Balance Alternative Provision
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Knottingley, WF11 8NE
- Distance
- 3.5km away
High Well School
Rookhill Road, Pontefract, WF8 2DD
Ofsted: Good
Independent
Phase
110
Capacity
9-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 1.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 0.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 0.2 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 15
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 55.0%
- Continued in education
- 55.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 15.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 103
- Boys
- 92 (89%)
- Girls
- 11 (11%)
- Capacity
- 110 (94% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 78.6%
- EAL
- 0.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 6.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £26,265/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 45.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 79.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 97.1%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Black African: 1.0%
97.1%
White British
1.0%
Gypsy/Roma
1.0%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Rookhill Road
Pontefract, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 131526
- UKPRN
- 10015828
- Establishment No.
- 7056
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