Bangkok
Dulwich College Bangkok Opens This August, Bringing the Network's First Thai Campus
Education in Motion's latest school opens in Bang Na with sustainability targets no British international school in Thailand has previously attempted, and a phased build that will eventually accommodate 1,800 students.
Dulwich College Bangkok (DCBK) is on course to open its doors in August 2026, making it the Dulwich College International network's first campus in Thailand and the latest in a run of elite British school launches across Southeast Asia. According to Education in Motion (EiM), the school has been developed in partnership with Sakol Sathapat, a Thai real estate group, on a 40-rai site in the Bang Na district of eastern Bangkok.
Phase one of the campus will open for Early Years and Junior School students aged three to 11, with capacity for up to 1,000 pupils. Facilities in this first phase include swimming pools, an indoor gymnasium, full-sized sports fields, and libraries. A Senior School building, a performing arts centre, and additional specialist learning spaces are planned for later phases, with total capacity ultimately reaching 1,800 students. The Senior School is expected to open in 2029.
A green benchmark for the sector
The campus is being built to achieve both LEED Gold certification for sustainable design and WELL Gold certification for health and wellbeing, targets that would make it Thailand's first international school to hold both accreditations simultaneously. The school's emphasis on environmental credentials reflects a broader push within the EiM group, which frames sustainability not as a peripheral commitment but as central to its educational model.
The school joins a Dulwich network that already operates campuses in Singapore, Seoul, Shanghai, Beijing, and Suzhou, with a combined enrolment of more than 8,000 students from over 60 countries. The Bangkok campus will follow the English National Curriculum, progressing to IGCSEs and, in due course, a choice of A Levels or the IB Diploma. Founding Head of College Adam Gibson, who previously held leadership roles in the UK and UAE, will lead the school from its opening.
Admissions already open
With the main campus still under construction in Bang Na, the school has been operating an Admissions Office on the seventh floor of True Digital Park West, roughly 20 minutes from the site, where prospective families can meet the founding head and view a scale model of the campus masterplan. Admissions are currently open for Early Years through Year 7. The school reports that it has already welcomed a founding community of 100 students from multiple nationalities, and is running a Pioneer Scholarship Programme for eligible applicants ahead of the August opening.