King’s Hawford
Worcestershire

- Category: Nursery / Pre-Preparatory / Preparatory
- Pupils: Co-Education
- Type: Day
- Religious Affiliation: Church of England
- Roll: 185 (Boys) 131 (Girls)
- Age Range: 2 - 11 years
- Founded: 1955
- Affiliations/Memberships: IAPS

General Information
The school offers a dynamic and vibrant education from the age of 2. The enjoys a strong academic reputation, with the vast majority of children progressing to King’s School, Worcester. There is a strong commitment to a broad, active education with a clear focus on learning outside the classroom. Early years children visit Forest School each week, swim in the covered swimming pool on site and enjoy German, dance and music lessons with specialist teachers. Excellent pastoral care, small class sizes, extended day care and a busy programme of activities ensure that the children are happy and well cared for. The school has a well-earned reputation for sport and the creative arts.
Facilities
The school occupies a 23 acre site with a good provision of sports pitches and an outdoor hard surface for sports activities. The school has an enclosed 15 metre pool which can be used year-round. It is a rural site, with outdoor classrooms, a large play area, access to the nearby canal for water based activities and canoe lessons for the older children, a climbing wall and a large tepee for outdoor lessons.
Kindergarten children are based in converted farm buildings and enjoy free flow to the adjacent courtyard. They visit the large play area twice a day and the youngest children have an outdoor classroom and garden area. The school has specialist teaching rooms for Art, Design, Science and IT, as well as a teaching block with specialist teaching space for Music.
The site has a landscaped garden area. The enclosed swimming pool and multi-purpose sports and performance hall, along with a converted barn for dance and drama, are enjoyed by all of the children.
Entrance Requirements
Entry at Early Years is non-selective. Parents are asked to visit with their children for a settling in day prior to starting.
Scholarships
None for Early Years
Open Days
2019. If you are interested in your son or daughter attending King's Hawford, we'd be delighted to welcome you for a private tour.
The Head, Mr Jim Turner will be delighted to show you around the school and kindergartren during a normal working day so you can really experience a day in the life of King's Hawford. This will include a visit to the classrooms and specialist areas of interest to you, and our outstanding outdoor facilities.
To arrange a visit please call 01905 451292 or email hawford@ksw.org.uk.
Fees
2019/2020. Reception - Year 6: £2546 - £4538 per term.
School Contact Details
Headteacher: Jim Turner. Head of Early Years: Anna Kingston
Contact for enquiries: Donna Wenyon, Registrar/Admissions
King’s Hawford
Lock Lane
Claines
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR3 7SD
[t]: 01905 451292
[w]: www.ksw.org.uk/hawford
Location Description
King's Hawford is set in the Worcestershire countryside to the north of Worcester, on A449.
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School News

Following on from our Harvest Festivals this year, Mrs Rawnsley arranged for a group of children from our KH radio team to visit the
Worcester Foodbank. This was where our donations of non-perishables were taken to. Children had the opportunity to interview the manager of the Foodbank as well as the volunteers there about the work that they do. They were also able to work with volunteers to package some food parcels ready to be sent out to families.

As part of the Year 6 Geography course, last week the children went on a trip to Ashes Hollow, near Church Stretton in Shropshire,
to carry out a river study.

Twelve of our Year 1 children took part in a Snowdon challenge- to walk to the top and back down again unaided. The Hawford children who took part were:
Dylan Aston, Rory and Oliver Galloway, Rory Stevenson, Sam and Alex McVeigh, Harriet and Charlotte Bailey, Luca and Alessio Morville and Jacob and Millie Goldby. They had all been training hard in preparation for the event and took part in walks on the Malverns, as well as the King’s Foundation May Day walk.
The children did a fantastic job of getting sponsorship to support Stand up to Cancer. This was first initiated by Dylan Aston, who sadly lost his Nan to cancer. Dylan’s Mum told Worcester Evening News reporter
“When Dylan was growing up we explained about her struggle as like climbing a mountain, a battle she sadly lost. Last year he said he wanted to do something to help her, even though he’s never met his Nan, and he told me he wants to climb a mountain just like her, so here we are.”
The school is so proud of the children’s achievements and perseverance in what would have been a hefty 4 mile hike up to the top. The sense of accomplishment must be fabulous. Well done to all the children, and their parents, in completing such a monumental challenge.

A huge congratulations to the U11 girls’ hockey team. They competed in the driving rain to eventually make their way to the IAPS regional final where
they came runner-ups. This success has put them through to the National Hockey IAPS tournament.
We are hugely proud of our girls and the great display of teamwork today.

King’s Hawford, one of two Junior Schools, of The King’s School, Worcester has shown itself to have a strong commitment to providing excellent learning outside
the classroom (LOtC) to its pupils by achieving a prestigious national Learning Outside the Classroom Mark (Gold).
Awarded by the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom, LOtC Mark (Gold) recognises exemplary LOtC provision in schools and indicates that a school is a leader in ensuring that all pupils have access to frequent, continuous and progressive learning outside the classroom.
King’s Hawford Headmaster, Jim Turner said: ‘Being awarded LOtC Mark (Gold) is a real coup for everyone here as it shows that we are really making strides by offering a diverse curriculum that provides memorable, exciting and valuable learning outside the classroom experiences.
We’re thrilled to get official recognition for our efforts and we look forward to building on this award to continue to integrate LOtC into the everyday life of the school – contributing towards the quality and depth of learning of our pupils.’
LOtC Mark is the first national accreditation for schools which recognises, and supports, the development of learning outside the classroom across all subject areas.
Learning outside the classroom is known to contribute significantly to raising standards & improving pupils’ personal, social & emotional development.
Elaine Skates, Chief Executive of the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom said:
‘Learning outside the classroom provides the most memorable experiences in a child’s school life. LOtC Mark (Gold) demonstrates that the school is committed to developing and delivering genuinely valuable learning outside the classroom experiences for their children and young people. I congratulate King’s Hawford on its fantastic achievement.’

Following a recent visit by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), the inspection of the King’s Foundation has now been published and the three schools have
achieved the highest possible ratings in all areas.
There were two parts to the inspection, focused compliance and educational quality. King’s passed the focused compliance section with flying colours and achieved a rating of ‘excellent’ for both the achievement of pupils, including academic achievement, and their personal development.
There were some very pleasing judgements in the report, which included the following:
Pupils achieve highly in both academic and extra-curricular areas and especially so in art, drama, music, and sport;
Pupils show great pride in their school, support one another’s learning and are eager to celebrate each other’s achievements in and beyond the classroom;
Pupils are highly confident and self-assured members of the school community;
Pupils exhibit a very high level of mutual respect and tolerance, enabling strong relationships to flourish.
Proud Headmaster Matthew Armstrong remarked: “I am delighted that the hard work of pupils, teachers, parents and the wider school community has been acknowledged in the glowing ISI Report across the King’s Foundation.
Our long-term aim is that our boys and girls should be thoroughly prepared for the challenges that lie ahead, both at university and beyond; we want our pupils to leave us as confident, fulfilled and unselfish adults ready to play their part in the world.
We are looking forward to continuing to build on this positive feedback from the ISI. The King’s School is committed to providing our pupils with an exemplary all-round education, instilling in our children life-long learning skills in addition to excellent academic, sporting and creative achievements.”