Wells International School, Bang Na Campus
Bangkok, Thailand · est. 2011 · PrivateKey facts
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP · authorised programmeACS WASC · accreditationWells International Schools · school is part of the networkWhat stands behind each entry
A Swiss non-profit, working since 1968. Its programmes are among the most widely recognised school programmes in the world. Authorisation is granted stage by stage, so a school with the final stage does not necessarily run the younger ones; which stages this school holds is set out in the line below.
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: PYP (ages 3-12). PYP is the primary stage, ages 3 to 12. It is not a set of subjects but a frame for the whole school: learning is built around lines of inquiry, and there are no exams at the end.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →An American regional accreditation of the institution, working since 1962 and covering some 5,500 schools in California, the Pacific and Asia. It judges the whole school: a self-study, then a team visit. It gives the same status to supplementary and virtual programmes, so the category of an entry is worth checking separately.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Wells International School - a Thai group of schools with an American programme, founded in 1999. It includes four campuses in Thailand and one in Myanmar: On Nut in Bangkok for Grade 1-12, Thonglor in Bangkok for Nursery - Grade 2, Bang Na in Bangkok for Nursery - Grade 5, a campus in Chonburi for Nursery - Grade 9 with an extension to Grade 12, and a campus in Yangon. The total across the group is more than 750 pupils from more than 50 countries. The campuses are accredited by WASC and licensed by the Ministry of Education of Thailand, and the school is an IB World School. The single site of the group is wells.ac.th, with a separate site for the Myanmar campus at wells.edu.mm. The fees for the three Bangkok campuses are published in a common document, and those for Chonburi in a separate one.
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.