Nursery

St. Andrews International School, Sathorn (or simply St. Andrews Sathorn) is a highly-respected British International Nursery in Bangkok that seeks to develop well-rounded and future-ready children.

Strategically located in the bustling central business district in the country’s capital city, St. Andrews Sathorn is a top-rated Bangkok nursery for children of expatriates as well as Thai nationals. The school is community based (along Sathorn Road) and just a few blocks away by foot from BTS Saladaeng in Silom Road. It’s a top choice for parents who are working in the nearby business district and looking for a high calibre international British nursery in Bangkok.

Our school’s academic excellence has not gone unnoticed: St. Andrews Sathorn international nursery in Bangkok has been awarded a ‘Gold’ rating—the highest recognition—by the Education Development Trust. For the third consecutive time – collectively for 10 years, our school was rated outstanding in all of the eight assessed areas.

Moreover, the report stated that:

“The greatest attribute of the leaders of the school, and staff at all levels is that they care desperately about every one of the students in their care. They nurture, and inspire every one of their superb children, acting as excellent role models. As an inclusive school, St Andrews Sathorn promotes equality, tackles discrimination and embraces diversity, which contributes to the extremely caring, family atmosphere wherein students are happy and highly successful”.

St. Andrews Sathorn offers a balanced British International curriculum to learners from the age of 2 up to 11 years. This nursery in Sathorn is housed in an exquisite heritage building and features a safe, lively, and encouraging atmosphere. It’s the ideal type of setting for promoting holistic excellence and nurturing young minds from all cultural backgrounds.

True to its brand as an international school, St. Andrews International School, Sathorn provides children the opportunity to interact and learn from their fellow learners who come from a wide variety of cultures. Despite following the British curriculum, St. Andrews international nursery in Bangkok organises various activities that feature and promote appreciation of different cultures around the world.

For instance, in its International Week celebration, Nursery children are divided into groups and tasked to learn an assigned country, its culture, and its people for a whole week. By doing so, these children—at their young age—are already exposed to different nationalities, beliefs, and other cultural values. This promotes cultural awareness and appreciation of cultures that are not their own.

Nursery—which falls under the Early years and foundation stage—is the first of five key stages in the world-renowned British curriculum program. As such, it serves a crucial role in the growth and development of young learners.

With this in mind, our British International Nursery in Bangkok strives to provide a stimulating, secure environment for young children to safely explore and learn from their surroundings. Our programme consists of activities that emphasise holistic learning through free play, guided exploration, and relentless investigation.

The main method for children’s learning is through engaging free flow play. Children can learn about themselves and the world while playing in the soft play area, indoor shared area, outdoors area, and sandpit. In every single play area, we’ve prepared appropriate activities and challenges for the children to take on, all of which are designed to hone skills across the seven areas of the British curriculum:

1) Physical development
2) Communication and language
3) Personal, social and emotional development
4) Mathematics
5) Literacy
6) Expressive arts and design
7) Understanding the world

After developing those skills through engaging and creative play, St. Andrews Sathorn children become ready to learn more complex skills as they progress through the rest of their learning journey.

Our British nursery in Bangkok expertly designs developmentally suitable continuous provision activities that promote children’s learning and development in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). EYFS sets the framework for schools and childcare providers to meet in terms of the learning, development, and care of children from their birth up to the age of five.

In addition to that, our team of well-trained and highly-experienced Nursery teachers and teaching assistants go the extra mile in learning each child’s hobbies and interests and keep those top of mind when planning activities. Our skilled and dedicated educators ensure every child’s effective learning through the use of fun and purposeful exercises that build on their existing skills and knowledge and involve the child’s distinct interests.

St. Andrews Sathorn international nursery in Bangkok actively advocates for children to make and express their own choices. We encourage them to embrace their uniqueness as well as that of their peers.

Our Bangkok international nursery has hardworking nannies who assist parents and teaching staff in helping children do their self-care activities on their own, including feeding and toilet training.

We join hands with families and each child’s care network to help every child develop the skills they need for autonomous self-care. Our staff provides support to children when it comes to toilet training, feeding, and more. Once they’re ready to transition to diapers, we talk with parents on how our school can help with their toilet training.

