Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Cheshire East
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 6 May 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 26 September 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry18 applications · 10 places offered · 8 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2025 1.3; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2024 1.0; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2023 1.7; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2022 1.5; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2021 1.1; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2020 1.4; Cheshire East median median 2.1
- 2019 1.6; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.0; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.4; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Cheshire East median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire East median
Dashed bars: as Daven Primary School (URN 111222), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 8 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2025 | 24 | 32 | 1.3 | 17 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2024 | 24 | 23 | 1.0 | 13 | 0.54 |
| Sep 2023 | 13 | 22 | 1.7 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 19 | 29 | 1.5 | 14 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2021 | 24 | 26 | 1.1 | 16 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2020 | 17 | 23 | 1.4 | 8 | 0.47 |
| Sep 2019 * | 25 | 39 | 1.6 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 * | 16 | 32 | 2.0 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2017 * | 18 | 26 | 1.4 | 17 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 42 | 1.4 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 51 | 1.7 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2014 * | 19 | 29 | 1.5 | 18 | 0.95 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 83% · Writing 67% · Maths 78% → all three 61% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Cheshire East median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 61% | 0% | 104 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 0% | 104 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 48% | 3% | 103 | 102 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Daven Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.8applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · Cheshire East20261.6applications per place 28%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Cheshire EastRequires improvement20241.2applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Cheshire EastStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Cheshire EastGood20234.8applications per place 15%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Cheshire EastGraded · no overall grade20242.8applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Cheshire EastGood20232.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · Cheshire EastRemains Good20222.8applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 146995 · 895/2705
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 137 on roll
- Free school meals
- 57.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 July 2019
- Replaced
- Daven Primary School (URN 111222)
- Address
- New Street, Congleton, CW12 3AH
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources