Royds Hall, A Share Academy

Royds Hall, A Share Academy, is performing well overall, with an overall effectiveness rating of 'Good' across multiple areas including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school fosters a strong sense of community and ambition, with staff dedicated to supporting students' progress. Notably, pupils feel safe and valued, with opportunities for involvement in school governance through roles like ambassadors and the school council. This first inspection since the school's conversion to an academy in 2018 shows an impressive commitment to the educational needs of its diverse student body, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• Strong commitment from staff to support student achievement.
• Ambitious and well-delivered curriculum across early years, primary, and secondary phases.
• Effective teaching of phonics and reading support strategies.
• High standard of behaviour among the majority of pupils.
• Robust personal development curriculum with broad careers guidance.
• Strong governance with clear accountability mechanisms.

Areas for Improvement

• Some curriculum areas lack thorough development of subject skills.
• A minority of pupils in secondary phase cause disruptions during learning.
• Limited understanding of world faiths and religions among some pupils.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Royds Hall, A Share Academy attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 16.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 13.4% of pupils at Royds Hall, A Share Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Royds Hall, A Share Academy had 15.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 25.3% of pupils at Royds Hall, A Share Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 13 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Royds Hall, A Share Academy received £9,393 and spent £9,208 for each of its 867 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,840,000 (£2,123 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Share Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,742 and spending £7,678 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Huddersfield · Kirklees local authority: places and applications

Royds Hall, A Share Academy is part of Share Multi Academy Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Luck Lane, A Share Primary Academy Huddersfield
• Woodside Green, A Share Primary Academy Huddersfield
• Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy Cleckheaton
• Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy Cleckheaton
• Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy Liversedge
• Shelley College, A Share Academy Huddersfield
• Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy Dewsbury
• Todmorden High School, A SHARE Academy Todmorden

What is Royds Hall, A Share Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Royds Hall, A Share Academy is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Royds Hall, A Share Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Royds Hall, A Share Academy was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Royds Hall, A Share Academy have?

Royds Hall, A Share Academy has 853 pupils on roll.

What age range does Royds Hall, A Share Academy cover?

Royds Hall, A Share Academy for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Royds Hall, A Share Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 45.7, and 41% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Royds Hall, A Share Academy?

Royds Hall, A Share Academy is at Luck Lane, Paddock, Huddersfield, HD3 4HA.