King's Hawford Nursery

Lock Lane, Claines, Worcester WR3 7SD
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  • King's Hawford Nursery, Worcester
King's Hawford offers outstanding nursery care to pre-school children aged 2-4. Situated in a beautiful rural location, the nursery offers flexible sessions between 7:45 and 6.00pm, Monday to Friday.

Often described as 'one big happy family,' Hawford children thrive in a warm and nurturing nursery environment. The rural home-from-home setting ensures young children gain the stability needed to develop confidence and independence as the school journey starts.

Kindergarten children experience the whole range of opportunities that Hawford has to offer. Whether it’s caring for the chickens and birds, regular swimming sessions in the indoor heated pool, adventures in the extensive forest school, or taking part in exciting musical sessions, there really is something for everyone.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Mrs M Hunt (Head of Kindergarten)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 12

Registered Charity Number

  • 1098236

Total Places for Children

  • 90

Age Range

  • from 2 years 0 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Funding & Fees

  • Deposit £200 No VAT
    Full Day £76 No VAT
    Morning £49 No VAT
    Afternoon £48 No VAT


    4 sessions are required as minimum.

  • The price includes lunch for the morning session and snacks and enrichment activities. Activities may include:


    Forest School
    PE
    Swimming
    German lessons
    Cooking
    Music and movement lessons
    Visits to the Library Bus
    Access to a dedicated Early Years Garden
    Countryside walks
    Additional enrichment activities may be offered during term time at additional cost. For example:


    Rugby Tots
    Ballet.


    Government funding for childcare
    We do offer government funding for 2 – 4 year olds. Please see the full information about our Term Time Offering or All Year Round Offering at: https://www.ksw.org.uk/kings-hawford/join/fees/

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:45-18:00
    Tuesday 07:45-18:00
    Wednesday 07:45-18:00
    Thursday 07:45-18:00
    Friday 07:45-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays

Parking

  • Ample parking on site.

King's Hawford Nursery Reviews (60)

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King's Hawford Nursery has a Review Score of 10 (9.968) out of 10, based on 21 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time King's Hawford Nursery has 60 reviews.

