Education
Knottingley has one high school, Knottingley High School and Sports College Soon to be Called De Lacy Academy.
It has several primary schools: England Lane Junior and Infant School, Ferrybridge Infant School, Ferrybridge Roundhill Junior School, Knottingley Church of England Junior and Infant School, Knottingley Vale Junior and Infant School, Simpsons Lane Junior and Infant School and Throstle Farm Junior and Infant School. There are sixth-form colleges in nearby Pontefract, Wakefield and Selby. For extra curricular activities there is the local air cadet squadron which is based on the High School campus.
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