The Croft School: South End vs. The Advent School

The Croft School: South End, a small, innovative, high-quality private school, opened in September 2022. In 2024-25, the school will operate with Preschool (Age 3), Pre-Kindergarten (K1), Kindergarten (K2), and Grade 1 classrooms; it will subsequently expand one grade level each year until it reaches capacity as a Preschool through Grade 6 school.

The school is designed to serve students living in the South End, South Boston, Back Bay, Roxbury, Fenway, Chinatown, Downtown Crossing, and other Boston neighborhoods. Building upon the foundation of The Croft Schools in Providence and Jamaica Plain, The Croft School: South End was opened in response to requests from neighborhood-area families seeking a higher-quality, more diverse, and more affordable school that would be close to home.

The Advent School is a progressive, co-educational independent school for students ages four to 12 in pre-Kindergarten through Sixth Grade. Reggio Emilia inspired, the co-teaching teams model the collaboration we encourage among students during long-term investigations and small group work. With outstanding academics, small class sizes, and an emphasis on diversity and social justice, our students are prepared to enter middle school at various independent, public, and private schools in the greater Boston area. In addition to the thematic curriculum at each grade level, Advent students have classes in art, library, music, physical education, science, Spanish, and yoga embedded into their weekly routine.

The Advent School offers a robust After-School education program until for students 6 p.m. Monday - Friday.