St Paul's Girls' School Opens Its Second Overseas Campus in Central Bangkok

One of London's most academically decorated independent schools is weeks away from opening its second overseas campus. SPGS International School Bangkok, developed in partnership with property group Country Group Development, will open on Rama III Road in August 2026, according to St Paul's Girls' School, which describes it as "a pioneering co-educational school" offering education for students aged 3 to 18.

The school sits at the heart of a THB 14.4 billion mixed-use development, the Bonds Rama 3 estate, designed by the same firm behind the Four Seasons and Capella hotels in Bangkok. The 9.1-acre campus includes a 600-seat auditorium, two swimming pools, an amphitheatre, a black box theatre, professional recording studios, and a dedicated innovation centre, facilities that position it firmly at the premium end of a market already crowded with new British curriculum entrants.

A curriculum unique outside London

For the 2026 to 2027 academic year, admissions run from Nursery to Year 6. Secondary provision (Year 7 and above) follows in 2027 to 2028, with the school eventually expanding to around 1,700 students. The founding headmaster is Leigh O'Hara, who spent 11 years as a senior leader at the London campus before moving to Bangkok.

The curriculum follows an enhanced English National Curriculum through to Year 9, Cambridge IGCSEs at Key Stage 4, and the IB Diploma Programme in Years 12 and 13. A distinctive feature is the School Directed Courses at Key Stage 4, bespoke programmes covering creative technology, computer science, drama, music, and art, developed in-house by St Paul's Girls' School London. Bangkok will be the only school outside the London campus licensed to deliver them.

Where SPGS sits in Bangkok's expanding market

St Paul's Girls' School has been ranked first in the UK for academic results in 13 of the past 14 years; around 54 percent of its London students go on to Oxford, Cambridge, or Ivy League universities. That brand recognition is a deliberate differentiator. Bangkok-online.com noted that the school aims "to offer something genuinely distinctive" in a market that already has strong British curriculum competition from Harrow, Shrewsbury, and the wave of new campuses opening in August 2026.

The school is also the second campus of the wider SPGS International network, which already operates a partnership school in Chengdu and has flagged plans for campuses in Singapore and Dubai. For families in the Rama III and Sathorn corridors of Bangkok, it represents a significant new option, one whose academic pedigree is unusually well documented and whose facilities reflect the scale of the surrounding development.