King's Hawford School A GSG School
- King's Hawford School
Hawford Lock Lane
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR3 7SD - Head: Mr Tom Butt
- T 01905 451292
- F 01905 756502
- E hawford@ksw.org.uk
- W www.ksw.org.uk/
- A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 2 to 11 with a linked senior school
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Worcestershire
- Pupils: 295
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: £9,075 - £16,020 pa
- Open days: October
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Linked schools: The King's School (Worcester), King's St Alban's School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
The school believes in giving children lots of opportunities to try out new things so the extracurricular programme is vast. For years 3-6, there’s a life skills based enrichment programme every Friday afternoon – children choose anything from first aid to cooking – and all pupils get the chance to earn up to 14 scout-like badges that they sew on their jumpers. The pupil-run school radio station is inspired, with an…
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Other features
All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2022, Tom Butt, previously deputy head at Bredon School, near Tewkesbury and before that director of sport at Dover College. He has held several other senior posts in the UK, as well as Chile and Switzerland. Educated at The Judd School in Kent; degree in exercise and sports sciences and PGCE from Exeter. Loves sport, especially rugby (captaining Kent at age group level) and mountain biking. Enjoys the outdoors and country pursuits more generally, as well as travel and adventure writing, particularly mountaineering. Is also a geographer. He lives onsite with his wife, Charlotte, herself a teacher and hockey enthusiast. They have two children, Oliver and Amelia, and there's also Saffy, their lovable spaniel, and a flock of chickens.
Entrance
Non-selective. Main entry point is kindergarten at 2+. Not quite London frenzy standards though...
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Special Education Needs
2022: The school has a SENDCo who provides in-class and small group support for those children who have additional learning needs. This support is decided by a process of regular assessment and review with teachers and other agencies. There is no charge for this provision. The school employs a number of support staff to assist both in the classroom and in individual support lessons. All support lessons are an integral part of our provision and there is no additional charge for such provision.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | Y |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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