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Comparison · Premium British
Rugby vs. Regents
The headline premium decision
A-Level brand vs. IBDP optionality. Boarding from 10 vs. Y3. Side-by-side fees + decision framework.
// BOARDING GUIDE · 2026
Boarding in Pattaya:
full, weekly and flexi.
Current published boarding near Pattaya runs from ฿160,000 a year for REPS weekly boarding to ฿493,800 for Rugby full boarding. Those figures are not one market rank: they span British premium boarding, international weekly houses and Thai-curriculum boarding, while ACS remains partial-only and Highgate remains planned only.
Source checked 27 July 2026 · first-party boarding pages and fee PDFs
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// 01 · Answer first
Current annual
boarding prices.
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Four schools publish a current or currently linked annual boarding tariff that a parent can quote directly. They are still not interchangeable. Rugby and Regents are premium international boarding routes; Garden's latest public tariff is still one fee year older; and REPS is a Thai-bilingual school with a much lower price point.
| School | Published annual boarding price | Deposit / retainer | Entry point and route | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rugby Thailand | Part ฿285,100 · weekly ฿417,700 · full ฿493,800 | ฿20,000 expenses deposit | From Year 6 · British day + boarding school | 2026/27 fee PDF ↗ |
| Regents Pattaya | ฿424,650 full year after 5% annual-payment discount Standard published boarding total: ฿447,000; saving: −฿22,350 | ฿30,000 refundable retainer | From Year 3 · premium international boarding | 2026/27 fee PDF ↗ |
| Garden Rayong | Weekly ฿297,000 · full ฿345,000 | ฿20,000 deposit | From Year 5 · British / IB school · max 12 boarders | Boarding page ↗ |
| REPS | Weekly ฿160,000 · full ฿170,000 | ฿10,000 refundable boarding deposit | Thai-bilingual school in Ban Chang | Boarding page ↗ |
Regents is the only boarding record in this set that publishes the annual-payment saving on the boarding line itself: the standard total is ฿447,000, reduced by −฿22,350 to ฿424,650 when paid for the full year by the published deadline. Rugby publishes part, weekly and full boarding prices as annual amounts; no separate boarding discount line is stated on the boarding section of the fee PDF.
// 02 · Do not force a false ranking
Two boarding routes stay
outside the price table.
Assumption College Sriracha and Highgate both belong in the planning discussion, but neither supports a clean annual boarding comparison today. ACS publishes boarding provision and a current combined Term 1 notice for selected cohorts, while Highgate still has no live boarding tariff.
| School | What is public | Why it stays separate | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assumption College Sriracha | Boys boarding from Primary 1–Secondary 6; girls from Primary 5–Secondary 6. Combined Term 1/2569 day-and-boarding totals for selected returning cohorts run from ฿25,600 to ฿108,930. | The school does not publish a separately itemised boarding tariff or a full-year all-cohort annual schedule. | Boarding page ↗ · SWIS fee notice ↗ |
| Highgate | Boarding is described as planned, not operating. | The homepage contains both 2027 and 2028 boarding statements, the Admissions page says 2028/29, and no boarding tariff is published. | Homepage ↗ · Admissions page ↗ |
// 03 · What changes the number
Full, weekly and flexi
are not the same service.
Part or flexi boarding. Rugby is the clearest published flexi record in the current set: part boarding is ฿285,100 a year, below its weekly and full options. If a family wants structured nights without seven-day residence, this is the only directly priced premium option in the source set.
Weekly boarding. Weekly models sit across very different school types. REPS publishes the lowest annual weekly price at ฿160,000, Garden publishes ฿297,000, and Rugby publishes ฿417,700. That spread reflects curriculum, staffing, campus model and boarding-house scope, not just margin.
Full boarding. Published full boarding runs from ฿170,000 at REPS to ฿493,800 at Rugby. Regents' published annual figure is effectively a full-boarding number from Year 3, but it is shown as one boarding total rather than weekly versus full split. Families should ask exactly how weekends, leave-outs, laundry, trips and medical supervision are handled before assuming two "full" offers are equivalent.
// 04 · Fit matters more than the cheapest row
Who should use —
and skip — this page.
This page suits families deciding whether boarding is realistic at all, and which boarding model belongs on the shortlist: premium British, premium international, smaller Rayong boarding house, lower-cost Thai-bilingual boarding, or Thai-curriculum residential school.
Skip the headline ranking if the child needs one exact year group, one exact credential, or a published all-in first-year bill. Boarding tariffs are only one layer. Tuition, entry fees, deposits, transport, trips, uniforms, guardianship arrangements and support costs still need a dated written quote.
Skip the international-school comparison entirely if the family needs a Thai-national route with boarding. In that case, ACS and REPS belong in the conversation for different reasons, but they should not be treated as substitutes for Rugby, Regents or Garden on price alone.
// SOURCES · Primary documents only
Documents read for every figure on this page
- Rugby Thailand2026/27 fees PDF
- Regents Pattaya2026/27 fee structure PDF
- Garden RayongOfficial boarding page
- REPSOfficial boarding page
- Assumption College SrirachaBoarding page · SWIS fee notice
- HighgateHomepage · Admissions page
No directory, forum post or estimated tariff supplies a number here. When the public source is partial, older or planned-only, the page says so instead of annualising by guesswork.
// FAQ
Quick answers
about boarding prices.
Which schools near Pattaya publish current boarding prices?
Rugby School Thailand, Regents International School Pattaya, Garden International School Rayong and REPS publish boarding tariffs that can be quoted directly. Assumption College Sriracha publishes boarding provision but only a partial Term 1/2569 combined day-and-boarding notice for selected cohorts, not a full annual boarding tariff. Highgate publishes planned boarding statements, but no live boarding price.
What is the cheapest published boarding option in the current source set?
REPS publishes the lowest directly quoted annual figure in the current source set at ฿160,000 a year for weekly boarding and ฿170,000 for full boarding in 2026/27. That is a Thai-bilingual route, not a like-for-like international-school equivalent.
Are Regents, Rugby, Garden and REPS boarding prices directly comparable?
Only with care. Rugby publishes part, weekly and full boarding on a British premium boarding-school model. Regents publishes a discounted annual full-boarding figure from Year 3. Garden's latest public boarding tariff is still 2025/26. REPS is much cheaper, but it is a Thai-curriculum bilingual school. Compare the boarding type, curriculum and fee year before ranking the number.
Is Highgate already operating boarding?
No. Highgate's current public pages still describe boarding as planned, not live, and the timing conflicts across those pages. Its homepage contains both 2027 and 2028 statements, while the Admissions page says 2028/29. No boarding tariff is currently published.
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