diff --git a/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/ResultsToolbar.test.tsx b/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/ResultsToolbar.test.tsx
index a4d62b6..105b9d7 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/ResultsToolbar.test.tsx
+++ b/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/ResultsToolbar.test.tsx
@@ -167,12 +167,11 @@ describe('the folded search', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('the results list filter chips', () => {
-  it('name a school type group by its label, not its key', () => {
-    params = new URLSearchParams('search=southmead&school_type=council');
+describe('the results list', () => {
+  it('repeats no applied filters above the results; the filter bar shows them', () => {
+    params = new URLSearchParams('search=southmead&school_type=council&local_authority=Wandsworth');
     const { container } = render(<HomeView initialSchools={results()} filters={filters} />);
-    const chips = container.querySelector('[class*="activeFilters"]')!;
-    expect(chips).toHaveTextContent('State school: council-run');
-    expect(chips).not.toHaveTextContent(/\bcouncil\b(?!-run)/);
+    expect(container.querySelector('[class*="activeFilters"]')).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Search: southmead')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 });
diff --git a/nextjs-app/components/HomeView.module.css b/nextjs-app/components/HomeView.module.css
index 75ce66d..06a7bb0 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/components/HomeView.module.css
+++ b/nextjs-app/components/HomeView.module.css
@@ -1533,37 +1533,6 @@
   cursor: pointer;
 }
 
-.activeFilters {
-  display: flex;
-  flex-wrap: wrap;
-  gap: 0.5rem;
-  margin-bottom: 1rem;
-}
-
-.filterChip {
-  display: inline-flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: 0.375rem;
-  padding: 0.25rem 0.625rem;
-  background: var(--bg-secondary);
-  border: 1px solid var(--border);
-  border-radius: 999px;
-  font-size: 0.8rem;
-  color: var(--text-secondary);
-}
-
-.chipRemove {
-  color: var(--text-muted);
-  text-decoration: none;
-  font-size: 0.9rem;
-  line-height: 1;
-  transition: color var(--transition, 0.2s ease);
-}
-
-.chipRemove:hover {
-  color: var(--text-primary);
-}
-
 .loadMoreSection {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
diff --git a/nextjs-app/components/HomeView.tsx b/nextjs-app/components/HomeView.tsx
index dbe45e3..2f46f8a 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/components/HomeView.tsx
+++ b/nextjs-app/components/HomeView.tsx
@@ -292,11 +292,6 @@ export function HomeView({ initialSchools, filters, totalSchools, howItWorks, ed
   const hasSearch = searchParams.get('search') || searchParams.get('postcode');
   const isLocationSearch = !!searchParams.get('postcode');
   const isSearchActive = !!(hasSearch || searchParams.get('local_authority') || searchParams.get('school_type'));
-  // The URL carries a type group's key; the chip reads its label. An old link's
-  // raw GIAS type reads as itself.
-  const schoolTypeParam = searchParams.get('school_type');
-  const schoolTypeChip = (schoolTypeParam && filters.school_type_groups?.find(
-    (o) => o.value.toLowerCase() === schoolTypeParam.toLowerCase())?.label) || schoolTypeParam;
   const currentPhase = searchParams.get('phase') || '';
   const secondaryCount = allSchools.filter(s => s.attainment_8_score != null).length;
   const primaryCount = allSchools.filter(s => s.rwm_expected_pct != null).length;
@@ -812,14 +807,6 @@ export function HomeView({ initialSchools, filters, totalSchools, howItWorks, ed
 
         {hasSearch && !isMapView && resultsHeader}
 
-        {isSearchActive && !isMapView && (
-          <div className={styles.activeFilters}>
-            {searchParams.get('search') && <span className={styles.filterChip}>Search: {searchParams.get('search')}<a href="/" className={styles.chipRemove} onClick={e => { e.preventDefault(); }}>×</a></span>}
-            {searchParams.get('local_authority') && <span className={styles.filterChip}>{searchParams.get('local_authority')}</span>}
-            {schoolTypeParam && <span className={styles.filterChip}>{schoolTypeChip}</span>}
-          </div>
-        )}
-
         {initialSchools.schools.length === 0 && isSearchActive ? (
           <EmptyState
             title="No schools found"