St. Andrews Samakee
(โรงเรียนนานาชาติเซนต์แอนดรูว์ส สามัคคี)
1st-Year Total
฿378K–฿830K
All-in estimate
Curriculum
British
IGCSE
Level of Education
1–14 yo
Nursery → Middle School
Language of Instruction
English
+ 2 more languages
Students
152
Across all ages
St Andrews Samakee was founded in 2000 by its current head, Monica Sudhirak, and it has been shaped by that consistent leadership ever since. Around 270 students from 25 nationalities, ages 1 to 14, on a green campus in Nonthaburi, just north of Bangkok near Nichada Thani.
The school follows the British National Curriculum through to Year 9, with a learner-centred approach influenced by IB principles. What families consistently describe is a school where every child is genuinely known: small class sizes, a strong inclusion programme for children with additional learning needs, and a campus culture that is unhurried and warm.
One of its more distinctive features is the on-site farm and environmental programme, which weaves sustainability and outdoor learning into daily school life. The school has received Outstanding ratings in British Schools Overseas inspections in both 2015 and 2018.
One planning note: Samakee runs to Year 9 only, so families will need to arrange secondary continuation from Year 10. The natural onward pathway for many families is ISB, Harrow, or the wider British secondary schools accessible from the Nonthaburi corridor. Fees run from roughly 623,000 to 687,400 THB annually.
The campus sits on Soi Tiwanond 48, Tiwanond Road in Nonthaburi, no BTS or MRT nearby, families drive or use the school bus. For families already living in the Nichada Thani, Chaeng Wattana, or northern Bangkok area, Samakee is one of the most thoughtfully run small schools in that part of the city.
1st Year Tuition Fees (2026–2027)
Estimated cost for any age group entering this school
Tuition fees (2026–2027)
What You Should Actually Know About St. Andrews Samakee
Samakee occupies a quiet corner of Nonthaburi, just beyond Bangkok's northern edge near Nichada Thani, and serves children from Walkers (age one) through Year 9 on a single co-educational campus that has been independently owned and led by founder-headteacher Monica Sudhirak since 2000.
The school follows an adapted English National Curriculum within an inclusive ethos, structured into First School, Middle School and an Upper School that will extend into Key Stage 4 with IGCSE from 2027/2028.
Accreditation is unusually strong for a school of this size, with an Outstanding rating from British Schools Overseas and four consecutive Three-Star Gold awards under the ISQM framework, the longest such run in Thailand. Parents typically arrive looking for small classes, a genuinely inclusive setting, and a slower, more personal route through the early and middle years.
Daily life on campus reflects that scale. Class sizes stay small, the student body sits in the low hundreds across roughly 25 nationalities, and the layout splits into four distinct sections for Preschool, Primary, Secondary and Administration. Facilities include two swimming pools (a 25-metre pool opened in 2023), a fitness room, science laboratories, makerspace and design lab, art studios, dance and drama spaces, a library and media centre, a versatile sports arena, a Forest School area, a children's farm with resident animals, a butterfly garden, sandpits and a bike track. Teaching uses play-based and continuous-provision approaches in Early Years, with enquiry-led, cross-curricular and STEAM work moving up through the school.
A dedicated Inclusion Centre runs the School Inclusion Programme for pupils with additional needs. This is not the school for families wanting a large campus, a competitive house-and-trophy culture, or a single-site route through to A Levels or the IB Diploma. Because the school currently ends at Year 9, families need a transition plan, usually to another Bangkok international school or a UK boarding school. Inclusion support beyond the standard provision is charged on top of tuition, with a high-needs one-to-one assistant adding around 468,000 THB per year and a 20,000 THB termly inclusion management fee.
The Nonthaburi location works well for Nichada residents and the Chaeng Wattana corridor, but commutes from central Bangkok are real and the school bus operates accordingly.