Tuition Assistance
To support Berkshire Waldorf School’s intentionally diverse school community, we offer the annual opportunity to apply for tuition assistance. Our goal is to keep Waldorf Education accessible to as many families as possible.
Tuition assistance requests are a separate, parallel process to your application for admission. Awards are offered once your student has been accepted to a program.
As a nonprofit, we ask that families give their children’s education high priority in their financial planning, including contributions from both parents/guardians, and consider help from extended family or outside grants and scholarships, such as the Jack Cooke Kent scholarship for Seventh Graders.
Tuition Assistance applications are due each year on February 28 for the following school year.
- For applying families, if you anticipate needing tuition assistance, it’s important to indicate this on your child/ren’s school application. Applications without this indication may not be eligible for tuition assistance after the fact.
- If you are applying to school for more than one child, you only need to submit one tuition assistance application per school year, which will include all prospective students in your family.
- Follow the links below to complete a financial aid application online in TADS by February 28.
Once BWS tuition assistance funds are allocated, we may not be able to provide additional support beyond these deadlines.
Apply Annually by February 28
Available for Early Childhood* – Grade 8. Berkshire Waldorf School uses a national service, TADS, to process financial aid applications. TADS applies standard criteria, including family income, assets, expenses and other individual circumstances such as family size to assess need. The Berkshire Waldorf School Tuition Assistance Committee uses this information to allocate resources annually. To qualify, families must reapply each year.
*Tuition support is not available for the youngest Toddler Nursery. There is limited support for children under 6 years old.
How to Apply
To apply for Tuition Assistance for the upcoming school year, please complete your required TADS form online (links below) and pay the $45 fee. The submission deadline is February 28.
Next, submit any additional documents directly to TADS, and select Berkshire Waldorf School to receive TADS results. If your family will have students in both Berkshire Waldorf School and Berkshire Waldorf High School, please submit your family application once via TADS, indicating both BWS and BWHS to receive reporting. As sibling schools, we will partner to create a family tuition rate across both schools.
Berkshire Waldorf School’s Tuition Assistance Committee considers each application with care. Their goal is to award annual aid with an equitable balance of school resources.
Our Tuition Assistance Committee notifies families of their award via email mid-March.
For general questions about the Tuition Assistance process, contact our Tuition Assistance Committee:
Tuition Assistance: TA@berkshirewaldorfschool.org
2026-2027 Tuition Assistance Application Information Coming Soon!
Berkshire Waldorf School is an independent coeducational school accredited by the Association of Independent Schools of New England (AISNE), and is an associate member school of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA) and a member school of the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN). We welcome students of every race, creed, religion, culture, gender identity, and national origin.
All tuition information is kept completely confidential by Berkshire Waldorf School and we expect families to hold the same confidence in regards to their financial relationship with the school.
