Bangkok
Dulwich College Brings a 400-Year British Brand to Bangkok for the First Time
Education in Motion has opened Thailand's first Dulwich campus in Bang Na, with a British curriculum from Nursery to Year 7 and a dual A-Level and IB sixth form to follow.
Dulwich College Bangkok has opened its doors in the Bang Na district this month, marking the first time the Dulwich name has appeared on a school in Thailand. According to The Nation Thailand, founding Head of College Thomas Banyard described the launch as 'linking that 400 years of heritage from our school in London to over two decades of experience' across Education in Motion's existing Asian network, which spans Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, and Suzhou.
Opening phase and what comes next
The school is opening its first phase with provision from Nursery through Year 7 for students aged three to eleven. A Senior School is planned to follow in later phases, with both A Level and IB Diploma pathways on offer by the time the sixth form opens, giving Bangkok families a dual-route option that few schools in the city currently provide. At full build-out, the campus in Prawet is designed to accommodate 1,800 students.
Facilities include a climate-controlled 50-metre pool, a large indoor sports complex that doubles as a performance venue, and SE21 innovation workshops focused on entrepreneurship and applied skills. The school is targeting LEED Gold and WELL Gold certification simultaneously, which it says would make it the first international school in Thailand to hold both designations at once.
A crowded but still-expanding market
Thailand has absorbed an unusual concentration of new British-affiliated openings in 2026. Wycombe Abbey and St Paul's Girls' School have both launched in Bangkok, while Glenalmond has opened in Phuket and Highgate in Chonburi. Dulwich enters that field with one of the best-known names in British independent education, a campus built for significant scale, and a fee position widely expected to sit at the upper end of the Bangkok bracket.
Head of Primary Mark Verde, quoted in The Nation Thailand's coverage of the opening, said the physical environment had been designed to function as 'the third teacher,' a phrase borrowed from progressive education philosophy and increasingly used by operators seeking to differentiate on campus quality and wellbeing credentials rather than examination results alone.