Established 1999 Enrollment 300 Number of students 300 Average class size 20 | Head of School David Figes School colour(s) Blue and White Phone +66 2 249 1880 Founded 1999 | |
Type Private, Mixed Day "British International School" Student to teacher ratio 5:1 in Primary and 10:1 in Secondary Address 2, Akart, Yen Akat Rd, Thung Maha Mek, Sathon, Bangkok 10120, Thailand Similar Shrewsb Internatio School, KIS Internatio School, New Sathorn Internatio, Wells Internatio School, NIST Internatio School Profiles | ||
Garden International School Bangkok is a British curriculum international school in Sathon District, Bangkok, Thailand that runs from Early Years up to Year 13. The school is part of the MBF Taylors Ltd. Education Group, which owns schools in Malaysia, Rayong in Thailand and also English language and bilingual schools in both Thailand and Malaysia.
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Accreditation & Affiliation
Garden International School Bangkok is a CfBT candidate school., and is accredited by the Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (ONESQA) and the International Schools Association of Thailand. The school is also a Cambridge Examinations Centre.
For Sport and Physical Education, the school competes in The Greater Bangkok Athletics Conference (GBAC).
Curriculum
The school provides a British education based on the National Curriculum of England and Wales and accepts students from Early Years, up to Year 13.
All students up to the end of Year 9 study the core areas of English, Science, Mathematics, Music, Art, a Foreign Language, Humanities, Computing and Physical Education. After the completion of Year 9, students study their core IGCSE subjects of English, Maths and Science choosing additional IGCSE subjects so that students take other subjects that are of personal interest and could lead to further study at A Level.
Students in years 10 and 11 study a mix of subjects at the International General Certificate of Secondary Education level (IGCSE) which is the culmination of study at Key Stage 4.
The IGCSE subjects available are:
Students at the start of Year 12 study for a further two years with the completion of the Advanced Subsidiary Level (AS Levels) at the end of year 12 and then progressing into Year 13 where students go to complete their A2 Levels to provide completion of the complete A Level which is the culmination of study for Key Stage 5. Students study four subjects at AS Level and then continue with three subjects to complete their studies at A Level.
The subjects for AS and A Level are:
Garden students perform consistently well in external examinations, with 94% of the class of 2016 attaining at least five IGCSEs with grades A*-Cs and 34% of IGCSE grades being A* or As.
In addition to academics, the school provides other opportunities for students to develop themselves based on experiential education; outdoor trips and opportunities to work with other schools in extra curricular activities such as the Tournament of Minds and the International Day of Forests Debates are some of the opportunities that are provided.
Campus
Garden International School has two campuses separated by Yen Akart Road, which puts its location in downtown Bangkok near both Silom and Sathorn Road, two of Bangkok's commercial hubs. The First School campus educates Early Years, Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. The Upper School Campus educates Upper Primary/Key Stage 2 (Years 3 to Year 6), Lower Secondary/Key Stage 3 (Years 7 to Year 9); Upper Secondary/Key Stage 4 and 5 (Years 10 and Year 11; for students taking IGCSE and Years 12 and 13 for students taking A Levels).
In 2016 the school began construction on new facilities to expand the Early Years part of the school with a plan to also improve the facilities for the Primary and Secondary School in 2017.
Houses
There are four houses at Garden International School Bangkok with each house being represented by an animal and an associated colour. The four houses with their associated colours are Cobra - Blue, Eagle - Yellow, Gecko - Green, and Tiger - red. New students are allocated to one of the school houses when joining the school with students who have a sibling already at the school being allocated to the same house.
There are competitions between the four houses over the course of an academic year, with sports events and other competitions being contested between the houses. Students also have the ability to individually earn house points over the year based on Academic achievement, Community mindedness and Effort.