Crescent International School Bangkok (CIS)

Crescent International School is a British-curriculum school of around 400 pupils in Sathon, central Bangkok, founded in 2008 and chosen mainly by Muslim families. It is one of the few schools in Thailand teaching Arabic and Islamic studies, alongside Thai, up to IGCSE, with Edexcel qualifications, and that combination is usually the deciding factor.

Parents describe small classes, a family-like community and fees that are realistic compared with other British schools in the city, and many children stay through to Year 11. Its central location is easy to reach.

• Parent reviews are limited and lean positive, focused on small classes, a community feel and long enrolment durations.
• A common parent comment is that fees sit lower than other British international schools in Bangkok and that families stay multiple years.
• The school is one of the few in Thailand teaching Arabic and Islamic studies to IGCSE, and parents from Muslim families cite this as a deciding factor.
• Teacher-side feedback is less flattering: staff describe heavy workloads with multiple daily classes plus duties and salaries on the lower end of the Bangkok market.
• A request for information thread on the international-teachers circuit went largely unanswered, which is itself a signal that the school is off the main expat-circuit radar.