westville house school, middleton, and ghyll royd school and pre-school. augustus wooldbridge godby founded ghyll royd school in 1889. he was headmaster until his death on 5 november 1922. formerly an all boys school, ghyll royd has been a co-educational preparatory school since 1999, accepting children from two years old until they leave at eleven in year 6. ilkley also has one secondary school,