Principal's Welcome

I am delighted to welcome you to the Sir Robert Woodard Academy, a popular and vibrant learning community serving the families of Lancing, Sompting and Shoreham.

At SRWA we are absolutely committed to ensuring that our young people reach their potential and offer an exciting and ambitious seven year journey that sets our students up for life.

Our school motto is ‘Aspire to Achieve’ and we aim to engender in our students the qualities that will equip them for a fulfilled and successful life including: ambition, resilience, confidence, creativity and commitment. We hope that they will leave with a lifelong love of learning and a clear sense of achievement and purpose. Alongside great teaching, our students benefit from an outstanding enrichment programme complete with world class international trips and visits. Whether it’s skiing in the Alps or debating global issues at the UN in New York our students are encouraged to think big. 

This spirit of ambition has seen our recent graduates go on a range of impressive destinations including Oxbridge and Russell Group universities, The Central School of Speech and Drama, apprenticeships at top companies including Apple and top accountancy firms. Careers advice is a core tenet of what we do. Every student receives personalised careers advice. We host annual careers fairs and there are multiple opportunities over the seven years to meet and engage with employers. Our teachers take every opportunity to make the curriculum relevant to the world of work. 

We make full use of our excellent facilities and are committed to offering an extended day. Whether it’s before school basketball or after school drama, this is where students make friends and develop hobbies and interests for life. 

I am very proud to welcome you to SRWA and invite you to explore the website and discover all that makes our academy a truly exceptional place to learn, grow and succeed.

Kieran Scanlon
Principal