Alvanley and Manley Village School

Community school·Primary school Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester·WA6 9DD
Composite score
41.8
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#10,237
National rank
#1501
In North West
#76
In Cheshire West and Chester
Top 69%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
11 first choices, 14 places
First choices per place
0.79
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
39
any preference, for 14 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.15
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7320220.8720231.0720240.9320250.792026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Alvanley and Manley Village School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
94
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
8.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,963
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Alvanley and Manley Village School at a glance

Located in Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester, Alvanley and Manley Village School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 94 pupils aged 5 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 50% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Alvanley and Manley Village School their first choice was offered one of its 14 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 18.1 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 9% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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