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

Nathaniel Woodard

Nathaniel Woodard was a priest in the Church of England. He founded 11 schools for the middle classes in England whose aim was to provide education based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith...

, an Anglo-Catholic clergyman.

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 twenty three independent schools and is affiliated with seventeen schools which are a mix of state schools and independent schools. The flagship school of the Woodard Corporation is Lancing College

Lancing College

Lancing College is a co-educational English independent school in the British public school tradition, founded in 1848 by Nathaniel Woodard. Woodard's aim was to provide education "based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith." Lancing was the first of a...

, founded by Nathaniel Woodard

Nathaniel Woodard

Nathaniel Woodard was a priest in the Church of England. He founded 11 schools for the middle classes in England whose aim was to provide education based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith...

 in 1848, while the largest school is The Littlehampton Academy

The Littlehampton Academy

The Littlehampton Academy is a large, mixed gender academy, sponsored by Woodard Schools and West Sussex County Council, in Littlehampton, West Sussex which opened in September 2009...

, with over 1500 students.

Owned Schools

• Abbots Bromley School for Girls
  Abbots Bromley School for Girls
  Abbots Bromley School for Girls is an independent, fee-paying school for girls aged 3–18 located in the village of Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England...
  
  
• Ardingly College
  Ardingly College
  Ardingly College is a selective independent co-educational boarding and day school, founded in 1858 by Canon Nathaniel Woodard, included in the Tatler list of top public schools. The college is located in the village of Ardingly near Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England, having moved to its present...
  
  
• Ardingly College Prep School
  Ardingly College
  Ardingly College is a selective independent co-educational boarding and day school, founded in 1858 by Canon Nathaniel Woodard, included in the Tatler list of top public schools. The college is located in the village of Ardingly near Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England, having moved to its present...
  
  
• Ardingly College Pre-Prep School
  Ardingly College
  Ardingly College is a selective independent co-educational boarding and day school, founded in 1858 by Canon Nathaniel Woodard, included in the Tatler list of top public schools. The college is located in the village of Ardingly near Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England, having moved to its present...
  
  
• Bloxham School
  Bloxham School
  Bloxham School is an independent co-educational day and boarding school located in the village of Bloxham, three miles from the town of Banbury in Oxfordshire, England. It was founded in 1860 by the Reverend Philip Reginald Egerton and has since become a member of the Woodard Corporation...
  
  
• Denstone College
  Denstone College
  Denstone College is an independent, coeducational boarding school in Denstone,Staffordshire, England and a member school of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. It is also a Woodard school and as such has a strong Anglo-Catholic tradition. It has continued to show impressive academic...
  
  
• Ellesmere College
  Ellesmere College
  Ellesmere College is an independent co-educational English independent school located in Ellesmere and based in rural northern Shropshire, England.-History:...
  
  
• Hurstpierpoint College
  Hurstpierpoint College
  Hurstpierpoint College is an independent, co-educational, day and boarding school for pupils aged 4–18, located just to the north of the village of Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex in the lee of the South Downs...
  
  
• Hurstpierpoint College Prep School
  Hurstpierpoint College
  Hurstpierpoint College is an independent, co-educational, day and boarding school for pupils aged 4–18, located just to the north of the village of Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex in the lee of the South Downs...
  
  
• King's College
  King's College (Taunton)
  King's College is a coeducational, secondary boarding school in Taunton, Somerset, England. It is an independent school of 430 pupils aged 13 to 18, including about 300 boarders. The head of the school is currently Richard Biggs, who started his first academic year in the winter of...
  
  
• King's Hall
  King's College (Taunton)
  King's College is a coeducational, secondary boarding school in Taunton, Somerset, England. It is an independent school of 430 pupils aged 13 to 18, including about 300 boarders. The head of the school is currently Richard Biggs, who started his first academic year in the winter of...
  
  
• Lancing College
  Lancing College
  Lancing College is a co-educational English independent school in the British public school tradition, founded in 1848 by Nathaniel Woodard. Woodard's aim was to provide education "based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith." Lancing was the first of a...
  
  
• Lancing College Prep School
• Peterborough High School
  Peterborough High School
  This article is about the school in Peterborough, England. For the school in Peterborough, South Australia with the same name, see Peterborough, South Australia....
  
  
• Prestfelde School
  Prestfelde School
  Prestfelde School is an independent coeducational day and boarding preparatory school, located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England for children between the ages of 3 and 13...
  
  
• Queen Mary's School
  Queen Mary's School
  Queen Mary's School is a girls' school for day and boarding students ages 3–16 in Topcliffe, North Yorkshire, England. Established in 1921, the school is set on of landscaped grounds and houses approximately 300 students. The school aims to offer a broad, inclusive curriculum...
  
  
• Ranby House School
  Ranby House School
  Ranby House School is a co-educational independent preparatory, day and boarding, school for those aged 3–13 and prides itself for being a member of the Woodard Schools Community which follow the strong Anglican beliefs of Nathaniel Woodard. The school is the feeder to Worksop College which is...
  
  
• Smallwood Manor Preparatory School
• St James' School, Grimsby
  St James' School, Grimsby
  St. James' School is based in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England. It comprises a Preparatory School, Senior School and Sixth Form.-References:...
  
  
• St Margaret's School
• The Cathedral School, Llandaff
  The Cathedral School, Llandaff
  The Cathedral School, Llandaff is a coeducational Welsh independent senior, prep and pre-prep day school. It is located in Llandaff, Cardiff. The school is part of the Woodard Schools foundation, as well as having many links to the neighbouring Llandaff Cathedral.In 1880 Dean John Vaughan opened a...
  
