Royds Hall Academy

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Royds Hall Academy
The school in 2020
Address
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Luck Lane Huddersfield , West Yorkshire , HD3 4HA England
Coordinates	53°38′43″N 1°49′03″W / 53.645252°N 1.817535°W / 53.645252; -1.817535Coordinates: 53°38′43″N 1°49′03″W / 53.645252°N 1.817535°W / 53.645252; -1.817535
Information
Type	Academy
Established	1921
Local authority	Kirklees
Trust	SHARE Multi Academy Trust
Department for Education URN	146327 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Leadership	John McNally (executive headteacher), Jenny Carr (secondary headteacher)
Gender	Mixed
Age	4 to 16
Enrolment	877
Colour(s)	Navy and purple
Website	https://www.roydshall.org

Royds Hall Academy is a mixed secondary school for pupils aged 11 – 16. It is located in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, and on the north side of the Colne Valley towards Milnsbridge.

History[]

Royds Hall was a large farmhouse in the Paddock and Longwood area of Huddersfield, adjoining Royds Wood. It was rebuilt as a grander mansion (still called Royds Hall, but also known as 'Royds Wood'. It was still referred to on the town plan published in 1890 as Royds Hall), whose philanthropic mill owner served the increasingly industrialised and expanding town. The building was formerly Royds Hall Mansion, built in 1866 by Sir Joseph Crosland, the Conservative MP for the Huddersfield constituency from 1893–95. On his death in 1904 he left the property to his nephew Thomas Pearson Crosland,^[1] who sold it to Huddersfield Corporation in 1915 for £17,000. The Hall served as a military hospital during and after the First World War.^[2]

Royds Hall Grammar School opened on 20 September 1921,^[3][4] which became a comprehensive school in 1963.^[3] In February 2014, the later Royds Hall High School changed its name to Royds Hall Community School.

Previously a foundation school administered by Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council, in November 2018 Royds Hall converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the SHARE Multi Academy Trust.

Notable alumni[]

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Royds Hall Community School[]

• Ruben Reuter, actor

Royds Hall Grammar School[]

• Robert Baldick, French literature scholar
• J Margaret Evans (née Hadfield), 1927-35 head girl, junior bursar 1965-1970 and founding fellow, emeritus fellow from 1985 until death in 2001 Lucy Cavendish College Cambridge^[5]
• Sir Richard Sykes, biochemist, chief executive of Glaxo plc from 1993–97, rector of Imperial College London from 2001–08, and chancellor since 2013 of Brunel University London
• Harold Wilson, Labour Party leader from 1963 to 1976; UK prime minister from 1964 to 1970, and from 1974 to 1976

See also[]

• Listed buildings in Golcar

References[]

External links[]

• Royds Hall Academy official website