Thailand, Bangkok
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AISB integrates social and emotional development into its Australian Early Years Learning Framework (“Belonging, Being and Becoming”), which encourages children to build identity, confidence, and positive relationships through play-based and inquiry-led experiences. Teachers provide structured activities that promote cooperation, sharing, and resilience. The school also emphasises parent–teacher collaboration in monitoring social growth. Specific staff titles or separate SEL programmes are not detailed publicly.
The school operates a Learning Support Department that provides targeted support for students requiring additional help to access the curriculum. Provision includes 1:1 teaching, small group sessions, classroom support, and Individual Learning Plans. The Access and Inclusion Programme supports children with identified learning disorders or those requiring academic extension, with input from external specialists such as speech or occupational therapists. AISB is not a specialist SEN institution but can support students with mild to moderate learning needs where appropriate.
AISB offers a structured EAL programme delivered by a dedicated EAL teacher. Students may attend General English (three times per week) or Intensive English (up to five times per week) classes, in groups of no more than six. Placement and exit from the programme are determined through assessments approved by the Head of School. Fees are charged separately on a termly basis.
The school does not publicly disclose dedicated mental wellbeing programmes or specialist counsellors for the Soi 20 Campus.
The school does not publicly disclose specific safeguarding or child protection policies on its website.
The AISB Sukhumvit Soi 20 Campus, founded in 2002 as the school’s original site, serves children from 18 months to around five years old (Nursery 1 to Year 1) in a residential pocket of central Sukhumvit. The campus constructs its early learning around the Australian Early Years Learning Framework ‘Belonging, Being and Becoming’, promoting inquiry-based and play-centred experiences. Instruction is in English, and staffing includes native, qualified teachers. A co-curricular program incorporates art, music, sports, sciences and digital technologies—giving children opportunities to explore STEAM and creative expression from the outset. Daily bus and shuttle services ensure smooth journeys for local families and connectivity to the Upper Primary & Secondary campus on Soi 31. With low student numbers per class (typically 15–18) and a nurturing, tightly knit setting, the Soi 20 campus offers a welcoming first step into school life.
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