Alvanley and Manley Village School

Alvanley and Manley Village School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' grade across all inspected areas. Pupils enjoy their time at this small village school, which fosters a familial atmosphere while maintaining high expectations for academic achievement. The school's curriculum is ambitious and designed to meet students' needs, with teachers demonstrating strong subject knowledge and assessment strategies that generally help address learning gaps. Yet, there are lingering issues from previous curriculums that have left some older students with knowledge gaps in specific subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils have positive attitudes to learning and enjoy a supportive school environment.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, facilitating good progress for most pupils.
• Teachers are skilled in adapting lessons for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• There are numerous enrichment activities, including trips and clubs, which enhance student experience.
• Pupils demonstrate good behavior and a calm learning environment.

Areas for Improvement

• Some older pupils have gaps in knowledge due to previous curriculum weaknesses.
• Teachers occasionally do not address gaps in pupils' knowledge swiftly enough.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Alvanley and Manley Village School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Alvanley and Manley Village School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Alvanley and Manley Village School had 19.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 8.0% of pupils at Alvanley and Manley Village School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Alvanley and Manley Village School received £8,254 and spent £10,030 for each of its 100 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £516,000 (-£5,161 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Alvanley and Manley Village School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Alvanley and Manley Village School is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Alvanley and Manley Village School last inspected by Ofsted?

Alvanley and Manley Village School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Alvanley and Manley Village School have?

Alvanley and Manley Village School has 100 pupils on roll.

What age range does Alvanley and Manley Village School cover?

Alvanley and Manley Village School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are Alvanley and Manley Village School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Alvanley and Manley Village School?

Alvanley and Manley Village School is at Manley Road, Alvanley, Frodsham, Cheshire, WA6 9DD.