Fees

To ensure a King’s Hawford education can be enjoyed by as many families as possible, the fees for academic year 2024/25 will remain unchanged for the entire academic year. The VAT charge imposed on fees from January 2025 will be absorbed in its entirety by the school.

From 2025/26, we will begin to phase in the VAT increase. The Governors wish our fees to remain as affordable as possible and therefore have decided to employ a two- stage approach to fee setting for the academic year 2025/26. From September 2025, fees will increase by 10%, reflecting the current rate of inflation and a contribution to the VAT charge.

From January 2026, to cover the additional cost of the increase in Employer National Insurance Contributions, an additional 2.62% will be applied to the fees.

A full schedule of fees effective from September 2025 to December 2025, by year group, is given below:

**Kindergarten fees are detailed below**

The termly fees for King’s Hawford are inclusive of:

• Full wrap-around provision from 7:45am to 6:00pm
• Clubs and activities run by King’s Hawford staff. There may be a small additional charge for clubs that are run by an outside provider.
• All snacks, including those served after school and during late club.
• Specialist tuition in art, dance, sport and music.
• Transport to and from matches and fixtures.

Specified Charges are applied for the following:

Specified Charges for all other Services will be notified to you in writing in advance of your child taking part in the activity (e.g. for some trips and visits, after school clubs or subscriptions).

Sibling discount

From September 2025 – A reduction in fees (fifteen percent for a third child, and twenty percent for a fourth child) is available when three or more siblings are pupils at the school together effective when the youngest child reaches Reception.

School lunch fees

Our school catering is provided by Thomas Franks. They are very well-versed in catering for independent education establishments. They are family-owned and run, with over 30 years of experience in creating delicious and seasonal food cooked from scratch using fresh, high-quality, locally sourced ingredients. The healthy menus provided offer a wide choice of options catering for a range of tastes and special diets.

All pupils are assumed to be having school lunches and will be billed accordingly, termly in advance unless the school receives written notice before the start of term. Our healthy menus offer a wide choice of options catering for a range of tastes and special diets.

King’s Hawford Kindergarten Fees

King’s Hawford Kindergarten is open Monday to Friday between 07.45 and 18.00 for 50 weeks of the year. We offer either year-round care or term-time only contracts in line with the term dates across the King’s Foundation.

We encourage booking a minimum of four sessions to help your child settle into a consistent routine (a full day being two sessions).

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.

All pupils will be covered by the schools personal accident insurance.

Pupils’ sickness absence insurance scheme (optional)

Under the school’s terms and conditions, there is no waiver of fees for pupil absence. However, the school offers an insurance scheme that makes available fee refunds if pupils are absent from school for five or more days due to illness or accident. The premium for the insurance is 0.64% of the net termly tuition fee. Further details and a participation reply slip may be downloaded here.

Payment of fees

School fees are charged in advance and, if paid termly, are due on or before the first day of term. Alternatively, fees may, by arrangement, be paid either in monthly instalments by direct debit or by depositing lump sums in advance.

In cases of late payment, the Governors reserve the right to make a surcharge, composed of simple interest calculated at a rate of one percent of the outstanding balance per month.

Financial assistance (bursaries)

We offer a number of bursaries annually including full bursaries at the Senior School and in exceptional circumstances some support may be available at the Prep Schools. Bursaries are means-tested.

Find out more

For more information, and terms and conditions of booking and payment, please contact our Registrar, Mrs Melanie Adams, on 01905 451292 or email our Registrar madams@ksw.org.uk.