diff --git a/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/FilterSheetPending.test.tsx b/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/FilterSheetPending.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19dd2e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/FilterSheetPending.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import { act, fireEvent, render, screen, within } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { FilterBar } from '@/components/FilterBar';
+
+/*
+ * While a filter change is navigating, the sheet's controls stay enabled: a
+ * control disabled under the user's focus drops it to <body>, and a keyboard or
+ * screen-reader user is thrown out of the sheet after every change. A second
+ * change made before the first lands must build on the first, not on the URL
+ * useSearchParams still reports.
+ */
+
+// Every transition stays pending, as a slow server render would.
+jest.mock('react', () => ({
+  ...jest.requireActual('react'),
+  useTransition: () => [true, (fn: () => void) => fn()],
+}));
+
+const params = new URLSearchParams('postcode=SW196AR&radius=1');
+const push = jest.fn();
+jest.mock('next/navigation', () => ({
+  useSearchParams: () => params,
+  usePathname: () => '/',
+  useRouter: () => ({ push, replace: jest.fn(), prefetch: jest.fn() }),
+}));
+jest.mock('@/lib/analytics', () => ({ track: jest.fn() }));
+
+const filters = {
+  local_authorities: ['Wandsworth'], school_types: ['Community school'], years: [],
+  phases: ['Primary', 'Secondary'], genders: [], admissions_policies: [],
+};
+
+const pushedParams = () => new URLSearchParams(push.mock.calls.at(-1)![0].split('?')[1]);
+
+const openSheet = () => {
+  fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /^Filters/ }));
+  return screen.getByRole('dialog', { name: 'Filters' });
+};
+
+beforeEach(() => push.mockClear());
+
+it('keeps the sheet usable, and says it is busy, while a change lands', () => {
+  render(<FilterBar filters={filters} />);
+  const sheet = openSheet();
+  for (const name of ['Phase', 'School type', 'Local authority']) {
+    expect(within(sheet).getByRole('combobox', { name })).toBeEnabled();
+  }
+  expect(within(sheet).getByRole('radio', { name: 'Within 3 miles' })).toBeEnabled();
+  expect(sheet.querySelector('[aria-busy="true"]')).not.toBeNull();
+});
+
+it('builds a second change on the first, not on the URL it has not reached', () => {
+  render(<FilterBar filters={filters} />);
+  const sheet = openSheet();
+  fireEvent.change(within(sheet).getByRole('combobox', { name: 'Phase' }), { target: { value: 'primary' } });
+  fireEvent.change(within(sheet).getByRole('combobox', { name: 'School type' }),
+    { target: { value: 'Community school' } });
+  const next = pushedParams();
+  expect(next.get('phase')).toBe('primary');
+  expect(next.get('school_type')).toBe('Community school');
+  expect(next.get('postcode')).toBe('SW196AR');
+});
+
+describe('a screen that widens past phone width', () => {
+  let listeners: ((e: { matches: boolean }) => void)[] = [];
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    listeners = [];
+    window.matchMedia = jest.fn().mockImplementation((query: string) => ({
+      matches: true, media: query,
+      addEventListener: (_: string, l: (e: { matches: boolean }) => void) => listeners.push(l),
+      removeEventListener: jest.fn(),
+    }));
+  });
+
+  it('closes the sheet, leaving the desktop row as the only filters', () => {
+    render(<FilterBar filters={filters} />);
+    openSheet();
+    act(() => listeners.forEach((l) => l({ matches: false })));
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/nextjs-app/components/FilterBar.tsx b/nextjs-app/components/FilterBar.tsx
index f10ab28..036b7fa 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/components/FilterBar.tsx
+++ b/nextjs-app/components/FilterBar.tsx
@@ -247,9 +247,21 @@ export function FilterBar({
     return () => document.removeEventListener("keydown", handleKeyDown);
   }, []);
 
+  /*
+   * Where the navigation in flight is headed. useSearchParams only catches up
+   * once a navigation lands, so a second change made before then (the phone
+   * sheet stays usable while one lands) would otherwise be built on the old
+   * URL and undo the first. Dropped once nothing is pending, when
+   * searchParams is current again.
+   */
+  const pendingQueryRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isPending) pendingQueryRef.current = null;
+  }, [isPending]);
+
   const updateURL = useCallback(
     (updates: Record<string, string>) => {
-      const params = new URLSearchParams(searchParams);
+      const params = new URLSearchParams(pendingQueryRef.current ?? searchParams);
 
