Ascot International School

Ascot is one of the few schools in Bangkok authorized to teach the complete IB continuum: the Primary Years, Middle Years, and Diploma Programmes, plus the Career-related Programme as an additional pathway in the final years for students who want a more vocationally oriented route alongside or instead of the standard Diploma.

Founded in 1995 as Park Place International School before rebranding, Ascot has three decades of local history under its current and former names, giving it a longer track record than many of Bangkok's newer IB-focused schools.

The school has built a specific niche around football, running an integrated football academy in partnership with coaches from the Thai Premier League, which goes well beyond a typical school PE program and gives serious young players structured, higher level coaching as part of their regular school experience.

Families choosing Ascot over NIST or KIS for the full IB continuum are often weighing its specific combination of the Career-related Programme option and football academy partnership against those other schools' different strengths and campus locations.