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The Sir Robert Woodard Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 45 44.6 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
44.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
37.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
6.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.18 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 42.1[6] 37.6%[6]
2023/24 44.4[4] 42%[4] -0.18[4]
2022/23 41.2[7] 38%[7] -0.30[7]
2021/22 45.3[8] 42%[8] -0.24[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
9.1% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[10] 17.6%[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 16%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 20%[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 4.9%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
17% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
8% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
56% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
4% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[15] 26%[15] 10%[15] 47%[15] 3%[15] 4%[15]
2020/21 91%[16] 30%[16] 4%[16] 45%[16] 6%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 25%[17] 3%[17] 60%[17] 2%[17] 3%[17]
2018/19 92%[18] 31%[18] 2%[18] 48%[18] 3%[18] 7%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
71% 2022/23[19]
Education
39% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
27% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 83%[20] 41%[20] 5%[20] 37%[20]
2020/21 82%[21] 39%[21] 4%[21] 39%[21]
2019/20 79%[22] 34%[22] 6%[22] 38%[22]
2018/19 88%[23] 44%[23] 2%[23] 42%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
49% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
5% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
9% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 53%[26] 11%[26]
2019/20 44%[25] 12%[25] 9%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 50%[27] 12%[27] 12%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 50%[28] 8%[28] 6%[28] 3%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
13 Jan 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
22 Mar 2026[29]
Inclusion
Strong standard[29]
Achievement
Expected standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Strong standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Expected standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
19 Oct 2021[30] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3[30] Good[30]
15 Jul 2021[31] Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 2[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
447 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
224 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
242 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 476[32] 243[32] 229[32] 2.1[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2024 502[32] 253[32] 285[32] 1.8[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2023 525[32] 270[32] 234[32] 2.2[32] 1.2[32]
Entry Sept 2022 534[32] 266[32] 314[32] 1.7[32] 0.8[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
240 Entry Sept 2027[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Christian[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1400[1]
Trust
WOODARD ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
www.srwa.woodard.co.uk[1]
District
Adur[34]
Postcode
BN15 9QZ[1]
URN
135744[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1412 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
5.7% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
16.6% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
5.2% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
18.9% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
89.2%[36]
Mixed
5.3%[36]
Asian
2.3%[36]
Black
1.5%[36]
Any other ethnic group
1.3%[36]
Unclassified
0.5%[36]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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  33. sirrobert.reactfiles.co.uk: sirrobert.reactfiles.co.uk — Admissions Policy 2027-28 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    a) The Sir Robert Woodard Academy has an agreed Published Admission Number of 240 students into Year 7. (p. 3)
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