The Sir Robert Woodard Academy

Upper Boundstone Lane, Adur, West Sussex, BN15 9QZ

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About this school

The Sir Robert Woodard Academy is an Academy sponsor led serving secondary age pupils, located in Adur, West Sussex. The school has 1,412 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 19 October 2021). Last inspected 13 January 2026. The Principal is Kieran Scanlon. The school is administered by West Sussex local authority. It belongs to WOODARD ACADEMIES TRUST. The school has a Christian religious character. It opened in 1 September 2009.

School details

Principal

Kieran Scanlon

Trust

WOODARD ACADEMIES TRUST

Local authority

West Sussex

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Christian

URN

135744

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at The Sir Robert Woodard Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (West Sussex). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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