The premium-tier decision many Eastern Seaboard families run twice: Regents in Pong, Banglamung (Nord Anglia, boarding from Year 3, IB Diploma or A-Level) versus Garden in Ban Chang, Rayong (CIS + current FOBISIA member, IBDP, boarding from Year 5). Both were established in 1994. Both publish year-by-year fees. Both deliver the IB Diploma. The split is not curriculum quality alone — it is commute, Sixth Form optionality, boarding, and whether Nord Anglia pricing fits your budget.
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Regents uses its school-published 2026/27 schedule; Garden uses its latest published 2025/26 fee page. The table compares standard tuition before Regents’ 5% annual-payment discount. Garden standard years bill three terms, while its Y11 and Y12–13 exam-year totals use the two published terms.
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| Dimension | Regents (Pattaya) | Garden (Rayong) |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 | 1994 |
| Address | Pong, Banglamung, Chonburi — Pattaya-side premium campus | Ban Chang, Rayong — ~30 min south of central Pattaya |
| Age range | 1–18 (Lion Cubs from August 2026; published tariff begins at Pre-Nursery → Year 13) | 2–18 (Nursery → Year 13 IBDP · full through-school) |
| Secondary on campus | Yes — IGCSE → IB Diploma or A-Level on same campus | Yes — IGCSE → IB Diploma on same campus (no A-Level) |
| Early Years philosophy | British EYFS · IPC lower-primary pathway | British EYFS / Foundation Stage |
| Primary curriculum | British National Curriculum + IPC | British National Curriculum |
| Language model | English-medium · Thai · Mandarin | English-medium · Thai · Spanish · French · Mandarin |
| Accreditation | Nord Anglia Education · IBO | CIS · CAIE · IBO · ONESQA · FOBISIA member (joined 2002 or earlier) |
| Class size | Large premium campus — verify cohort sizes on tour | Smaller cohort — verify IBDP class size on tour |
| Annual tuition (published) | ฿464,000–฿899,000/yr standard tuition; 5% annual prepayment saves ฿23,200–฿44,950 (2026/27) | ฿147,000–฿609,800/yr standard tuition (2025/26, latest published) |
| Nursery / EY1 tuition | ฿464,000/yr Pre-Nursery standard; annual prepayment ฿440,800 | ฿147,000/yr Nursery half-day · ฿268,500 full-day |
| Year 1 / KS1 tuition | ฿649,000/yr standard; annual prepayment ฿616,550 | ฿418,500/yr (Years 1–2 band) |
| Year 6 tuition | ฿682,000/yr standard; annual prepayment ฿647,900 | ฿447,300/yr (Years 3–6 band) |
| One-time admission | ฿60,000 (Pre-N–Reception) · ฿107,000 (Y1–13) · ฿7,500 application | ฿60,000 (Foundation) · ฿120,000 (Primary+Secondary) · ฿5,000 application · ฿40,000 refundable deposit |
| Transport | ฿45,000–฿126,000/year one-way or ฿60,000–฿168,000/year two-way | ฿18,000–฿32,100/term by zone |
| Boarding | From Year 3 · ฿447,000/year standard; 5% annual-payment saving ฿22,350 gives ฿424,650 (+ ฿30,000 retainer) | Weekly from Year 5 ฿297,000/year; full boarding ฿345,000/year; ฿20,000 deposit |
| Sixth Form pathway | IB Diploma or A-Level — Y12–13 standard tuition ฿899,000; annual prepayment ฿854,050 | IB Diploma only — Y12–13 IBDP ฿609,800/yr (฿304,900 × 2 terms · no A-Level) |
| Live editorial | Regents → read editorial | Garden → read editorial |
| Published support-cost label | 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. | Combined fee label — “Compulsory EAL/Learning Support”; amount on request in the latest published 2025/26 fee source. |
On standard published tuition, Garden is lower at every overlapping band: Year 1 is ฿418,500 versus Regents ฿649,000, and Year 10 is ฿500,100 versus Regents ฿890,000. Regents’ 5% annual-payment option saves ฿32,450 at Years 1–2 and ฿44,500 at Years 10–11. Both schools publish boarding: Garden from Year 5 and Regents from Year 3. Compare the child’s exact year, compulsory extras and payment timing before using either endpoint.
Regents offers both IB Diploma and A-Level after IGCSE; Garden is IBDP-only. Regents Years 10–11 standard tuition is ฿890,000 and Years 12–13 is ฿899,000, with a 5% annual-payment option. Garden Years 12–13 IBDP is ฿609,800.
Both schools publish boarding. Regents boards from Year 3 at ฿447,000 standard, or ฿424,650 with its 5% annual-payment option, plus a ฿30,000 retainer. Garden offers weekly boarding from Year 5 at ฿297,000/year or full boarding at ฿345,000/year, plus a ฿20,000 deposit.
Regents at Pong, Banglamung sits on the Pattaya side — typically 15–25 minutes from central Pattaya depending on traffic. Your school community stays in Chonburi province. Garden at Ban Chang, Rayong is ~30 minutes south of central Pattaya — a daily commute many families accept for lower published fees and FOBISIA sports circuits, but not a school-run you can walk to from Jomtien or Naklua. Test both commutes at school-run times before enrolling. If you live in Rayong or Ban Chang already, Garden's location is a structural advantage; if you are anchored in Pattaya City, Regents wins the daily logistics.
