Royds Hall, A Share Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 13 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Kirklees
Unique reference
146327
Address
Luck Lane, Paddock, HD3 4HA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
866 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
52.8%
Girls
47.2%
First language not English
33.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.3%
Persistent absence
15.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 37.5%
Pakistani 30.4%
Mixed 12%
African 4.8%
Other Asian 4.7%
Other 4%
Other White 1.8%
Indian 1.3%
Unclassified 1.3%
Caribbean 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 47%
Local authority average 38%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.8
Local authority average 46.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.12
Local authority average 4.05
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award13
ArabicGCSE3
Art & DesignGCSE43
BiologyGCSE31
ChemistryGCSE31
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
Design & TechnologyGCSE10
English LanguageGCSE172
English LiteratureGCSE169
FrenchGCSE63
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Royds Hall, A Share Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
163
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
120
2nd preference
211
3rd preference
133
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
120
2nd preference
25
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
173
93
80
Year 8
173
86
87
Year 9
173
88
85
Year 10
171
98
73
Year 11
176
92
84
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
84.7%
85.5%
Further education
40.0%
35.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
4.0%
16.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
39.0%
33.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
2.8%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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