diff --git a/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/FilterBarTypeFaith.test.tsx b/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/FilterBarTypeFaith.test.tsx
index f03d1b9..0a82705 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/FilterBarTypeFaith.test.tsx
+++ b/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/FilterBarTypeFaith.test.tsx
@@ -112,3 +112,27 @@ describe('Faith', () => {
     expect(within(openSheet()).queryByRole('combobox', { name: 'Faith' })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 });
+
+describe('a URL value the options do not spell the same way', () => {
+  const row = () => screen.getByRole('group', { name: 'Filters' });
+
+  it('shows an old raw-label type in the select, and lets "Any" clear it', () => {
+    params = new URLSearchParams('search=school&school_type=Community+school');
+    render(<FilterBar filters={filters} />);
+    const type = within(row()).getByRole('combobox', { name: 'School type' });
+    expect(type).toHaveValue('Community school');
+    expect(within(type).getByRole('option', { name: 'Community school' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    fireEvent.change(type, { target: { value: '' } });
+    expect(pushedParams().get('school_type')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('matches a key in another case, in the select and the chip', () => {
+    params = new URLSearchParams('postcode=SW196AR&radius=1&school_type=Special&faith=Roman_Catholic');
+    render(<FilterBar filters={filters} />);
+    expect(within(row()).getByRole('combobox', { name: 'School type' })).toHaveValue('special');
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Remove filter: Special school (SEND)' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Remove filter: Roman Catholic' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('combobox', { name: 'Faith' })).toHaveValue('roman_catholic');
+  });
+});
+
diff --git a/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/ResultsToolbar.test.tsx b/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/ResultsToolbar.test.tsx
index bc16678..5a9b92e 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/ResultsToolbar.test.tsx
+++ b/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/ResultsToolbar.test.tsx
@@ -166,3 +166,14 @@ describe('the folded search', () => {
     expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: /Edit search/ })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 });
+
+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');
+    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)/);
+  });
+});
+
diff --git a/nextjs-app/components/FilterBar.tsx b/nextjs-app/components/FilterBar.tsx
index 6265ac7..0d5a831 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/components/FilterBar.tsx
+++ b/nextjs-app/components/FilterBar.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { useSchoolSuggest } from "@/hooks/useSchoolSuggest";
 import { SuggestList, suggestOptionId } from "./SuggestList";
 import { FilterSheet, SheetField, RADIUS_OPTIONS, radiusLabel as milesLabel } from "./FilterSheet";
 import type { Suggestion } from "@/lib/suggest";
-import type { Filters, ResultFilters } from "@/lib/types";
+import type { FilterOption, Filters, ResultFilters } from "@/lib/types";
 import styles from "./FilterBar.module.css";
 
 interface FilterBarProps {
@@ -84,6 +84,27 @@ function hasSecondaryFilters(phase: string): boolean {
   return !(p === "nursery" || (p.includes("primary") && !p.includes("secondary")));
 }
 
+/**
+ * The option a URL value names, ignoring case as the API does. An old link's
+ * raw GIAS type names none, and is shown as itself.
+ */
+function optionFor(options: FilterOption[], value: string) {
+  const v = value.toLowerCase();
+  return options.find((o) => o.value.toLowerCase() === v);
+}
+
+/**
+ * A select's value and, when the URL holds something no option spells, an
+ * extra option for it, so the select shows what is applied and "Any" can be
+ * chosen to clear it. Without one, React shows the first option, "Any",
+ * while the list is still filtered, and choosing it changes nothing.
+ */
+function selectedOf(options: FilterOption[], value: string) {
+  if (!value) return { value, unlisted: null };
+  const match = optionFor(options, value);
+  return match ? { value: match.value, unlisted: null } : { value, unlisted: value };
+}
+
 function SlidersIcon() {
   return (
     <svg
@@ -444,7 +465,7 @@ export function FilterBar({
     const labelled = { school_type: typeOptions, faith: faithOptions }[
       key as "school_type" | "faith"
     ];
-    if (labelled) return labelled.find((o) => o.value === value)?.label ?? value;
+    if (labelled) return optionFor(labelled, value)?.label ?? value;
     // Phase, gender and admissions values are lowercased option names; the
     // rest are the names themselves.
     const named: Partial<Record<FilterKey, string[]>> = {
@@ -490,16 +511,22 @@ export function FilterBar({
     </SelectShell>
   );
 
+  const typeSelected = selectedOf(typeOptions, currentType);
+  const faithSelected = selectedOf(faithOptions, currentFaith);
+
   const typeSelect = (look: Look) => (
     <SelectShell wide={look !== "pill"}>
       <select
-        value={currentType}
+        value={typeSelected.value}
         onChange={(e) => handleFilterChange("school_type", e.target.value)}
         className={selectClass(look, currentType)}
         aria-label="School type"
         disabled={isPending && look !== "sheet"}
       >
         <option value="">Any school type</option>
+        {typeSelected.unlisted && (
+          <option value={typeSelected.unlisted}>{typeSelected.unlisted}</option>
+        )}
         {typeOptions.map((o) => (
           <option key={o.value} value={o.value}>
             {o.label}
@@ -531,13 +558,16 @@ export function FilterBar({
   const faithSelect = (look: Look) => (
     <SelectShell wide>
       <select
-        value={currentFaith}
+        value={faithSelected.value}
         onChange={(e) => handleFilterChange("faith", e.target.value)}
         className={selectClass(look, currentFaith)}
         aria-label="Faith"
         disabled={isPending && look !== "sheet"}
       >
         <option value="">Any faith or none</option>
+        {faithSelected.unlisted && (
+          <option value={faithSelected.unlisted}>{faithSelected.unlisted}</option>
+        )}
         {faithOptions.map((o) => (
           <option key={o.value} value={o.value}>
             {o.label}
diff --git a/nextjs-app/components/HomeView.tsx b/nextjs-app/components/HomeView.tsx
index 7e0c0fb..dbe45e3 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/components/HomeView.tsx
+++ b/nextjs-app/components/HomeView.tsx
@@ -292,6 +292,11 @@ 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;
@@ -811,7 +816,7 @@ export function HomeView({ initialSchools, filters, totalSchools, howItWorks, ed
           <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>}
-            {searchParams.get('school_type') && <span className={styles.filterChip}>{searchParams.get('school_type')}</span>}
+            {schoolTypeParam && <span className={styles.filterChip}>{schoolTypeChip}</span>}
           </div>
         )}