Horn's Mill Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.651 miles
Published by Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Horn's Mill Primary School is a primary school in Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 March 2024. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Horn's Mill Primary 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 | 3.651 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
- In 2026 the last Reception place went to a child living 3.651 miles away, 7th longest of 42 Cheshire West and Chester primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception distance was the longest of the 7 years with a published distance, further than in 2025 and 2017, with the biggest swing from 2025 to 2026.
- Reception 2026 drew 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 16% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Denbigh Close, Helsby, Frodsham, WA6 0ED
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 199 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 March 2024
Strengths
- “The school is highly ambitious for the achievement of pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “The academic, personal, social and emotional support that the school provides contributes strongly to how well pupils achieve.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, it is less clear what pupils should achieve by the end of each topic.”
- “This hinders teachers from knowing what pupils should know and be able to do.”
- “This makes it difficult for teachers to build on pupils’ prior knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 May 2024 (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) | 64% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- Alvanley and Manley Village School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Helsby Hillside Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Elton Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Frodsham CofE Primary School 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ashton Hayes Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Luke's Catholic Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Kingsley Community Primary School and Nursery 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Frodsham Manor House Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published