Refactoring and bug fixes

backend/config.py

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+"""
+Application configuration using pydantic-settings.
+Loads from environment variables and .env file.
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List
+from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings
+import os
+
+
+class Settings(BaseSettings):
+    """Application settings loaded from environment."""
+    
+    # Paths
+    data_dir: Path = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "data"
+    frontend_dir: Path = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "frontend"
+    
+    # Server
+    host: str = "0.0.0.0"
+    port: int = 80
+    
+    # CORS
+    allowed_origins: List[str] = ["https://schoolcompare.co.uk", "http://localhost:8000", "http://localhost:3000"]
+    
+    # API
+    default_page_size: int = 50
+    max_page_size: int = 100
+    
+    class Config:
+        env_file = ".env"
+        env_file_encoding = "utf-8"
+        extra = "ignore"
+
+
+# Singleton instance
+settings = Settings()
+