Mooltripakdee International School (MIS).

The campus

Address: 77 Moo 3, Chaiyaphon Withi 25, Nongprue, Bang Lamung, Chonburi 20150

A compact campus on Chaiyaphon Withi 25 in Nongprue, in the built-up eastern suburbs rather than the countryside. Smaller and more local in character than the big inland international schools.

Where this campus actually is

Nongprue, east of central Pattaya and close to the Sukhumvit corridor — one of the two genuinely central options along with Tara Pattana. Jomtien, Khao Talo, East Pattaya and central Pattaya are all realistic daily drives; Sriracha and Ban Chang are not, but then nobody moves to Sriracha for this school. No rail; car, motorbike or school bus.

There is no urban rail anywhere on the Eastern Seaboard — no BTS, no MRT, no metro. The State Railway's eastern line calls at Pattaya but it is a sparse intercity service, not a school run, and the Bangkok–U-Tapao high-speed rail scheme is not in service. Baht buses cover the beach strip and do not usefully reach the inland campuses where most of these schools sit. Every school run here is a car, a school bus, a motorbike or a Grab — so the neighbourhood you choose and the bus route you qualify for matter more in Pattaya than in almost any Thai city. Read the Pattaya getting-around guide and the Pattaya area guides before you sign a lease.

The curriculum pathway

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

• Early Years from age 2, blending the English Early Years Foundation Stage with Montessori methodology.
• Primary on the English National Curriculum.
• Secondary on the Cambridge International curriculum to IGCSE.
• Sixth form: Cambridge AS-Level and A-Level.

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 Mooltripakdee International School (MIS) and its accrediting bodies publish, not our verdict:

• Cambridge International curriculum and examination pathway through IGCSE, AS and A-Level.
• Partnered since 2025 with XCL Education, a Singapore-headquartered international schools group operating across Southeast Asia.
• Registered with Thailand's Ministry of Education as an international school.
• We could not verify an independent whole-school accreditation (CIS, NEASC, WASC, FOBISIA) from primary sources, and do not claim one.

Boarding and the size of the school

Boarding: A day school. MIS does not offer boarding.

Scale: A smaller, more locally-rooted community than the big inland campuses, drawing largely from families living in Pattaya itself. We are not publishing a roll figure because we could not verify a current one. Roll and nationality figures move every year and schools report them differently — treat these as indicative and ask the admissions office for current numbers.

Who this school tends to suit

Long-stay families living in Pattaya who want a full British Cambridge pathway all the way to A-level without a daily inland commute, and who prefer a smaller school. The XCL partnership is worth understanding when you visit — group ownership usually brings investment and change, and it is fair to ask admissions what is actually changing and on what timetable.

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 Mooltripakdee International School (MIS)

MIS is a Pattaya-side school, so the city's own residential areas work:

Confirm the bus catchment before you sign. Pattaya's international schools are strung along a 60-kilometre corridor across three districts and two provinces — Nongprue in the city, Pong and Khao Mai Kaew inland, Green Valley towards Sriracha, Bo Win beyond it and Ban Chang in Rayong. Choosing a home on the wrong side of that corridor turns a ten-minute run into a daily hour each way.

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:

• What the XCL Education partnership means in practice for fees, staffing and curriculum over the next few years.
• The founding year, which we report as 1988 on the strength of secondary sources only.
• Which A-level subjects are running — in a smaller sixth form, availability varies year to year.
• 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.
• The school bus route, catchment zone and pick-up time for the exact neighbourhood you are considering — then ask what time the bus actually arrives back. On the Eastern Seaboard this is the single most important question a family can ask. Campuses are spread across three districts and two provinces, and an hour each way is entirely possible if you choose the wrong side of the city.
• Whether the drive you were quoted was measured in rush hour. Sukhumvit Road through Pattaya and the Highway 7 / Highway 36 junctions bear little resemblance at 07:30 to what a mid-morning school tour suggests.
• Entry requirements: assessments, interviews, English-language support and the school reports or transcripts you must supply.
• How far the school takes your child, and on which exam pathway — the Eastern Seaboard mixes Cambridge IGCSE and A-level, IB Diploma, American high-school diploma and the French baccalauréat, and switching between them mid-secondary is disruptive and sometimes not possible at all.
• For boarding: the weekly and flexi options actually running this year, the age they start, and the exeat and weekend arrangements.

Visit the official Mooltripakdee International School (MIS) 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.