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Review from M B (Mother of Child) published on 15 December 2023 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has flourished since attending Kings Hawford, his development has been a delight to see. All the staff are very supportive and kind, and our son loves them all. Lots of events and fun ways to get involved with the nursery too!
Reply from Sarah Velasquez, Marketing Executive at King's Hawford Nursery
Thank you for sharing your experience of King's Hawford Kindergarten. It is lovely to hear that your son is enjoying his time with us. I will be sure to share your feedback with our Early Years team.
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Review from Amy T (Mother of Child) published on 26 April 2023 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My child has been at this nursery since turning 2 and we couldn’t be happier!
He has recently moved into a new group since turning 3, and once again the staff are so welcoming and nurturing, and the balance between activities and play fits perfectly.
The staff really do go above and beyond, and really
take the time to get to know each child.
Reply from Sarah Velasquez, Marketing Executive at King's Hawford Nursery
Thank you for taking the time to submit a review. We really value your feedback and we are delighted that your son is happy in our care.
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Review from Marian D (Grandmother of Child) published on 26 April 2023 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My grandson followed in his older brother’s footsteps and started at Hawford Nursery shortly after he turned two. It is safe to say he has come on leaps and bounds since starting kindergarten last September. The staff have been incredible in helping him settle in and have really encouraged his speech
and language. He has a brilliant relationship with all of the members of the staff. We couldn’t have wished for a better setting.
Reply from Sarah Velasquez, Marketing Executive at King's Hawford Nursery
Thank you for taking the time to review King's Hawford Kindergarten. We are so happy that your grandson has come on leaps and bounds since starting with us.
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Review from Nick H (Father of Child) published on 23 March 2023 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our son started at King's Hawford just over a year ago and really enjoys his time here. He particularly loves Forest School, Swimming and German. The staff are all very caring and attentive, providing a warm and welcoming atmosphere. We couldn't be happier.
Reply from Sarah Velasquez, Marketing Executive at King's Hawford Nursery
Thank you for your lovely review. We appreciate your feedback and will share your response with our early year's team.
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Review from Jade C (Mother of Child) published on 20 March 2023 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been going to King's Hawford Nursery since she was 2 and I honestly believe that she has had the best start to her educational experience possible and she has been around the most incredible teachers I have ever met. There are so many outdoor facilities for children who love to explore
the wild outdoors, like my daughter. But their indoor facilities are just as amazing. Filled with children’s amazing art. You can see that they really put their hearts and souls into the happiness and welfare of the children they care for. 10/10 and they deserve every star.
Reply from Sarah Velasquez, Marketing Executive at King's Hawford Nursery
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We really do appreciate the feedback.
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Review from N N (Mother of Child) published on 9 March 2023 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son joined King's Hawford nursery in September and he has really settled in. He really enjoys his days at nursery and looks forward to going in which is very comforting as a parent. The staff are beyond lovely and are always so warm and welcoming towards him. Also, we really appreciated the proactive
approach and support with toilet training, he was fully toilet trained within a couple of months of attending nursery. He loves swimming on a Friday and again with the support of the staff, his confidence has grown in a such a short space of time.
We look forward to his future at King's Hawford.
Reply from Sarah Velasquez, Marketing Executive at King's Hawford Nursery
Thank you for this wonderful review. It is always nice to hear such positive feedback, we will be sure to share it with the nursery staff.
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Review from S R (Father of Child) published on 9 March 2023 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son arrives and leaves with a smile every time he attends King's Hawford Nursery. The staff go above and beyond to encourage him and allow his personality to shine.
Activities such as swimming and forest school are his favourites as well as his German lessons.
Reply from Sarah Velasquez, Marketing Executive at King's Hawford Nursery
Thank you for taking time to leave us feedback. We are so happy that your son enjoys his time with us.
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Review from L M (Mother of Child) published on 9 March 2023 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our son has progressed both socially and academically in such a short space of time due to the attention to detail the staff put into their care for the children.
Every member of staff in the nursery are kind and caring and we do not have any worries about sending him in every day.
Our eldest son
also attended King's Hawford Nursery and had a wonderful experience so we were more than happy to send our youngest there.
Reply from Sarah Velasquez, Marketing Executive at King's Hawford Nursery
Thank you for your lovely review. We are so pleased that your son is thriving in our care.
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Review from J R (Mother of Child) published on 2 March 2023 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My overall experience of this nursery is that it is extremely efficient and well-run, and the whole facility is superb, with the lovely friendly staff members, you almost feel like part of a big family. My son has been so very happy since he has been there and is developing extremely well. It's all
credit to the wonderful staff and surroundings. So thank you very much. I wouldn't be happy with him anywhere else.
Reply from Sarah Velasquez, Marketing Executive at King's Hawford Nursery
Thank you for taking the time to submit a lovely review. It is always wonderful to receive feedback.
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Review from Laura C (Mother of Child) published on 23 February 2023 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We could not wish for a better setting for our son. The staff ratios are great which means the children get the attention they need at this young age. The staff and management are all wonderful and have made my son feel welcomed, listened to and cared for. He looks forward to his nursery days which
makes drop-off easier for us. He loves all the outdoor space, doing forest school, swimming and rugbytots. The nursery really helps with the transition to school too so I know my son will take the move to reception in his stride. I really couldn't recommend it more highly.
Reply from Sarah Velasquez, Marketing Executive at King's Hawford Nursery
