# How Hard to Get In — multi-year

Three ways to surface admissions history on the school detail page. Sample data: an oversubscribed primary where first-choice odds have tightened from 95% → 68% over three years.

Proposed Header toggle

Keeps today's single-year view as the default. A segmented toggle in the card header switches between "This year" and "3-year trend" (Option C). Try it — click the toggle.

## How Hard to Get Into This School

How many places were offered?60
How many families wanted this school first?88
How many got their first choice?60of 88 (68%)
How many applied in total?241
First-choice offer rate
This year (2023/24), 88 families put it first for 60 places — 241 applications in total.

Below: the standalone option mockups for reference.

Option C Recommended

Trend verdict + sparkline, with the full year-by-year table behind a disclosure. Answers the parent's question first, rewards the curious second. Collapses to today's single-year view when only one year exists.

## How Hard to Get Into This School

First-choice offer rate
This year (2023/24), 88 families put it first for 60 places — 241 applications in total.
▸ See full 3-year breakdown

Year | Places | 1st-pref apps | 1st-choice rate | Total apps
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
2023/24 | 60 | 88 | 68% | 241
2022/23 | 60 | 74 | 81% | 198
2021/22 | 60 | 63 | 95% | 150

Option A · lite

Trend-aware headline + sparkline inside the existing card. Smallest change; shows the shape of the trend but not the per-year numbers.

## How Hard to Get Into This School

Getting harder to get into ↗
Oversubscribed in each of the last 3 years.
First-choice offer rate
Latest (2023/24): 60 places · 88 first-choice · 241 total applications.
Option B · table

Compact year-by-year table of every metric. Maximum transparency; leaves the parent to spot the trend themselves and is the densest on mobile.

## How Hard to Get Into This School

Three-year admissions history

Year | Places | 1st-pref apps | 1st-choice rate | Total apps | Status
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
2023/24 | 60 | 88 | 68% | 241 | Over
2022/23 | 60 | 74 | 81% | 198 | Over
2021/22 | 60 | 63 | 95% | 150 | OK

i A falling first-choice rate means competition is rising. “Places” is the number offered this round, roughly the intake size.