Royds Hall, A Share Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.49 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Royds Hall, A Share Academy is a secondary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 March 2023. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Royds Hall, A Share Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.49 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last distance offered was 1.49 miles, the 8th shortest of 23 Kirklees secondary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.16 miles.
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 140 first-choice applications for 168 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 5th lowest of 23 Kirklees secondary schools.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 134 offers went to first-choice families, 6 first-choice families (4%) were not offered a place, and 34 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 43% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kirklees.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kirklees schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Luck Lane, Paddock, Huddersfield, HD3 4HA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 853 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 March 2023
Strengths
- “Across Luck Lane and Royds Hall, there is warmth, ambition, and a palpable feeling of community in this all-through school.”
- “Staff have a strong commitment to helping children and pupils do as well as they can.”
- “Pupils have a voice in what happens at school, such as the ‘ambassadors’ at Luck Lane and the school council at Royds Hall.”
To improve
- “A very small number of pupils and parents are less convinced that the school handles bullying effectively.”
- “In places, there is relatively less opportunity for pupils to learn some of the necessary subject skills to go alongside the facts and ideas they are learning in each subject.”
- “This is sensible, as some pupils’ understanding of this area is quite shallow.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 43% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.8 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 140 first-preference applications, 168 offers in total, 134 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kirklees.
- Salendine Nook High School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Moor End Academy 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Newsome Academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Colne Valley High School 1.8 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- North Huddersfield Trust School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Netherhall Learning Campus High School 2.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Honley High School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic College 3.0 mi Good Last distance published