Educational Establishments
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 the Reverend Nathaniel Woodard, 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, three academies and is affiliated with seventeen schools, both state and independent.
The flagship school of the Woodard Corporation is Lancing College, founded by Nathaniel Woodard in 1848, whilst the largest school is The Littlehampton Academy, with over 1,500 students.
Woodard’s primary objective was charitable. As curate of Shoreham (Lancing’s neighbouring town), Woodard saw the poverty and hardship of the agricultural and seafaring workforce and recognised the majority could ill afford a public school education.
He founded eleven schools in his lifetime and, today, there are forty-three that bear his name. The first three, Lancing, Hurstpierpoint and Ardingly, all began life in the vicarage at Shoreham, each built to help tackle social problems by providing “a good and complete education of sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith”.
Amongst the owned schools are: Abbots Bromley School for Girls Ardingly College Bloxham School Denstone College Ellesmere College Hurstpierpoint College King’s College, Taunton Lancing College Peterborough High School Prestfelde School Queen Mary’s School, Topcliffe St James’ School, Grimsby The Cathedral School, Llandaff The King’s School, Tynemouth Worksop College
Here, we look at two of the leading colleges - Lancing and Ardingly.
Tending God’s sporting acres...
Tom James revisits his roots to gain an insight into groundcare at Lancing College, where the young grounds team, led by James Cowie, are providing high quality playing surfaces for the students, all the while overlooked by its gothic style chapel that dominates the local landscape and is considered one of Europe’s architectural wonders
t’s true; you only really appreciate the value of a place when you leave it behind. Growing up on the West Sussex coast, many like me may take for granted the magnificent institution that is Lancing College. After some years away from the South Downs beauty spot, you start to realise just how prestigious an establishment it is, steeped in history, with an alumni the envy of many a sought-after educational powerhouse. Heading west from Brighton along the A27 towards Worthing, Chichester and Portsmouth, Lancing College Chapel - said to be the world’s largest - dominates the sweeping landscape; its gothic sandstone finials offering a
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