Start with structure, then compare price. Phoenix Wittaya publishes the Thai Basic Education Core Curriculum with a Cambridge-aligned bilingual programme for ages 2–17+; BJP publishes an English National Curriculum pathway, IGCSE through Year 10, GED preparation and ESL support for ages 2–16. Phoenix’s fee page is primary-undated; BJP’s is 2026/27.
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Fee and programme claims were reconciled to the school records on 24 July 2026. A missing fee remains missing; an undated school schedule remains undated.
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| Dimension | Phoenix Wittaya | BJP |
|---|---|---|
| School | Phoenix Wittaya School | BJP Elite Academy |
| Directory tier | premium-thai-bilingual | specialist-bilingual |
| Area | Pattaya · Pattaya City | Banglamung · 163/30 Permsub Garden Resort, near Siam Country Club, Bang Lamung |
| Age / grade span | 2-17+ | 2-16 |
| Published curriculum | Thai Basic Education Core Curriculum · Cambridge-aligned bilingual programme | English National Curriculum pathway · IGCSE pathway through Year 10 · GED preparation · ESL support |
| Teaching languages | Thai · English | English (medium) · Thai · French (secondary foreign language) |
| Accreditations recorded | Office of the Private Education Commission (OPEC) — listed in the official private-school database | Thai Ministry of Education — school-published accreditation claim |
| Boarding | No | No |
| Published tuition range | ฿147,600/yr standard tuition for Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary; Nursery ฿12,000/month is not annualised | ฿80,000–฿120,000/yr standard tuition |
| Fee year / verification | primary-undated · checked 27 July 2026 | 2026/27 · checked 27 July 2026 |
| Record checked | 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Fee structure and extras | Fees on application — contact admissions. On 29 July 2026, the school domain previously cited for Phoenix's tariff resolved to an unrelated Squarespace site and no longer published a Phoenix Wittaya tuition, entry-charge or extras schedule. Do not rely on the previously recorded figures. Request a dated written quote naming the child's grade, programme, academic year, tuition, entry charges, meals, books, transport, insurance and every compulsory or optional extra before paying. | School-published 2026/27 tuition: Preschool ฿80,000; Kindergarten/Reception ฿100,000; Primary, Secondary and ESL ฿120,000. Mandatory annual registration is separate at ฿12,000, making the recurring tuition-plus-registration span ฿92,000-฿132,000. A single tuition payment is due 15 August; two instalments are due 15 August and 15 January; three are due 15 August, 15 January and 15 March. Paying in two instalments adds ฿5,000/year; three instalments add ฿10,000/year. Books/course materials ฿2,000-฿17,500/year; accident insurance ฿2,000/year; canteen ฿400/week or ฿1,500/month; bus ฿2,000-฿10,000/month depending on direction and distance; uniform items ฿100-฿1,500. Sibling tuition discount: 10% second child, 15% third, 20% fourth. GED is ฿120,000 total in the published half-day or full-day formats. |
| Sibling discount | Not published in the record | Published — see school record |
| Year established | 2006 | Not school-published |
| Student count | Not school-published | Not school-published |
| Campus size | Not school-published | Not school-published |
| Primary fee source | https://www.phoenix.ac.th/fee-information | https://www.bjp-pattaya.com/index.html#fees |
| Full editorial | Phoenix Wittaya → read editorial | BJP → read editorial |
| Published support-cost label | No language- or learning-support tariff appears on the current primary-undated fee page. | ESL is a published programme/tuition category at ฿120,000/year, not a separate learning-support tariff. |
Do not compare the lowest and highest numbers as though they cover the same grade. Read each school’s fee-structure row, then request the exact grade invoice. Registration, meals, transport, books, support and external examinations can materially change the first-year and recurring totals.
Phoenix Wittaya publishes the Thai Basic Education Core Curriculum with a Cambridge-aligned bilingual programme for ages 2–17+; BJP publishes an English National Curriculum pathway, IGCSE through Year 10, GED preparation and ESL support for ages 2–16. Ask for a current weekly timetable, not only a curriculum logo, so you can see which subjects are actually taught in each language.
Phoenix Wittaya publishes ฿147,600/yr standard tuition for Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary; Nursery ฿12,000/month is not annualised; BJP publishes ฿80,000–฿120,000/yr standard tuition. Compare the grade-specific total after mandatory registration and extras, not the endpoints alone. If the range covers very different ages, the child’s own row matters more than either endpoint.
Phoenix Wittaya: primary-undated, checked 27 July 2026. BJP: 2026/27, checked 27 July 2026. The comparison uses standard published tuition before full-year-payment discounts; discounted figures are labelled as such. A primary-undated schedule is school-published but cannot safely be assigned to an academic year. Save the dated school document or email alongside the offer.
Compare each published age span with the year your child needs. If either school ends before graduation, shortlist the next school and price that transition now. Phoenix Wittaya: no boarding in the record. BJP: no boarding in the record.
Ask both schools for a dated, grade-specific invoice separating tuition, registration, deposit, meals, transport, books, uniforms, support and examination charges. Also confirm the teaching language, qualification route and next transfer point in writing.
