Phuket · Chalong
Berda Claude International School, Phuket (BCIS)
BCIS is the only international school in Phuket offering two parallel European streams — the French National Curriculum (accredited by France's Ministry of Education / AEFE) and the British Cambridge curriculum to IGCSE and A Level — on a single Chalong campus, with students aged 18 months to 18 years from over 50 nationalities.
Notes for Parents
- Dual-stream school: full French National Curriculum (homologated) and Cambridge British curriculum
- Accredited by Cambridge Assessment International Education, the French Ministry of Education and Thailand's Ministry of Education
- Multilingual programme transitions non-French-speakers into the French stream; B2 French required for Collège, C1 for Lycée
- Part of the International Schools Partnership (ISP) group
- Chalong campus in southern Phuket, convenient for Rawai, Kata and Karon
- Founded in 2017 — relatively new but rapidly growing
Frequently Asked Questions
Accreditation
Berda Claude International School, Phuket (BCIS) states on its own website that it holds the following. Read 2026-08-22; not independently confirmed with the accrediting bodies, so check directly if it is decisive for you.
- ONESQAThailand's national education quality assessment
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