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International Pioneers School Opens a New Building and Extends Into Secondary
The Bangkhae campus has unveiled Building B and a sports complex, and is enrolling Years 7 and 8 for the first time, extending IPS into Key Stage 3 in Bangkok's western suburbs.
Bangkok · 30 October 2026
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Garden International School Marks 75 Years With a RM185 Million Campus Rebuild
The Kuala Lumpur school celebrated its founding anniversary this week as its RM85 million performing arts centre, the final phase of a two-stage campus overhaul, moves toward a year-end opening.
Kuala Lumpur · 29 October 2026
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Shrewsbury Bangkok's Chinese-English Bilingual Track Moves into Primary in Its Second Year
The Hanqing Bilingual Pathway at Shrewsbury International School Bangkok City Campus has graduated its founding class to Year 1, taking Thailand's only dual-language British curriculum track into Key Stage 1.
Bangkok · 27 October 2026
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Brighton College Signs Osaka Deal to Open Japan Campus in 2028
Brighton College has formally agreed to open its first campus in Japan, partnering with Kansai Gaidai University Educational Foundation in Hirakata, Osaka, to offer the city's first British-style school from 2028.
Asia · 25 October 2026
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Vingroup Launches VERTA, an AI-First International School Opening in 2027
Vietnam's biggest private conglomerate has unveiled a K-12 campus in Hanoi built around a US curriculum and specialist tracks in artificial intelligence, with admissions opening now for an August 2027 start.
Hanoi · 17 October 2026
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British Schools Move Beyond Tokyo, Betting on Japan's Regions as an Asia Hub
A new wave of British school openings is spreading into Japan's countryside, with Harrow, Malvern and Rugby School now all operating campuses. Operators are using the country as a platform to draw families from across the region.
Asia · 15 October 2026
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Kellett School Turns 50 and Launches a Decade of Campus Reinvestment
Hong Kong's principal not-for-profit British International School has published a six-pillar strategic plan pairing a new Sixth Form Centre with a multi-year primary campus overhaul.
Hong Kong · 13 October 2026
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Harrow Opens Its 15th Asia Campus in Guangzhou's Innovation District
AISL has launched Harrow International School Guangzhou in Huangpu, marking the group's sixth site in the Greater Bay Area and its most technology-focused campus to date.
Asia · 13 October 2026
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Wellington College Opens Its First Campus in Indonesia at BSD City
Wellington College Independent School Jakarta has welcomed its founding cohort in BSD City, adding a named British independent-school brand to Southeast Asia's largest economy for the first time.
Jakarta · 12 October 2026
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ESF Opens Three Kindergartens Offering a Guaranteed Primary School Place
Hong Kong's English Schools Foundation has launched three new kindergartens, each linked to a named primary school, replacing an admissions system that previously gave early years families no certainty about what came next.
Hong Kong · 12 October 2026
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Six British-Heritage Schools Start Their Founding Term in Thailand Together
An unprecedented cluster of British-linked institutions has enrolled its first pupils across Thailand this year. How the established market absorbs the new competition is now the central question.
Bangkok · 5 October 2026
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Singapore British Schools Add A Level Pathways, Expanding Post-16 Choice
Brighton College and Dulwich College have both launched new sixth form A Level programmes this term, with The Perse School to follow in 2027, adding British post-16 options to a market long defined by the IB Diploma.
Singapore · 4 October 2026
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Hong Kong Opens Two A Level Sixth Forms in a Single Term
Nord Anglia and Kellett School have both launched dedicated post-16 centres this autumn, offering A Levels as a direct alternative to the IB Diploma for the first time at this scale.
Hong Kong · 4 October 2026
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Dulwich College Opens Its First Bangkok Campus in Bang Na
The long-anticipated Dulwich debut in Thailand began in August with an early years and junior school in Bang Na. Senior provision will be phased in annually, with a Sixth Form planned by 2029.
