Dulwich's First Thailand Campus Counts Down to an August Opening

Dulwich College International School Bangkok held a gathering for its pioneer families at its Bang Na campus ahead of the August 2026 opening, bringing together the school's founding cohort in what its leadership describes as the birth of a "living community." According to The Nation Thailand, the event took place as construction neared completion, with Head of College Thomas Banyard and Head of Primary Mark Verde meeting families who have committed to the school before a single class has been taught.

400 years of heritage, a Thai sense of place

Dulwich Bangkok is the Education in Motion group's first campus in Thailand, joining existing schools in Singapore, Seoul, Shanghai, Beijing, and Suzhou. The campus is designed around the layout of a traditional Thai village, with low-rise buildings clustered around open green spaces and natural light as a governing principle throughout. Phase one will accommodate students from Nursery to Year Seven, with capacity for up to 1,000 pupils; a Senior School is planned for a later phase, eventually taking total capacity to 1,800.

Bangkok's expanding British school landscape

The opening arrives at a moment of unusual concentration for British-branded education in Bangkok. SPGS International School Bangkok and Wycombe Abbey have both opened in the city this year, and Highgate launched its first Thai campus in Chonburi, all within the same academic cycle. Industry observers note that Thailand's relatively light regulatory framework for foreign-curriculum schools has encouraged operators who have faced tighter constraints in markets such as mainland China and Hong Kong.

With the school's inaugural cohort of around 100 students drawn from multiple nationalities, the opening will be modest in scale. Pioneer families enrolling before 19 August are eligible for a dedicated package, a signal that recruitment for the first year remains active. For a college that traces its London origins to 1619, Bangkok represents both a new geography and, by its own account, a new chapter written in collaboration with the families arriving before the doors officially open.