Admissions: South End

ADMISSIONS FOR THE 2025-26 SCHOOL YEAR

For the 2025-2026 school year (beginning September 2025), we will be enrolling for the following grade levels: Preschool, Pre-Kindergarten (K1), Kindergarten (K2), Grade 1, and Grade 2.

Our application for the 2025-26 school year is now available via THIS LINK.

Intrigued, but not ready to apply? We encourage you to join our Interest List HERE.

1. Express interest and get to know the school.

While not required, we encourage families to add their name to our enrollment interest list HERE. Once you do this, we’ll invite you to have an informal conversation to learn more from one of our team members and/or come to visit our school for a personalized tour.

2. Complete our online application.

The first “formal” step in our admissions process is to complete a short online application and submit a $60 application fee. The application link for the 2025-2026 school year is available at the top of this page.

For Families Interested in Pre-Kindergarten - Grade 2 Enrollment:

We will process 2025-2026 school year admissions applications for Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 2 just after the end of every month (October 31, November 30, December 31, January 31, and February 28), filling any known available seats in each respective grade level at those times. To maximize the likelihood of admission, we encourage families to submit an application early in the enrollment cycle.

For Families Interested in Preschool Enrollment:

One decision prospective Preschool families will need to make - within the application - is whether you would like to apply for our "Accelerated Admissions Round" or "Traditional Admissions Round."

Accelerated Admissions Round (now open). This round is designed for families who know The Croft School is their top choice for their child(ren). We process accelerated admissions applications on a rolling basis, making admissions decisions as we go. Once we admit a child, we will notify the family and they will then have several weeks to make a decision about whether to enroll in the school (via an enrollment contract and 10% tuition deposit). The advantage of this round for families is that the odds of admission are greater; the disadvantage is that you need to make a decision about enrolling in our school ~10 months before the school year begins. We will close the Accelerated Admissions round once we have filled 50% of our Preschool seats.

Traditional Admissions Round (submit application anytime from October 15, 2024 - February 28, 2025). Families choosing the Traditional Admissions Round may submit their application anytime from October 15, 2024, through February 28, 2025. We will not make any traditional round admissions decisions until early March 2025. At that point, families of admitted children will have several weeks to make a decision about whether to enroll in the school (via an enrollment contract and 10% tuition deposit). The advantage of this round is that it provides you with more time to research schools, etc.; the disadvantage is that we will receive significantly more applications than seats available and the mathematical likelihood of admission is significantly lower than in the accelerated round.

Once we receive your application, we will reach out to you with (a) more ways to get to learn about The Croft School; (b) an optional financial support questionnaire; and (c) instructions for completing an activity that will help us begin to get to know your child.

3. Engage in admissions activities & complete an (optional) questionnaire to determine if your child/family qualifies for financial support.

Once we receive an online application, we will: (1) invite you to further get to know the school through various means; (2) share information regarding an activity that will help us to get to know your child; and (3) provide families with our financial support questionnaire. Occasionally, we will seek permission from a family to speak with representatives from the applicant’s current school or childcare program to gather further information about an applicant.

4. Receive the admissions decision and determine whether to enroll at The Croft School.

Families will be notified of The Croft School’s admissions decision within a respective notification window. A seat at The Croft School is secured via a signed enrollment contract and a 10% non-refundable tuition deposit.

Students enrolling in our Preschool program are typically 3-years-old on September 1 of the year they begin our Preschool program. Please contact us to discuss enrollment for students outside of their respective age range; eligibility will be considered on a limited basis.  There are no geographic eligibility restrictions for students seeking enrollment in The Croft School. Our student body includes students from the South End as well as many nearby neighborhoods.

The Croft School: South End admits qualified students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, or any other status protected by applicable law, and extends to them all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at our school. The Croft School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, or any other status protected by applicable law in the administration of its admission, financial support, and its educational, extracurricular, or other programs. This policy is not intended to disallow financial support or admission policies intended to increase diversity within our community.

The Croft School is committed to a diverse community, which includes qualified students with disabilities. The Croft School does not offer special education programs for students with disabilities, but the school is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities so that the students can participate in the school’s educational or other related programs. For these purposes, a “qualified student with a disability” is defined as an individual with a disability who is able to meet and fulfill the fundamental requirements of The Croft School’s education, with or without reasonable modifications to the school’s policies or the provision of auxiliary aid or services. Reasonable accommodations include modifications in policies, practices or procedures when the modifications are reasonable and necessary to afford services to qualified individuals with disabilities. They do not include accommodations that would fundamentally alter the nature or purpose of The Croft School’s education or program, or that would otherwise create an undue burden for the school.