Horn's Mill Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Frodsham · WA6 0ED · Cheshire West and Chester
Ages 4–11
- KS261%
- Absence9.0%
- FSM16.1%
- Demand1.00
1.9 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 111225
Elton Primary School
Community school · Chester · CH2 4LT
Ages 2–11 · 205 pupils · Cheshire West and Chester
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
38%
Overall absence
8.7%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-06-08
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)38%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 100.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)36.6%
Unauthorised1.5%
- Authorised absence
- 7.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 164
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
22
Places offered
22
1st-preference offers
22
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 25
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 22
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill83%
205 pupils · 247 places
- Pupils on roll
- 205
- Boys / girls
- 99 / 106
- School capacity
- 247
- Capacity fill
- 205 / 247 (83%)
- Free school meals
- 18.4%
- FSM pupils
- 32
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr Kevin Manning
Location
- Address
- School Lane, Elton
- Postcode
- CH2 4LT
- Town
- Chester
- County
- Cheshire
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- District
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Runcorn and Helsby
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 2–11, in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, 205 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 18.4%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Helsby Hillside Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardCommunity school · Primary
Frodsham · WA6 9LN · Cheshire West and Chester
Ages 4–11
- KS275%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM8.9%
- Demand1.00
2.4 miles away
Alvanley and Manley Village School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Frodsham · WA6 9DD · Cheshire West and Chester
Ages 5–11
- KS250%
- Absence4.8%
- FSM10.0%
- Demand1.07
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Kevin Manning
- Telephone
- 01244667750