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Frodsham Manor House Primary School

Primary · Frodsham · WA6 7LE

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 6 March 2024

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At a glance

214 pupils · 100% of 213 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
13.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.manorhouse.org.uk
URN
111236

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 48 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.60 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.247 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 5 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 6 March 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.60 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 48 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.247 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.247 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

32 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
81%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school81%
Median of its 12 closest peers61.5%
Cheshire West and Chester average61.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Dalton St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolDalton-in-Furness · 62 miles awayGood70%
Anston Greenlands Primary SchoolSheffield · 62 miles awayGood61%
Reepham Primary SchoolNorwich · 163 miles awayGood77%
NCEA Warkworth Church of England Primary SchoolMorpeth · 148 miles awayGood82%
The Priory Church of England Primary SchoolChristchurch · 182 miles awayNeeds attention62%
Boughton Monchelsea Primary SchoolMaidstone · 198 miles awayGood47%
Haslingden Broadway Primary SchoolRossendale · 32 miles awayGood48%
Haxey CofE Primary AcademyDoncaster · 79 miles awayGood73%
Coughton CofE Primary SchoolAlcester · 81 miles awayGood47%
Clenchwarton Primary SchoolKing's Lynn · 133 miles awayGood53%
Ann Edwards Church of England Primary SchoolCirencester · 117 miles awayGood45%
St Margaret's CofE Primary School, RottingdeanBrighton · 206 miles awayGood (2016)65%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (Cheshire West and Chester 83%, England 60%) · Any other White background 2% (Cheshire West and Chester 4%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Cheshire West and Chester 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Cheshire West and Chester 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Cheshire West and Chester 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Cheshire West and Chester: 1.86 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 21% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

40% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,726; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,482
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £11,270; in-year balance +£34,382

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher37.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work39.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75.8%62.3%
Social housing5.4%17.1%
Privately rented18.9%20.5%
Detached houses33.4%22.9%
Flats12.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms15.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018686 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£290,000234 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£220,000–£379,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (88)£363,000
Semi-detached (81)£275,000
Terraced (43)£220,000
Flat (22)£138,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.40 km, 2026 entry): 57 sales, median £285,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
11a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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