OrcaNation is delighted to announce a significant milestone: our first school partnership in Thailand, with Regents International School Pattaya. It is an important step in our mission to bring transformative outdoor and ocean education to young people around the world.
This new collaboration brings OrcaNation’s outdoor education model to students at Regents’ impressive campus in Chonburi, on Thailand’s Eastern Seaboard. Specifically, our model combines exceptional experiences with impactful ocean education. The partnership also marks an important step in OrcaNation’s regional growth, establishing Pattaya as a regional hub from which we can extend our programmes across Southeast Asia in the years ahead.
A comprehensive outdoor and ocean education offering
From the Regents Pattaya campus, OrcaNation will deliver a full suite of programmes that bring learning to life beyond the classroom. Our outdoor education programmes take students out into the field. Meanwhile, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, including our renowned OrcaNation Scuba Club, run alongside school life on campus.
Together, these opportunities help students develop confidence, leadership, and resilience. Just as importantly, they nurture a lasting commitment to environmental stewardship and a genuine love for the ocean and the natural world.
“At Regents International School Pattaya, we believe that some of life’s most valuable lessons happen beyond the classroom. Our partnership with OrcaNation reflects our commitment to providing exceptional learning experiences that inspire curiosity, resilience, leadership, and a deep respect for our natural world.”
– Amos Turner-Waddell, School Principal, Regents International School Pattaya
Introducing the OrcaNation Ocean School
At the centre of this partnership is our first OrcaNation Ocean School: a renovated boarding house on the Regents Pattaya campus. Opening on 1 September 2026, the Ocean School will initially welcome up to 52 students, with capacity to grow to more than 76 as the programme develops.
Here, students will live and learn among resources and inspiring content on ocean literacy. In turn, this will deepen their connection to the ocean and, ultimately, to the planet. More broadly, the Ocean School represents a new model for immersive, residential ocean education, one we hope to bring to further campuses as our partnerships grow.
“At OrcaNation, we believe the future of our planet begins with the way we teach our children to love it. Our partnership with Regents International School Pattaya — and the launch of our very first Ocean School — is more than a milestone; it’s a promise. A promise that we will keep building scalable, strategic partnerships across the OrcaNation Ecosystem, reaching more young people, in more places, than ever before. Because when we give students the chance to fall in love with the ocean, we give the planet its most powerful champions. Together, we can turn tides. It’s all about the Ocean, the Planet, and Us — today, tomorrow, and in the future.”
— Jeroen van de Waal, Chief Executive Orca & Founder, OrcaNation
A regional hub for ocean and outdoor education
As a Nord Anglia Education school, Regents Pattaya’s role extends well beyond its own students. As such, the campus will serve as a regional hub. From here, OrcaNation can extend its programmes to the wider Nord Anglia Education family of schools, the FOBISIA network and other international and Thai schools across the region.
In practice, this means our investment in Pattaya, in facilities, staffing, and programme design, will benefit a far broader community of schools and students than any single campus alone. We believe this model can be replicated as OrcaNation continues to grow: strong, purpose-built regional centres that serve their immediate school community while extending access to ocean and outdoor education more widely.
Standards at the core of everything we do
We build every OrcaNation partnership and Ocean School on the same non-negotiable standards: child safeguarding and safety, robust emergency action planning, quality of teaching and learning, and environmental stewardship. Above all, these principles sit at the heart of how we design and deliver every programme. They also align closely with the educational philosophy of Regents Pattaya, which develops globally minded, compassionate, and adventurous learners in a safe environment.
Looking ahead
This partnership reflects OrcaNation’s continued commitment to expanding access to high-quality experiential education across the region. Most of all, we are proud to work alongside a school community that shares our values. We look forward to welcoming students, staff, and visiting schools to the Ocean School from September 2026.
To learn more about partnering with OrcaNation, or to find out how your school can benefit from our outdoor and ocean education programmes, get in touch with our team.
