Multi-academy trust
Woodard Academies Trust
6 schools across 5 local authorities in North East, South East, West Midlands, teaching 6,867 pupils.
The trust at a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 6
- Pupils
- 6,867
- Average Attainment 8
- 41.8
- Average KS2 expected standard
- 63%
across its secondaries
across its primaries
Across the 6 schools in the trust with comparable results, the average sits below the middle of schools with a similar intake. That is a fairer read on the trust than its raw results, which mostly reflect the areas it operates in.
Pupil-weighted Progress 8 is -0.33 (interval -0.42 to -0.24). The interval sits entirely below zero, so this looks like a real shortfall rather than noise. Weighted by 1,042 pupils across 6 schools with a published Progress 8 score (minimum 2).
Ofsted across the trust
1 of the trust's 6 schools carry a historic one-word grade; 5 do not. Current report cards grade separate aspects and cannot be reduced to a replacement overall score. A trust that has taken on struggling schools may carry their old grades for years. What changed.
Ofsted outcomes across this trust are mixed: 1 Good; 5 have no overall grade. Historic overall grades and current report cards are different systems and are not averaged.
Schools in Woodard Academies Trust
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Priory SchoolAcademy sponsor led | North Shields | Good 2024 | 57.1 | 0.840.60 to 1.09 | |
| Polam Hall SchoolFree schools | Darlington | Report card 2025 | 44.6 | -0.05-0.36 to 0.26 · not a win | |
| St Augustine AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Maidstone | Report card 2026 | 35.1 | -0.80-1.05 to -0.56 | |
| St Peter's CofE AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Stoke-on-Trent | No overall grade | 34.4 | -0.58-0.77 to -0.39 | |
| The Littlehampton AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Littlehampton | Report card 2026 | 37.2 | -0.69-0.88 to -0.51 | |
| The Sir Robert Woodard AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Sompting | Report card 2026 | 42.1 | -0.18-0.35 to -0.01 |
Identity snapshot: 23 August 2026. School membership, pupil totals and trust names come from the dated Get Information About Schools importer build. Results and inspection fields retain their own published periods and should not be treated as if they were measured on that date.