Read this first
Trang Ruampattana School, the school most Trang guides lead with, stops at about age 14. It is a genuinely good bilingual school and it starts younger than anything else here, from age 2 — but it has no upper secondary. If your child is nine when you arrive, you are choosing a school you will have to leave.
And the usual fallback does not work for teenagers. Trang guides typically name two nearby international schools, Krabi and Hat Yai. American Prep in Hat Yai teaches Pre-K to Grade 6 only. For a secondary-age child needing a full international curriculum, Krabi International School is not the nearest of two options — it is the only one.
The short version
Trang has no international school, and we can now say so from the province's own paperwork rather than from silence in a directory. The Trang Provincial Education Office publishes a register of every in-system private school in the province — 37 schools, data recorded as of 10 June 2023 — and none is licensed as an international school. Since international schools in Thailand are licensed through that same system, a complete provincial register with none on it is a finding, not a gap in our reading. What Trang has instead is a real, workable set of Thai and bilingual schools, three of which teach all the way to eighteen. Families who specifically need IGCSE, A-level, an American diploma or IB should plan around Krabi rather than Trang. Pair this with the Trang where-to-live guide, and start with the Trang hub for the province-wide overview.
What is actually available, by your child's age
Most school guides list institutions. The question that decides a relocation is narrower: can anything here teach my child, at their age, for the years we plan to stay?
| Age band | In Trang province | Full international curriculum |
|---|---|---|
| Ages 2–5 (early years) | Trang Ruampattana (from age 2), Buranarumluk (K1), Trang Christian Suksa (kindergarten), plus several registered private kindergartens in Trang town. | Krabi International School cannot help — it starts at Year 1 / age 5. American Prep in Hat Yai admits from about age 2. |
| Ages 5–12 (primary) | All three private schools above cover this band. The widest choice a family in Trang will have. | Both Krabi International School and American Prep in Hat Yai cover this band. |
| Ages 12–14 (lower secondary) | Trang Ruampattana to about 14; Buranarumluk and Trang Christian Suksa continue; Wichienmatu admits at M1 by examination in Thai. | Krabi International School only. American Prep stops at Grade 6 — it is not an option for a teenager. |
| Ages 14–18 (upper secondary) | Trang Ruampattana stops. Buranarumluk, Trang Christian Suksa and Wichienmatu all teach to M6, exiting with a Thai upper-secondary certificate. | Krabi International School is the only option within reach — Year 13, IGCSE and A Level. There is no second choice. |
The four schools worth knowing in Trang
Three private schools and one government secondary school. Addresses, telephone numbers and licence categories for the private three are taken from the provincial register; grade spans are from each school's own site. Click any school for its full profile, including exactly what we verified and what we could not.
| School | Area | Starts | Stops | Leaves with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trang Ruampattana School | Thap Thiang, Mueang Trang District | Age 2 (the youngest start of any school profiled here) | Age 14 -- no upper-secondary provision | None at 18. Pupils leaving at 14 transfer to another school for M4-M6. |
| Buranarumluk School | Bang Rak, Mueang Trang District (Nam Phut Road) | Kindergarten 1 -- the school runs K1 readiness assessment and K1 admissions | Mathayom 6. The school's own site records the farewell ceremony for its 38th M6 cohort. | Thai upper-secondary certificate (M6) |
| Trang Christian Suksa School | Thap Thiang, Mueang Trang District (Tha Klang Road) | Kindergarten | Mathayom 6 | Thai upper-secondary certificate (M6) |
| Wichienmatu School | Thung Wang, Kok Lo Subdistrict, Mueang Trang District | Mathayom 1 (about age 12) -- there is no primary or early-years provision here | Mathayom 6 | Thai upper-secondary certificate (M6). Entry is by competitive examination in Thai. |
We do not republish per-school tuition. Fee figures decay quickly and are routinely quoted without the one-time admission and deposit charges that dominate a first year — ask each school for the year-one total instead.
