Pattaya's first
honest school directory
has one editor.

Why this site
exists.

In late 2025 a friend asked me which international school in Pattaya she should send her kids to. She'd already toured four of them. Each visit ended with a glossy folder, a polished pitch, and a quiet five-figure deposit request. None of the websites she found online compared schools honestly — they were either rebadged press releases, affiliate-driven "top 10" listicles, or admissions-consultant funnels.

She made the call without a directory. Picked a school. Three weeks in, she found out the published tuition didn't include the building fund, the bus, or the lunch programme — another ฿140,000 a year on top of the headline number. She wasn't angry at the school. She was angry that no one had told her how to read the fee sheet.

That's why this site exists. Same standard I apply to my other editorial properties: anonymous visit, real fees, honest take, zero paid placements. Maintained term-by-term, archived if a school closes, opinion published even when it's unflattering.

Why you can trust the byline.

I run a Pattaya web studio called Pattaya Authority. As of May 2026 we operate seven other editorial properties across the city. The full list is below. They've shipped, they're live, they're maintained, and not one of them takes paid placements. That's not a unique idea in 2026 publishing — it's just unusual for Pattaya, where most local sites are either bar-owner side projects or affiliate dumping grounds.

If Pattaya School Guide turns into the eighth honest editorial property in this network, the standard holds. If a school ever offers to pay for placement, the answer is no, and the offer goes on the record. That's the deal.

The four rules,
written down.

These apply to every school in the directory and every editorial we publish about a school.

1. Anonymous visit.

I tour campuses as a parent would — through the public admissions form, asking the same questions, sitting through the same pitch. No press passes. No "blogger" discounts. The experience I publish is the experience any real parent gets when they walk in.

2. Real tuition, every line item.

Annual tuition in THB. Registration. Building fund. Refundable deposit. Bus, lunch, uniform, exam fees, residential trips. The total a family actually pays — not the headline number the brochure prints. Every figure is stamped with the date it was verified, and refreshed each academic term.

3. Honest take, including the trade-offs.

Every school is good at something and worse at something else. I write both. The school strong at IB but light on sport gets that said. The one that's beautiful but ฿200K over the local average gets that said. The "Trade-offs" section is the most read part of every Vol. II editorial because it's the part parents can't find anywhere else.

4. Zero paid placements. Ever.

No school can pay to be listed. No school can pay to climb the rankings. No sponsored chips. No affiliate links to admissions consultants. No referral fees for matched families. If a school ever offers, the answer is no, and the offer is published. That's not a business model — it's just the only way this directory means anything.