Art & Design Academy

All students study Music, Art and Drama up until the end of year 9. After year 9 students can select arts subjects as part of IGCSE and IB Diploma programmes.

Art & Design

There is a 100% pass rate at IB Diploma Visual Arts with majority of students achieving 6’s and 7’s and at IGCSE Art and Design with the majority of students achieving A’s and A*’s.

BISP has been top in the World in IGCSE Art and Design 2009 and 2011 and students have been semi finalists in the Royal Overseas Leagues Young Artist in Thailand Awards 2011 and 2012.

Each year BISP has an Artist in Residence Week where it invites practicing artists to work with its students, while students in the Art & Design Academy are commissioned for professional contracts outside of the school.

Music

A talented team of instrumental tutors teach a wide variety of musical instruments (including voice) at all ability levels for students of all ages. Lessons are offered on string, woodwind, brass, guitars, voice and percussion instruments.

To encourage and monitor students the school encourages students to enter for external UK Rockschool examinations as well as ABRSM exams. These exams are held at BISP once per year.

Drama & Theatre

The drama department has increasing numbers of students undertaking examination at IGCSE and IBDP level. Parents are increasingly seeing the benefits of research that shows that creative subjects support and improve other academic exam results.

Each year, BISP hosts a major school production, which in recent years has included spectacular renditions of the Lion King, Grease and Oliver. These are major events on Phuket's cultural calendar, and play to full houses.