Royds Hall, A Share Academy, Huddersfield

In 2026, pupils at Royds Hall, A Share Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Kirklees and 47 across England.

41% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in Kirklees and 47% in England.

That is down from 46.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 38.6, against 51.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 140 families put Royds Hall, A Share Academy as their first choice and 468 named it as one of their preferences, for 168 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 6 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Royds Hall, A Share Academy are Salendine Nook High School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 52.6); Moor End Academy (1 mile, Outstanding, Attainment 8 46.4); Newsome Academy (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.9); and Colne Valley High School (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.8).

Royds Hall, A Share Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Royds Hall, A Share Academy is one of 9 schools run by Share Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.3 in 2024/25.

Of the 155 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 49% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

46.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 34.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (39%), White British (37%) and Mixed (12%).

In 2026, 216 pupils (25.3%) received SEN support and 47 (5.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Royds Hall, A Share Academy has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 20 places, 18 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Lockwood Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Quarmby Road, 140 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Royds Hall, A Share Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 265 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Kirklees (153), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Royds Hall, A Share Academy issued 300 suspensions, 34.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Royds Hall, A Share Academy are Luck Lane, A Share Primary Academy (under 0.1 miles); Paddock Junior Infant and Nursery School (0.3 miles); Reinwood Junior School (0.4 miles); and Reinwood Infant and Nursery School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.