Esland Daven School
Esland Daven School is an independent special school in Congleton for boys and girls aged 8 to 18. It has 23 pupils and room for 35.
Unit 2 Dane Valley Mill, Havannah Street, Congleton, CW12 2AH01260 294909eslanddavenschool.co.ukMs Naseem Akhtar headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
16 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. That usually means the year group was too small to publish without identifying children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Cheshire East council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 23 | 33 | 33 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 6% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 94% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opal Education | Independent | 150 m | 8 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Buglawton Primary School | Council | 450 m | 202 | No overall grade 2024 | 47 | Compare |
| Eaton Bank Academy | Academy | 590 m | 1,062 | No overall grade 2025 | 44 | Compare |
| Havannah Primary School | Council | 890 m | 244 | No overall grade 2024 | 57 | Compare |
| Daven Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 137 | Report card 2026 | 16 | Compare |
| Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 183 | Requires improvement 2024 | 13 | Compare |
| Marlfields Primary School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 177 | Requires improvement 2024 | 3 | Compare |
| Aidenswood School | Independent | 1.1 miles | 3 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Esland Daven School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Esland Daven School yet.
How many pupils does Esland Daven School have?
23 pupils aged 8 to 18 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 35 places, so it is 66% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Unit 2 Dane Valley Mill, Havannah Street, Congleton, CW12 2AH
- Telephone
- 01260 294909
- Website
- www.eslanddavenschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Ms Naseem Akhtar
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 8-18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Ward
- Congleton East
- Constituency
- Congleton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 9 February 2023 (new provision)
- URN
- 149448 · LAESTAB 8956025
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.