The Sir Robert Woodard Academy
Upper Boundstone Lane, Sompting, BN15 9QZ
Local ranking28th of 39 secondary schools in West Sussex
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1400
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 42.1
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.6%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.0%
- Entering EBacc
- 76.4%
- EBacc APS
- 4.1
- Cohort Size
- 237
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 71.0%
- Higher education
- 39.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 27.0%
- Not sustained
- 27.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C-
Avg A-Level Grade
27.2
Avg Points/Entry
24.5
Best 3 A-Levels
33
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 8.7%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 108
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1412
- Boys
- 806 (57%)
- Girls
- 606 (43%)
- Capacity
- 1400 (101% full)
- SEND
- 21.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.9%
- EAL
- 5.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.2%
- SEN Support
- 16.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 83.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,312/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.3%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.7%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Christian
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 83.8%
- White Other: 3.2%
- Other: 3.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.3%
- Black African: 1.3%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.0%
83.8%
White British
3.2%
White Other
3.2%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 135744
- UKPRN
- 10027237
- Establishment No.
- 6911
- Trust
- WOODARD ACADEMIES TRUST