The Quinta Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Congleton, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.674 miles
Criterion 4 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Quinta Primary School is a primary school in Congleton, Cheshire East for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 May 2023. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
The Quinta 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 | 1.674 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
- 8.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 20.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East.
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 1.674 miles from the school, further than in 2025 and nearer than in 2024.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 68 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 65% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Ullswater Road, Congleton, CW12 4LX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 491 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 33.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this school.”
- “They are confident that if they have any worries, there are adults in school who would help them.”
- “If bullying happens, leaders and staff deal with it quickly.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, leaders’ work to improve the curriculum is at an earlier stage.”
- “In these subjects, curriculum leaders have not had the guidance or support they need to develop these curriculums as well as they should.”
- “The content and order of learning are less clear.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 September 2023 (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) | 65% | 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: 68 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 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.
- Black Firs Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Marlfields Primary School 0.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Daven Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Buglawton Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Havannah Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mossley CofE Primary School 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published