Alvanley and Manley Village School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
7.366 miles
Published by Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Alvanley and Manley Village School is a primary school in Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 November 2023. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Alvanley and Manley Village School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 7.366 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered, 7.366 miles, was the longest of 42 Cheshire West and Chester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 6 of the 11 years with a published outcome; the 2026 last distance was the longest of the 5 years with one.
- For Reception 2026 there were 11 first-choice applications for 14 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 50% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cheshire West and Chester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Manley Road, Alvanley, Frodsham, WA6 9DD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 100 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this small, welcoming village school.”
- “They said that their school feels like a big family and that they enjoy mixing with pupils of different ages.”
- “Pupils feel that their school is warm-hearted.”
To improve
- “However, shortfalls in the previous curriculum mean that there are gaps in some older pupils’ knowledge.”
- “This means that the impact of the strengthened curriculum is not reflected in the unvalidated 2023 published data about how well pupils achieve in reading and mathematics.”
- “However, from time to time, some teachers do not use assessment strategies to address the gaps in pupils’ knowledge swiftly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 50% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 11 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 11 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cheshire West and Chester.
- Horn's Mill Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Helsby Hillside Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Frodsham CofE Primary School 2.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kingsley Community Primary School and Nursery 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Elton Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Luke's Catholic Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Ashton Hayes Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Frodsham Manor House Primary School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published