Bangkok · 3 October 2026
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Heath House Opens in Singapore at Half the Price of Its British Rivals
The London prep school brand launched on Bukit Timah Road in August with fees from SGD 12,000, making a direct pitch to local families priced out of Singapore's premium British tier.
Singapore · 1 October 2026
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North London Collegiate School Welcomes Its First Class in Hong Kong
The UK's top-ranked IB school has opened its sixth global campus in Kowloon, with around 200 founding students and fees pitched at the city's premium tier.
Hong Kong · 30 September 2026
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Tanglin Trust School Secures 30-Year Lease and Plans Expansion at Portsdown Road
The non-profit British curriculum school, on its Portsdown Road campus since 1971, has announced a new Senior School, Sports Centre and Early Years Centre after the Singapore government extended its land tenure to 2056.
Singapore · 30 September 2026
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Rugby School Opens Its Hanoi Pre-Prep, Bringing British Boarding Tradition to Vietnam
The English boarding school's new Ciputra campus has welcomed its founding cohort this month, with a phased build-out to full senior provision set to run through 2027 and beyond.
Hanoi · 29 September 2026
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St Paul's Girls' School Opens Its First International Campus in Bangkok
The London independent that consistently tops England's academic rankings has welcomed its founding cohort to a co-educational campus in the city's Rama 3 district, joining Bangkok's fast-expanding roster of British-curriculum schools.
Bangkok · 24 September 2026
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Shanghai's Most Prestigious Bilingual School Opens Its First Hong Kong Campus
YK Pao School Hong Kong has launched in Kowloon this month, enrolling Year 1 to 3 pupils in a Putonghua-English immersion programme. Annual fees of HK$220,000 place it at the top of the city's primary bilingual market.
Hong Kong · 19 September 2026
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Wycombe Abbey Begins its Singapore Chapter with a Boutique Early Years Campus
Wycombe Abbey School Singapore has opened for its first term with a small early years intake at a temporary site. The permanent Hougang campus is due in 2028, making this a deliberately phased market entry.
Singapore · 19 September 2026
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NLCS International to Establish a Boarding School in Phuket in 2028
NLCS International has struck a deal with a Phuket hospitality group to build a day and boarding school in Cherng Talay, opening in 2028. The move is part of a broader push by UK school brands into Thailand beyond Bangkok.
Asia · 19 September 2026
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BTS Group Bets on British Boarding as Wycombe Abbey Opens in Bangkok
Thailand's largest mass transit conglomerate has transformed its shuttered VERSO campus into a Wycombe Abbey school, setting tuition above 1 million baht a year and launching boarding from the first term.
Bangkok · 17 September 2026
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Uppingham Hung Yen Welcomes Founding Students at Vietnam's Newest British Campus
The 440-year-old English boarding school opened its first Asian campus in Ecopark this month, welcoming a founding cohort to a site designed for 2,000 pupils and built primarily for Vietnam's affluent local market.
Hanoi · 15 September 2026
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King's College Wimbledon Prepares Its First Vietnam Campus for 2027
One of Britain's most decorated independent schools is building a full early-years-to-18 campus in Ho Chi Minh City's Global City district, as British operators continue to accelerate into Vietnam's premium education market.
Ho Chi Minh City · 15 September 2026
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Highgate Begins Its First Term Abroad After 461 Years in North London
The prestigious UK day school has opened its inaugural international campus in Chonburi, partnering with Siam Motors Group to pursue a market where local Thai families are increasingly choosing to keep children at home.
Bangkok · 15 September 2026
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Independent School of Jakarta Plans Senior Campus to Run Pupils Through to A-Levels
ISJ has announced a purpose-built senior campus in Pondok Indah opening in 2028, removing the longstanding transfer hurdle that has sent Year 8 families searching for secondary alternatives across the city.
Jakarta · 14 September 2026
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Beijing Gets Its First BASIS Campus, in Shunyi's Biggest New Build
The Arizona-founded network has opened a 100,000-square-metre bilingual school in Shunyi District, its first campus in China's capital. The launch marks one of the largest single education investments in Beijing this decade.
