The Quinta Primary School

How places are decided at The Quinta Primary School

The Quinta Primary School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge The Quinta Primary School's overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged The Quinta Primary School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in May 2023, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend The Quinta Primary School?

The Quinta Primary School has 491 pupils on roll.

What ages does The Quinta Primary School take?

The Quinta Primary School admits pupils aged 2 to 11.

Where is The Quinta Primary School located?

The Quinta Primary School is located in Congleton, CW12 4LX, Cheshire East.

How do I apply to The Quinta Primary School?

The Quinta Primary School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

How close do you need to live to get into The Quinta Primary School?

On offer day for 2026-27 (Reception), the furthest place offered at The Quinta Primary School was 1.674 miles from the school. That is the distance the last place reached in one year, not a boundary and not a guarantee — it moves with the number of applicants.

How are Reception places decided at The Quinta Primary School?

When The Quinta Primary School has more applications than places for 2025-26, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — 'Looked after children' and children who were previously 'looked after'. A 'looked after child' is a child who is in the care of a local authority or provided with accommodation by that local authority (as defined in section 22 of the Children Act 1989). Children previously 'looked after' are children who were 'looked after' as defined above, but immediately after being 'looked after' became subject to an adoption, child arrangements order (formerly residence order), or special guardianship order. A child arrangements order is as an order settling the arrangements to be made as to the person with whom the child is to live under section 8 of the Children Act 1989 amended by Children and Families Act 2014. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a 'special guardianship order' as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child's special guardian (or special guardians). This includes children who appear to (in the view of Cheshire East) have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Siblings — Pupils with brothers or sisters step-brothers or step-sisters, foster brother or sisters, half-brother or half-sisters, adopted brothers or adopted sisters living together as part of one household, already attending the preferred school (in years reception through to Year 6) and expected to continue at the school in the following school year (i.e. at the time of admission); 3. Children of staff — Children of staff - with more than two years' service or those new members of staff recruited to meet a particular skills shortage, and 3 further criteria. 60 places were offered at this entry point for 2025-26. Tie-break: Where it is identified that there are a limited number of places available and the Governing Board cannot differentiate between the applications using the nearest school criterion (criterion 5) a random allocation tiebreaker will be applied. This may be required for example, where applicants reside in the same block of flats.

What is the largest ethnic background at The Quinta Primary School?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 88.8% of pupils at The Quinta Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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