BJP publishes a detailed 2026/27 tariff, while Phoenix remains fees on application because its previously cited tariff domain no longer publishes Phoenix school information. The missing Phoenix number must stay unknown until admissions supplies a dated, child-specific offer.
Phoenix records a Thai Basic Education Core Curriculum and a Cambridge-aligned bilingual programme. BJP records an English National Curriculum pathway, IGCSE preparation through Year 10, GED preparation and ESL support. Ask each school to identify the exact programme and year offered to the child, the language used for every core subject and the evidence supporting placement.
Do not treat “Cambridge-aligned,” “English National Curriculum” or “IGCSE pathway” as a complete qualification statement. For an older applicant, request the subjects currently taught, examination entry arrangements, awarding body, candidate-registration process and the route after the school’s highest published year. Ask a likely receiving school or institution to confirm important recognition questions independently.
Visit the proposed class during an ordinary lesson. Record how Thai and English are used, how teachers explain unfamiliar work, how pupils receive feedback and what happens when children work at different speeds. Ask for a current timetable, anonymised samples of age-appropriate work and the report format parents receive.
If English support may be needed, separate language acquisition from other learning needs. BJP publishes an ESL tuition row, but families should still ask what provision that row buys, who delivers it, its frequency and how exit from support is decided. Ask Phoenix the same questions and obtain any charge in writing. Neither a programme label nor a fee line guarantees a suitable plan for a particular child.
BJP publishes 2026/27 tuition of ฿80,000 for Preschool, ฿100,000 for Kindergarten or Reception and ฿120,000 for Primary, Secondary and ESL. Annual registration is ฿12,000, so recurring tuition plus registration is ฿92,000–฿132,000 before other charges. Books and course materials are ฿2,000–฿17,500 annually, accident insurance is ฿2,000, canteen is ฿400 weekly or ฿1,500 monthly, and bus prices range from ฿2,000 to ฿10,000 monthly.
BJP’s payment pattern also changes cost: two instalments add ฿5,000 per year and three add ฿10,000. Record the single-payment standard first, then the instalment option the family needs. Apply sibling discounts only after BJP confirms eligibility and the tuition lines to which they apply; its published rates are 10% for the second child, 15% for the third and 20% for the fourth.
Request Phoenix tuition, application, registration, deposit, meals, books, transport, uniform, insurance, trips, examinations, devices, clubs and language or learning support in those same rows. The quote should name the academic year, child’s grade, programme, payment dates and refund conditions. Build totals for money due before attendance, the complete first school year and a recurring year after one-time charges fall away.
Phoenix’s recorded age span reaches 17 and above, while BJP’s reaches 16 and its IGCSE pathway is described through Year 10. Ask both schools what the present route produces at the child’s likely exit stage and which next destinations recent pupils used. Record when applications should begin, what transcript or examination evidence is supplied and whether a curriculum or language change is likely.
Rehearse one realistic move: entry to another Pattaya senior school, relocation abroad or a university-preparation route. Ask a likely receiving institution how it would place the child and which documents it needs. This exposes pathway assumptions now without pretending that a future place is guaranteed.
Phoenix is in Nong Prue and BJP is near Siam Country Club in Banglamung. Drive both routes at actual arrival and collection times, including work, sibling stops and activities. If using transport, obtain the precise stop, pickup window, likely journey length, supervision and price. Put the journey beside school calendars and care outside core hours.
Before paying, compare notice and refund rules under two scenarios: a withdrawal before the first day and a move after a term has begun. Ask which application, registration, material, transport and tuition payments remain non-refundable, how much notice is required and when any approved refund is processed. Keep the written answer with the quotation. A low annual headline can still create greater short-term exposure if the family must commit earlier or cannot recover unused services.
Finish with one page recording placement, teaching language, classroom evidence, complete first-year and recurring costs, support, commute and the next pathway checkpoint. Save both written offers and terms. Until Phoenix supplies its current tariff, the honest comparison can describe its educational route but cannot name it the cheaper or more expensive choice.
Review every open item before the acceptance deadline, not after payment.
Phoenix Wittaya publishes the Thai Basic Education Core Curriculum with a Cambridge-aligned bilingual programme for ages 2–17+; BJP publishes an English National Curriculum pathway, IGCSE through Year 10, GED preparation and ESL support for ages 2–16.
Phoenix Wittaya publishes ฿147,600/yr standard tuition for Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary; Nursery ฿12,000/month is not annualised; BJP publishes ฿80,000–฿120,000/yr standard tuition. Compare the grade-specific total after mandatory registration and extras, not the endpoints alone.
Phoenix Wittaya: primary-undated, checked 27 July 2026. BJP: 2026/27, checked 27 July 2026. The comparison uses standard published tuition before full-year-payment discounts; discounted figures are labelled as such. A primary-undated schedule is school-published but cannot safely be assigned to an academic year.
Phoenix Wittaya: no boarding in the record. BJP: no boarding in the record.
Ask both schools for a dated, grade-specific invoice separating tuition, registration, deposit, meals, transport, books, uniforms, support and examination charges. Also confirm the teaching language, qualification route and next transfer point in writing.
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