About
About Bancroft School | Worcester, MA
At Bancroft, learning doesn't sit still.
From our youngest PreK early learners through our high school seniors, students build confidence through hands-on projects, real-world experiences, and a community that encourages them to try, question, and create. Founded in 1900, Bancroft’s expert teachers and connected community means students learn to take risks, collaborate, and grow with purpose—because at Bancroft, learning is continuous discovery.
Learning in Motion Since 1900
Bancroft School students are expected to wonder, investigate, create, and contribute. From PreK through Grade 12, students develop the confidence to explore new ideas, the skills to pursue them, and the character to make a meaningful impact.
Inquiry. Community. Connection.
Three ideas shape the Bancroft experience. On one campus, students move from early questions to deeper exploration, from trying something new to leading with confidence, from being known by their teachers to knowing how they learn best.
They build robots. Step onto stages. Ask better questions. Learn from mistakes. Work with classmates. Explore Worcester. Take on real-world experiences. Discover what excites them and what they can contribute.
Design
Design
Beginning in Kindergarten, students practice creative engineering as an introduction to design. Coding is introduced in Grade 1. By the time students are designing robots for the national stage and hosting the annual VEX Robotics tournament on campus, they have developed sophisticated problem-solving skills through years of building, testing, revising, and trying again.
Signature Programas
Voice
Voice
Starting in In PreK, students are encouraged to ask questions. They step onto a stage for the first time. Someone cheers. What changes through the years is not just confidence. It is the ability to take a risk and be heard.
Voice
Curiosity
Curiosity
Across campus, students learn to ask questions, predict outcomes, and learn from mistakes. Natural curiosity is encouraged, challenged, and refined as students move through the grades.
CuriosityWorcester as our Classroom
Beyond Walls
Bancroft’s students learn from the city around them. Museums, theaters, local organizations, service opportunities, co-ops, and community partnerships extend learning beyond the classroom and help students see how their ideas connect to the wider world.
At Bancroft, learning is not contained by a schedule, a classroom, or a single path.
Support to Keep Students Growing
Smart, curious, capable students do not all learn the same way. Bancroft offers academic support that helps students strengthen skills, build confidence, and grow as independent learners. For students with diagnosed language-based learning differences, the Hope Graham Program provides specialized instruction within the broader Bancroft community.
The goal is not to lower expectations. It is to give students the right support, the right strategies, and the confidence to keep moving forward.
One Campus. One Community. Many Ways to Grow.
Bancroft is a PreK–12 school shaped by Inquiry. Community. Connection. On one campus, students ask big questions, build confidence and independence, and discover how their ideas, voices, and actions can make an impact.
They are expected to wonder. To investigate. To create. To contribute.
And they do.