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Denla British School, Bangkok

Bangkok · History

From a 1979 kindergarten to a 24-acre British school in Nonthaburi

Denla British School opened in August 2017, built on nearly four decades of Thai education heritage. It now enrolls around 900 students from age two through Sixth Form.

Discovery Bay International School, Hong Kong

Hong Kong · History

From Three Pupils to 1,000: Forty Years of DBIS on Lantau

Discovery Bay International School opened in January 1983 with three students in a residents' club. It is now the oldest international school on Lantau Island, serving around 1,000 pupils across three campuses.

Kellett School, Hong Kong

Hong Kong · History

From Two Classrooms in Wan Chai to Three Campuses in Fifty Years

Kellett School began with a parent's letter to the South China Morning Post and 44 children in Wan Chai. Half a century on, it is Hong Kong's pre-eminent British international school.

British School Jakarta, Jakarta

Jakarta · History

From embassy classroom to 45-acre campus: BSJ at 53

Founded under British Embassy auspices in 1973, British School Jakarta has grown from a small expatriate school in Permata Hijau into one of Southeast Asia's largest British international schools, now educating 1,400 students from over 50 nationalities.

Bangkok Patana School, Bangkok

Bangkok · History

From a Garden Playhouse to Thailand's Largest British School

Bangkok Patana School opened in 1957 with 28 pupils in a founder's garden playhouse. Nearly seven decades later it educates more than 2,300 students on a 17-hectare campus in Bangna.

Yew Chung International School of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hong Kong · History

From a Sai Yee Street classroom to nine campuses in 94 years

Yew Chung International School of Hong Kong began as a single-room school in 1932. It is now Hong Kong's oldest homegrown international school, with around 2,200 students across Kowloon Tong and Tseung Kwan O.