Lower School

Our student application for the 2025-26 school year is now available!

Steps to Apply

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Step 1: Initiate Your Application

Provide some basic information and tell us about your daughter and your interest in Baldwin.

Click here to begin an application!

Fee: All applications require a non-refundable $50 application fee. While applying online, you will be prompted to enter your credit card information.
Step 2: Student and Parent Visit

Once your application has been received, we will reach out to invite you to campus for a student and parent visit.

Grade 1 Applicants: Students entering Grade 1 will spend time with our Admissions Team and Early Childhood Educators.

Grade 2 - 5 Applicants: Students entering Grades 2 - 5 will spend time with our Admissions Team and Lower School Faculty.

This visit allows your daughter to learn more about Baldwin's unique learning environment and picture herself as a Baldwin girl. Once we receive your daughter's application, we will contact you to arrange a visit.

During the student visit, parents will be invited to meet with our Admissions Director in order to learn more about the School and share information about your daughter. In advance of your meeting we request that you submit a Family Pre-Visit Questionnaire so we may better prepare for your visit. When complete, please send to the Baldwin Admissions Office.
Step 3: Admission Testing
Grade 1 Applicants: Submit the results of the WPPSI (Wechsler Pre-Primary Scale of Intelligence) if 5 years old when tested or the WISC-V (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children) if 6 years old when tested.

Grade 2 - 5 Applicants: Submit the results of the WISC-V (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children) including all 10 subsets and all 5 index scores.

Testing reports may be emailed to the Baldwin Admissions Office.
Testing Locations:
Center for Psychological Services, Ardmore (610) 642-4873; Paoli (610) 647-6406
Karen Dybner-Madero, Psy.D., Haverford (484) 412-8209; Philadelphia (215) 636-0887 www.karendybnermadero.com
Sara M. Evans, Psy.D., Philadelphia (215) 880-9261 drsaraevans@gmail.com
Staci Heindel, Ph.D., Media and Philadelphia (215) 920-6435
Main Line Educational Services, Rosemont (610) 525-8127 (also administers individual ISEE)
Mary Ellen Weissman, Ph.D., Bala Cynwyd and Philadelphia (610) 645-8336
Bryn Mawr Center for Psychological and Educational Services, (610) 525-2100, https://brynmawrcenter.com/
Step 4: Transcripts and Current Grade Report (Grades 2 - 5)

Please give the Transcript Release Form to the Principal or classroom teacher at your daughter’s current school after her first marking period. A transcript or official copy of your daughter’s most recent reports, including the prior two academic years, as well as copies for any results for standardized tests, should be sent directly to the Baldwin Admissions Office.
Step 5: Teacher Recommendations

We value input from your daughter's teachers. Please provide the appropriate teacher recommendation forms below to your daughter’s classroom teacher at her current school. Please click on the link to download the forms. Your daughter's teacher should send the completed forms directly to Baldwin Admissions Office. To ensure prompt consideration of your daughter's application, we encourage you to follow-up with your daughter's teachers to ensure the forms have been submitted.

Grade 1 Applicants:

Grade 1 Teacher Recommendation Form

Grades 2-5 Applicants:

Grades 2-5 English Recommendation Form
Grades 2-5 Math Recommendation Form

Frequently Asked Questions

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Why am I unable to create an account?

If you have already inquired to The Baldwin School, then you already registered under a previous email address. If you have any issues creating a new account, please contact the Baldwin Admissions Office.
When should Steps 2 - 5 be completed?

Families who complete the application process before December 1 will receive a decision in December or January.
Where should I send my daughter's application documents?

All documents can be sent to the Baldwin Admissions Office.
Who should I reach out to if I have questions about my daughter's visit day?

Please reach out to our Manager of Enrollment Events and Student Visit Experience, Alex Colagreco, with any questions regarding your daughter's visit.