Shrewsbury Bangkok to open new school in city centre

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Shrewsbury to open school in city centre

By THE NATION

 

 

SHREWSBURY International School Bangkok is spending Bt2.6 billion on establishing a new city-centre primary school.

The facility will have the capacity to accommodate 640 pupils aged 3 to 11 years. Sitting on a 15-rai (2.4-hectare) plot of land between Sukhumvit Road and Rama IX Road, it will open next August. 

 

“We aim to build Thailand’s best primary school at the new site. It is being purpose-built for young children and raises the bar in primary school education in Thailand,” said Chali Sophonpanich, founder of Shrewsbury International School Bangkok.

 

 

“A modern, technologically advanced learning environment, security and plenty of natural greenery are all designed into the school from inception.” 

 

The city campus will complement Shrewsbury International School Bangkok’s riverside campus on Charoenkrung Road. The riverside campus, which was established in 2003 with the support of Britain’s highly respected Shrewsbury School, comprises a primary and secondary school for children aged 3 to 18 years with almost 1,700 pupils enrolled. 

 

It is regularly ranked among the best schools in the region. 

 

The new campus, called Shrewsbury International School Bangkok – City Campus, will accommodate the large waiting list of children seeking a primary-school place at Shrewsbury’s riverside campus and has begun accepting enrolments for the academic year beginning in August 2018.

 

 

At the helm will be Stephen Holroyd, director of schools for Shrewsbury International in Asia and an educationalist with 12 years’ experience in Thailand as principal of Shrewsbury’s riverside campus.

 

“Shrewsbury Bangkok’s riverside campus, which offers both primary and secondary education, is attracting a lot of very talented children because of its proven ability to develop well-rounded graduates who are academically and professionally successful and are inculcated with the best human values,” he said. He said the school has been compelled to turn away more than 650 well-qualified children who were applying for a place in the Junior School at the riverside campus due to the space limitations over the past three years. 

 

“The Shrewsbury International School Bangkok – City Campus will help us provide those extra places for deserving children while at the same time giving us an opportunity to build a campus that is specifically designed for children aged 3 to 11 years,” he said.

 

Children completing their primary school education at the city campus are guaranteed a place at the secondary school in Shrewsbury Bangkok’s riverside campus.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30331444

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-11-13

[davehowden]

"Yearly tuition fees for the 2017-2018 school year range from 534,300 to 950,700 baht"

 

Not for your average Somchai then !

[Destiny1990]

Insane school fee structure and most likely an very simple school education with average results when compare it with an ordinary public school in an immigrant area in Liverpool for example.

Edited November 13, 2017 by Destiny1990

[klauskunkel]

3 hours ago, davehowden said:

"Yearly tuition fees for the 2017-2018 school year range from 534,300 to 950,700 baht"

 

Not for your average Somchai then !

"Chali Sophonpanich, founder of Shrewsbury International School Bangkok."

Sophonpanich - Bangkok Bank Family - the elite providing for the elite.

 

[wakeupplease]

1 hour ago, klauskunkel said:

"Chali Sophonpanich, founder of Shrewsbury International School Bangkok."

Sophonpanich - Bangkok Bank Family - the elite providing for the elite.

 

Whats new it's been going on and will be going on for years. cost more to send a kid here than most Thais earn, hope they do not employ the big hitters as teachers.

[Enoon]

 

"It is being purpose-built for young children and raises the bar in primary school education in Thailand"

 

Raising the financial bar and, more than anything, the sense of prestige and entitlement that its attendees will award themselves.

 

The Thai state school system will continue to do just what it is supposed to do: turning out people who will feel privileged to serve the food and clean up after the little "good people" attending this establishment.

 

 

PS It's "parent" school in England:

"In 2005 Shrewsbury School was one of fifty of the country's leading independent schools which were found guilty of running an illegal price-fixing cartel which had allowed them to drive up fees for thousands of parents"

 

Shrewsbury school came to Thailand?........say no more.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 13, 2017 by Enoon

[Jane Dough]

2 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

Insane school fee structure and most likely an very simple school education with average results when compare it with an ordinary public school in an immigrant area in Liverpool for example.

What do you base that on? Your Phd in trolling perhaps....

[moe666]

The Nay Sayers have a new target

[Jeremy50]

The English lions and the Fleur de lys, a throwback to the days when England had extensive territory in France, is surely not appropriate for Bangkok. How about changing it to piles of gold coins, presumably the only motivation for yet another international school opening here, and three M16  rifles, symbolic of the military regime the country currently labours under.

[Slip]

On 11/13/2017 at 7:52 AM, Destiny1990 said:

Insane school fee structure and most likely an very simple school education with average results when compare it with an ordinary public school in an immigrant area in Liverpool for example.

You take the prize for the week. 

 

Are you aware of the public school education system in the UK, and of Shrewsbury's position therein?

[Destiny1990]

53 minutes ago, Slip said:

You take the prize for the week. 

 

Are you aware of the public school education system in the UK, and of Shrewsbury's position therein?

I guess it underscores with most free public schools in the Uk as all international schools in Thailand do underscore in comparison with those. In Thailand its a enterprise in the Uk its just an free public school.

[Jeremy50]

7 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

I guess it underscores with most free public schools in the Uk as all international schools in Thailand do underscore in comparison with those. In Thailand its a enterprise in the Uk its just an free public school.

One has to understand that in the UK a public school is in fact an expensive private school before this debate can continue. For example, Eaton and Harrow are public schools. Though some refer to them as independent schools nowadays. Shrewsbury is also a 'public school', though certainly not one of the best. This sort of 'turning your proud school into a kind of international franchise', makes them all look cheap and silly. This is typical of the UK now. No one has any principles, it's just about the money. Nasty and cynical. Complete with royal coat of arms, OMG.

 

[Destiny1990]

1 hour ago, Jeremy50 said:

One has to understand that in the UK a public school is in fact an expensive private school before this debate can continue. For example, Eaton and Harrow are public schools. Though some refer to them as independent schools nowadays. Shrewsbury is also a 'public school', though certainly not one of the best. This sort of 'turning your proud school into a kind of international franchise', makes them all look cheap and silly. This is typical of the UK now. No one has any principles, it's just about the money. Nasty and cynical. Complete with royal coat of arms, OMG.

 

Let me put it more clear those expensive Thai int schools will in average underscore with any type of school in the UK.

[OldSiamHand]

On 11/15/2017 at 8:24 AM, Destiny1990 said:

Let me put it more clear those expensive Thai int schools will in average underscore with any type of school in the UK.

Incorrect.  Look at the published test scores on the websites from the top schools (I don't consider Shrewsbury one of the tops), and they do markedly better than the average UK school.  Shrewsbury is a for profit private school.  The best international schools are foundation run and not for profit (thus focusing on the kids, not the shareholders).