Black Firs Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Congleton, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.401 miles
Criterion 5 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Black Firs Primary School is a primary school in Congleton, Cheshire East for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 October 2022. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Black Firs 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 | 1.401 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 1.401 miles away, further than in 2025 but nearer than in 2024.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 6.5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 20.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East.
- Reception 2026 drew 43 first-choice applications for 44 offers; 42 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd 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
- Longdown Road, Congleton, CW12 4QJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 372 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils love coming to the welcoming and nurturing environment of Black Firs Primary School.”
- “They said that everybody is made to feel welcome.”
- “Parents and carers speak highly of the school.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, leaders’ curriculum design is at an earlier stage of development.”
- “It is not as clear what knowledge or vocabulary should be taught.”
- “This hinders some pupils from building securely on what they already know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 November 2022 (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) | 68% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 42 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.
- The Quinta Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Marlfields Primary School 1.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Daven Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Buglawton Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Havannah Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mossley CofE Primary School 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published