Mooltripakdee International School (MIS)
Pattaya, Thailand · est. 1988 · PrivateKey facts
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary, IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeXCL Education · school is part of the networkWhat stands behind each entry
Part of the University of Cambridge. It allows a school to teach the Cambridge programmes and to enter pupils for the exams. There are four stages and they are authorised separately: primary, lower secondary, IGCSE and A Level. If the stages are known they are named in the line below; if that line is missing, the school does not publish them, and the Cambridge registry does not show stages either - it gives only the name of the centre, the country and whether private candidates are accepted. Cambridge calls what it does registration rather than accreditation, and the network holds about ten thousand schools.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: Primary (ages 5-11), IGCSE (ages 14-16), A-Level (ages 16-18). Primary is the primary stage, ages 5 to 11: English, mathematics and science to Cambridge syllabuses. At the end of the stage a school may run the optional Checkpoint test, which is marked in Cambridge. IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate. A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →XCL Education - a network of private and international schools, kindergartens and supplementary education programmes centred on Singapore. The network describes itself as a group of educational institutions of South-East Asia with more than 21,000 people studying in it. In Thailand the network includes XCL American School of Bangkok, Sukhumvit: the school joined the group in 2022 and changed its name from American School of Bangkok at the same time. The number of schools, a list of countries, the year of foundation and the owner are not disclosed by the network on the pages of the school site. The second campus, American School of Bangkok, Green Valley in Samut Prakan, is not mentioned on the pages about the network.
What this means for this school. The network owns or operates the school. Its accreditation and programme authorisation the school obtains separately, in its own name.