Daven Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Congleton, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.283 miles
Criterion 3 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Daven Primary School is a primary school in Congleton, Cheshire East for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Daven Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.283 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place, under one of its admission criteria, lived 0.283 miles away, the shortest of the 3 published years.
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 8 first-choice applications for 10 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, 12th lowest of 121 Cheshire East primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 54% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 19.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cheshire East schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- New Street, Congleton, CW12 3AH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 137 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 54% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils learn to be brave, curious and kind at Daven Primary School.”
- “Staff deliberately model these qualities every day.”
- “Pupils benefit from a wealth of opportunities to acquire and develop these qualities so that they feel ready to take on new challenges.”
To improve
- “Over time, fewer pupils met the expected standard in the Year 1 phonics screening check.”
- “However, some pupils, especially older pupils, find calculations more difficult.”
- “Overall attendance is improving but remains below the national average.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 61% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 8 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 8 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cheshire East.
- Marlfields Primary School 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Buglawton Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mossley CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Havannah Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Quinta Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Black Firs Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published