Palm House vs Phuket International vs Oakwood

[KarenBravo]

A Catholic school, but, they don't proselytize.

[davidjg]

I have a son who will be 8 years old in a few months. He started out at ABC school which was fantastic and still is I have been told. He then went to Phuket International when he was 5 years old which our family liked ......at first.....The prices soared and the education faltered. I felt that he wasn't learning anything and we were paying approximately 200,000 baht a year, including the bus and incidental fees. We talked to many of the parents that we knew who had kids there and they felt the same. Last year we decided to take him out of there. I researched all the schools again including Palm House and Oak Meadows. We ended up moving him to the international (English) program at Darasamuth school. We visited the school twice before enrolling him and were very suprised.......and impressed by the 20+ farang teachers employed there for the Engllish program. We spoke to some of the teachers there as well as some of the parents and other staff. A nun who runs the school invited us in to discuss our son after he took his entrance exams and was very nice and fluent in both Thai and English. We enrolled him there and have been 100% pleased with the results so far. He comes home every day happy and seems to be learning a helluva lot more than he did at Phuket International school. another bonus is the fees are 1/2 the cost of Phuket International or any other international school. We pay 100,000 baht for the entire year which includes the private bus fees and uniforms, etc. My son loves it there.

What were your main reasons for choosing this school over Oak Meadow and Palm House? or was this decision purely based on the feeling you got from speaking to teachers/parents?

[hansgruber]

I have a son who will be 8 years old in a few months. He started out at ABC school which was fantastic and still is I have been told. He then went to Phuket International when he was 5 years old which our family liked ......at first.....The prices soared and the education faltered. I felt that he wasn't learning anything and we were paying approximately 200,000 baht a year, including the bus and incidental fees. We talked to many of the parents that we knew who had kids there and they felt the same. Last year we decided to take him out of there. I researched all the schools again including Palm House and Oak Meadows. We ended up moving him to the international (English) program at Darasamuth school. We visited the school twice before enrolling him and were very suprised.......and impressed by the 20+ farang teachers employed there for the Engllish program. We spoke to some of the teachers there as well as some of the parents and other staff. A nun who runs the school invited us in to discuss our son after he took his entrance exams and was very nice and fluent in both Thai and English. We enrolled him there and have been 100% pleased with the results so far. He comes home every day happy and seems to be learning a helluva lot more than he did at Phuket International school. another bonus is the fees are 1/2 the cost of Phuket International or any other international school. We pay 100,000 baht for the entire year which includes the private bus fees and uniforms, etc. My son loves it there.

What were your main reasons for choosing this school over Oak Meadow and Palm House? or was this decision purely based on the feeling you got from speaking to teachers/parents?

You only have to drive past Palm house soi headed to Rawai pier and see the Palm house school cars hanging at the girly bars on wiset rd most afternoons. Now for example.

Opposite the shell museum.

I understand it's their free time but not a great look for the school with the school logo and name on the side.

[stevenl]

I have a son who will be 8 years old in a few months. He started out at ABC school which was fantastic and still is I have been told. He then went to Phuket International when he was 5 years old which our family liked ......at first.....The prices soared and the education faltered. I felt that he wasn't learning anything and we were paying approximately 200,000 baht a year, including the bus and incidental fees. We talked to many of the parents that we knew who had kids there and they felt the same. Last year we decided to take him out of there. I researched all the schools again including Palm House and Oak Meadows. We ended up moving him to the international (English) program at Darasamuth school. We visited the school twice before enrolling him and were very suprised.......and impressed by the 20+ farang teachers employed there for the Engllish program. We spoke to some of the teachers there as well as some of the parents and other staff. A nun who runs the school invited us in to discuss our son after he took his entrance exams and was very nice and fluent in both Thai and English. We enrolled him there and have been 100% pleased with the results so far. He comes home every day happy and seems to be learning a helluva lot more than he did at Phuket International school. another bonus is the fees are 1/2 the cost of Phuket International or any other international school. We pay 100,000 baht for the entire year which includes the private bus fees and uniforms, etc. My son loves it there.

What were your main reasons for choosing this school over Oak Meadow and Palm House? or was this decision purely based on the feeling you got from speaking to teachers/parents?

You only have to drive past Palm house soi headed to Rawai pier and see the Palm house school cars hanging at the girly bars on wiset rd most afternoons. Now for example.

Opposite the shell museum.

I understand it's their free time but not a great look for the school with the school logo and name on the side.

Yes, fully agree with that.

[ubonjoe]

A inflammatory post that bumped up this 4 year old topic has been removed along with the resultant baiting and bickering posts.

Topic now