A school built for families who arrive from somewhere else
Baan Fah was opened by teachers who kept meeting the same problem: a family lands in Bangkok having chosen a school from a brochure, and finds out in week three what it is actually like.
So the school writes down what it does. The syllabus is public. The fee schedule is public. A visit happens on a working Tuesday, not on an open day arranged for the camera.
Families who arrive mid year get a tutor whose job is the first term, and teachers who have taught new arrivals before.
How the school works
Written down beats explained later
If a family needs it to decide, it goes on the site: the syllabus, the calendar, the fees, the checklist. The office adds nothing on the phone that is not already published.
A teacher who knows the student
Every student has one teacher accountable for their year, and that teacher writes to the family rather than the office writing for them.
Thai from the first week
Children who move here read the street they live on. Thai runs daily in every year group, taught as a language the student will use.
No promise the school cannot keep
The school does not promise a university place, an examination grade or a visa outcome. It publishes what it teaches and what it supports, and says plainly where its part ends.
The people teaching
Each teacher, their subject and the qualification behind it, kept current by the school. Every card below is a slot until the school fills it.
Head of school
SampleThe name, the qualification and the years taught, as the school records them.
The school supplies this card. Nothing here is a real person.
Photograph slot: single staff portrait, plain background.
Head of primary
SampleThe name, the qualification and the years taught, as the school records them.
The school supplies this card. Nothing here is a real person.
Photograph slot: single staff portrait, plain background.
Admissions office
SampleWho answers a family, and the hours the office is open.
The school supplies this card. Nothing here is a real person.
Registration and certificates
Registered school name
As written on the registration, with the registration or licence number.
SampleCurriculum and its body
The curriculum taught and the body that publishes it.
SampleExamination board
The board the senior school is registered with, with the registration certificate.
SampleTeaching qualifications
Each teacher and the qualification on file.
SampleSafeguarding policy
The school policy as written, and who is responsible for it.
SampleBaan Fah Academy
An international academy in Bangkok, publishing its curriculum, its term dates and its fees in one place for families deciding from abroad.
Campus address: street, district and postcode, with a real map pin. The school supplies it.Registered name and licence: as written on the certificate. The school supplies it.Admissions office: telephone, email and the hours the office answers. The school supplies them.Teacher credentials and headcount: published here as the school confirms them.Ask the admissions office for a copy of any certificate before you enrol. A school that cannot send one has not earned the line.