Schools in Connah’s Quay
A guide to the primary and secondary schools serving Connah’s Quay, with the date of each school’s most recent Estyn inspection and where to find the full report.
Connah’s Quay sits within the Flintshire County Council education area. The town has one secondary school and four mainstream primary schools, with further education at Coleg Cambria’s Deeside campus on its doorstep. Most schooling is English-medium; the nearest Welsh-medium primary places are in neighbouring towns.
A note on inspections before the list. Estyn, the education inspectorate for Wales, changed how it reports in September 2024. It no longer gives schools a single summary grade or category. Instead it publishes a written report after a core inspection, with an interim visit later in a six-year cycle. For that reason, this guide provides the date of each school’s most recent inspection and links to the full report, rather than a star rating that no longer exists. Inspection dates are current as of the date at the foot of this page; always check the Estyn website for the latest.
Primary schools
Ysgol Bryn Deva
Bryn Deva is a community primary on Linden Avenue, off Central Park, taking pupils from nursery age to 11. Estyn last inspected it in January 2024. The report described a school proud of its “developing hearts and minds” vision, praised the relationship between staff and pupils, and identified its support for pupils with additional learning needs as a strength. The full report is on the Estyn website, and the school’s own site is at bryndeva.co.uk.
Golftyn Primary School
Golftyn is a community primary on York Road, also nursery to 11 and one of the larger primaries in the town with around 400 pupils. Estyn carried out a core inspection in June 2024 and a follow-up review in December 2025. The 2024 report praised a “safe and stimulating environment” and good progress across most subjects, and noted strong links between the school and the local area, including pupils’ work on the history of the town and its power station.
Wepre Primary School
Wepre is a community primary on Llwyni Drive, serving the western side of the town. Its most recent core inspection was in 2023, with the report published that December. Inspectors found that nearly all pupils enjoy school and behave very well, and that many start with skills at or above the level expected for their age. The report also flagged that a few pupils were not always set work at the right level of challenge, the kind of detail worth reading in full.
Ysgol Cae’r Nant
Cae’r Nant, on Mold Road, was previously known as Brookfield Primary. It had a core inspection in February 2023 and an interim visit in December 2024, when inspectors returned to check progress against two recommendations from the earlier inspection and found the school had worked well to address them. The school’s site is at ysgolcaernant.co.uk.
Secondary school
Connah’s Quay High School
Connah’s Quay High School on Golftyn Lane is the town’s secondary, an English-medium community comprehensive for ages 11 to 16, with around 1,000 pupils. Its recent history matters for parents weighing it up.
Estyn inspected the school in January 2023 and placed it in the category of needing significant improvement, citing among other things a period of frequent changes of headteacher. Inspectors returned in September 2024, judged that the school had made sufficient progress, and removed it from that category. The monitoring report credited stabilised leadership, a consistent teaching approach the school calls “The CQHS Way”, and measures to improve pupils’ wellbeing and attendance. Headteacher James Forber leads the school. Both the 2023 inspection report and the 2024 monitoring report are on the Estyn website and worth reading together to see the direction of travel.
Post-16
Coleg Cambria, Deeside
For sixth-form and further education, Coleg Cambria’s Deeside campus is on Kelsterton Road in Connah’s Quay, on the site of the former Deeside College. It is part of Coleg Cambria, one of the largest colleges in the UK, formed in 2013 from the merger of Deeside College and Yale College in Wrexham.
The Deeside campus offers vocational courses, apprenticeships and degree-level study, and houses the college’s engineering centre. A-levels for school leavers are taught at the linked Deeside Sixth, which opened on the same campus in 2016. Coleg Cambria as a whole holds an Estyn rating of excellent from its inspection under the previous framework.
Welsh-medium options
There is no Welsh-medium primary school within Connah’s Quay itself. Parents looking for Welsh-medium education for primary-age children generally look to neighbouring towns, with Ysgol Croes Atti in Flint the nearest provision. Flintshire County Council can advise on current Welsh-medium catchment and places, and is the right first point of contact for any family planning around Welsh-medium schooling.
Catchment and admissions
School catchment areas and admission rules in Connah’s Quay are set by Flintshire County Council, not by individual schools. If you are moving to the area, the council’s admissions service is the place to confirm which catchment an address falls into and how to apply, as living near a school does not by itself guarantee a place.
*Inspection dates current as of February 2026. Estyn reports and ratings change; check the Estyn website (estyn.gov.wales) for the latest on any school.*
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