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Royds Hall, A Share Academy

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formKirklees, Yorkshire and the Humber · Huddersfield HD3 4HATrust: Share Multi Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
853of 860 places
Free school meals
46.5%
Year 11 cohort 2025
172
Ofsted
Good, 13 March 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Royds Hall Community School (URN 107755, until 31 August 2018).

What the data says

Royds Hall, A Share Academy has no sixth form. Of the 166 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 39% moved to a sixth form college, 40% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 39% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 33% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.8 against 46.1 across England and 46.4 in Kirklees, with 43% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Kirklees and England.

Royds Hall, A Share Academy
Kirklees
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureRoyds Hall, A Share AcademyKirkleesEngland
Pupils in the cohort1665,003607,348
Any sustained destination90%92%92%
Stayed in education83%85%86%
— school sixth form4%16%34%
— sixth form college39%33%13%
— further education college40%35%37%
— other education0%1%2%
Apprenticeship5%5%3%
Employment2%2%3%
No sustained destination5%5%6%
Destination unknown5%3%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureRoyds Hall, A Share AcademyKirkleesEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)46.846.446.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths43%47%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths67%66%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects47%38%41%
EBacc average point score4.124.064.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort38%31%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils42.035.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils49.851.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language33%22%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language172100%89%22%20%76%
Mathematics172100%88%17%22%72%
English Literature16998%86%25%21%79%
Combined Science13880%65%4%9%53%
Geography8449%41%13%25%46%
History7946%41%24%26%62%
French6337%18%11%29%67%
Sociology5733%4%19%21%74%
Photography4526%6%4%19%98%
Art and Design4325%7%12%24%88%
Biology3118%23%48%45%97%
Physics3118%23%48%46%100%
Chemistry3118%23%55%47%100%
Computer Science2615%13%12%30%81%
Spanish1810%19%11%27%67%
Religious Studies159%31%47%32%80%
Design and Technology106%11%0%23%60%
Music74%5%0%33%29%
Drama74%7%14%27%100%
Arabic32%1%47%
German11%5%33%
Italian11%0%53%
Punjabi11%0%48%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Small Business Management58
Computer Appreciation / Introduction23
Sports Studies23
Childcare Skills20
Hospitality / Catering Studies15
Tourism13
Personal Health10
Health Studies6

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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.