School admissions in Frodsham
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 7 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Frodsham in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 9 schools in Frodsham first 184 times for 184 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Cheshire West and Chester authority's 123 schools. One of the 9 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 4 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.25 miles (Frodsham Manor House Primary School) to 3.65 miles (Horn's Mill Primary School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
9 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frodsham Manor House Primary School | 1.60 | 30 | 0.247 miles |
| Helsby Hillside Primary School | 1.00 | 30 | 1.245 miles |
| Horn's Mill Primary School | 1.00 | 30 | 3.651 miles |
| Kingsley Community Primary School and Nursery | 0.95 | 22 | not published |
| Frodsham CofE Primary School | 0.83 | 30 | 1.03 miles |
| Alvanley and Manley Village School | 0.79 | 14 | 2.691 miles |
| Norley Church of England Primary School | 0.75 | 12 | not published |
| St Luke's Catholic Primary School | 0.75 | 4 | not published |
| Frodsham Primary Academy | 0.58 | 12 | not published |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.