Opal Education
Opal Education is an independent special school in Congleton for boys and girls aged 11 to 17. It has 8 pupils and room for 10.
Unit 12, Holland Business Park, Riverdane Road, Congleton, CW12 1PN0770 107 0818Paul Sperring headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Cheshire East council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esland Daven School | Independent | 150 m | 23 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Buglawton Primary School | Council | 420 m | 202 | No overall grade 2024 | 47 | Compare |
| Eaton Bank Academy | Academy | 460 m | 1,062 | No overall grade 2025 | 44 | Compare |
| Havannah Primary School | Council | 740 m | 244 | No overall grade 2024 | 57 | Compare |
| Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 183 | Requires improvement 2024 | 13 | Compare |
| Daven Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 137 | Report card 2026 | 16 | Compare |
| Marlfields Primary School | Academy | 1.0 miles | 177 | Requires improvement 2024 | 3 | Compare |
| Aidenswood School | Independent | 1.1 miles | 3 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Opal Education a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Opal Education yet.
How many pupils does Opal Education have?
8 pupils aged 11 to 17 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 10 places, so it is 80% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Unit 12, Holland Business Park, Riverdane Road, Congleton, CW12 1PN
- Telephone
- 0770 107 0818
- Headteacher
- Paul Sperring
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-17
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Ward
- Congleton West
- Constituency
- Congleton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 16 June 2025 (new provision)
- URN
- 151766 · LAESTAB 8956042
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.