Royds Hall Academy
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Royds Hall Academy is a mixed secondary school for pupils aged 11 – 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 large farmhouse in the Paddock and Longwood area of Huddersfield, adjoining Royds Wood. It was rebuilt as a grander mansion (still called Royds Hall, but also known as 'Royds Wood'. It was still referred to on the town plan published in 1890 as Royds Hall), 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.[2]
Royds Hall Grammar School opened on 20 September 1921,[3][4] which became a comprehensive school in 1963.[3] In February 2014, the later Royds Hall High School changed its name to Royds Hall Community School.The school is divided into five houses (known as communities) named after Marie Curie, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Emily Pankhurst and Harold Wilson.[5]
Previously a foundation school administered by Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council, in 2018 Royds Hall converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the SHARE Multi Academy Trust.[6]
Notable alumni
Royds Hall Community School
- Ruben Reuter, actor[7]
- Aaron Crosbie, computer scientist [8]
Royds Hall Grammar School
- Robert Baldick, French literature scholar[9]
- Sir Richard Sykes, biochemist, chief executive of Glaxo plc from 1993–97, rector of Imperial College London from 2001–08, and chancellor since 2013 of Brunel University London[10]
- Harold Wilson, Labour Party leader from 1963 to 1976; UK prime minister from 1964 to 1970, and from 1974 to 1976[11]
See also
References
- ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
- ^ "History of Royds Hall School". Yorkshire Live. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Royds Hall School History"
- ^ Eye on Education: Royds Hall High School and Specialist Science College
- ^ Davison, Emma (14 October 2014). "Hospice cheque from hard working pupils". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. No. 49, 483. Neighbourhood News. p. 2. ISSN 0962-1644.
- ^ Sutcliffe, Robert (16 March 2018). "Royds Hall to join top academy trust". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. No. 50, 187. p. 4. ISSN 0962-1644.
- ^ Glover, Chloe (19 November 2015). "Slaithwaite acting star with Downs Syndrome Ruben Reuter enjoying new life in the limelight". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Aaron Crosbie - Discovery of constant which may help us answer many questions about our universe". Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ Tilby, Michael (23 September 2004). "Baldick, Robert André Édouard". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/98382. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Fletcher, Winston (2002). Beating the 24/7 : how business leaders achieve a successful work/life balance. Chichester: Wiley. p. 31. ISBN 0-470-84762-X.
- ^ Wainwright, Martin (26 October 1999). "Harold Wilson's white heat is rekindled". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
External links
- Royds Hall Academy official website
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