An Investment in Your Child's Future
Here at The Bedford School, we believe your children and their future are an investment worth carefully cultivating. Our educators, staff, and environment are intentionally designed with your child in mind, creating a cohesive structured system that nurtures growth. We are on the forefront of educational innovation, utilizing proven tools, evidence-based techniques, and best practices to foster an environment where learning is both effective and enduring.
Drawing on evidence-based research, we know that true mastery develops through active engagement, practice, and persistence. That’s why we focus on structured, small group learning that emphasizes retrieval practice, spaced repetition, and multi-sensory experiences, helping your child not only retain information but apply it with confidence.
Our 46-acre campus provides the space and resources to make learning dynamic: a 30-element Challenge course, swimming pool, and full-sized gymnasium give students opportunities to stretch themselves physically and mentally, building resilience and teamwork. Our House system further encourages community and motivation, culminating in a spirited, end-of-year celebration of effort and achievement.
At The Bedford School, your child gains more than academic skills; they develop the strategies, confidence, and mindset necessary to thrive in school, career, and life.
It’s not just education; it’s an investment in lasting success.
Tuition
- 1st - 5th Grade: $24,600
- 6th - 9th Grade: $25,050
The $750 nonrefundable deposit is included in the tuition.
Tuition will be billed in June 2025. You may choose to pay in full by August, 2025, pay 2 semi-annual payments in August and January, or go on the 12-month payment plan. The remaining balance will be financed at 7% interest and will be due in monthly installments.
Uniforms: The approximate cost of 3 shirts and 3 pairs of pants from Lands' End is $180.
Lunches: The purchase of the school lunch is optional. The cost is as low as $7.50 per day and will be billed monthly.
After-School Care/Homework Study Help*: 3:00pm - 4:30pm ($15.00 per day) + additional $3.00 per each 45-minute period until 6:00pm.
Financial Aid
The Bedford School’s Financial Aid Committee recognizes each family’s commitment to provide an appropriate special needs education for their child. Individualized attention, a hallmark of Bedford’s success, is driven by a low student/teacher ratio. Tuition in schools with such a low, intensive ratio is higher than other traditional private schools, but the return for the cost is much greater. In order to assist families who have difficulty paying full tuition, a limited amount of tuition assistance is available each year to qualifying applicants.
The average Bedford Scholarship awarded for qualifying applicants for the 2025-2026 school year is $4663. The average Georgia Special Needs Scholarship (SB10) for qualifying students for the 2025-2026 school year is $7711.
Financial aid recommendations are made to Bedford’s Financial Aid Committee by FACTS, an independent company which provides a comprehensive financial needs report. This report assists the committee in determining the amount of tuition assistance granted. Using a comparative formula that takes into account Bedford’s yearly financial aid budget, each family’s income, estimation of parental contribution, and students’ merit, the Financial Aid Committee determines each family’s financial aid eligibility. The committee considers any funds that students receive from the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship (GSNS) as financial assistance; therefore, financial aid awards are adjusted according to students’ GSNS.
Letters confirming decisions on financial aid will be mailed to applicants. Tuition assistance awarded is based on available funds each school year. The completion of the financial aid application is not a binding agreement that assistance is available or will be granted.
Procedures (Requirements & Deadlines for the 2025-2026 school year)
- Applicants should apply for financial aid through FACTS at https://online.factsmgt.com/aid
- Applicants will submit copies of their most recent tax forms online to FACTS.
- The FACTS application fee of $30 is payable online via credit card.
- Applications for the first round of Financial Aid must be on file with FACTS by Friday, April 4, 2025 in order to receive full consideration for financial aid. Contact the scholarship committee for deadlines for subsequent rounds of Financial Aid.
For additional financial aid information, please contact The Bedford School’s Financial Aid Committee at scholarshipcomm@thebedfordschool.org.
The Bedford School maintains a non-discriminatory policy concerning admissions, employment, use of facilities, and financial aid on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, or national origin.