Balance Alternative Provision
Balance Alternative Provision is an independent special school in Knottingley for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 32 pupils, 8 more than it has places for.
The White Building, Lock Hill, Ferrybridge, Knottingley, WF11 8NE0793 003 3667balanceap.co.ukAndrew Dean headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
6 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Wakefield council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 32 | 26 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Vale Primary Academy | Academy | 680 m | 218 | No overall grade 2024 | 87 | Compare |
| Willow Green Academy | Academy | 850 m | 228 | Good 2023 | 37 | Compare |
| Brotherton and Byram Community Primary Academy | Academy | 960 m | 185 | Good 2023 | 22 | Compare |
| Simpson's Lane Academy | Academy | 0.9 miles | 387 | No overall grade 2025 | 97 | Compare |
| St Botolphs CE Academy | Academy | 1.2 miles | 281 | No overall grade 2024 | 47 | Compare |
| England Lane Academy | Academy | 1.2 miles | 225 | Outstanding 2024 | 95 | Compare |
| De Lacy Academy | Academy | 1.2 miles | 853 | Outstanding 2022 | 46 | Compare |
| Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School | Academy | 1.4 miles | 335 | Good 2019 | 93 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Balance Alternative Provision a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Balance Alternative Provision yet.
How many pupils does Balance Alternative Provision have?
32 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 24 places, so it is 133% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- The White Building, Lock Hill, Ferrybridge, Knottingley, WF11 8NE
- Telephone
- 0793 003 3667
- Website
- www.balanceap.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Andrew Dean
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Ward
- Knottingley
- Constituency
- Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 27 February 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 150171 · LAESTAB 3846014
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.