89points · on 11 of 13 lists: Keller Henson, Doris School, ExpatSchoolGuide, Tranio, Phuket.net, Reloc8 Phuket, Continent Property, Phuket Expat Guide, Phuket Insider (Пхукет Инсайдер) and The Thaiger
British International School Phuket opened in 1996, and today it teaches the English National Curriculum through IGCSE, then the IB Diploma. Students from abroad board in houses on campus. Sport is its strong suit, and its swim program has produced national-level swimmers, among them Nepal's 2024 Olympian Duana Lama.
“Students excel academically and thrive in sports and arts”
a Google reviewer
“a full-size theatre, modern science laboratories”
a Google reviewer
- Price
- About £8,000 to £16,000 a year
77points · on 10 of 13 lists: Keller Henson, Doris School, ExpatSchoolGuide, Tranio, Phuket.net, Reloc8 Phuket, Continent Property, Phuket Insider (Пхукет Инсайдер), vc.ru (user post by Viktor) and The Thaiger
UWC Thailand belongs to the United World Colleges movement, which brings together students from many countries and builds its schooling around intercultural understanding. It teaches the full International Baccalaureate from the early years to the Diploma, with boarding for students from abroad. A campus eco-village runs on solar panels, and its outdoor education program takes classes into the island's forests and onto its coast.
“IB Diploma results are strong”
a Google reviewer
“The students are the real bright spot of United World College Thailand”
a Google reviewer
- Price
- About £9,000 to £20,000 a year
62points · on 9 of 13 lists: Keller Henson, ExpatSchoolGuide, Phuket.net, Reloc8 Phuket, Continent Property, Expat Exchange, Phuket Expat Guide, vc.ru (user post by Viktor) and The Thaiger
HeadStart started in 2005 as a home-school of 15 pupils and now teaches the British curriculum to children from 2 to 18, through Cambridge IGCSE and A Level. Families choose between two campuses: Chaofah on Vichitsongkram Road, with a 500-seat auditorium, a 25-meter pool and two floodlit football pitches, and Cherngtalay near Bang Tao, opened in 2023, with a 50-meter pool. Alongside English, children can learn Thai, Mandarin, French or Russian, and in 2025 the school joined FOBISIA, the Federation of British International Schools in Asia.
Google ratings from Google on 3 October 2026. Quotes are from the published lists and reviews named beside each one.
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The lists we counted
- Keller Henson · 2026
- Doris School · October 2026
- ExpatSchoolGuide · 2026
- Tranio · October 2025
- Phuket.net · September 2024
- Reloc8 Phuket · July 2025
- Continent Property · July 2026
- Expat Exchange
- Phuket Expat Guide
- Phuket Insider (Пхукет Инсайдер) · September 2026
- FazWaz · October 2025
- vc.ru (user post by Viktor)
- The Thaiger · November 2022
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