Reverend Nathaniel Woodard (21 March 1811 - 25 April 1891) founded 11 schools for the middle classes in England whose aim was to provide education based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith. His educational principles are promoted today through the Woodard Corporation. March 21 is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... is the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Woodard Schools are a group of Anglican schools (both primary and secondary) affiliated to the Woodard Corporation which has its origin in the work of Nathaniel Woodard. ...

Early life

Woodard was born at Basildon Hall in Essex (now known as Barstable Hall) the son of a country gentleman of limited means and was brought up and educated privately by his pious and devout mother. In 1834 he entered Magdalen Hall (later merged into Hertford College), Oxford where his academic studies were interrupted by marriage - although he took a pass degree in 1840. Basildon (IPA, ) is a New Town located in south Essex, England at . It was designated as a New Town after World War II in 1948 to accommodate the London population overspill. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... Hertford College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... Hertford College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

As a result of the influence of his mother, Woodard's religious sympathies were Evangelical when he first became a student at Oxford, but, whilst he was there, he soon found himself strongly drawn to the growing Tractarian Movement and, as a result, developed Anglo-Catholic sympathies which he kept for the remainder of his life. The word evangelicalism usually refers to a broad collection of religious beliefs, practices, and traditions which are found among conservative Protestant Christians. ... For the 20th century Oxford Movement or Group see Moral Rearmament The Oxford Movement was a loose affiliation of High Church Anglicans who sought to demonstrate that the Church of England was a direct descendant of the Christian church established by the Apostles. ... ...

Career

He was ordained in 1841 and obtained a curacy at St Bartholomew's, Bethnal Green. Here he started a church school for the children of deprived parishioners. As a result of a controversial sermon - in which he argued that The Book of Common Prayer should include separate provision for confession and absolution - he was moved to another curacy at St. John's, Clapton. 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... From the Latin curatus, a curate is a person who is invested with the care, or cure (cura), of souls of a parish. ... Michelangelos The Last Judgement shows Saint Bartholomew holding the knife of his martyrdom and his flayed skin. ... Bethnal Green is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. ... The Book of Common Prayer is the prayer book of the Church of England and also the name for similar books used in other churches in the Anglican Communion. ... Modern confessional in the Church of the Holy Name, Dunedin, New Zealand. ... Absolution in a liturgical church refers to the pronouncement of Gods forgiveness of sins. ... From the Latin curatus, a curate is a person who is invested with the care, or cure (cura), of souls of a parish. ... Lower Claptons unusual Round Chapel. ...

In 1846, obtaining a curacy at St Mary's, New Shoreham, he was again struck by the poverty, and the lack of education amongst his middle class parishioners - many of whom were actually less well educated than many of their employees who had been educated in the parochial school. He opened a day school in his vicarage, and in 1848, he started St Nicholas' School, which took boarders, and was in 1849 merged to form the College of St Mary and St Nicholas, and these eventually formed the present day Lancing College. It was from these beginnings that he started to work full time on promoting educational projects, resigning from his curacy in 1850. 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, is bordered on the north by the South Downs, on the west by the Adur valley and on the south by the River Adur and Shoreham Beach. ... The middle class (or middle classes) comprises a social group once defined by exception as an intermediate social class between the nobility and the peasantry. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... The Vicarage is the title usually given to the building inhabited, or formerly inhabited, by the Vicar of a parish. ... Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Saint Nicholas, also known as Nikolaus in Germany and Sinterklaas (a contracted form of Sint Nicolaas) in the Netherlands and Flanders, is the common name for the historical Saint Nicholas of Myra, who lived in 4th century Byzantine Anatolia, (now in modern Turkey) and had a reputation for secret gift... A boarding school is an educational institution where some or all pupils not only study, but they also live, amongst their peers. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Gabriel delivering the Annunciation to Mary. ... Saint Nicholas, also known as Nikolaus in Germany and Sinterklaas (a contracted form of Sint Nicolaas) in the Netherlands and Flanders, is the common name for the historical Saint Nicholas of Myra, who lived in 4th century Byzantine Anatolia, (now in modern Turkey) and had a reputation for secret gift... Lancing College is a co-educational English Independent school, founded in 1848 by Rev. ... For the game, see: 1850 (board game) 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

