International school fees · Koh Samui · 2026-27
SunbeamSamui Play & Learn Kindergarten fees 2026-27: 111,000 THB a year (£2,472)
Bo Phut, Koh Samui · Play-based; EYFS-Montessori, Reggio-STEM and Thai Early Childhood Curriculum approaches · checked 9 November 2026
- Tuition, All age groups (annual plan, 48 weeks)111,000 THB
- Enrolment fee, paid once5,000 THB
- Application fee, paid once5,000 THB
- First year, not refundable121,000 THB
- Refundable deposit– none on the fee page
At the 12-month low of 41.876 this first year was £2,889. At the high of 45.194 it was £2,677.
Source: sunbeamsamui.com (page), the school’s own fee schedule. Checked 9 November 2026. Refundable deposits are shown separately and are not in the total. Optional extras, trips, transport and uniform are not in it either.
What a year costs here.
SunbeamSamui Play & Learn Kindergarten charges 111,000 THB a year for All age groups (annual plan, 48 weeks) in 2026-27: about £2,472 at 44.9 baht to the pound. Non-refundable one-off fees add 10,000 THB, so the first year at this year group costs about 121,000 THB (£2,695). Figures are from the school's own fee schedule, checked 9 November 2026.
SunbeamSamui Play & Learn Kindergarten is an international school in Bo Phut, Koh Samui, following the Play-based; EYFS-Montessori, Reggio-STEM and Thai Early Childhood Curriculum approaches. The figures on this page are the school's own published fees for 2026-27, converted to pounds at the mid-market rate on the day The Baht last rebuilt this page. Nothing here is an estimate: where the school does not publish a number, the line is left blank.
Rate used at build: 44.9 THB per GBP, Latest daily mid-market snapshot · 10 November 2026.
Tuition by year group.
Tap a row for the source and the sum.
- All age groups (4-month term plan)–not published; 4-month term; no annual total stated–
- All age groups (monthly plan)–not published; 10,500 THB per month–
- All age groups (fortnightly plan)–not published; 7,300 THB per fortnight–
- All age groups (weekly plan)–not published; 4,200 THB per week–
- All age groups (daily plan)–not published; 1,150 THB per day–
Every row above is from the school's own fee schedule at sunbeamsamui.com (page), read on 9 November 2026. Nothing is estimated or taken from a third-party site. 5 year groups have no published figure and are left blank.
One-off fees and deposits.
Same source and date as the tuition table: sunbeamsamui.com, checked 9 November 2026.
What the fee schedule says.
- Payment. Parents choose a payment plan: daily, weekly, fortnightly, monthly, 4-month term or annual (48 weeks). A registration deposit is required to secure a place but no amount is stated.
- Single published tuition rate for all children; the site does not state ages served or an academic year. Optional after-school programme 15:30-17:00 at 2,500 THB per month. Whether lunch, materials or VAT are included is not stated. Address: 141/223 Bo Nai Road, Bo Phut, Koh Samui. Academic year as stated: not stated (annual plan = 48 weeks).
What it costs in pounds, and why that moves.
The school bills in baht. A British family paying from sterling income pays a different amount every term because GBP/THB moves. The same All age groups (annual plan, 48 weeks) fee of 111,000 THB is:
| GBP/THB | Annual fee in pounds |
|---|---|
| 48 | £2,313 |
| 44.9 (today) | £2,472 |
| 42 | £2,643 |
Between a strong-pound year and a weak one the sterling cost of this school moves by about £330 a year per child. A family paying termly from a UK account at a high-street bank's 3 to 5 per cent spread adds £99 a year on top. Fee payments are the single largest transfer most expat families make, which is why the transfer method matters more here than anywhere else in the budget.
A termly 37,000 THB transfer at the mid-market rate costs a fraction of a bank's spread. Compare the GBP to THB quote before the first invoice.
Report a figure, read the method.
What did you actually pay at SunbeamSamui Play & Learn Kindergarten?
Published figures are the starting point; the real bill is what readers tell us. Reports are checked by hand before anything appears here, and no name or email is published.
Reading the fee schedule
- The hidden fees catalogue: the £30,000 to £70,000 your school will charge that is not in the tuition schedule.
- The fee inflation trap: how £18,000 in Year 1 becomes £32,000 by Year 13.
- The British family's decision framework for international schools in Asia.
- Where the £25,000 actually goes: the international school operating budget nobody publishes.
How The Baht records school fees
Every figure comes from the school's own website or fee document, recorded with its URL and the date it was checked. Figures are annual tuition as the school states them, in Thai baht, for the academic year shown. Where a school prints termly fees only, the annual figure is the termly fee multiplied by the number of terms and is marked as such. Refundable deposits are listed but excluded from first-year totals. Pound figures use the mid-market GBP/THB rate on the day the page was built (Latest daily mid-market snapshot · 10 November 2026) and are rounded to the nearest pound. Fee schedules change every year, usually between March and July; the checked date on this page is the date the figures were last read from the school's site. Corrections: editorial@thebaht.com.