Beijing · 13 September 2026
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Nord Anglia Opens Hong Kong Sixth Form Offering Both A-Levels and IB
The new Hung Hom campus is the first in Hong Kong to run the International Baccalaureate Diploma and A-Levels within the same sixth form, alongside a BTEC pathway.
Hong Kong · 4 September 2026
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Kellett Opens a Dedicated Sixth Form Centre in Its 50th Year
The British international school has moved its post-16 students into a purpose-built facility in Kowloon Bay, completing a decade-long push to add A-Level provision and a university-style environment to its campus.
Hong Kong · 4 September 2026
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Fairmont Opens First Southeast Asia Campus in Vietnam's Capital
The California-based school group has launched its sixth campus worldwide in Hanoi, adding a well-resourced US-curriculum option to a market where local demand for Western university pathways has outpaced supply.
Hanoi · 2 September 2026
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NAS Jakarta Opens Secondary School, Completing Its Through-School Journey
Nord Anglia School Jakarta welcomes its first Year 7 cohort this term, ending more than a decade as a primary-only campus and giving families a compelling reason to stay.
Jakarta · 1 September 2026
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Brighton College Singapore Becomes an All-Through British School This August
The Cognita-backed campus has opened its first Sixth Form, completing a nursery-to-A-level pathway and giving Singapore one more all-through British option at the senior stage.
Singapore · 28 August 2026
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Bangkok's First Buddhist International School Opens with British Curriculum
The Jataka School blends British early years teaching with dharma philosophy and Mandarin bilingual learning, offering something genuinely distinct in a Bangkok market crowded with elite UK brand campuses.
Bangkok · 26 August 2026
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Scotland's Glenalmond Makes Its Asia Debut with a Phuket Campus
Glenalmond Phuket International School opens at a sports resort in Thalang, bringing 178 years of Scottish independent school heritage to Thailand's growing premium education market.
Asia · 26 August 2026
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EtonHouse Opens Middleton School in Bangkok with Trilingual Model
Singapore's EtonHouse group has launched Middleton International School in Bangkok's Pinklao district, combining English, Thai and Mandarin tuition at fees pitched well below the city's premium tier.
Bangkok · 24 August 2026
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BISS Puxi Opens New Arts and Sports Building on Its 20th Anniversary
Nord Anglia's British International School Shanghai Puxi has added a dedicated performing arts and sports centre as it enters its 20th year, completing the school's most ambitious infrastructure programme to date.
Shanghai · 24 August 2026
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Shrewsbury Hong Kong Opens Year 7 After Demand Forces a Second Class
The school's new British secondary pathway drew enough applications to fill two Year 7 classes in its first intake, a result the school describes as overwhelming.
Hong Kong · 22 August 2026
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Rugby School Thailand Opens a Golf Performance Centre in August
The Chonburi campus has launched a purpose-built golf facility with TPR Golf Academy, embedding the sport into the regular school timetable from beginner level to elite competition.
Bangkok · 22 August 2026
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KIS Reignwood Park Launches IB Diploma Programme With THB 10 Million in Scholarships
The boarding campus north of Bangkok has received IB Diploma authorisation and welcomed its first Diploma cohort this August, cementing its position as Thailand's only full IB day and boarding school.
Bangkok · 21 August 2026
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Dulwich College Singapore Launches STEM A-Level Track Alongside IB Diploma
A new Pearson Edexcel science pathway opens for sixth formers at one of Singapore's best-known British schools, offering a specialist alternative to the IB for the first time.
Singapore · 20 August 2026
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BISS Puxi Welcomes Its First A Level Students in Its 20th Year
The British International School Shanghai, Puxi is enrolling its inaugural A level cohort this month, giving sixth-form students a second route to UK universities alongside the IB Diploma.
Shanghai · 6 August 2026
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Vietnam's First British Boarding School Opens in Lao Cai for 2026 to 2027
Ardingly College Vietnam begins its inaugural academic year in northern Vietnam, becoming the first school in the country to offer a full residential British boarding model.