We consider meal times as crucial parts of children’s daily schedule because they provide opportunities to encourage children’s independence. Our team of expert staff assist children in honing their motor skills in self-feeding. Our British international nursery in Bangkok fosters a welcoming atmosphere that encourages children to openly communicate their personal choices when it comes to food. In the same manner, we nurture their self-confidence in expressing their choices during activities and interactions with their peers and school staff.

The learning activities in our Bangkok international nursery embolden children to exercise their imagination as they venture into the world around them. Our educational approach emphasises the value of learning and growth through both classroom activities and outdoor learning experiences. Behind this is our belief that learning in both environments are vital in developing a child’s holistic understanding of the world.

We consider every area of learning and development in the Development Matters curriculum as crucial in building the foundation for other skills that every child should learn in school to prepare for life.

Our British nursery in Bangkok focuses on three key areas that are considered essential for piquing young minds’ curiosity and igniting their eagerness to learn. These areas are also important in developing their learning skills and social relationships:

1) Communication and Language

Our Bangkok nursery’s well-trained teaching staff actively observe and respond to every child’s interests. They repeat children’s words and introduce new words that are related to what their young minds already know. This helps in expanding the young learners’ linguistic abilities while also boosting their self-esteem.

We urge all the children to openly express their feelings, preferences, and dislikes through words. This skill is particularly important during playtime as they are learning to share their thoughts and toys to one another. Our Sathorn nursery incorporates role-playing and circle time activities to promote the children’s communication skills.

2) Physical Development

In their early childhood years, children are continuously developing their gross and fine motor skills. We at St. Andrews Sathorn believe that it’s crucial to provide proper guidance in children’s activities to promote their optimal development while ensuring their safety.

In line with this, to ensure that all children under our care are protected from harm and abuse, we actively promote safety and inclusivity and have set up stringent Safeguarding policies in our nursery. We have a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and a Safeguarding Team; however, we make sure that all our staff and children know that Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.

Our class activities promote exploration using their senses and are designed to hone their strength, coordination, and spatial awareness. Relevant activities include building blocks or bricks, handling different types of materials, feeding themselves, learning to put on clothes and shoes by themselves, and so on.

3) Personal, social and emotional development

Last but not least, Personal, Social and Emotional Development (or PSED) is essential for children to lead a good life. Nurturing this aspect of their development fosters significant attachments that form the foundation of their relationships. As they build good relationships with trusted adults in our Bangkok international nursery, the children gradually learn to deal with their own emotions as well as those of other people. This lays the foundation for high emotional intelligence, which is associated with many positive outcomes in life.

Our international nursery in Bangkok serves a variety of nutritious foods representing the five main food groups, all freshly prepared every day and served in the classrooms. We also cater to special dietary needs, including food alternatives for vegetarians and children with food allergies. The food served is Halal.

We also recognise the integral value of sleep in our young learners. Hence, we have scheduled nap times to support the physical and emotional health of our nursery children. Our teachers, teaching assistants, and maid staff assist the children to be comfortable as they rest and rejuvenate for the activities they’ll do later in the day.

In our British international nursery in Bangkok, teachers and teaching assistants promote the characteristics of effective learning (CoEL) in all of the children’s activities, which are:

1) Playing and exploring: The children engage in exploration, trying out new activities, and developing their skills through play and various experiences.

2) Active learning: The children focus on activities for a certain timeframe, persevere through challenges, and take pride in their accomplishments.

3) Creating and thinking critically: The children start connecting basic ideas and concepts. Over time, they develop strategies for tackling different tasks.

Our school has well-lit classrooms and modern facilities: two air-conditioned halls that are ideal for indoor physical activities and art performances, an IT suite, a well-stocked library, a music room with specialised practice areas, a 25-metre swimming pool, a cooking room, and an air-conditioned canteen.

This page describes what you can expect in the Nursery classes at St. Andrews International School, Sathorn. We would be happy to talk with you so you can know more about our Bangkok nursery.

St. Andrews International School, Sathorn is part of the wide network of St. Andrews Schools in Thailand. We are honoured to be a member of the Cognita family, a global network encompassing more than 100 schools across 16 countries, with 12 curricula, and educating 90,000 students. Cognita schools are united in a single compelling mission in education: to promote children’s self-confidence and empower them to achieve success.

To visit our school and learn more about our British international nursery in Bangkok, just set up a school tour with our admissions team.