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

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.

Financial Aid

Process

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 financial aid amount awarded for qualifying applicants for the 2020-2021 school year was $5790  ($9955, if also including the GA Special Needs scholarships).

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.

Bedford currently has three categories of available financial aid funds: Apogee Student Scholarship Organization (SSO) funds, Goizuetta Foundation funds (designated with preference for students of Hispanic/Latino origin), and Bedford unrestricted financial aid funds. Currently, the majority of financial aid available to students is provided through donations to Bedford’s SSO, Apogee. Through this program, Georgia taxpayers can redirect Georgia income tax dollars to eligible Georgia private schools. The state of Georgia has defined parameters as to who is eligible to receive an SSO scholarship:

• Students eligible to enroll in a GA qualified (public) 1st grade program
• Students currently enrolled in a GA public school (TBS requires that a student must have attended at least one full semester of public school to be considered eligible.)
• Home-schooled students and Charter school students
• Students who previously qualified for SSO funds at Bedford or another private school

Bedford’s Financial Aid Committee meets to determine the amount of aid to be awarded to all verified applications. 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.

Policies

• Applicants applying for financial aid must have completed the Admissions process to be considered for financial aid.
• Financial aid decisions are made on an annual basis, and recipients must reapply annually.
• Families will not be considered for financial aid unless the current year's tuition payments are up-to-date, and the family has completed re-enrollment for the upcoming year.
• In the situation of divorced parents, both households including stepparents and/or partners are expected to contribute towards the cost of education, and both will be expected to participate in the financial aid application process.
• Parents who own their own business will be required to furnish a copy of their current business tax return in addition to their personal tax returns.
• All information supplied by the applicant is considered to be confidential.

Procedures (Requirements & Deadlines for the 2025-2026 school year)

1. Applicants should apply for financial aid through FACTS at https://online.factsmgt.com/aid
2. Applicants will submit copies of their most recent tax forms online to FACTS.
3. The FACTS application fee of $30 is payable online via credit card.
4. 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.