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// HEAD-TO-HEAD · Established vs Premium · British · Banglamung

MIS vs Regents.

MIS publishes 2026/27 standard tuition of ฿210,000–฿517,500 plus ฿57,000–฿91,500 compulsory supplementary fees; Regents publishes ฿464,000–฿899,000 standard tuition, with its 5% annual option separate. MIS is day-only and A-Level; Regents adds boarding and IBDP/A-Level choice.

// 01 · 18-point comparison

Side by side.

MIS and Regents both use their school-published 2026/27 schedules. MIS all-in rows add compulsory supplementary charges; Regents rows use standard tuition before its 5% annual-payment discount. Bus, boarding, examinations and assessed support are stated separately.

// In this guide → MIS editorial ↗ · Regents Pattaya editorial ↗ · Rugby vs Regents ↗ · Garden vs Regents ↗ · Regents vs Garden ↗ · St Andrew's vs Regents ↗ · British schools hub ↗ · IB Diploma hub ↗

MIS vs Regents · standard published tuition before full-year-payment discounts (all-in rows include named mandatory charges) · fee years: MIS 2026/27; Regents 2026/27 · checked 27 July 2026
Dimension MIS (Mooltripakdee) Regents (Pattaya)
Founded20101994
Address77 Moo 3 Chaiyaponvithi 25, Nongprue, Banglamung — near Mabprachan LakePong, Banglamung — Pattaya-side commute
Age range2–18 (Preschool → Year 13 A-Level · full through-school)1–18 (Lion Cubs from August 2026; published tariff begins at Pre-Nursery → Year 13)
Secondary on campusYes — IGCSE → A-Level on same campus (no IB Diploma)Yes — IGCSE → IB Diploma or A-Level on same campus
Early Years philosophyBritish EYFS + Montessori methodology (ages 2–5) — unique in directoryBritish EYFS · International Primary Curriculum (IPC) lower-primary
Primary curriculumBritish National CurriculumBritish NC + IPC (Nord Anglia framework)
Language modelEnglish-medium · ThaiEnglish-medium · Thai · Mandarin
AccreditationCambridge CAIEIB World School since 2002; Education Development Trust and ONESQA are school-published claims; no current campus-specific CIS claim
Class sizeMid-band Established — verify cohort sizes on tourLarge premium campus — verify cohort sizes on tour
Annual tuition (published)฿210,000–฿517,500/yr tuition + ฿57,000–฿91,500 compulsory supplementary (2026/27)฿464,000–฿899,000/yr standard tuition; 5% annual prepayment saves ฿23,200–฿44,950 (2026/27)
Nursery / EY1 tuition฿267,000–฿322,500/yr all-in (Preschool–Kindergarten incl. supplementary)฿464,000/yr Pre-Nursery standard; annual prepayment ฿440,800
Year 1 / KS1 tuition฿356,100/yr all-in (Years 1–2 incl. supplementary)฿649,000/yr standard; annual prepayment ฿616,550
Year 6 tuition฿381,600/yr all-in (Years 3–6 incl. supplementary)฿682,000/yr standard; annual prepayment ฿647,900
One-time admission฿3,000 application · ฿70,000 enrolment · ฿10,000 refundable deposit (2026/27)฿7,500 application · ฿60,000 enrolment (Pre-N–Reception) · ฿107,000 enrolment (Y1–13)
Transport฿39,000–฿90,000/year across nine published zones฿45,000–฿126,000/year one-way or ฿60,000–฿168,000/year two-way
BoardingDay school only — no boardingFrom Year 3 · ฿447,000/year standard; 5% annual-payment saving ฿22,350 gives ฿424,650 (+ ฿30,000 retainer)
Sixth Form pathwayCambridge A-Level only — Y12 all-in ฿609,000 · Y13 two-term all-in ฿584,050IB Diploma or A-Level — Y12–13 standard tuition ฿899,000; annual prepayment ฿854,050
Live editorialMIS → read editorialRegents → read editorial
Published support-cost labelSeparate school labels — English Learning Support: ฿45,000–฿90,000/year; Additional Educational Needs: case-by-case after assessment.Separate school labels — English Language Acquisition Programme: ฿131,000–฿214,000/year; Personalised Support Programme: ฿27,000–฿92,000/year, plus ฿3,000 inclusion assessment.

