Amnuay Silpa School
Private school in Bangkok, Thailand
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Amnuay Silpa School (Thai: โรงเรียนอำนวยศิลป์; RTGS: Rong Rian Amnuai Sin) is a coeducational private school in Bangkok, Thailand. It teaches kindergarten, primary and secondary levels. The school was founded in 1926, formerly as an all-boy school in the early years. Chitra Dansuputra was the co-founder and the owner of the school. He later set up a non-profit educational trust Amnuay Silpa Foundation and donated the school to the foundation in 1960.
| Amnuay Silpa School | |
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โรงเรียนอำนวยศิลป์ | |
| Location | |
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304/1 Sri Ayutthaya Road 10400 Thailand | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 24 May 1926 |
| Founder | Chitra Dansuputra |
Principal | Andrew Parry |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Language | Thai, English |
| Website | www |
At its peak, the school had a student body of 7,000, but has since scaled down to about 1,500.[1] Its alumni include six prime ministers of Thailand: Kriangsak Chamanan, Chatichai Choonhavan, Anand Panyarachun, Suchinda Kraprayoon, Chavalit Yongchaiyudh and Somchai Wongsawat.
The school has achieved the status as the first thinking school in Asia[2] and has since adopted a combined Thai-UK curriculum. It is the only Thai/English bilingual school in Thailand to receive the CIS (Council of International Schools) accreditation.[3]
History
Established on May 24, 1926, Amnuay Silpa School started as a tutorial school founded by teachers from Suan Kularb School. The school was later re-established as an all-boy school 3 years later by Mr. Chitra Dansuputra who stepped in after Mr. Sanit Sumawong, the previous school principal, left the teaching profession.[4]
In 1948, the Amnuay Silpa Alumni Association was formed with the aim to create unity amongst alumni to partake in charity and social events.[5]
Since 1996, the school has implemented staff development programmes to revise its educational approach, introducing child-centred learning and incorporating elements of the Montessori and project-based learning methods.
The school later adopted a combined Thai-UK curriculum. Since 2009, the school has been approved by Cambridge International Examination Centre to conduct IGCSEs and A levels examination and is the first bilingual school under the department of education to be authorised by the University of Cambridge.[4]
The school was named a finalist for the 2025 World’s Best School Prize,[6] organised by T4 Education.[7]
Academics and curriculum
Amnuay Silpa School follows a combined Thai-UK curriculum which consists of National curriculum of Thailand and the National Curriculum for England and Wales.[4]
There are 3 sections: Foundation, Primary and Secondary
- Foundation – Pre-nursery up to Year 2 or pre-kindergarten to Prathom 1
- Primary – Year 3 to Year 6 or Prathom 2 to Prathom 5
- Secondary – Year 7 to Year 13 or Prathom 6 to Mathayom 6
The school is also an official examination centre for its external assessments including ONET, IGCSEs, A Levels, IELTS, SATs and others.
Both IGCSEs and A Levels are administered by Cambridge International Education (CIE).[8]
Accreditation
Amnuay Silpa School has been accredited by Exeter University for its Thinking Programme implementation in 2009 for achieving the status as the first thinking school in Asia.[9] The school also received accreditation from the Council of International School (CIS) in January 2022[10] and joined the Federation of British International Schools in Asia (FOBISIA) later that same year, being the second oldest school in the federation.[11] The school is also accredited by the Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (ONESQA) of Thailand. The school is an approved examination centre for IGCSEs, AS and A Levels by the University of Cambridge,[4] as well as IELTS by the British Council.[12]
Notable alumni
6 Prime Ministers of Thailand were Amnuay Silpa School alumni:[13]
- General Kriangsak Chamanan the 15th Prime Minister
- General Chatchai Choonhavan the 17th Prime Minister
- Mr. Anand Panyarachun the 18th Prime Minister
- General Suchinda Kraprayoon the 19th Prime Minister
- General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh the 22nd Prime Minister
- Mr. Somchai Wongsawat the 26th Prime Minister