Thank you for your kind words. We are pleased that your son looks forward to his time with us.
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Review from Raymond U (Father of Child) published on 10 January 2023 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My youngest started at Kings Hawford Kindergarten in September, following in his brother's footsteps. He quickly settled into the swing of things and thoroughly enjoys his time at nursery. My son suffers from several food allergies but the nursery staff and the school kitchen staff have been brilliant
at ensuring he is safe from allergens and has a varied diet.
His speech and language are improving day by day. He always comes home singing a nursery rhyme he has learnt. The breadth of activities on offer from such a young age is also brilliant and ensures that little one is having lots of different experiences in a safe and fun environment. He really enjoys swimming and Forest school days!
Reply from Sarah Velasquez, Marketing Executive at King's Hawford Nursery
Thank you for taking the time to review King's Hawford Kindergarten. We are pleased that your son is settling in and positively thriving at our setting.
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Review from Josephina Y (Mother of Child) published on 7 December 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter joined Hawford kindergarten late last year. There is always a happy smile when dropping her off and picking her up, which gives me confidence that she very much enjoys her nursery days. The teachers are lovely and have such warm personalities towards my daughter. She very much enjoys swimming
on a Friday and talks with happiness about the friends she has already made. Looking forward to seeing her grow through her kindergarten years.
Reply from Sarah Velasquez, Marketing Executive at King's Hawford Nursery
Thank you for taking the time to review our nursery. We are delighted that your daughter is enjoying Kindergarten.
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Review from K N (Mother of Child) published on 7 December 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been attending kindergarten since she was 2 years and 4 months old (she is now 4 years old) and she absolutely loves it! She was so excited when she started, to join her older brother and she is still excited to go now. The setting is just amazing and she particularly loves all the activities
they do outside, whatever the weather! I love picking her up and hearing her stories from the day. A recent favourite was when the head of early years, left the oven door open and the gingerbread man had escaped. We came home to read the story for the hundredth time, but this time, she was so much more engaged. The teaching staff are amazing and my daughter feels very confident and secure in their company.
Reply from Sarah Velasquez, Marketing Executive at King's Hawford Nursery
It is always wonderful to get such positive feedback. Thank you for taking the time to submit a review. I will be sure to share your review with our Kindergarten team.
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Review from S P (Mother of Child) published on 7 December 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
A first-class, bespoke, nurturing and flexible setting. All the teachers are so caring and full of enthusiasm for the children. They even play with the children - eg: pretending to be a robot or princess! The activities on offer are endless - forest school (which this week involved pretending to fish
with sticks, string and leaves), reading and borrowing books from the school library (which is housed within a static London bus), music classes, swimming on-site in the heated pool and more. Often there will be a theme to the week, to encourage and enable learning. An app allows teachers to post photos of the children, providing parents with live insights. In addition, brief written feedback is provided daily in the individual children's diaries and nursery teachers give a brief run-down of the day, at pick-up. Teachers are always on hand if the parent needs to talk about anything. A very special place and my little girl adores it!
Reply from Sarah Velasquez, Marketing Executive at King's Hawford Nursery
Thank you for your lovely review. We are so pleased that your daughter adores her time with us.
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Review from K F (Mother of Child) published on 2 December 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Kindergarten at King's Hawford Nursery is a wonderful place to be. Children flourish under the care of exceptional staff who care deeply about all of the children. The opportunities for the children are fantastic and there is nowhere else I would feel happier with my children being.
Reply from Sarah Velasquez, Marketing Executive at King's Hawford Nursery
Thank you for your kind review. We appreciate your feedback and will definitely pass your kind words onto our Early Years team.
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Review from G C (Mother of Child) published on 2 December 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We are extremely happy with Kings Hawford Nursery. My daughter thoroughly enjoys attending and it's wonderful to see the diverse and varied activities they get up to every day. Her teachers are always warm and welcoming - clearly having the children's best interests at heart.
What really stands this
nursery apart from others is the outdoor exploration. They are always finding opportunities to get the kids outside, into the forest school and explore nature.
Reply from Sarah Velasquez, Marketing Executive at King's Hawford Nursery
Thank you for your review. It is wonderful that your daughter thoroughly enjoys attending our setting. I will pass your comments on to our Early Years team.
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Review from Anna Y (Mother of Child) published on 4 March 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been attending Kings Hawford since February 2021, joining a couple of days after her second birthday. She is a very shy child and it took some time for her to settle in and to get used to being left. All the staff were incredibly patient during this period and she soon began to grow
in confidence. They do a huge variety of activities, and one of the things i like best is that they spend so much time outside - either playing in the yard, at forest school or exploring the school grounds. They also participate in many of the events that take place in the prep school in terms of dressing up and joining in and i think spending time with older children also helps their confidence. Safe to say we are extremely happy with our choice and would highly recommend Kings Hawford.
Reply from Sarah Velasquez, Marketing Executive at King's Hawford Nursery
Thank you for your lovely review. We are so pleased that your daughter has settled in and is enjoying her time with us.
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Review from H B (Mother of Child) published on 11 January 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I’m delighted with the nursery for my 2 and a half year old son. Nothing is too much trouble for the staff and from settling in to answering questions or telling us what our son's enjoyed, everyone has been excellent. I’m a former pupil myself and remember my time with deep affection. This school still
has a lovely family feel and the staff are approachable and warm. The school hosts excellent facilities with pool, boats, tee-pees and sports facilities.


