Living in Frodsham with children
Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 9,101 people in 4,084 households; 25.3% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
11 schools: 10 state primary, 1 state secondaryFrodsham on the schools map →Every school in Frodsham, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (10)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frodsham Manor House Primary School | School remains Good | Top 12% (14/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | 0.413 miles (2025) |
| Frodsham Primary Academy | Good | Top 19% (22/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| Norley Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 27% (32/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| Helsby Hillside Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 36% (43/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| Kingsley Community Primary School and Nursery | School remains Good | Top 37% (44/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| Frodsham CofE Primary School | Good | Top 40% (48/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | 2.41 miles (2025) |
| Horn's Mill Primary School | Good | Top 46% (55/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | 0.691 miles (2025) |
| Kingsley St John's CofE Primary School | School remains Good | (66/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| Alvanley and Manley Village School | Good | (95/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
| St Luke's Catholic Primary School | Good | (108/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
State secondary schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helsby High School | School remains Good | (11/20) in Cheshire West and Chester | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (32 detached, 30 semi-detached, 13 terraced, 12 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Frodsham. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Frodsham →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 78% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 89%, on average across the 937 postcodes in WA6. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 3 outstanding; 4 good, or expected standard; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 8 in Cheshire West and Chester.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 19 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Cheshire West and Chester
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Cheshire West and Chester.
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