Rose Marie Academy has been providing private education in the Bangkok metropolitan region since 1995, and runs a Pre-K to Grade 12 American programme from a campus off Chaeng Wattana Road in Bang Talat, Pak Kret. It is run under the guidance of Mrs Rose Marie Wanchupela, an American teacher with more than forty years of experience in Thai and international schools. What distinguishes RMA is inclusion: the school publishes Special Support Services for English as an additional language, communication needs and learning differences, retains a licensed psychologist for individual and group counselling, operates a Specific Skills Center, and runs tailored programmes for performance athletes. Its Senior High School Keystone Program is accredited by Cognia and the Middle States Association; its Primary and Junior High programmes are approved by the Thai Ministry of Education.
Where this school stops
Nonthaburi’s eight schools end at four different ages, so this is the first question to settle — not the last. “Runs to 18” and “has a sixth form on this campus” are separate claims.
Grade 12, taught on campus
Where the campus actually is
187/47 Chaeng Wattana Road, Soi 20, Subsoi 15, Moo 7, Tambon Bang Talat, Amphur Pakkret, Nonthaburi 11120
Off Chaeng Wattana Road in Bang Talat, Pak Kret. Contact numbers published by the school are +66 2 960 3663 and +66 61 555 2250.
Is it on a rail line?
Yes, on the corridor. The campus is off Chaeng Wattana Road, which the Pink Line monorail runs along through Pak Kret -- Yaek Pak Kret station sits on Chaeng Wattana and is described as the closest station to Pak Kret city municipality. The campus is down a soi rather than on the main road, so a feeder leg applies, but this is a genuinely rail-adjacent school.
Area guides families use for this school run: Pak Kret & Chaengwattana
The curriculum pathway, stage by stage
- Child Centre programme for the youngest children, registered with the Thai Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare
- Primary School -- approved by the Thai Ministry of Education
- Junior High School -- approved by the Thai Ministry of Education
- Senior High School, the "Keystone Program" -- accredited by Cognia and the Middle States Association
Accreditations & authorisations
Worth separating: an examination-board authorisation (Cambridge, IB, College Board) means a school may enter pupils for those exams. A whole-school accreditation (WASC, CIS, COBIS, Cognia, ISQM) assesses the school itself. Both matter; they are not the same claim.
- Thai Ministry of Education -- approval covers the Primary and Junior High School programmes
- Cognia -- accredits the Senior High School Keystone Program
- Middle States Association -- accredits the Senior High School Keystone Program
Religious character
None published. Rose Marie Academy advertises no religious character or requirement.
Boarding
Day school. RMA advertises no boarding.
Who it suits
This is the province's inclusion school, and the strongest fit on the list for a family whose child needs more than a mainstream classroom offers. RMA publishes Special Support Services covering English as an additional language, communication needs and learning differences, employs a licensed psychologist offering individual and group counselling, and runs a Specific Skills Center. It also runs a tailored programme for performance athletes -- an option that barely exists elsewhere in Thailand. Small classes and long staff tenure are the school's stated model.
What we could not verify — and where sources disagree
We publish these openly rather than smoothing them over. A school guide that hides its uncertainty is not much use to a family making a decision this big.
- Directory listings and at least one national newspaper profile place Rose Marie Academy "in Nichada Thani Estate". The school's own published address is on Chaeng Wattana Road Soi 20 in Bang Talat -- near Nichada Thani's sub-district but not inside the estate. We publish the school's own address.
- The accreditation is SPLIT, and the split matters. Cognia and Middle States accredit the Senior High School Keystone Program. The Primary and Junior High programmes are described as approved by the Thai Ministry of Education, not as internationally accredited. A family enrolling a seven-year-old and a family enrolling a sixteen-year-old are not buying the same accreditation.
- The school's published contact email sits on an outlook.com address rather than its own rose-marie.ac.th domain. Stated, not interpreted.
- Two different phone numbers are published in different places on the school's own site. Both are given here.
Ask every Nonthaburi school this
- Does the school actually go as far as your child needs? Two of the eight -- St. Andrews Samakee (14) and MYIS (16 for now) -- stop before the end of secondary, so you will be choosing a second school. Ask before you enrol, not in Year 8.
- Which rail line, if any, is genuinely usable for your household? Nonthaburi has the Purple and Pink lines, but no campus here is a station-to-gate walk. Establish whether you are a rail family with a feeder leg, or a car family who happens to live near a station.
- What does the school bus actually cover, and is your address inside the catchment? In a province split by the Chao Phraya and by two motorway corridors, the bus map decides which neighbourhoods are realistic far more than the distance on a map does.
- Drive the run at 07:00 on a weekday before you sign a lease. Chaeng Watthana, Ratchaphruek and Tiwanon at rush hour bear no relation to the same roads at midday.
- Is the accreditation whole-school, or is it an examination-board authorisation? Cambridge, IB and College Board authorisations say a school may run those exams. WASC, CIS, COBIS, Cognia and ISQM assess the whole school. Both matter, and they are not the same claim.
- If faith matters to you in either direction, ask directly. Two of the eight schools are explicitly Christian -- one Catholic, one Bible-based and ACSI-affiliated -- and the other six publish no religious character at all.
- Ask what the year group's actual size is this year, not the school's total roll. Several of these schools are small by design, which many families want -- but you should know the number before you decide, not after.
BAANLYY does not rank, endorse or accept payment from schools. Facts on this page are compiled from Rose Marie Academy (RMA)'s own published material and independent cross-checks, and we deliberately publish no per-school fee figures — they change annually and a stale number is worse than none. Always confirm current admissions, fees, year groups, accreditation status and campus details directly with the school. Visit the official Rose Marie Academy (RMA) page →
Sources & References
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.
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