Discover Belmont Day
A Community of Inspiring, Bold, Remarkable Learners and Leaders
Our students truly love learning. They take pride in challenging themselves and understand that an excellent process makes an excellent product.
Almost every Belmont Day student can tell you that our six core values are excellence, honesty, respect, caring, responsibility, and joy. When you visit our beautiful 11-acre campus, just 15 minutes from Boston, you’ll see how we live out these values in a vibrant, inclusive educational community. Our talented teachers love their jobs and inspire their students. Every foundational skill we teach is accompanied by a rich, interdisciplinary experience that allows students to relish learning and connect their ideas to the broader world.
Belmont Day is small enough that students are well-known as individuals but big enough to have many choices and opportunities. Our students feel comfortable being themselves and taking healthy risks in the classroom and throughout our community. As a result, Belmont Day students build the basic skills of self-advocacy and leadership they will use in high school, college, and for the rest of their lives.
Come take a look. You will quickly recognize what a magical place this is.
Welcome from the Head of School
Brendan Largay, Head of School
At Belmont Day, we believe in each student’s agency. Every day, our faculty challenges and inspires students to make meaningful contributions to their classrooms and community. Our work is grounded in six core values—excellence, responsibility, honesty, caring, respect, and joy—that provide the foundation for growing into lifelong learners and leaders.
Visit our campus to see how these values are fully lived here. From the thrill of discovery in our classrooms to the sportsmanship of our athletics program and the self-expression in our art studios, the warmth of our school community hums with a self-sustaining vibrancy. Faculty and parents work together to ensure that each child is supported and stretched where they need it most. Our students understand that excellence is a process and that Belmont Day is a place to aspire to goals, apply critical thinking and creativity, take risks, and grow.
Belmont Day is a special place. Our students are encouraged to shine throughout their journey here in countless ways. At each step, we celebrate the wonder that comes with childhood alongside the emerging self-awareness and confidence our graduates carry into the future. It is my pleasure as the head of school to welcome you to BDS.
Just the Facts
1927
The school was founded
All Gender
Pre-k through Grade 8
30+
local communities represented
25
after school and enrichment programs
83%
of faculty have advanced degrees
339
students enrolled in 2024-25
More Facts
About Belmont Day
- Founded in 1927
- Pre-kindergarten through grade eight
- Accredited by the Association of Independent Schools of New England
- Student-to-teacher ratio of 6:1
Location
- 11-acre campus with athletic fields, tennis courts, and woodlands
- 10 miles from downtown Boston
- Bus transportation is available from Cambridge and Boston
Students
- Enrollment of 3349 students
- 40% of students identify as students of color
- Representing 30 local communities, from Acton to Woburn
Faculty
- 19% of faculty identify as people of color
- 83% of faculty have an advanced degree
- Master teachers mentor others through collaboration with Lesley University’s Graduate School of Education
- Faculty and staff hold membership or leadership roles in professional organizations, including the National Association of Independent Schools; Elementary School Heads Association; International Society for Technology Education; National Association of School Psychologists; National Business Officers Association; National Council for Teachers of English; National Council for Teachers of Mathematics; National Employment Minority Network; Massachusetts Physical Education, Recreation and Dance; Council for Advancement of Schools in Education; and American Camp Association
Beyond the Classroom
- Robust After School program and enrichment classes offering 25 options each year
- Summer Camp Program and February and April vacation week camps serve more than 550 children annually
School Hours
| Program | Mondays to Thursdays | Fridays |
| Pre-kindergarten to Grade 5 | 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. | 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
| Grades 6 to 8 | 8 am to 4:30 p.m. | 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
| Early Birds – Barn Gym | 7:30 to 8:15 a.m. | 7:30 to 8:15 a.m. |
| After School (Pre-k to Grade 5) | 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. | 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. (or 5:30 p.m.) |
| After School (Grades 6 to 8) | 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. | 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. (or 5:30 p.m.) |
Pre-k to Grade 8 Model
Find out how this structure makes use of natural arcs of childhood to grow young learners and leaders.
Leadership Blog
Each week enjoy educational insights from Head of School Brendan Largay and other faculty voices.