'... till the Church educates and trains up the middle classes, she can never effectually educate the poor'

– Nathaniel Woodard, That One Idea, by Leonard and Evelyn Cowie

The extent of his success was recognised in 1870 when Oxford University bestowed on him the degree of DCL and he was made Canon of Manchester Cathedral by Gladstone. Woodard used the majority of the generous stipend which went with his position as Canon towards the funds for building the schools. 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Some universities, such as the University of Oxford, award Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) degrees instead of Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) degrees. ... Canons, Bruges A Canon of the Seminary, Sint Niklaas, Flanders. ... Manchester Cathedral Manchester Cathedral is a Medieval church located on Victoria Street in central Manchester. ... Gladstone is the name of several places: Gladstone, Queensland, Australia Gladstone, South Australia, Australia Gladstone, Michigan, United States of America Gladstone, Missouri, USA Gladstone, New Jersey, USA Gladstone, Oregon, USA Gladstone, Virginia, USA William Ewart Gladstone was repeatedly the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from the 1860s through the...

In accordance with his firm Anglo-Catholic beliefs, and in contrast to similar although less successful work by Joseph Lloyd Brereton there were no concessions to either those Anglicans of the low church or to those belonging to non-conformist churches. The efforts of Woodard and his supporters raised about £500,000 by the time of his death in 1891. ... Prebendary Joseph Lloyd Brereton, (19 October 1822 - 15 August 1901), was an educational reformer and writer, who founded inexpensive schools for the education of the middle classes. ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... Low church is a term of distinction in the Church of England or other Anglican churches, initially designed to be pejorative. ... In English history, a non-conformist is any member of a Protestant congregation not affiliated with the Church of England. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Woodard succeeded in gaining the admiration of people like William Gladstone and Matthew Arnold. William Ewart Gladstone (December 29, 1809 - May 19, 1898) was a British Liberal politician and Prime Minister (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886 and 1892-1894). ... Matthew Arnold Caricature from Punch, 1881: Admit that Homer sometimes nods, That poets do write trash, Our Bard has written Balder Dead, And also Balder-dash Family tree Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic, who worked as an inspector of schools. ...

Schools founded by Woodard

There are 11 in total and they include:

• Lancing College (1848)
• Hurstpierpoint College (1849)
• Ardingly College (1858)
• Denstone College (formerly St Chad's - 1868)
• Abbots Bromley School for Girls (formerly the School of S. Mary and S. Anne - 1874)
• King's College (Taunton) (1880)
• Ellesmere College (1884)
• Worksop College (formerly St Cuthbert's College - 1890)

Lancing College is a co-educational English Independent school, founded in 1848 by Rev. ... Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Image:Hustpierpoint College. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Ardingly College is a public (privately funded and independent) co-educational boarding and day school, founded in 1858 by Canon Nathaniel Woodard. ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Denstone College is a private coeducational boarding school in Denstone, Staffordshire, England and a member school of the Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference. ... Media:Example. ... Abbots Bromley School for Girls (formerly known as the School of S. Mary and S. Anne, Abbots Bromley) is an independent, fee-paying school for girls aged 4-18 located in the village of Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire. ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Kings College is a British secondary boarding school in Taunton, Somerset county, England. ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Logo of Ellesmere College Ellesmere College is an independent co-educational English public school located in Ellesmere and based in rural North Shropshire, England. ... Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ...

References

• Honey, J.R.deS.: Tom Brown's Universe (1977)
• Cowie, Leonard and Evelyn: That One Idea: Nathaniel Woodard and His Schools (1991)

External links

• Woodard Corporation