How we bounded this, and what the register cannot tell you
Not one of the 37 in-system private schools in Trang province is licensed as an international school. International schools in Thailand are licensed through this same private-school system, so their absence from a complete provincial register is a substantive finding -- materially stronger than the previous basis for the claim, which was simply that international-school directories did not list one.
The limit has to travel with the number. This register covers in-system private schools only. Government schools are correctly absent from it — which is why Wichienmatu, the largest secondary school in the province, does not appear — and so are out-of-system providers such as language centres. An absence in this document is evidence about Trang's private sector and nothing else. Mueang Trang holds the large majority. Kantang, Palian, Yan Ta Khao, Huai Yot and Rassada each hold a handful; several districts hold none at all, so 'private schooling in Trang' in practice means 'private schooling in Trang town'.
Ask every school these before you commit
- The youngest year the school will admit your child into -- not just the youngest year it teaches.
- The oldest year it teaches, and what happens after. At Trang Ruampattana this is the binding question: provision stops around age 14.
- Whether an advertised English-medium stream is running THIS academic year with enough enrolment to open, or is simply listed.
- The year-one total including one-time admission and deposit charges, not the tuition line alone.
- For a government school such as Wichienmatu: the entrance examination date and whether it is sat in Thai.
- For Buranarumluk: the programme structure, which we could not read because the school publishes its curriculum page as images.
The nearest confirmed international schools
Neither of these is a realistic daily commute from Trang — think of them as relocation options in their own right, not as schools you'd drive to from a Trang base.
| School | Area & distance | Curriculum | Age span | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krabi International School | Krabi, ~130 km / roughly 2 hours from Trang town | British (Cambridge) | Year 1 to Year 13 (ages 5–18) | The only full international school within reach of Trang that teaches to eighteen, following the English National Curriculum through Cambridge IGCSE and A Level. Around 15 minutes from Ao Nang and 20 minutes from Krabi town, with a minibus collection service across the surrounding area. Note the lower bound as well as the upper: it starts at Year 1, so it is no help for a child under five. Not a realistic daily commute from Trang. |
| American Prep International School (APIS) | Hat Yai, ~155 km / roughly 2–2.5 hours from Trang town | American (California-based) | Pre-K to Grade 6 (roughly ages 2–12) | Founded August 2015, a small school of roughly 80 pupils following the California state curriculum with a blended classroom and e-learning model. Read the span carefully before treating this as a fallback: provision ends at Grade 6, so APIS cannot educate a secondary-age child at all. It is an early-years and primary option, not a general alternative to Krabi. |
What this means for relocating families
The planning question is not “is there a good school in Trang” — there are several — but “can one school carry my child through the years we intend to stay?” If your child is young and you expect to move on within a few years, Trang Ruampattana is a strong choice and starts from age 2. If you are settling long-term with a child who will reach secondary here, plan around Buranarumluk, Trang Christian Suksa or Wichienmatu, all of which teach to M6 and exit with a Thai qualification — and be clear that this means a Thai-curriculum education, not an international one. If you specifically need IGCSE, A-level, an American diploma or IB through to eighteen, Krabi is the realistic base, not Trang with a long commute. Retirees, remote workers without school-age children, and families planning to homeschool face none of this and can weigh Trang purely on cost, food culture and island access — see the where-to-live guide and the Trang hub.
Trang schools questions
Is there an international school in Trang?
No — and we can now say that from the province's own register rather than from an absence in somebody else's directory. The Trang Provincial Education Office publishes every in-system private school in the province: 37 schools, with data recorded as of 10 June 2023, and not one is licensed as an international school. Because international schools in Thailand are licensed through that same private-school system, their absence from a complete provincial register is a real finding. What Trang does have is Trang Ruampattana School, a bilingual school in Thap Thiang blending the Oxford International Curriculum with Thailand's Core Curriculum for ages roughly 2–14 — genuinely useful for English exposure, but not a full IGCSE/A-level, American diploma or IB pathway.
