Royds School, founded in 1956, is a school serving approximately 1,300 pupils in Leeds

Leeds

Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...

, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The school was originally a Secondary Modern and is now a non-selective comprehensive serving Rothwell

Rothwell, West Yorkshire

Rothwell is a market town on the River Dolphin in the south east of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, situated between Oulton to the east, Belle Isle to the west, Woodlesford to the north east and Robin Hood to the south west. Swillington, Methley and Kippax are located...

, south Leeds, and the surrounding areas. Since 2000, the school has provided post-16 education with its sister school Rodillian and the local college. The school gained Specialist Language College

Language College

Language Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, modern foreign languages...

 status in 2003. Royds is a designated Language College which encourages pupils to not only learn languages but to understand the cultures of others.

On November 3rd 2010 Royds school was visited by American popstar singer and songwriter Alexis Jordan (singer)

Alexis Jordan (singer)

Alexis Jordan is an American recording artist and actress from Columbia, South Carolina. Jordan rose to fame as a contestant on the first season of America's Got Talent in 2006. After being eliminated from the show, she began to upload cover songs to YouTube, which received millions of views...

, Performing 'Good Girl' and 'Happiness, as part of a 96.3 Radio Aire

96.3 Radio Aire

96.3 Radio Aire is the main Independent Local Radio station for Leeds and West Yorkshire. It is the sister station of Magic 828. The station is owned & operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of Bauer's Place Network of stations.-History:...

campaign for 100% school attendance through November.