Schools in Knottingley
Knottingley is a former mining and glass-manufacturing town in the Wakefield metropolitan district with 9 state schools - 7 primaries and 1 secondary. Wakefield Council coordinates admissions and applies nearest-school criteria for community schools, with catchment boundaries reviewed annually.
Knottingley's single secondary school, De Lacy Academy, serves the town alongside nearby Ferrybridge and Kellington, drawing from a compact urban catchment. Families should note that Wakefield has no grammar schools, so all secondary provision is comprehensive; oversubscription at De Lacy Academy is resolved using a straight-line distance tiebreaker.
Primary Schools in Knottingley (7)
The Vale Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Knottingley · WF11 8JF
Willow Green Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Knottingley · WF11 8PT
Simpson's Lane Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Knottingley · WF11 0PJ
England Lane Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Knottingley · WF11 0JA
Brotherton and Byram Community Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Knottingley · WF11 9HQ
St Botolphs CE Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Knottingley · WF11 9BT
Fairburn Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Knottingley · WF11 9JY
Secondary Schools in Knottingley (1)
Other Schools in Knottingley (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Knottingley are set by Wakefield and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.