Asia · 2 August 2026
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Reigate Grammar School KL Opens Its First Full Academic Year
The Surrey school's Kajang 2 campus enters its first complete academic year in August, with a permanent boarding facility for 200 students confirmed for 2027 as the school builds toward full capacity.
Kuala Lumpur · 1 August 2026
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The Perse Singapore Completes Its First Stretch to IGCSE Level
The EDB-backed British school is adding Year 11 this August, giving its founding secondary cohort their first Cambridge examinations and bringing the campus one step closer to a full 3-18 pathway.
Singapore · 1 August 2026
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Dover Court International School Expands Secondary Entry to Meet Persistent Singapore Demand
The British-heritage school on Holland Road is opening additional secondary classes from August 2026, citing sustained demand and a waiting list that, by its own account, rarely shortens.
Singapore · 1 August 2026
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Dulwich Shanghai Merges Two Campuses Into One College This August
Dulwich College Shanghai's Pudong and Puxi campuses formally unite this month, with year groups distributed between the two sites and leadership consolidated under a single Head of College for the first time.
Shanghai · 31 July 2026
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Bangkok's VERSO International School Closes Its Doors This Week
The design-driven school, founded in 2020 with an enrolment of around 237 students, will permanently cease operations on 31 July, the latest casualty of an increasingly competitive Bangkok market.
Bangkok · 27 July 2026
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Cheltenham College Brings Its British Curriculum to Kuala Lumpur
The 1841-founded school's third international franchise campus has opened in Malaysia's capital, extending a UK sixth-form credential to families in a market with growing appetite for A Levels.
Kuala Lumpur · 16 July 2026
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Dover Court Expands Both Ends of School with New Early-Years and Sixth Form Facilities
The Nord Anglia-owned British school in Singapore is opening a nature-inspired early-years play cove and a dedicated Sixth Form Centre in the same academic year, a double expansion unusual for the city.
Singapore · 7 June 2026
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Wellspring Saigon South to Open as Bilingual Campus This August
A new bilingual international school is joining Ho Chi Minh City's crowded southern district this summer, adding fresh competition in a market already stretched for places.
Ho Chi Minh City · 5 June 2026
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British School Jakarta Adds Dedicated Middle Years Stage from August
Jakarta's oldest British school is formalising Years 7 and 8 as a distinct IB Middle Years phase this August, a structural shift driven by rising enrolment and a desire to smooth the primary-to-secondary transition.
Jakarta · 30 May 2026
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Wycombe Abbey Closes Nanjing Campus as China's School Market Contracts
The prestigious British school's five-year-old Chinese branch will shut at the end of this academic year, a warning signal for the many UK operators still betting on mainland growth.
Asia · 17 May 2026
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British Schools Race to Open Vietnam Campuses as UK Names Country a Priority Market
Rugby School, Uppingham and Cranleigh are among the brands preparing Vietnamese campuses for 2026, as London formally designates Vietnam one of five global education export priorities.
Asia · 11 May 2026
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SJI International Preschool Expands Holland Road Campus with Second Building
The school's new Santo Bambino block, set for completion by end-2026, adds a library, creative atelier and nature-based play spaces to the established Shalom House site.
Singapore · 11 May 2026
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Stamford American Opens Hong Kong's First University-Style High School Campus
A purpose-built harbourfront site in West Kowloon now houses Grades 9 to 12, as the school bets on a radical redesign of the secondary environment to set itself apart in a contracting market.
Hong Kong · 7 May 2026
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ISKL Launches Three-City Music Exchange with Jakarta and Singapore
The International School of Kuala Lumpur has inaugurated an annual arts programme spanning three IASAS campuses, bringing together band, strings, and choir students across Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore.
Kuala Lumpur · 5 May 2026
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Wycombe Abbey Builds a Southeast Asian Network, with Singapore to Follow Bangkok
The Buckinghamshire school opens its first Thai campus in August 2026. A Singapore site is already in planning, signalling a deliberate multi-city push across the region.
Bangkok · 3 May 2026
