Dane Valley High School

Dane Valley High School
Location
Jackson Road Congleton , Cheshire , CW12 1NT England
Coordinates	53°10′31″N2°12′08″W / 53.17531°N 2.20235°W / 53.17531; -2.20235
Information
Former name	Dane Valley County High School
Type	Secondary School
Opened	1965
Closed	31 August 2000 [1]
Local authority	Cheshire County Council
Department for Education URN	111408 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11to 18
Enrolment	489 (In 1999) [2]

Dane Valley High School was a co-educational secondary school located in the town of Congleton in Cheshire, England.

History

Dane Valley High School opened in 1965 as "Dane Valley County High School" and was a girls secondary school until 1979 when the school became coeducational. ^[3]

In 1983 a group of pupils went to study at the Herndon International School in the United States of America, the trip was organised following an earlier trip to the United States of America by Dane Valley High School Head Teacher Nigel Briers. ^[4]

In 1985 Dane Valley High School was extended and refurbished, the extension and refurbishment of the school cost £300,000. ^[5]

On 13 June 1998 pupil Claire Heart was murdered, in 1999 Craig Smith was found guilty of her murder and was sentenced to life in prison. ^{[6] [7]}

The school closed on 31 August 2000 and was replaced by Eaton Bank School on 7 September 2000. ^{[1] [8]}

References

1. "Dane Valley High School - GOV.UK". www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
2. Congleton in the year 2000. Congleton History Society, Congleton Museum Trust. 5 September 2001. p. 188. ISBN   0954082001.
3. "CONGLETON COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOL [No 11 South-East Cheshire Divisional Executive]". The National Archives . Retrieved 14 November 2025.
4. "Congleton pupils to spend four weeks in America" . Staffordshire Weekly Sentinel (Potteries edition). 11 March 1983. p. 3. Retrieved 14 November 2025– via Newspapers.com.
5. "New look for school" . Evening Sentinel. 4 September 1985. p. 9. Retrieved 14 November 2025– via Newspapers.com.
6. Bunyan, Nigel (19 May 1999). "Life for 'Evil' loner who killed school girl Claire". The Daily Telegraph . p. 12. Retrieved 14 November 2025– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Loner jailed for schoolgirl's murder". BBC News . 19 May 1999. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
8. "New high schools open their doors". Congleton Chronicle . 8 September 2000. p. 10.