Berkeley International School Bangkok.

The campus, and how you actually get there

Address: Debaratna (Bangna-Trad) Road, Bang Na Nuea, Bang Na, Bangkok

A compact but well-equipped eastern campus — an Olympic-size pool, a 450-seat theatre, a tennis dome and a gymnasium are the facilities the school highlights.

Getting there: No station at the gate. The campus is off Debaratna Road in Bang Na, minutes from Sukhumvit Road by car; BTS Bang Na and Udom Suk are the nearest rail but a feeder ride away.

Bangkok school runs are decided by traffic, not distance. Cross-check with the Bangkok getting-around guide and the BTS and MRT network before you commit to a neighbourhood.

The curriculum pathway

How a child progresses through the school, stage by stage:

• Pre-K and elementary on Common Core, NGSS and AERO standards
• Middle school
• College-preparatory high school with Advanced Placement (AP) courses

Accreditation & memberships

Accreditation is the closest thing to an objective quality signal in international schooling — it means an outside body has inspected governance, teaching and safeguarding. BAANLYY does not rank schools, so this is what Berkeley International School Bangkok and its accrediting bodies publish, not our verdict:

• Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), accredited since 2014

Boarding and the size of the school

Boarding: Day school — no boarding.

Scale: A small school by Bangkok standards — reported at roughly 400 students from around 32 nationalities, which means small classes and a high Western-enrolment share. Roll and nationality figures move every year and schools report them differently — treat these as indicative and ask the admissions office for the current numbers.

Who this school tends to suit

Families who want a small American school with genuinely small cohorts, and eastern-Sukhumvit households already living around Bang Na.

This is our editorial read for relocation planning, not a ranking or a recommendation — and no school pays to appear on BAANLYY. Visit shortlisted campuses before you decide.

Living near Berkeley International School Bangkok

Berkeley sits in the same eastern belt as Patana and Concordian, so the Bang Na and On Nut condo and housing markets are the catchment.

Check the school's bus catchment before you sign — a home that looks close on a map can sit outside the route, and a home on the route can be twenty minutes further away and still be the easier morning.

What to confirm directly with the school

BAANLYY deliberately does not publish per-school tuition figures: they change annually, schools publish their own current schedules, and a stale number is worse than none. Take this list to the admissions office:

• Cohort size in your child's specific grade — at this scale a single year group can be very small, which is either the attraction or the drawback.
• The current fee schedule — tuition, application and registration fees, any refundable deposit or capital/development levy, uniforms, lunches, the bus and trips.
• Whether the year group you need has a place, or a waitlist, for your intended start date.
• School bus routes, catchment zones and pick-up times for the neighbourhood you are considering — these matter more than straight-line distance in Bangkok traffic.
• Entry requirements: assessments, interviews, English-language support and the school reports or transcripts you must supply.

Visit the official Berkeley International School Bangkok website →

Sources & References

• Ministry of Education, Thailand

Primary and official sources are cited above. Government rules, fees and procedures in Thailand change over time and vary by office; always confirm current requirements with the relevant authority before relying on them. BAANLYY never takes paid placement in editorial content.