MIS all-in rows add its compulsory supplementary fee before comparison. MIS remains lower at the displayed peers: Year 7 all-in ฿442,500 versus Regents standard ฿765,000; Year 10 all-in ฿524,700 versus ฿890,000; and MIS Year 12 all-in ฿609,000 versus Regents Years 12–13 standard ฿899,000. Regents’ 5% annual-payment option reduces those standard figures. Add entry, transport, boarding and assessed support separately.

// 02 · The decision framework

Five questions.
Five answers.

1. Does your child need IB Diploma optionality at Sixth Form?

If yes — Regents, full stop. It is the only school in this pairing — and one of only three premium British schools in the directory — offering both IB Diploma and A-Level on the same campus at age 16. MIS runs Cambridge A-Level only. If your child might want IBDP, enrolling at MIS now means switching schools at Year 10 or accepting A-Level as the only path. See also TPIS vs Regents for another Nongprue British school with the same A-Level-only constraint.

2. Do you need boarding on the Pattaya side of Chonburi?

If boarding is required, Regents is the option in this pairing. It boards from Year 3 at ฿447,000 standard, or ฿424,650 with its 5% annual-payment option, plus a ฿30,000 retainer. MIS is a day school.

3. Where in Banglamung are you actually living?

If Nongprue, Huai Yai, or inland Banglamung near Mabprachan Lake — MIS wins on commute. MIS sits on Chaiyaponvithi 25 in Nongprue; Regents is in Pong, typically 15–25 minutes away depending on traffic. Same district as TPIS and BPIS. If you are coastal (Jomtien, Pratumnak), both require a bus — but Regents's Nord Anglia bus network is more established for Pong routes. Do not choose MIS for "Pattaya beach proximity" — neither school is walkable from the coast.

4. Which year band are you modelling fees for?

MIS is lower at every displayed peer after adding its compulsory supplementary fee: Year 7 all-in is ฿442,500 versus Regents standard ฿765,000; Year 10 is ฿524,700 versus ฿890,000; and MIS Year 12 is ฿609,000 versus Regents Years 12–13 standard ฿899,000. Regents’ 5% annual-payment option is shown separately.

5. Does Montessori Early Years or Nord Anglia network matter?

If you have a 2-, 3-, or 4-year-old and want genuine Montessori-on-EYFS before British primary at Year 1, MIS is the only school in this directory. Regents runs standard EYFS with IPC through Nord Anglia — no Montessori programme. If your family relocates internationally and you want seamless Nord Anglia transfers across 80+ schools with MIT/Juilliard partner programmes, Regents is the network play. MIS is independent Cambridge CAIE — lower fees, transparent line-item budgeting, published ELS tiers for non-native English speakers. See MIS vs TPIS if you want the other Nongprue British school half a kilometre away.

Summary verdict

  • Choose MIS Nongprue if: you want Established-tier British A-Level without Nord Anglia pricing; Montessori methodology in Early Years matters; transparent tuition + supplementary breakdown matters for budgeting; you live in Nongprue and accept a day-school model; and you do not need IB Diploma or boarding.
  • Choose Regents Pattaya if: you need boarding from Year 3; you want IB Diploma or A-Level as a real choice at 16; Nord Anglia's global platform and its IB World School record matter; premium campus scale justifies ฿854K at Sixth Form; and the Pong commute works for your family.

Neither fits — if…

You want Nongprue British with dual exam boards and ISP network — run MIS vs TPIS or TPIS vs Regents. You want the most affordable secondary international — see MIS vs BPIS. You want premium British A-Level without IB — run Rugby vs Regents. You want IB Diploma without Nord Anglia pricing — see Garden vs Regents or St Andrew's vs Regents.

