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Year 13 students came over from High School to take a look at the Primary School waterways. The purpose was to create their own projects based on the redevelopments that have taken place at the Primary site over the last year.

As part of our commitment to social change and sustainability, our students lead local initiatives to help those in need as well as support the communities close to us. We are happy to share our latest Social Impact Report 2022/23, giving highlights of the causes that St Andrews Bangkok have supported in the past academic year.

Ms Faye, our Head of Business and Enterprise, IBCP Coordinator and BTEC Quality Nominee, has been teaching at St Andrews since 2012 and graduated with Honours in Business Management from the University of  Newcastle.

Our garden area at school was recently turned into an archaeology site for Year 3s hunting for dinosaur bones.

Mr Lewis, our new Economics teacher at the High School, completed his PGCEi at the University of Nottingham and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management and Economics from Nottingham Trent University. He brings several years of experience in teaching Business Studies and Economics.

Congratulations again to last year's Year 11 students on their IGCSE results, with the students’ Edexcel and AQA results being published on Thursday last week.

Ms Bonnie is our new Mathematics teacher at the High School. She holds a PGCE in Secondary Maths from the University of Exeter and a Bachelor's Degree with Honours in Mathematics from King’s College London University.

Mr Harry, our new Year 6 teacher joined us this 2023/2024 academic year. He holds a First Class Honours degree from Manchester Metropolitan University and a Bachelor's Degree in Primary Education with a minor in Children's Literature and Art. He has worked for one year in a British International School in Pattaya and has spent the last four years working at a British International School in Bangkok.

Congratulations to last year's Year 11 students on their CIE IGCSE results, which were published on Wednesday last week.

Ms Donna, our new Year 3 teacher joins us this 2023/2024 academic year. She has spent the past four years working in a British international school on the island of Phuket. During her time there, she had the privilege of teaching Year 2 and 3, as well as leading English across the whole school and working alongside SLT as a phase leader.

Today saw the FS1 students start to arrive and join the school. They were greeted by Ms Isla and her team and taken with their parents to the wonderful FS1 area where they played and got familiar with the surroundings.

Mr Sam, our new Year 1 teacher at the Primary School, holds an Upper Second-Class Honours (2:1) in (BEd) Primary Education and has been teaching early years for many years before joining our school.

Ms Jasmine, our new Drama teacher at the High School joins us this 2023/2024 academic year. She taught Drama and Dance at UNIS Hanoi in Vietnam for two years and Drama at the International School of Penang (Uplands) in Malaysia for four years. She holds a Master's Degree in International Performance Research from the University of Warwick, another Master's Degree in Theatre Studies from the University of Amsterdam, and PGCEi from the University of Nottingham.

At our Primary School, about fifty Japanese children studying in Japanese classes started growing rice in buckets, using seeds that were given to us by a rice farmer in Roi Et, the northeastern part of Thailand.

Ms Lauren, our new Head of PE at the High School joins us this 2023/2024 academic year with experience in teaching in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Slovakia. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Education in PE with Honors from Edinburgh University.

I hope this message finds you well and full of excitement about the start of a brand new academic year. It was great to see our school buzzing with life once again as students, with faces both familiar and new, filling the hallways, classrooms, playgrounds, and learning spaces.

Mr Keiran, our new Chemistry teacher at the High School is joining us in the upcoming 2023/2024 academic year from the British International School Ho Chi Min, Vietnam. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Science with Education and QTS.

Mr Joe, our new PE teacher is joining us in the upcoming 2023/2024 academic year from Dulwich College Shanghai, Puxi. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Sports Science with Upper Second Class Honours.

Ms Lydia, our new Spanish teacher at the High School joins us this 2023/2024 academic year from the British International School, Vietnam. She holds a Master's Degree in Applied linguistics with TESOL, PGCE in Secondary Languages, and a Bachelor's degree in Spanish in International relations.

Meet the Teacher (#TEACHERFEATURE) is a St Andrews Bangkok community series that will give you a chance to get to know our outstanding educators – their thoughts, ideas and experiences.