My son's speech has improved greatly, as a lockdown child he has suffered not meeting other children of his own age, nursery is really bringing him on and it’s lovely to hear the positive impact my parents can see in him. The staff to pupil ratio is excellent and my son is known as an individual. I honestly wish I could sometimes stay as the activities to the nutritional lunch are exciting and well planned.Without a doubt, we have made a good choice in Hawford.

Reply from Sarah Velasquez, Marketing Executive at King's Hawford Nursery
Thank you for your review H B. It is always wonderful to hear feedback from parents. We are pleased that your son has settled well into life at King's Hawford Kindergarten. I will be sure to pass this…read more
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Review from Carrie O (Mother of Child) published on 22 December 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Absolutely phenomenal support always.
Nothing is ever too much, they are all fantastic.
The head of early years, in particular, is like a real life Mary Poppins!
Reply from Sarah Velasquez, Marketing Executive at King's Hawford Nursery
Thank you for this wonderful review of our kindergarten setting, we are pleased that you feel so well supported by our early years team. We will pass on your comments to the head of early years and…read more
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Review from Suzie W (Mother of Child) published on 7 May 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
King's Hawford Nursery is a wonderful place to send your child. Our daughter has been attending for about a year now and has never come out with anything other than a huge, beaming smile on her face. She loves all the activities she gets to do, especially forest school and music with singing. Their
facilities and outdoor space are incredible and the nursery practitioners are fantastic. They are highly experienced and full of smiles, warmth and enthusiasm. I cannot recommend Kindergarten at King's Hawford Nursery highly enough.
Reply from Amy Taylor, Marketing Executive at King's Hawford Nursery
Thank you for your review, we are delighted to hear that your daughter enjoys her time with us.
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Current Review Score: 10.0 (9.968)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 10 (9.968) out of 10 for King's Hawford Nursery is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 5.0 out of 5 from 21 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 21 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.968 for King's Hawford Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (244 Excellents x 5) + (8 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 252 Ratings = 4.968
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for King's Hawford Nursery is based on 21 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 90 number of registered child places is 18, which has been reached with 21 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Meet the Team (11)

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Maria Hunt

Job Title: Kindergarten Manager Joined: 2025

Kindergarten Manager

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Anna West

Job Title: Kindergarten Deputy Manager

National Vocational Qualification – Level 3

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Mrs Field

Job Title: Nursery Practitioner KG2

Mrs Field has an NVQ Level 3 in Children’s Care, Learning and Development. She has over 30 years’ experience and holds a Level 2 Forest School certificate and loves Forest School sessions.

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Mrs Watts

Job Title: Nursery Practitioner KG1

Mrs Watts has a Certificate in Education. She has 20 years of experience and loves reading with the children and construction play.

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Samantha Powell

Job Title: Early Years Practitionee

BA (Hons) Degree in Early Years

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Jo Simons

Job Title: Early Years Practitioner

Foundation Degree in Early Years

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Verity Tipper

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Early Years Teacher Status

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Leah Knight

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BA (Hons) Degree in Early Years

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Valentina Chiarello

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Postgraduate Certificate in Education

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Keira Martin

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Degree in Childcare

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Farin Abdulla

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Degree in Childcare

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