The Jataka School

Greatly inspired by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s vision, the Jataka School (Bangkok, Thailand) is innovating a model of international education rooted in Buddhist wisdom and designed for the future. Serving children aged 3–11, its evidence-based curriculum matrix interweaves the British curriculum, Middle Way Education’s pioneering dharma learning framework Buddhist Education Aspirations, service learning, and learning outside the classroom to develop children’s natural curiosity through hands-on explorations into the concepts that define the human experience.

Learning at Jataka centers the whole child. It celebrates their uniqueness as an individual and a learner. Its approach blends immersive language (English, Mandarin, and Thai), collaborative learning, inquiry-oriented explorations, and Asian culture and wisdom traditions. In this way, Jataka prepares students to navigate the future with confidence, compassion, and wisdom, helping them emerge as capable leaders, grounded individuals, and compassionate global citizens.

At the heart of the Distinctively Jataka model are four core elements that shape everyday life: quiet moments of pause, opportunities to ask life’s big questions with curiosity, mindful approaches to food and nourishment, and eco-sustainability practices that inspire responsibility and care for the planet. These pillars are reinforced by a thoughtful, purpose-built environment where classrooms flow into gardens and ateliers and the architecture itself becomes the “third teacher.”

More than a school, Jataka is an investment in a kinder, wiser generation—one that will carry forward its values of wisdom, reflection, and community.