Our approach
Most schools were designed for a different era. Bloom Chiangmai was built around how children actually develop, with the environment, the people, and the structure to match.
The most important part of a child's education is not only the curriculum, but the quality of the adults guiding them.
Meet our leaders
Michel Thibeault
Education Lead
Founding principal of Panyaden International School. 40+ years in education leadership globally.
"We built this because we believed children deserve to be known, not just taught. Academic outcomes matter deeply — but so does who a child is becoming."
Paul Penfold
Academic Pathways Lead
Former Principal, BCIS Chiang Mai. 30+ years developing international learning systems worldwide.
"Academic rigour and genuine care for a child are not opposites. At Bloom Chiangmai, we refuse to choose between them."
How we think about learning
Bloom Chiangmai is built from seven interconnected layers, each one supporting everything above it. Philosophy is the foundation at the bottom. University and life pathways are the outcome at the top.
The people
Our coaches do more than deliver curriculum. They guide, support, challenge, and genuinely accompany each learner through their development journey.
The adults at Bloom Chiangmai play two deliberately separate roles. No one stands at a board delivering a lesson to rows of children.
We believe wellbeing and academic rigour should strengthen each other, not compete with each other.
A typical day
The daily structure at Bloom Chiangmai is deliberate. Half the day is focused academic learning. A quarter is applied, projects, making, experimenting, creating. The final quarter is holistic, movement, outdoor learning, artistic work, and social development.
Approximately 4 hours of focused academic learning per day across a 10-month academic year.
50%
Academic focus
~4 hours per day
25%
Applied learning
Projects and making
25%
Holistic development
Movement and social
Inner development
How a child manages their attention, understands their feelings, and relates to others is as important as what they know. We build time for this into every day, because it is the foundation everything else rests on.
This is not a separate programme. It is woven into how the day is structured, how coaches relate to children, and how the environment itself is designed.
AI-assisted learning
We use AI tools to support personalised pacing, practice, and progress tracking. The insights they generate are interpreted by the coaches who know your child.
Technology supports learning, it never replaces the people in the room. Every data point passes through a human relationship before it becomes a decision.
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