       Object.entries(updates).forEach(([key, value]) => {
         if (value && value !== "") {
@@ -260,6 +272,7 @@ export function FilterBar({
       });
 
       params.delete("page");
+      pendingQueryRef.current = params.toString();
 
       startTransition(() => {
         router.push(`${pathname}?${params.toString()}`);
@@ -324,6 +337,7 @@ export function FilterBar({
 
   const handleClearFilters = () => {
     setOmniValue("");
+    pendingQueryRef.current = "";
     startTransition(() => {
       router.push(pathname);
     });
@@ -367,6 +381,18 @@ export function FilterBar({
    * "More filters" opened did not contain either of them.
    */
   const [sheetOpen, setSheetOpen] = useState(false);
+  // The sheet is phone furniture: if the screen widens past phone width while
+  // it is open (rotation, a resized window), close it, or its selects and the
+  // desktop row's would both be showing.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!sheetOpen || typeof window.matchMedia !== "function") return;
+    const phone = window.matchMedia("(max-width: 640px)");
+    const onChange = (e: { matches: boolean }) => {
+      if (!e.matches) setSheetOpen(false);
+    };
+    phone.addEventListener("change", onChange);
+    return () => phone.removeEventListener("change", onChange);
+  }, [sheetOpen]);
   const values: Record<FilterKey, string> = {
     phase: currentPhase,
     school_type: currentType,
@@ -401,6 +427,8 @@ export function FilterBar({
    * Each select is built here once and drawn twice: as a pill in the desktop
    * row or panel, and as a full-width labelled field in the phone sheet. Only
    * one copy is ever showing; the sheet's is mounted only while it is open.
+   * The sheet's stay enabled while a change lands: disabling the control
+   * under the user's focus would drop focus to <body>, out of the dialog.
    */
   type Look = "pill" | "panel" | "sheet";
   const selectClass = (look: Look, value: string) =>
@@ -413,7 +441,7 @@ export function FilterBar({
         onChange={(e) => handleFilterChange("phase", e.target.value)}
         className={selectClass(look, currentPhase)}
         aria-label="Phase"
-        disabled={isPending}
+        disabled={isPending && look !== "sheet"}
       >
         <option value="">Any phase</option>
         {phaseOptions.map((p) => (
@@ -432,7 +460,7 @@ export function FilterBar({
         onChange={(e) => handleFilterChange("school_type", e.target.value)}
         className={selectClass(look, currentType)}
         aria-label="School type"
-        disabled={isPending}
+        disabled={isPending && look !== "sheet"}
       >
         <option value="">Any school type</option>
         {typeOptions.map((type) => (
@@ -451,7 +479,7 @@ export function FilterBar({
         onChange={(e) => handleFilterChange("local_authority", e.target.value)}
         className={selectClass(look, currentLA)}
         aria-label="Local authority"
-        disabled={isPending}
+        disabled={isPending && look !== "sheet"}
       >
         <option value="">All Local Authorities</option>
         {laOptions.map((la) => (
@@ -470,7 +498,7 @@ export function FilterBar({
         onChange={(e) => handleFilterChange("gender", e.target.value)}
         className={selectClass(look, currentGender)}
         aria-label="Gender"
-        disabled={isPending}
+        disabled={isPending && look !== "sheet"}
       >
         <option value="">Boys, Girls &amp; Mixed</option>
         {genderOptions.map((g) => (
@@ -489,7 +517,7 @@ export function FilterBar({
         onChange={(e) => handleFilterChange("has_sixth_form", e.target.value)}
         className={selectClass(look, currentHasSixthForm)}
         aria-label="Sixth form"
-        disabled={isPending}
+        disabled={isPending && look !== "sheet"}
       >
         <option value="">With or without sixth form</option>
         <option value="yes">With sixth form</option>
@@ -505,7 +533,7 @@ export function FilterBar({
         onChange={(e) => handleFilterChange("admissions_policy", e.target.value)}
         className={selectClass(look, currentAdmissionsPolicy)}
         aria-label="Admissions"
-        disabled={isPending}
+        disabled={isPending && look !== "sheet"}
       >
         <option value="">All admissions types</option>
         {admissionsPolicyOptions.map((p) => (
diff --git a/nextjs-app/components/FilterSheet.module.css b/nextjs-app/components/FilterSheet.module.css
index 73491be..95c24db 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/components/FilterSheet.module.css
+++ b/nextjs-app/components/FilterSheet.module.css
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@
   box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px var(--brand);
 }
 
-.segment input:disabled {
-  cursor: progress;
-}
-
 .footer {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
diff --git a/nextjs-app/components/FilterSheet.tsx b/nextjs-app/components/FilterSheet.tsx
index 6229a09..df72421 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/components/FilterSheet.tsx
+++ b/nextjs-app/components/FilterSheet.tsx
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ export function FilterSheet({
               type="button"
               className={`btn btn-tertiary ${styles.clearAll}`}
               onClick={onClearAll}
-              disabled={isPending}
             >
               Clear all
             </button>
@@ -76,7 +75,9 @@ export function FilterSheet({
         </div>
       }
     >
-      <div className={styles.body}>
+      {/* Controls stay enabled while a change lands, so focus is never
+          dropped out of the dialog; aria-busy says the results are updating. */}
+      <div className={styles.body} aria-busy={isPending}>
         {radius !== null && (
           <div className={styles.field}>
             <span id={distanceId} className={styles.fieldLabel}>
@@ -95,7 +96,6 @@ export function FilterSheet({
                     value={r}
                     checked={r === radius}
                     onChange={() => onRadiusChange(r)}
-                    disabled={isPending}
                     aria-label={`Within ${radiusLabel(r)}`}
                   />
                   <span>{r} mi</span>