School Profile

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BISP at a Glance

• Over 763 students aged from 2 to 18 years old
• English-medium, co-educational school
• Over 60+ nationalities
• Established in 1996
• 100+ boarding students
• Boarding and Day school
• 44 acre campus
• Situated on Phuket Island
• 5 High-Performance Sports Academies
• Environmentally beautiful and safe location
• also Business, Art & Design and STEM Academies

Academics & Curriculum

• Two-year IB Diploma programme in Years 12 and 13
• Students can pursue the IB Diploma, IB courses and/or the
• British International School, Phuket High School Diploma
• Two-year IGCSE programme in Years 10 and 11
• Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 are based on the National Curriculum of England
• BISP students participate in a wellbeing curriculum
• Exam Centre for: IBDP / IGCSE / SAT / LAMDA / ABRSM / Rockschool Music / Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award

Faculty

• 110 professional fully qualified faculty members representing 16 nationalities
• Average length of stay is in excess of 7 years
• Low staff turnover (10% in 2020)
• Balanced level of male and female teachers throughout the school
• Qualified school counsellor (MSc Education School Counselling)
• Two full-time accredited university counsellors (UCLA Extension, MEd School Counselling. Members of International ACAC)
• Additional Educational Needs department

High Performance Sports Academies
(Swimming, Football, Golf & Tennis)

• Training is led by professional coaches who have regularly competed at the highest level
• Methodologies and training programmes are of the highest standard and follow internationally recognised programmes, including RPT (Tennis) and Cruzeiro (Football)
• Competition is at regional and international level with BISP students regularly representing their countries
• Facilities include golf short course training centre, 50 and 25 metre pools, 6 tennis courts, fully equipped fitness centre and sports hall, 3 full size football pitches (12×7 aside)

High School

Class of 2020

University Applications

• All recommendations are confidential.
• Early Decision applicants agree it is their first choice worldwide.
• Disciplinary infractions resulting in out-of-school suspension are disclosed if requested by college.
• Official transcripts are only sent from BISP directly to universities, they are not given to students.

IB Diploma Pass Rate

IB Diploma Points 2017-20

IB Courses Offered

IB Inclusion

IGCSE Grades 2017-2020

Class of 2021 GPA

BISP Accomplishments

Football (Soccer):

• International football club signing in USA, UK, Portugal, Sweden, Thailand, Malaysia and Brazil
• National teams in Thailand, Phillipines and Malaysia
• Recruitment to NCAA Division 1 and NAIA US Colleges

Tennis:

• 5 players competing on the ITF Junior World Tour
• Registered on Universal Tennis Rankings. Thailand’s only RPT Centre of Excellence

Golf:

• Thailand national representatives

Swimming:

• National representatives from Lithuania, Uganda, India, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore
• National gold medalists and record holders
• Youth Olympic Games finalist
• Fina World cup bronze medallist
• Fina World Cup finalists
• Colleges Commonwealth games ,European Championships and World Championships, Recruitment to NCAA Division 1 US

Arts:

• LAMDA Year 10 – Acting grade 4 – 2 distinctions
• LAMDA Year 12 – Acting grade 6 Bronze medal – 4 distinctions and 2 merits

Maths:

• Students enter the UKMT, FOBISIA and the World Mathematics Competition achieving gold, silver and bronze awards at all age groups

Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Participation 2017-2019:

• 32 Bronze, 31 Silver, and 24 Golds

Accreditation and Affiliations

Council of International Schools (CIS)

Federation of British International Schools in Asia

National Association for College Admission Counselling (US)

International Association for College Admission Counselling

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

World Academy of Sport

International Schools Association of Thailand

Office for National Education Standards & Quality Assessment

International Baccalaureate

Cambridge Assessment International Education

University Matriculation 2017-2020

The following lists the colleges and universities members of the Classes of 2017 to 2020 chose to attend. BISP graduates from these four classes are attending 134 different institutions in 22 countries. For the Class of 2020, many are applying to universities on a different academic cycle. Their university decisions are not yet available.

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