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British International School, Phuket21335<br />

(Founded 1996)<br />

Head of School<br />

Mr Neil M Richards MBE<br />

Diploma coordinator<br />

Michele Watson<br />

Status Private<br />

Boarding/day Mixed<br />

Gender Coeducational<br />

Language of instruction<br />

English<br />

Authorised programmes<br />

Diploma<br />

Age Range 18 months - 18 years<br />

Number of pupils enrolled 800<br />

The British International School (BIS), Phuket, is an English<br />

medium, coeducational, day and boarding school that was<br />

established in 1996 in the heart of Phuket. Its purpose-built 39<br />

acre campus includes high quality boarding accommodation<br />

and provides world-class facilities that enable students to<br />

excel in sports as well as in their studies. The student<br />

population consists of some 800 students with over 37<br />

different nationalities represented.<br />

BIS Phuket provides a pre-school, primary and secondary<br />

school education of the highest international standard.<br />

External examinations are offered in the <strong>IB</strong> Diploma<br />

Programme, IGCSE, and <strong>Cambridge</strong> ESOL.<br />

Academic results are amongst the best in the South East<br />

Asian region and BIS Phuket graduates regularly move on to<br />

top universities all around the world. In 2010 and 2011 BIS<br />

Phuket students received ‘Top in <strong>World</strong>’ and ‘Top in Thailand’<br />

236<br />

Fees<br />

Day THB 241,000 - 519,000<br />

Full Boarding THB 260,000 -<br />

323,000<br />

Weekly Boarding THB 227,000 -<br />

286,000<br />

Address<br />

59 Moo 2, Thepkrasattri Road<br />

Koh Kaew<br />

Muang<br />

phuket 83000 | thailand<br />

tel +66 (076) 335555<br />

fax +66 (076) 238750<br />

Email<br />

info@bisphuket.ac.th<br />

Website<br />

www.bisphuket.ac.th<br />

awards from the <strong>Cambridge</strong> International Examinations<br />

board. In 2010 the school received the Prime Minister’s award<br />

as the ‘Best Service Provider in International Education’ in<br />

Thailand.<br />

The school is jointly accredited by the Council of<br />

International Schools (CIS) and the New England Association<br />

of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). It is also a member of the<br />

International Schools Association of Thailand (ISAT), the<br />

Federation of British International Schools in South and East<br />

Asia (FOBISSEA) and the Boarding Schools Association of the<br />

United Kingdom (BSA).<br />

The year 2011 has seen BIS Phuket celebrate 15 years of<br />

excellence in producing ‘Leaders for Tomorrow’.<br />

BIS also run English holiday camps and sports and<br />

adventure camps every July and has the BIS ‘Flying Fish’ Swim<br />

Team with a professional coach.

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