Royds Hall School

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Royds Hall High School
Motto	Aspire Learn Achieve
Established	1921
Type	Community school
Headteacher	Ms Melanie Williams
Specialism	Science
Location	Luck Lane Paddock, Huddersfield West Yorkshire HD3 4HA England Coordinates: 53°38′43″N 1°49′03″W / 53.645252°N 1.817535°W / 53.645252; -1.817535
Local authority	Kirklees
DfE URN	107755 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	825
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–16
Colours	Green & Yellow
Website	Royds Hall High School

Royds Hall High School is a comprehensive school in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.

About Royds Hall High School

Royds Hall High School is a Specialist College for Science and Mathematics, which caters for approximately 850 students, aged 11-16.

The various stages of use of Royds Hall reflected a changing Britain from a predominantly farming economy, through immense industrial revolution in the 19th century, to the post- industrial scene of the 20th century.

Royds Hall began as an important farmhouse in the Paddock and Longwood area and was rebuilt as a mansion, known as Royds Wood, whose philanthropic mill owner served the increasingly industrialised and expanding town of Huddersfield.

History

It used to be Royds Hall Grammar School. It opened on 20 September 1921.^[1] The building was formerly Royds Hall Mansion, built by Sir Joseph Crosland (the Conservative MP for Huddersfield from 1893–5) in 1866. On his death in 1904, he left the property to his nephew Thomas Pearson Crosland,^[2] who sold it to Huddersfield Corporation in 1915 for £17,000.

It became a comprehensive in the early 1970s.^[3]

Admissions

It is for ages 1 to 6. It is situated in the west of Huddersfield, on the north side of the Colne Valley towards Milnsbridge. It is also known as Royds Hall Specialist Science College.

Alumni

Royds Hall Grammar School

Jane Garside CBE, Chief Commissioner of The Girl Guide Association from 1990–5
Sir Richard Sykes, biochemist, Chief Executive of Glaxo plc from 1993–7, and Rector of Imperial College London from 2001–8
Lloyd Wilkinson, General Secretary from 1975–99 for the Co-operative Union
Harold Wilson, Labour Party leader from 1963 to 1976 (prime minister from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976)^[4]
David Woodhall CBE, Chief Executive from 1982–92 of the Commission for New Towns

Academic performance

Royds Hall students achieve GCSEs just above the England average, but average for Kirklees.^{[citation needed]}

Royds Hall News

Latest school news can be found here

Royds Hall High School Web Links

References

↑ http://anniversary.roydshall.org/pages/history/schoolhistory.php
↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
↑ http://anniversary.roydshall.org/pages/history/schoolhistory.php
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External links

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Middle schools	Scissett Middle School

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Grammar schools	Heckmondwike Grammar School

Independent schools	Huddersfield Grammar School Markazi Masjid

FE & sixth form colleges	Greenhead College Huddersfield New College Kirklees College

Defunct schools	Birkdale High School King James's Grammar School

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