The Quinta Primary School was opened in February 1968 by the then Professor of Astronomy at
Manchester University, Sir Bernard Lovell. I t was built to serve the private housing estate which was growing around it. The school took its name from the large house on Sandbach Road called The Quinta. Quinta is the Portuguese word for a large five-bedroom house.
The first headteacher was Mr Hargreaves and the school opened with 125 children on roll who were taught in 5 classes. The number attending the school grew quickly and by September 1968, there were 6 classes.
The school building was full by 1971 and so a mobile classroom was added March 1972, bringing the
number of classes to 8.  Mr Hargreaves retired as headteacher in 1980 and Mr Hough succeeded him. The school continued to increase in size and by 1988, there were 7 classrooms in the main school and 3
mobile classrooms on the playground, making 10 in
total.