Lanna International School Thailand

Lanna International School, Thailand is one of the largest and longest established international schools in Chiang Mai. It was founded in 1993 to serve all families in the Thai and international communities of Chiang Mai by providing quality education in a coeducational, non-sectarian English-medium international school setting.

Lanna delivers a British style education based on the National Curriculum of England and Wales, adapted to more fully meet the needs of our environment and our school population of students from Early Years to Year 13. We prioritise the recruitment of highly qualified and experienced British and International staff. Within our Early Years department, we use the International Early Years Curriuclum (IEYC) and Reggio Emilia inspired pedagody to meet the needs of our learners. In Primary, we use the Cambridge Curriculum (CC) and International Primary Curriculum (IPC) which is child-centred, inquiry based learning inspiring our children to be life-long learners.

The school offers a broad and balanced curriculum which is supported by a strong team of specialist teachers and assistants. External assessments and examinations are taken by Year 4 to 6 students within Primary using the International Schools Assessments (ISA), Y11 (IGCSE) and Y12/13 (AS/A Levels). The IGCSE and AS/A Levels are administered by the Cambridge International Examinations and Edexcel Boards. Lanna is accredited by Western Association of Schools and College (WASC), licensed by the Thai Ministry of Education, is a member of the East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS), and since 2005 has been a Cambridge University International Examination Centre.

From its beginning, Lanna has encouraged applications from students of diverse cultural, academic and linguistic backgrounds, and welcomes students from around forty different nationalities, speaking seventeen languages. Emphasising internationalism at its very essence, Lanna believes that the diversity of its student body is one of its greatest strengths and helps to support the school’s mission to prepare its students to be responsible world citizens.

Lanna believes that our student-centred programme of study and extensive range of After School Activities (ASAs) provide our students with the challenges that enable them to reach their full potential academically, socially, emotionally and physically. In a school like Lanna with a rich cultural diversity, the values imparted are of great importance for later life. We seek to instil in our students tolerance, dignity and respect for others. We strive to ensure that our students act both responsibly and independently whether at school or in the community outside. Lanna’s Schoolwide Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are the foundations of the type learners we aim for and are embedded throughout the teaching and learning in each year group.

Lanna International School has grown so much since its conception in 1993 with the opening of the Primary School Campus in 2018 and the Early Years Campus in 2019 and the development of the Secondary Campus in 2023 being 'One School, One Campus' Catering for over 800 students, Lanna is a supportive and caring environment for all, where no challenge is too big, and no dream is beyond arm’s reach.