Highgate, a number one UK co-educational impartial college, lately cast the union with Siam Motors Group to open its first worldwide college exterior of the UK.
The collaboration aspires to mix the traditions of the 460 yr previous Highgate college with the trendy “dynamism and ambition” of the Thai Motor group, stated Highgate in an announcement.
Adam Pettitt, head of Highgate Faculty, stated the partnership is “creating new alternatives born of centuries of experience at the side of the energy, dynamism and ambition of the Siam Motors Group is a gigantic privilege”.
The worldwide college can be co-educational and can mirror Highgate’s three-part college construction, taking pupils from pre-prep to junior, and culminating at senior college.
The varsity is about to host 1,400 college students, aged 2-18, throughout day and boarding pupils. College students will observe the English nationwide curriculum and can sit each GCSE’s and A Ranges within the senior college.
The aim-built campus can even provide co-curricular alternatives to “improve the pupil expertise and broaden their schooling”.
For Siam Motors Group, the partnership is a chance to develop Thailand’s social and academic growth.
Siam Motors Group has pioneered the nation’s automotive engineering business. Now its founder, Thaworn Phornprapha, appears to leverage the facility of schooling to form future generations.
The campus can be situated within the grounds of the Siam Nation Membership of the Chonburi province, Thailand. Right here, the scholars could have entry to a library and media centre in addition to purpose-built areas for STEM to transcend the curriculum.
The campus additionally appears to nurture music and the humanities by together with a state-of-the-art auditorium. For sporting endeavours, this campus will include an Olympic-sized swimming pool, a FIFA-standard soccer pitch and a golf Academy.
Tanyaporn Phornprapha Tangcravakoon, chair of the varsity board, commented: “This undertaking isn’t just about establishing a faculty. It’s about shaping the way forward for schooling within the area.”
This undertaking isn’t just about establishing a faculty, it’s about shaping the way forward for schooling within the area.
Tanyaporn Phornprapha Tangcravakoon, Chair of the Faculty Board
Prakasit Phornprapha, Siam Motors Group president commented: “We’re proud to carry Highgate’s wealthy heritage and academic excellence to Thailand, and we’re dedicated to creating a faculty that exceeds the very best requirements of educational and private growth for our college students.”
Highgate’s growth to Thailand follows the latest announcement of Mill Hill’s first worldwide college exterior of the UK.
