Woodard Schools is a group of Anglican schools (both primary and secondary) affiliated to the Woodard Corporation (formerly the Society of St Nicolas) which has its origin in the work of Nathaniel Woodard, a Church of England priest in the Anglo-Catholic tradition.
The Woodard Corporation has schools in both the independent (fee paying) and maintained sectors. It is the largest group of Church of England schools in England and Wales. The corporation owns 21 independent schools and is affiliated with 22 schools, both state, academy and independent.Our Schools from Woodard.co.uk, retrieved 24 February 2018 The flagship school of the Woodard Corporation is Lancing College, founded by Nathaniel Woodard in 1848, while the largest school is The Littlehampton Academy, with over 1,500 students. From 1 January 2014, Broadwater Manor School in Worthing was also owned by Lancing College and this group.
Owned schools Ardingly College Ardingly College Prep School Ardingly College Pre-Prep School Bloxham School Denstone College Denstone College Preparatory School Ellesmere College Hurstpierpoint College Hurstpierpoint College Prep School King's College, Taunton King's Hall School, Taunton Lancing College Lancing College Preparatory School, Hove Lancing College Preparatory School, Worthing Peterborough High School Prestfelde School Queen Mary's School The Cathedral School, Llandaff Worksop College Ranby House School
Affiliated schools Alderley Edge School for Girls Bishop Stopford School Crompton House Church of England Academy Malosa Secondary School, Malawi St Peter's Collegiate Academy St Marylebone Church of England School St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School St Peter's Church of England Aided School St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School The King's School, Rochester
Academies Woodard Schools are the lead sponsors of a number of schools in the English Academy system. Woodard Schools adopt a strong religious ethos and seek to foster an actively Christian environment.
Kings Priory School St Augustine Academy, Maidstone St Peter's Academy, Stoke-on-Trent St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy, Blackburn The Littlehampton Academy - replaces the existing Littlehampton Community School The Sir Robert Woodard Academy - replaces the existing Boundstone Community College
Former schools Abbots Bromley School, Rugeley, Staffordshire The Bolitho School, Cornwall Cawston College Grenville College Queen Ethelburga's Collegiate Queen Margaret's School St Margaret's School, Exeter S.Michaels Burton Park, Petworth closed 31 August 1994. St Winifred's School
References
External links Woodard Schools