SBS International School Bangkok
โรงเรียนนานาชาติ เอสบีเอส แบงค์คอก
฿505K – ฿748K
Including Admission Fees and Annual Tuition
British
Curriculum
A-Levels, IGCSE
2–18 yo
Level of Education
Nursery → High School
English
Language of Instruction
+ 2 more languages
236
Students
20% foreigners
At a glance
SBS International School Bangkok is a non-selective British curriculum school with a deliberate multilingual identity, teaching English, Thai, and Mandarin Chinese across all year groups as part of the core programme rather than as optional extras.
The school runs from Early Years through to secondary level on a purpose-built, state-of-the-art campus in Lat Krabang, eastern Bangkok, near Suvarnabhumi Airport. The curriculum follows the British National Curriculum with career-focused tracks and specialist programmes aligned to Thai Ministry of Education requirements and international tertiary institutions.
Innovation and multilingualism are the two pillars the school builds its identity around. The Lat Krabang location is in the far east of Bangkok, practical for families near the airport corridor, Bang Phli, or Samut Prakan, and for those working in the industrial and logistics districts of eastern Bangkok.
No BTS or MRT serves the area directly; families drive or use the school bus. For families who want a British curriculum with structured trilingualism and a non-selective, forward-looking ethos in the eastern Bangkok corridor, SBS offers something genuinely distinctive.
SBS Bangkok Fees
Admission & Enrollment
฿195,000 – ฿225,000
one-time fees
Annual Tuition
฿309,800 – ฿522,900
depends on year group
Total 1st year
including mandatory fees
฿504,800 – ฿747,900
Admission & Enrollment
฿195,000 – ฿225,000
one-time fees
Annual Tuition
฿309,800 – ฿522,900
depends on year group
Total 1st year
฿504,800 – ฿747,900
including mandatory fees
Tuition fees (2026–2027)
On this page
Key Facts
SBS International School Bangkok: Everything Parents Need to Know
SBS International School Bangkok occupies a purpose-built campus in Lat Krabang, on the eastern fringe of the city near Suvarnabhumi Airport, and is the fourth school in the Arthit Ourairat Institution family that also runs British International School Phuket, SBS Rangsit and SBS International School Chiangmai.
The school opened on 9 August 2025 with more than 200 students at launch and delivers the full Cambridge International pathway from Toddlers through to A Level, positioning itself in the affordable-premium British segment rather than competing on tuition with the established Sukhumvit names.
A multilingual model sits at the heart of the programme: English is the language of instruction, Thai is co-taught throughout the early years and primary, and Mandarin runs from Early Years upward. Daily life at SBS Bangkok still has the feel of a start-up cohort, with small classes, founding-year intimacy and a leadership team led by Neil Crossland, previously Secondary Principal and Deputy Headmaster at British International School Phuket.
Teaching in Years 1 to 3 follows a two-teacher classroom model that pivots between English and Thai, which gives Thai-passport families a softer landing and gives expatriate parents a faster route to Thai literacy than most British peers.
The campus has its own swimming pools, sports hall, primary and secondary libraries, design and technology workshop, medical-science simulation room and a positive-pressure air filtration system covering the whole site, which matters in Bangkok during burning season. The student body is 80 per cent Thai and 20 per cent expatriate at launch. The realistic trade-offs are clear. Lat Krabang sits a long way east of the central expat belt, so families in Sukhumvit, Sathorn or on the river should plan a school-bus commute rather than a school run.
The full year-group ladder is not yet populated; the operator has stated the campus is designed to reach full capacity after three to five years, which means Year 12 and Year 13 cohorts remain very small and the first IGCSE and A Level results are still in the future, so anyone choosing the school today is essentially betting on the AOI track record at its sister schools. Best suited to Bangkok-based Thai and bilingual families east of the city, and to expatriate parents who want a small Cambridge-pathway school with strong Thai and Mandarin integration and modern facilities at a price point well below the top-tier British competitors.
SBS International School Bangkok: What Parents Really Need to Know
Facilities
Extracurricular Activities
19+
activities per term
Accreditations & Memberships
SBS Bangkok Fees
Admission & Enrollment
฿195,000 – ฿225,000
one-time fees
Annual Tuition
฿309,800 – ฿522,900
depends on year group
Total 1st year
including mandatory fees
฿504,800 – ฿747,900
Admission & Enrollment
฿195,000 – ฿225,000
one-time fees
Annual Tuition
฿309,800 – ฿522,900
depends on year group
Total 1st year
฿504,800 – ฿747,900
including mandatory fees
Tuition fees (2026–2027)
Key Facts
SBS International School Bangkok: Everything Parents Need to Know
SBS International School Bangkok occupies a purpose-built campus in Lat Krabang, on the eastern fringe of the city near Suvarnabhumi Airport, and is the fourth school in the Arthit Ourairat Institution family that also runs British International School Phuket, SBS Rangsit and SBS International School Chiangmai.
The school opened on 9 August 2025 with more than 200 students at launch and delivers the full Cambridge International pathway from Toddlers through to A Level, positioning itself in the affordable-premium British segment rather than competing on tuition with the established Sukhumvit names.
A multilingual model sits at the heart of the programme: English is the language of instruction, Thai is co-taught throughout the early years and primary, and Mandarin runs from Early Years upward. Daily life at SBS Bangkok still has the feel of a start-up cohort, with small classes, founding-year intimacy and a leadership team led by Neil Crossland, previously Secondary Principal and Deputy Headmaster at British International School Phuket.
Teaching in Years 1 to 3 follows a two-teacher classroom model that pivots between English and Thai, which gives Thai-passport families a softer landing and gives expatriate parents a faster route to Thai literacy than most British peers.
The campus has its own swimming pools, sports hall, primary and secondary libraries, design and technology workshop, medical-science simulation room and a positive-pressure air filtration system covering the whole site, which matters in Bangkok during burning season. The student body is 80 per cent Thai and 20 per cent expatriate at launch. The realistic trade-offs are clear. Lat Krabang sits a long way east of the central expat belt, so families in Sukhumvit, Sathorn or on the river should plan a school-bus commute rather than a school run.
The full year-group ladder is not yet populated; the operator has stated the campus is designed to reach full capacity after three to five years, which means Year 12 and Year 13 cohorts remain very small and the first IGCSE and A Level results are still in the future, so anyone choosing the school today is essentially betting on the AOI track record at its sister schools. Best suited to Bangkok-based Thai and bilingual families east of the city, and to expatriate parents who want a small Cambridge-pathway school with strong Thai and Mandarin integration and modern facilities at a price point well below the top-tier British competitors.
SBS International School Bangkok: What Parents Really Need to Know
Facilities
Extracurricular Activities
19+
activities per term