Mike Walton has been Principal
since 2005.
Dr Tim Eaton
After nine hugely successful years, Mike Walton has stepped down as
Principal at Regents International School Pattaya and is returning to the UK
with his family to take up the Headship of a school in the North of England.
Over the course of his tenure, Regents has grown in popularity to become an
international school of almost 1100 pupils, both boarding and day students. He
has guided the school through its recent incorporation into the Nord Anglia
Education family of 28 international schools around the world and indeed has
ensured that it is now recognized as one of the leading schools in the group, on
the basis of its flourishing academic standards, impressive co-curricular
activities and excellent management. Under Mike’s leadership, Regents has taken
an innovative approach to holistic education and community service and as a
result is regarded as one of the most important members of the prestigious Round
Square association of 130 schools.
Head of Year 11, Carolyn Neylon.
Mike will also be missed by the regional and global educational associations to
which he has contributed his leadership and energy over the past nine years: the
Federation of British International Schools in Asia, the International Schools
Association of Thailand and Round Square.
In tribute to his contribution to Regents and international schools in Thailand
generally, on the evening of Wednesday 18 June staff descended on the school’s
Globe Theatre to salute Mike and his family with a series of farewell
performances. From Monty Python sketches to outstanding renditions of the most
powerful songs from Les Misérables, which included a heart-warming performance
of Castle on a Cloud by his daughter Isla, his friends and colleagues made clear
that his friendship and support would be much-missed. Several of the school’s
Community Partners, such as the Hand to Hand Foundation, Women with a Mission,
the Father Ray Foundation and Jester’s Care for Kids, spoke movingly about the
instrumental role that Mike has played in encouraging the students at Regents to
work with and learn from the local community.
Mike and his family will be greatly missed but we share his excitement at the
new challenges which lay before them.
Staff and students in the chorus
line of Les Misérables.
Drama teacher, Mike Thomas leads
from the front.
Students Haroon and Kyi pay
tribute to Mike Walton.
