Royds Hall School

Royds Hall Community School
Motto Aspire Learn Achieve
Established 1921
Type Community school
Executive Headteacher Melanie Williams
Location 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; -1.817535
Local authority Kirklees
DfE number 382/4003
DfE URN 107755 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 877
Gender Mixed
Ages 4–16
Colours Green & Yellow
Website Royds Hall Community School

Royds Hall Community School is a mixed all-through school for pupils aged 4 – 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 farmhouse in the Paddock and Longwood area of Huddersfield, and was rebuilt as a mansion, known as 'Royds Wood', 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.

Royds Hall Secondary School opened on 20 September 1921,[2][3] which became a comprehensive school in the early 1970s.[2] In February 2014, the later Royds Hall High School changed its name to Royds Hall Community School.

Notable former pupils

References

  1. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
  2. 1 2 "Royds Hall School History"
  3. Eye on Education: Royds Hall High School and Specialist Science College

External links

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