The BSA

Histories

Three pupils in blue school uniforms and a teacher in an orange dress look at a device together in a classroom.

Bangkok

From a family kindergarten to one of Bangkok's largest British campuses

Denla British School opened in 2017 as the international arm of a Thai education dynasty rooted in a home-school experiment that started with 17 children in 1979.

12 October 2026
A man in a suit walks alongside four uniformed secondary-age pupils on a school campus lawn.

Singapore

Brighton College Singapore: from prep school to all-through in five years
Wellington College International School Bangkok, Bangkok

Bangkok

Wellington College Bangkok: ASEAN's first campus, built from scratch in 2018
Group of adults and a child on stage at a Wellington College International Shanghai 10th anniversary event.

Shanghai

Wellington College International Shanghai: Twelve Years in Pudong
A young woman in graduation cap and gown smiles in front of school buildings and trees.

Bangkok

Harrow Bangkok: Asia's first Harrow School, built on royal ties
Large group of graduating students in caps and gowns tossing mortarboards, seated with staff in front of a school building.

Bangkok

From Riverside to City: Shrewsbury Bangkok's Two-Campus Story
Two young girls laughing while working with clay at a classroom table, artwork displayed on the wall behind them.

Hong Kong

From 44 Students in Wan Chai to a Three-Campus School at 50
Seven uniformed secondary school pupils playing large red Chinese drums on a darkened stage.

Shanghai

Britannica International School Shanghai: British-owned since 2013
Red-brick multi-storey school buildings with a clock tower and a green rooftop running track under a blue sky.

Shenzhen

Harrow Shenzhen: A British School Born in a Pandemic Year
Five secondary-age students walk outside a blue and white school building at NAIS Pudong, Shanghai.

Shanghai

First British school in China, still going strong after 24 years
A laughing toddler in a red school T-shirt claps during a classroom session, other young children behind.

Ho Chi Minh City

From a District 1 villa to Vietnam's largest international school
Harrow International School Shanghai, Shanghai

Shanghai

Harrow Shanghai: A British Standard Planted in Pudong Since 2016
A smiling man in a suit and tie stands between two young women inside a school building.

Bangkok

Brighton College Bangkok: from a standing start to a world top-100 school
Aerial view of British International School Hanoi campus, a colourful multi-building complex surrounded by residential streets.

Hanoi

From BVIS to BIS: how Hanoi's first British school found its form
Four pupils in blue Nexus uniforms sit around a classroom table, sharing a tablet.

Singapore

From Ulu Pandan to Aljunied: Nexus International School's 15-Year Arc
Dulwich College Shanghai Pudong graduates in black gowns and red sashes walk through a cheering student guard of honour with confetti.

Shanghai

Dulwich College Shanghai Pudong: China's first British independent school turns 23
Exterior of St Andrews International School Bangkok building with school name and Nord Anglia logo on a dark facade.

Bangkok

From eleven students to 2,300: St Andrews Bangkok at 28
Indoor tennis courts under a large arched canopy at British School Jakarta, with BSJ Tennis branding visible.

Jakarta

The British and Australian embassies still sit on British School Jakarta's board
Exterior of the Yew Chung International School secondary building, a modern white multi-storey block with blue accents and Chinese signage.

Hong Kong

Yew Chung International School: Madam Tsang's 1932 kindergarten and its two-teacher classrooms
Four girls sit at a table with laptops and cardboard micro:bit robot figures in a school classroom.

Hong Kong

German Swiss International School: the two-community school that opened on The Peak in 1969
A smiling man in a navy suit and pink tie seated at a glass desk in a school office.

Kuala Lumpur

Garden International School began with 33 pupils in Kuala Lumpur's Lake Gardens in 1951
Man in white shirt and polka-dot tie, wearing glasses, smiling at camera in a professional portrait

Hong Kong

Wycombe Abbey Hong Kong: a co-ed prep school in Aberdeen that added a senior school in 2025
Four smiling girls in light blue shirts and gold-striped ties with a lion crest badge

Jakarta

Independent School of Jakarta: growing a year group at a time since 2021
Two young girls in British School of Beijing navy uniforms drawing together at a classroom table.

Beijing

BSB Sanlitun: the embassy-district primary where British schooling in Beijing began
Young girl in teal school uniform writing at a classroom desk with a pencil

Hong Kong

Nord Anglia Hong Kong grew out of an empty government school in Lam Tin
Wide-angle view of the white neoclassical Harrow International School Hong Kong building and sports field, with pupils walking outside.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong's first British boarding school, built on a former barracks
Smiling graduates in black gowns and red sashes process through a confetti-filled guard of honour at a school ceremony.

Shanghai

Dulwich College Shanghai Puxi: built in Minhang to spare families the trip to Pudong
Two children in helmets and harnesses climbing an indoor climbing wall at BSKL.

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur's first new British school in 50 years, opened with 70 pupils in 2009
A teenage student in a red jumper and a male teacher in a suit look at a laptop together at a desk.

Shanghai

BISS Puxi: twenty years in Minhang, with a Dutch school built in
Three smiling students in black graduation gowns and red stoles standing outdoors in front of green foliage.

Singapore

Dulwich College Singapore: the network's first school outside China and Korea
Two young girls in white and navy British School of Beijing polo shirts looking at something together, smiling.

Beijing

British School of Beijing: opened early in 2004, split in two by 2013
Young children in dark school uniforms laughing and running under a colourful parachute outdoors.

Hong Kong

Discovery Bay's school, opened a month after its first residents
A woman in a white school polo shirt speaks into a microphone in front of a projection screen.

Bangkok

Bangkok Patana: the garden playhouse that became Thailand's oldest British school
A student in graduation gown shakes hands with a suited man on stage, a 'Generations of Excellence' banner behind them.

Singapore

Tanglin Trust at 100: the school Miss Griff began in two club huts
Six pupils of varying ages sitting together in a tropical garden courtyard beside a school building.

Kuala Lumpur

Alice Smith School: Malaysia's first British school, started at home in 1946