Bangkok Patana School has subscribed and been accredited by the Council of International Schools since 2000. It is a mark of quality assurance and distinction. This accreditation provides external validation, global benchmarking and professional rigour. More importantly, it creates a disciplined cycle of reflection and improvement that strengthens trust with families and ensures we continue to offer an education that is safe, forward-thinking and internationally respected.
The five-year reaccreditation exercise began in November 2025 with two evaluators who visited the school and enabled us to benchmark the quality and improvement of our educational programmes with leading international practice. Their visit included learning walks alongside our educators and independently, community conversations with key stakeholder groups (students, business staff, parents, board members and alumni) as well as structured opportunities to work together to co-construct our action plan for the coming accreditation cycle. Following the visit the CIS team provided detailed feedback. Here are some of the highlights shared:
“Bangkok Patana School demonstrates a high level of coherence between its purpose, guiding principles, and daily practice.”
“Coherence between articulated values and lived experience is a notable strength of the school community.”
“The school’s commitment to well-being, inclusion, safeguarding, and global citizenship is deeply visible across phases.”
“The school maintains disciplined planning processes, strong professional learning structures, and an environment characterised by relational trust and high staff engagement.”
Following the successful Pre-Engagement visit and submission of our Development Plan, our 18-month Action Plan has now been formally approved by the Council of International Schools. This marks an important milestone. It affirms both the strength of our current provision and the ambition of our next steps.
These next steps are to provide focus on four areas from our current Development Plan which help accreditors understand our self-improvement processes and outcomes in more depth. The final reaccreditation visit is scheduled for May 2027 in partnership with ONESQA who quality assure our Thai provision. Over the next 12 months, you will see us engaging the community through surveys and structured feedback opportunities to help gain further in-depth insights which relate to:
Next Generation Assessment
We will refine how we assess learning in an era shaped by AI, interdisciplinary thinking and transferable skills. This includes aligning assessment practices to ensure authenticity, integrity and deeper learning, preparing students not just for exams, but for a rapidly evolving world.
Community Information Systems
We are developing clearer, more accessible data visualisation that enable leaders and teachers to see patterns over time, respond earlier and communicate progress effectively. Our goal is not more data, but better insight, supporting timely interventions and informed decision-making.
Vertical Articulation of Well-being
Well-being remains foundational to our mission. We will strengthen the coherence of our well-being curriculum from Foundation Stage through to Year 13, ensuring developmental progression, shared language and clarity about what students know, understand and can do at each stage.
Review of our Languages Policy
As an international school community, language is central to access, engagement and progress in learning. We will review our Languages policy to ensure it reflects current research, honours multilingualism, and clearly articulates how the school prioritises and deploys its resources to support learners
Our work is framed by CIS’s revised ‘International Accreditation Framework’ which emphasises safeguarding, student voice, ethical leadership, global citizenship and impact. The new framework moves beyond procedural compliance and towards demonstrable effectiveness, asking schools not just what they do, but how well it works for learners. We look forward to partnering with you as we move toward our May 2027 Team Evaluation with clarity, curiosity and collective purpose.