Admissions
We’re thrilled you’re interested in The Field School of Hvar. We want to get to know you, and for you to know us.
PROCESS
Inquire
We are currently accepting applications for the 2027-28 academic year. If you are interested in enrolling for a single term - fall, winter, or spring - in the upcoming year, please continue here.
Take the first steps towards joining the Field School of Hvar community by filling out a preliminary application form below. Applicants will be invited to a relaxed, informational interview with the Director to discuss the program in detail.
Visit
Families who wish to continue their application participate in a session of the Field School’s seasonal program, which runs throughout the year.
This visit is required and stands in lieu of traditional admissions elements, such as transcripts and standardized tests, in helping all parties assess fit. As a new school in a distant location, it is important that all parties have time and experience to think deeply about whether or not The Field School meets their needs. During this visit, your family will be invited to think deeply about what you want from participation in the Field School of Hvar with our Admissions team.
Decision
Offers of admission, along with aid packages, will be extended no later than December 2025. Families are requested to provide their plans by April 1, 2026. In the interim, The Field School of Hvar will host monthly discussion calls for admitted families to connect and make collective decisions. The Admissions team will then welcome our admitted families to Hvar and our school community.
CLASS SIZE & GROWTH
The Field School of Hvar is a new school! While we have already hosted nearly two hundred families and thirty-five weeks of education enrichment, we are just getting started as a year-round academic program. Our first full-year students will begin in the fall of 2026. We anticipate that this opening class will be small. It is hard to predict precise enrollment until we have received decisions in spring of 2027.
In the academic year 2026-27, our goal is to serve about 45 students at a time, ages 2 to 15.
Classes will be combined as follows: children turning 2 and 3, 4 + 5, 6 + 7, 8 + 9, 10 + 11, 12 + 13, 14 + 15. Learning groups for math and language will be determined by placement tests. Project work will generally be in age-based groups.
Maximum ratios will be as follows:
For children turning 2 and 3: 4 children to a teacher
For children turning 4 and 5: 6 children to a teacher
For children turning 6 and 7: 12 children to a teacher
For older children: 16 children to a teacher
Some of the student body / community will be comprised of families who are participating for the whole academic year (fall, winter, and spring). Others will be joining The Field School of Hvar for one or two terms. We will make a special effort to ensure that year-round families have coherence and visiting families are warmly welcomed.
At most, we will serve 68 learners per session this year. We will add classes as children age up and as new families join us.
ELIGIBILITY
The Field School of Hvar is as much a community as a school. We are a group of families coming together around a shared vision of what childhood and the good life should look like. The School unites those energies to provide a superb, forward-looking education for children and platform for joyful, values-based living.
Being part of a new school in a distant location is not the right fit for all families. Here are a few things to consider:
It is important that families have a clear source of income in place before moving to the island. A household income of €70,000 or so is enough for most families to live comfortably on Hvar, including rent and tuition. It is certainly possible to find work in Croatia as an employee or entrepreneur, but we would encourage families considering that route to have work or significant savings in place to allow time for the transition.
The Field School is rigorous. Students are expected to uphold a high standard of conduct, go outdoors in all weather, read and write regularly, and work frequently with peers. They will do hard things and occasionally navigate failure. English fluency is required.
Things will change! As an institution and community, The Field School of Hvar must adapt to the needs of its community - whether that is an earlier pickup for young children, rescheduling a school play, or switching to a different curriculum. We discuss these changes collaboratively, but not all changes will serve every family. Adults and kids need to be comfortable with an element of uncertainty.
As a young school, we do not have the resources of more established institutions. We are all “new kids,” learning the best way to achieve our shared goals. We do not have layers of staffing, support for special needs, or extensive facilities to serve every passion that a learner might have, from dressage to skateboarding. What we do offer is a chance to be part of a team - our school community - that is flexible, respectful, principled, and building something that the world really needs.
Fees &
Aid
Tuition for The Field School of Hvar is intentionally affordable by the standard of private schools in Europe. While families do need a degree of financial stability to thrive on Hvar as outlined above, our program is accessible to parents making a typical remote worker income.
In Croatia, salaries are much lower than they are in some other parts of the world. It is very important to the character and mission of our school that Croatians are able to participate without financial stress. Aid is therefore reserved for Croatian nationals and particularly for long-time residents of Hvar.
Tuition before aid: €600/month or €4,800/year per child.
Sibling Discount: 50% for fourth and subsequent children.
Additional fees:
All prospective families must attend the seasonal program as part of the admissions process.
One-time enrollment fee of €1,000 per child.
Annual books fee of €1,500 per child.
Curious about The Field School of Hvar?
We’re eager to get to know you. Feel free to email questions to hello@thisisfield.org.