St Stephen's International School Khao Yai
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand · PrivateKey facts
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
CIS · membershipCambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeSt Stephen's International School · school is part of the networkWhat stands behind each entry
It accredits international schools and is a paying association at the same time. It examines governance and ownership, the curriculum, teaching, student wellbeing, staff and premises; a team of volunteers from other CIS accredited schools visits the school. Membership and accreditation are different things here, and schools confuse them more often than anything else.
What the badge means for this school. The school belongs to this organisation but has not been through its accreditation. The difference matters: membership is usually paid for and has no external inspection behind it. The entry is confirmed in the organisation's open directory.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →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: IGCSE (ages 14-16), A-Level (ages 16-18). 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 →St. Stephen's International School - a Thai school with two campuses joined by a common site, sis.edu, and a common St. Stephen's Community: a campus in Bangkok and a campus in Khao Yai. The philosophical foundation of the school was laid by Chris Assakul, the late founder and former chairman of Ocean Life Insurance Company Limited. The motto of the school is Where East meets West, and the mission is formulated as Leadership in the Making - to Create Tomorrow's Leaders Today. The Khao Yai campus also runs its own centre for out-of-school education, The Howling Gibbon, which takes groups from outside as well.
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.