School to reccomend

Post by **kmm** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 1:11 am

We are moving our 4 year old down at Christmas from Pattaya and would appreciate any reccomends on schools. Getting a little bit concerned after the hammering some of the so-called international schoolls seem to have received.
Has anyone any comments on the local Thai state schools?
How about local private English-language tuition as an addition to above?

Post by **peter48** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 2:41 pm

I guess from my reading of the forums here and elsewhere that Hau Hin has a serious problem with its schooling for farang / mixed heritage children and that this will impede its development further and restrict people settling here. Some of the comments on one of the schools on one of the forums is quite appalling. At the close of 2006 - is the situation still this bad? Please help?

Post by **kmm** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:23 am

I guess it must be Peter. I still haven't heard one good thing about a school in the area and we are leaving Pattaya pretty soon where my daughter has been at Burapha school for nearly 2 years now. Very pleased with this school; clean, well organised, good value for money, teachers appear well motivated and the kids are all happy and look forward to going to school. I only wish that Hua Hin had something similar to offer!

Post by **Big Boy** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 2:23 pm

kmm,

I too have been disappointed with the availability of decent schools in Hua Hin to the extent that I'm having to delay my retirement by 12 months. However, for the younger child there have been some good reports eg:
http://www.huahinafterdark.com/forum/vi ... php?t=4834

In my quest for information I was also given details of a school that is currently being constructed - I'll PM you.

Post by **terry+carmen** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:42 pm

We face a similar problem with schools for our daughter. Can anyone update us about the school under construction.

We shall be in HH in October to see for ourselves but prior information would be very welcome.

Post by **Big Boy** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:11 pm

terry+carmen,

I'm afraid I've actually mislaid the information I was going to send to kmm.

The information was kindly provided by DawnHHDRC - maybe when she reads this, she'll either post the internet link, or PM you.

Post by **DawnHRD** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:03 pm

The school is called Yamsaard Hua Hin School. The main school is based in Bangkok. The school will cater for children from kindergarten age to P6.

Their website is www.yamsaard.ac.th

I also have an email address & phone numbers if you want to pm me for them.

All info courtesy of troopie who was kind enough to pass it on to me.

Post by **terry+carmen** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:56 pm

Dawn, thank you for that, whats P6? Is it 11 years old?

Our local area in UK is year 1 @5years old to year 6 @ 11 years old then onto Grammer School or Secondary School.

Post by **DawnHRD** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:24 pm

Yes, Primary 6, the last year of primary school.

Post by **terry+carmen** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:56 pm

Does anyone have any information about Salesian School. We have the same problem as others who have posted here, our daughter is 9, shall be 11 by the time we have relocated to Hua Hin.

We seemed to have almost exausted all possibilities until we saw that Salesian School had classes for Children up to 15 years old.

Seen the website but its all in Thai no chance of reading that.

Post by **kmm** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:06 pm

Good information on the website for Yaemsaard School with the exception of their fees. I have emailed them for this info and will post here when I have it. Link to school site above in Dawn's post.

Post by **peter48** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:22 pm

Thanks so far - while the picture is less bleak for younger kids it seems it is not possible to get a good secondary education in an English speaking school in Hua Hin. Lets hope one clever educational entrepreneur can get one going in the next few years or here's another family which will have to delay moving here ; this will not be good for the town in long run.

Post by **kmm** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:43 pm

Peter you are so right. It does seem unbelievable that Hua Hin with its strong royal connections and the presence of an international university can be so lacking in such a fundamental requirement for both Thai and non-Thai residents. Surely Thai parents must be just as worried as us non-Thais?

Post by **hollygolightly1** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:24 am

terry+carmen wrote:Does anyone have any information about Salesian School. We have the same problem as others who have posted here, our daughter is 9, shall be 11 by the time we have relocated to Hua Hin.

We seemed to have almost exausted all possibilities until we saw that Salesian School had classes for Children up to 15 years old.

Seen the website but its all in Thai no chance of reading that.

Salesian is probably the best school in the area for Thai children (it is fee-paying so its students are the children of the Thai middleclasses) but all lessons (except English) are in Thai. There are no international students there.

Post by **PeteC** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:36 am

We need to remember that expats with expat children have been in the vast minority in the HH area, as compared to older retirees.

The reason there are so many international schools in the Chonburi-Rayong corridor is because of all the muliti-national companies and factories there with expats on contract who bring their families with them.

As the profile of HH expat residents seems to be changing to family from single, or at least to a degree thereof, I'm sure something will open up in the next few years. However, the numbers will need to justify the investment. Pete

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