Woodard Schools is a group ofAnglican schools (both primary and secondary) affiliated to the Woodard Corporation (formerly the Society of St Nicolas) which has its origin in the work ofNathaniel Woodard, aChurch of England priest in theAnglo-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.[1] The flagship school of the Woodard Corporation isLancing College, founded byNathaniel Woodard in 1848, while the largest school isThe 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.
'... till the Church educates and trains up the middle classes, she can never effectually educate the poor'
Woodard Schools are the lead sponsors of a number of schools in the EnglishAcademy system. Woodard Schools adopt a strong religious ethos and seek to foster an actively Christian environment.[2]
