjects the difference is small; for a few — Maths, Sciences, English — it can meaningfully affect what universities prefer or how grades transfer. Dual-board is a hedging strategy for Sixth Form.
The full pathway is the English National Curriculum throughout — Tara Tots Playgroup (ages 6 months-3), Early Years Foundation Stage (2-5), Primary (5-11), Secondary with IGCSE in Y10-11, AS/A-Levels in the Sixth Form (G11-12). NO IB Diploma. If you want IBDP optionality at age 16, this isn't the school — that's Regents Pattaya, Garden Rayong, or St Andrew's GV territory. (Editor's note: previous versions of this directory listed TPIS as offering IB Diploma. That was incorrect — we corrected it in May 2026 against the school's own learning-journey page.)
One thing TPIS publishes that no other school in this directory does: the Ror Dor (รด.) Army Cadet Programme. This is a Thai Ministry of Defence training programme for Grade 10-12 students — paramilitary-style structure, weekly drills, summer training at a Ministry of Defence centre. For Thai-passport-holding students, completing the Ror Dor programme to Year 5 (the final level) waives the standard 2-year Thai military conscription requirement that all male Thai citizens face at age 21. For dual-passport families or Thai-passport families specifically, that's a structural reason to choose TPIS over a British-only school that doesn't offer the pathway. For non-Thai families it's irrelevant — but it's published on the school's site as a real option, so worth knowing it exists.
TPIS joined the International Schools Partnership in early 2025. ISP is one of the larger international-school operating groups — schools in 25+ countries, several hundred million USD in operations, professional school-management infrastructure. What that practically means for a Pattaya family enrolling in 2026/27: ISP runs cross-network teacher CPD, has its own curriculum-support frameworks, and runs internal benchmarking against the rest of the group. What that doesn't mean is that staff at TPIS suddenly transfer in from ISP schools in the UK, or that Sixth Form students earn an "ISP qualification" (the qualifications are still Cambridge / Edexcel A-Level). For families: ask on tour what's already changed in the year since joining ISP, and what's planned for 2026/27. Network membership matters most in 3-5 year cycles, not month-by-month.
The dated 2026/27 schedule rises in clear bands: Years 7–9 are ฿574,000, Years 10–11 are ฿627,000 and Years 12–13 reach ฿665,000. Earlier copy on this page wrongly described an inverted curve and treated ฿665,000 as an IGCSE peak. That would understate the budget for an older child. Families modelling a six-year secondary pathway should use the Year 12–13 figure as the maximum and should map the school's year labels to the child's actual placement before comparing A-Level costs.
Three "Established" tier British schools sit in Banglamung-adjacent Nongprue: TPIS, MIS, and BPIS. TPIS is the most expensive of the three at the top end (฿665K vs MIS's ฿517K and BPIS's published fees), has the dual exam-board structure (the others are typically Cambridge-only), and is the only one in an active global network (ISP). MIS layers Montessori onto its EYFS — a rare differentiator. BPIS is the secondary-only sister school of the long-running BEST (Burapha) Thai-English bilingual primary. If you want British EYFS-through-A-Level under network management at the top of the Established tier, TPIS is the answer. If you want Montessori Early Years, MIS. If you want the bilingual-primary-to-international-secondary pathway, BPIS.
Tara Pattana’s two-page fee structure, updated May 2026, was rendered and checked visually. The year printed inside is 2026/27 even though the surrounding webpage label is ambiguous.
| Year group | Structure | Annual amount |
|---|---|---|
| Nursery | Annual tuition | ฿273,000 |
| Foundation | Annual tuition | ฿357,000 |
| Reception | Annual tuition | ฿408,000 |
| Years 1–2 | Annual tuition | ฿453,000 |
| Years 3–6 | Annual tuition | ฿505,000 |
| Years 7–9 | Annual tuition | ฿574,000 |
| Years 10–11 | Annual tuition | ฿627,000 |
| Years 12–13 | Annual tuition | ฿665,000 |
| Application | One-time | ฿3,000 Nursery–Foundation / ฿5,000 Reception–Y13 |
| Enrolment | One-time | ฿90,000 |
| School transport | Per month · undated route page | ฿9,000–฿12,000 |
Tuition includes Primary and Key Stage 3 textbooks, exercise books, lunch and snacks, on-site accident insurance and stationery. Years 10–13 textbooks and external examinations are extra. Uniform, trips, Duke of Edinburgh, extracurricular activities, SEN and English-language support are listed as additional categories without public prices. The dated PDF states a 5% annual-payment discount, 50% off enrolment for younger siblings, and tuition discounts of 5% for the second child and 10% for the third. The HTML page separately refers to 2% discounts on Terms 2 and 3; families should have admissions reconcile that conflict in writing. Card surcharges are 2.5% for Thai cards and 3.8% for international cards; late payment is ฿100 per day.
If you want a British school that's not at the ฿800K+ premium tier but you want the assurance of a global-network operating layer (ISP), a dual-exam-board strategy at IGCSE and A-Level (CAIE + Edexcel), and a recognisable British-international accreditor (EDT/ISQM) — TPIS sits in the strongest mid-band of the Established tier. The right family has a budget comfortable around ฿500K-฿650K/year per child, doesn't need IBDP optionality at Sixth Form, and values the predictability of a network-managed school. Bonus structural fit if you're a Thai-passport family with sons heading toward Year 10 — the Ror Dor Cadet pathway waives the 2-year military conscription at age 21, and TPIS is one of the few internationals in the region running it.
Side-by-side fee tables and fit frameworks — the fastest way to decide between two schools you are already considering.
Tara Pattana International School offers British (English National Curriculum), Cambridge IGCSE, Pearson Edexcel IGCSE, AS/A-Level, EYFS. Ages 2-18. Verify current pathways with the school's admissions office.
Published annual tuition is approximately ฿273K–฿665K per year (Jul 2026 verification). One-time fees, boarding, transport, and supplementary charges are additional — see the editorial fee table.
Tara Pattana International School is in Banglamung (88 M. 13 Pattanakarn Road, Soi Tungklom-Tanman 9, Nongprue, Banglamung (NOT North Pattaya — directory correction May 2026)). Commute times from central Pattaya vary — see the editorial for area context.
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