On standard published tuition, Regents runs from ฿464,000 in Pre-Nursery to ฿899,000 in Years 12–13, while Garden runs from ฿147,000 in half-day Nursery to ฿609,800 in Years 12–13. Regents’ 5% annual-payment option is shown separately. Add each school’s published entry, transport and boarding charges before comparing total cash due.
Regents sits inside Nord Anglia Education — 80+ schools across 30+ countries, MIT for STEM and Juilliard for performing arts partnerships, cross-network teacher exchanges and relocation portability. Structural fit for globally mobile families who may transfer mid-course. Garden pairs CIS accreditation with current FOBISIA membership (the federation says it joined in 2002 or earlier) and publishes IBDP examination results — 100% Diploma pass rate in 2023 (89% in 2022, 100% in 2021 on its official results page). Verify latest cohort size and average points on tour — a 100% pass rate with a small cohort means something different than 100% with 200 students. Garden also offers broader language exposure (Spanish + French + Mandarin vs Regents' three-language offering).
You want pure British A-Level without IB at premium scale — see Rugby vs Regents. You need IB Diploma at a lower fee point — see ISE Sriracha (American + IBDP at G11–12). You need Established-tier British in Nongprue — see MIS vs TPIS. You want Cognita forest-school IB in Rayong — see St Andrew's vs Regents.
Regents and Garden both offer British foundations, boarding and an IB Diploma route, so the decisive evidence sits below those shared labels: the child’s actual subject choices, complete fee-year basis, support offer, boarding routine and commute.
Ask each school to map the child’s proposed year through IGCSE and post-16 study. Request the subjects currently expected to run for the relevant cohort, minimum enrolment needed for a class, timetable constraints and university guidance. Regents also publishes A-Level optionality; confirm which subjects are genuinely available to this child rather than treating the pathway label as an unlimited menu.
For a younger pupil, examine the present classroom first. Observe an ordinary lesson, request anonymised work from the offered year and compare how teachers give feedback, group pupils and communicate progress. A distant Diploma route matters, but it should not outweigh evidence about daily fit now.
Request dated invoices for the exact year group and identify whether each quoted tuition number is standard, discounted or based on an earlier published academic year. Regents’ 2026/27 schedule includes a 5% annual-payment discount when paid by its stated deadline. Garden’s latest recorded tariff basis must be labelled with its own academic year rather than silently treated as a current-year equivalent.
Add application, enrolment or registration, deposit or retainer, meals, transport, books, uniforms, trips, experiential programmes, examinations, devices, clubs and language or learning support. For boarding, include the correct boarding fee, retainer, weekend or holiday arrangements and travel costs. Separate the acceptance-stage amount, complete first year and recurring year; never compare discounted tuition at one school with standard tuition at the other.
If boarding is under consideration, ask to see the relevant house and a normal weekday schedule. Confirm eligible year groups, nights included, weekend supervision, medical cover, device rules, laundry, activities, exeat arrangements and communication with parents. Speak to staff about homesickness and integration between boarders and day pupils. Ignore boarding in the score if the child will attend as a day pupil.
Ask who assesses language, learning or wellbeing needs, what support is delivered in class, staffing, frequency, review cycle and price. Obtain a written provision plan when support is material to acceptance. A programme description or published charge is not a guarantee of fit for a particular child.
Drive both routes at the intended arrival and collection times, including work and sibling stops. If a bus or boarding pattern changes the journey, model the actual weekly schedule rather than a single map estimate. Place term dates, closure days and activities beside the family calendar.
Finish with one decision sheet containing placement, subject availability, classroom evidence, full first-year and recurring cost, support, travel or boarding routine and the next review date. Keep every unresolved fee-year or pathway question open until the school answers in writing.
Yes. Both run British pathways with IB Diploma at Sixth Form. Regents also offers A-Level as an alternative — students choose after IGCSE. Garden is IBDP-only at Sixth Form.
Garden is lower at every peer year-group on standard published tuition: Nursery half-day ฿147,000 versus Regents Pre-Nursery ฿464,000; Year 1 ฿418,500 versus ฿649,000; Year 10 ฿500,100 versus ฿890,000. Regents’ 5% annual-payment option reduces its rows when paid by the deadline.
Both publish boarding. Regents boards from Year 3 at ฿447,000 standard; the 5% annual-payment saving is ฿22,350, giving ฿424,650, plus a ฿30,000 retainer. Garden offers weekly boarding from Year 5 at ฿297,000/year or full boarding at ฿345,000/year, plus a ฿20,000 deposit.
Garden publishes a 100% Diploma pass rate for 2023 (89% in 2022, 100% in 2021 on its official results page). Regents does not publish identical figures publicly — verify the current-year pass rate on tour.
No. Garden publishes campus-specific CIS accreditation; Regents does not currently publish a campus-specific CIS claim. Garden adds current FOBISIA membership; the federation says it joined in 2002 or earlier. Regents adds Nord Anglia Education network and IBDP-or-A-Level optionality at Sixth Form.
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