  
• The King's School
  The King's School, Tynemouth
  The King's School is a co-educational, independent day school in Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear, England with over 800 pupils aged between 4 and 18. The current headmaster is Mr Edward Wesson . The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference...
  
  
• Worksop College
  Worksop College
  Worksop College is a co-educational day and boarding school for boys and girls aged 13 to 18 in England. Worksop is split into eight houses - Talbot, Mason, Portland, Pelham and Shirley for boys and Gibbs, Derry and School House for girls.- Origins :...
  
  

Affiliated Schools

• Alderley Edge School for Girls
  Alderley Edge School for Girls
  Alderley Edge School for Girls is an independent day school for girls, located in rural Cheshire in the village of Alderley Edge, England. The school caters for pupils aged three to eighteen, providing both secondary and primary school education, as well as a nursery and sixth form...
  
  
• Bishop Stopford School
  Bishop Stopford School
  Bishop Stopford CofE School is an academy school in Kettering, England. It exists primarily to meet the needs of parents who wish their children to be educated by a system which encourages pupils to continue their understanding of life based on the Christian Faith as taught by the Church of...
  
  
• Crompton House Church of England School
  Crompton House
  Crompton House Church of England High School is a mixed gender voluntary aided Church of England secondary school and sixth form for 11–18 year olds, located in the High Crompton area of Shaw and Crompton in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England...
  
  
• Derby Grammar School
  Derby Grammar School
  Derby Grammar School is an independent and selective grammar school at Littleover near the city of Derby, England. Founded as a school for boys in 1995, it takes boys from the age of seven and currently has around three hundred pupils...
  
  
• Derby High School
  Derby High School, Derby
  Derby High School, Derby, is an independent secondary school with a junior department at Littleover, Derby, England. The senior school is for girls only, but the kindergarten and junior school are co-educational.-Overview:...
  
  
• Malosa Secondary School, Malawi
• S. Peter's Collegiate School
• Saint George's Church of England School
• St Michael and All Angels
• St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School
  St Olave's Grammar School
  St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School is a super-selective boys' secondary school in Orpington, Greater London, England. The school is consistently one of the top achieving state schools in the UK and it was The Sunday Times State School of the Year in 2008...
  
  
• St Peter's Church of England High School
• St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School
  St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School
  St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School is a comprehensive secondary school for girls. It is a voluntary aided Church of England school in the Anglican Diocese of Southwark and is affiliated to the Woodard Schools group....
  
  
• St Wilfrid's Church of England High School
• The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School
  Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School
  The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School is a mixed comprehensive secondary school in the Tupsley district of Hereford, England. It is a voluntary aided school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 16. It is a Church of England school and is administered by the Hereford...
  
  
• The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School
• The Bolitho School
• The King's School, Rochester
  The King's School, Rochester
  The King's School, Rochester is an independent school in Rochester, Kent. It is a cathedral school, and being part of the foundation of Rochester Cathedral, the Dean of Rochester Cathedral serves as the chair of the school's governing body...
  
  

Academies

Woodard Schools are the lead sponsors in two new academies in West Sussex

West Sussex

West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...

. The two establishments, which are both due to open in September 2009, are:

• The Littlehampton Academy
  The Littlehampton Academy
  The Littlehampton Academy is a large, mixed gender academy, sponsored by Woodard Schools and West Sussex County Council, in Littlehampton, West Sussex which opened in September 2009...
  
   - replaces the existing Littlehampton Community School
  Littlehampton Community School
  The Littlehampton Community School was a large, mixed gender community comprehensive school located at the edge of Littlehampton, in West Sussex, England, and was the main secondary school in the Littlehampton area...
  
  
• The Sir Robert Woodard Academy
  The Sir Robert Woodard Academy
  The Sir Robert Woodard Academy is a mixed gender academy, sponsored by Woodard Schools and West Sussex County Council, in Lancing, West Sussex which opened in September 2009. The academy, which serves the communities of Lancing and Sompting, replaced Boundstone Community College, which closed in...
  
   - replaces the existing Boundstone Community College
  Boundstone Community College
  Boundstone Community College was a co-educational comprehensive school for pupils aged 11 to 18, with around 1000 students, including over 100 in the Sixth Form, which served the communities of Lancing and Sompting...
  
  

Former Schools

• Cawston College
  Cawston College
  Cawston College was a public school in the English county of Norfolk in Great Britain.-History:Cawston College, one of the Woodard Schools, opened in 1964 at the former manor house of Cawston, Norfolk, with Mr. John Asquith as Headmaster...
  
  
• Grenville College
  Grenville College
  Grenville College was an independent boarding and day school situated in Bideford, Devon, England. In 2009 the school merged with neighbouring Edgehill College to become the Kingsley School.-History:...
  
  
• Queen Ethelburga's
• Queen Margaret's School
  Queen Margaret's School, York
  Queen Margaret's, York is an independent day and boarding school for girls age 11–18 in Escrick Park near York. The school was named after Queen Margaret the Queen of Scotland from c.1070–1093.-History:...
  
  
• St Winifred's School
  St Winifred's School
  St Winifred's School was a school for girls based in Llanfairfechan, Conwy county borough, North-West Wales.-History:St. Winifred's was founded on 3 May 1887 and named after the Welsh 7th century Saint Winefride. Its driving force and primary sponsor was the Honourable Eleanor Douglas Pennant, one...