Secondary
The Sir Robert Woodard Academy
Upper Boundstone Lane, Sompting, BN15 9QZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1427 of 1400 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- WOODARD ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 83.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 113.3
- Pupils per adult
- 12.2
- Pupils
- 1,376
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Sixth formExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
October 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
January 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
GCSE results
38%
8 points below the West Sussex average (46% across 35 schools)
42.1
4.7 below the West Sussex average (46.8 across 35 schools)
31st of 35 by our score, among the secondary schools in West Sussex we can score - 44 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.14 |
| Entered the EBacc | 76% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% |
| A level average points per entry | 27.53 |
| A level students | 32 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42% |
| 22/23 | 38% |
| 23/24 | 42% |
| 24/25 | 38% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 32.4 |
| 22/23 | 26.8 |
| 23/24 | 30.7 |
| 24/25 | 27.5 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.24 |
| 22/23 | -0.30 |
| 23/24 | -0.18 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 45.3 |
| 22/23 | 41.2 |
| 23/24 | 44.4 |
| 24/25 | 42.1 |
Upper Boundstone Lane, Sompting, BN15 9QZ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
West Sussex admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Kieran Scanlon
- Address
- Upper Boundstone Lane, Sompting, BN15 9QZ
- Telephone
- 01903767434