Welcome from Founding HOS

Dear Families, 

I am honored to be writing as the Founding Head of School at KIS International School, Reignwood Park. As you will learn on our website, we have embarked upon a great adventure to offer an unparalleled IB educational experience for day and boarding students to the northeast of central Bangkok.  

KIS Reignwood Park is a Candidate School* for the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, Middle Years Programme and Diploma Programmes. Our school is currently pursuing authorization as an IB World School. IB schools around the world share a common philosophy—a commitment to high quality, challenging, international education and at KIS Reignwood Park we are proud to deliver all this and more to our students. 

KIS Reignwood Park is built upon the academic excellence and traditions established by our sister campus, KIS International School Bangkok Campus, which has been educating children through the IB programmes for more than 25 years. KIS International School in Bangkok has an international reputation as a truly community centered school whose students consistently achieve excellent IB Diploma results.  

We are fortunate to have fantastic state-of-the-art facilities on our world-class 60-acre Reignwood Park campus. Our unique learning environment provides for a range of sports and the performing arts in dedicated buildings for Early Years, Primary and Secondary children in a healthy and safe fresh-air environment. The opportunities for student growth and development offered by our day and boarding program are exceptional.  Additionally, we have created a dynamic golf development opportunity in collaboration with the Claude Harmon III Performance Golf Academy which made its inaugural debut in Asia – an exclusive partnership with KIS International School Reignwood Park and Robinswood Golf Club.

The 2024-25 Academic Year marks the opening of our school, but our Senior Leadership and Founding Team were in place a year ahead of this to ensure that we opened well in August. That team established the systems to ensure the well-being of everyone in our community and recruited an extremely experienced IB faculty from all over the world.  We are delighted that more than 60% of our teachers hold Master Degrees or higher and more than 90% have over 10 years international teaching experience.  We will continue to be very careful about our teacher recruitment as we grow because we know that high quality teachers are the most influential factors in a child’s education; a close second to their parents and families.. 

The best part of this year has been welcoming our founding students and their families who have brought joy and life to our school by breathing the energy, optimism and spirit of youth into our community in ways that young learners do. Our boarding program is focussed upon learning support, character development and leadership as well as a good deal of structure, independence and fun.

Our highly experienced team is thrilled to be part of building a fresh international school that will be authorized in three International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes, PYP, MYP and DP and accredited by the Council of International Schools (COIS).  We are licensed by the Thai Ministry of Education and are becoming an active member of the International Schools Association of Thailand (ISAT). 

Throughout my professional career, I have worked in IB World Schools around the world, including schools with thriving boarding programs. I have been attracted to these types of schools because they truly are student-centered and focus on the development of the whole child and their well-being. It is a privilege to launch a new international school in Thailand based upon these principles.  

I look forward to connecting with new families throughout the year so you can learn more about our learning community at Reignwood Park and consider joining us if our values match those of your own family.

Best regards,  

Barry Sutherland 
Founding Head of School