// 03 · acceptance-stage audit

Compare the usable place.
Not the brand tier.

MIS and Regents both publish British routes in Banglamung, but a child-specific decision needs more than the large difference between their headline fee bands. Reconcile the proposed class, senior pathway, support, scale and complete first-year cash requirement before ranking either offer.

Match the exact class and pathway

Ask both admissions teams to state the child’s proposed year, the placement evidence and the next three curriculum stages. At senior level, ask for the subject combinations actually available to the child’s likely cohort, minimum numbers for a class to run and guidance on choosing a route. Regents’ published A-Level and IB Diploma optionality should be tested at subject level; MIS families should do the same for its published A-Level route.

For a younger child, compare the daily classroom rather than extrapolating from sixth-form labels. Observe an ordinary lesson, request a current timetable and look at anonymised pupil work from the proposed class. Record how teachers explain unfamiliar tasks, group pupils, give feedback and communicate progress to parents.

Reconcile complete costs

Request two dated, grade-specific invoices on the same basis. Include application, enrolment or registration, deposit or retainer, tuition, meals, transport, books, uniforms, trips, examinations, devices, clubs and any language or learning support. Separate compulsory from optional lines and money due before attendance from charges payable later. If one quotation shows an early-payment discount, place its standard amount beside the other school’s standard amount before considering the discount and its deadline.

Regents publishes a 5% annual-payment discount when the 2026/27 tuition is paid by 31 July 2026, plus separate enrolment, examination, experiential-learning and boarding amounts where applicable. Use only the lines relevant to the child, but do not treat discounted tuition as the complete first year. Ask MIS to identify every inclusion and unpriced extra in the same categories, then record the recurring year after one-time charges fall away.

Test support and scale

Ask who assesses language, learning or wellbeing needs, what can be provided in class, which services carry an additional fee and how progress is reviewed. If support matters to enrolment, request staffing, frequency, group size, duration, review date and price in writing. A broad support statement is not equivalent to a provision plan for this child.

Compare how the child responds to each campus’s class organisation and wider scale. Ask for the actual class size and adult staffing in the offered year, not a schoolwide average. For Regents, distinguish day-school routines from boarding provision unless boarding is genuinely under consideration; for MIS, test whether its classroom model and community give the child the structure or independence they need.

Measure the real week

Drive both routes at the intended arrival and collection times, including work, sibling stops and activities. If transport is under consideration, obtain the exact pickup window, route length, supervision and tariff. Put each school calendar beside the family calendar and include care required outside core hours. A journey that appears similar on a map can create a materially different school day.

Finish with one evidence sheet covering placement, teaching, complete first-year and recurring cost, support, commute and the next pathway checkpoint. Save the fee terms, calendar and offer email together. Any missing charge, subject-availability question or support commitment remains open until the school answers it in writing.

// FAQ

Quick answers
before you decide.

Which is cheaper — MIS or Regents?

MIS is lower at every displayed peer stage. Year 7 all-in is ฿442,500 versus Regents standard ฿765,000; MIS Year 12 all-in is ฿609,000 versus Regents Years 12–13 standard ฿899,000. Regents’ 5% annual-payment option reduces its rows.

Does MIS offer IB Diploma?

No. MIS runs Cambridge A-Level only. Regents offers IB Diploma or A-Level as a choice at age 16 — the only Eastern Seaboard school in the directory with both pathways on one campus.

Which has boarding?

Regents offers boarding from Year 3 at ฿447,000 standard; the 5% annual-payment saving is ฿22,350, giving ฿424,650, plus a ฿30,000 retainer. MIS is a day school.

Does MIS offer Montessori?

Yes — MIS layers proper Montessori methodology onto British EYFS for ages 2–5. Unique in this directory. Regents does not offer a Montessori programme.

MIS or Regents for a Nongprue family?

If you live in Nongprue and do not need IB Diploma or boarding, MIS is the structural fit. Choose Regents if you need boarding, IBDP optionality at 16, or Nord Anglia network transfers — and accept the Pong commute plus premium fee band.

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