Esland Daven School, Congleton
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 7 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Esland Daven School excels at helping pupils who have struggled in education before to develop trust, confidence and positive attitudes to learning. Staff understand each pupil deeply and tailor support to their individual needs, working closely with external agencies and clinical teams. The school's focus on emotional development and wellbeing helps pupils overcome barriers to learning and builds their self-esteem.
Key Strengths
- Strong personal development and wellbeing support with tailored outdoor learning and music programmes
- Excellent knowledge of individual pupils with flexible, responsive support packages
- Recent improvements to reading, writing and mathematics teaching with clear pupil progress
- Warm, supportive staff relationships that help pupils build trust and positive attitudes
- Effective safeguarding culture where pupils feel safe and concerns are actively managed
Areas for Improvement
- Achievement in foundation subjects (non-core subjects) lags behind core subjects
- Attendance remains too low for too many pupils despite recent improvement efforts
- Too few pupils work towards recognised qualifications
- Some independent school standards have not yet been met
- Curriculum in foundation subjects needs better sequencing of key knowledge
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met with an open and positive culture where all legal requirements are fulfilled and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Outdoor and adventurous activities, specialist music lessons, work experience
Esland Daven School is a special needs school that provides a first positive experience of education for many vulnerable pupils. While the school excels in supporting pupils' emotional development and wellbeing, it needs to improve achievement across wider subjects and attendance rates.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
66%
Available places
23 pupils
35 capacity
12 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Congleton
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Congleton
Admissions Demand - Cheshire East
Places available
4,434
Applications
4,203
Got 1st preference
94.8%
Got preferred school
97.9%
Secondary admissions across Cheshire East (2025/26)
Inspection History(3)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Esland Daven School
Buglawton Primary School
Havannah Primary School
Daven Primary School
Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School
Marlfields Primary School
Mossley CofE Primary School
The Quinta Primary School
Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School
Black Firs Primary School
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