Which schools in Trang teach all the way to eighteen?
Three: Buranarumluk School on Nam Phut Road, Trang Christian Suksa School on Tha Klang Road, and the government Wichienmatu School. All three teach to Mathayom 6 and exit with a Thai upper-secondary certificate. The school families most often hear about first — Trang Ruampattana — stops at about age 14, so a child who starts there will need to move schools for upper secondary. That is the single most important planning fact on this page.
Why have I not seen Buranarumluk School mentioned in other Trang guides?
Because it appears on no international-school directory — it is a conventional Thai private school, so the directories most relocation guides are built from cannot see it. It surfaced here only when we read the provincial private-school register directly. It teaches Kindergarten 1 through Mathayom 6, its website was actively maintained through August 2026, and it runs online admissions and student-records portals. We make no claim about its programme structure, because it publishes its curriculum page as images with no readable text.
Where is the nearest international school to Trang?
Krabi International School, roughly 130 km (about 2 hours by road) from Trang town — English National Curriculum, Year 1 to Year 13, ages 5–18, through Cambridge IGCSE and A Level. American Prep International School in Hat Yai, roughly 155 km away, is often listed as the second option, but check the age span before you rely on it: APIS teaches Pre-K to Grade 6 only, so it cannot educate a secondary-age child. For a teenager needing a full international curriculum, Krabi is not the nearest option — it is the only one. Neither is a realistic daily commute; families choosing either would relocate rather than commute from Trang.
What curriculum does Trang Ruampattana School follow?
A blend of the Oxford International Curriculum and Thailand's Core Curriculum, for students aged roughly 2 to 14. It's classified as a bilingual school rather than a full international school — bilingual schools in Thailand generally follow the Thai national curriculum with a substantial share of classes taught in English, and cost meaningfully less than full international schools, but they don't lead to the same IGCSE/A-level or IB qualifications.
Should families with school-age children relocate to Trang?
It depends entirely on what schooling you need. Families comfortable with a strong bilingual education, or planning to homeschool, or whose children are past school age, will find Trang a genuinely appealing, low-cost, low-tourist-density base. Families who specifically need a full international curriculum (IGCSE, A-level, American diploma or IB) should plan around Krabi or Hat Yai instead — or accept that Trang isn't the right base for that need, since no amount of local research changes the fact that the infrastructure isn't there yet.
Are there other bilingual or private Thai schools in Trang worth knowing about?
Yes — 37 in-system private schools are registered across the province, in four licence categories: ordinary private schools, temple charitable schools, Islamic schools teaching alongside the general curriculum, and welfare schools. The four profiled on this page are those most relevant to a relocating foreign family, but the register is worth asking your provincial education office for if you are settling outside Trang town. One structural point from it: private schooling in Trang is overwhelmingly concentrated in Mueang Trang district. Kantang, Palian, Yan Ta Khao, Huai Yot and Rassada hold a handful each, and several districts hold none at all.
This guide is general information for relocation planning, not admissions or financial advice. School locations, curricula and fees change — confirm current details directly with each school.
International schools near Trang
International schools in and around Trang, ordered by distance from the city centre and sourced live from Google Maps. Ratings and review counts update automatically — tap any name for directions, hours and contact details.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre, for rough comparison only. Listings are provided by Google and are not endorsements. BAANLYY does not manage these businesses.
Sources & References
- Trang Provincial Education Office — basic data on in-system private schools, Trang province, academic year 2566 (document 26/2566)
- Trang Provincial Education Office — private-school information index
- Trang Ruampattana School — official site (trpschool.com)
- Buranarumluk School — official site (burana.ac.th)
- Wichienmatu School — official site (wch.ac.th)
- Krabi International School — official site
- American Prep International School, Hat Yai — official site
- Ministry of Education, Thailand
- Tourism Authority of Thailand
- National Statistical Office, 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.
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