FilterBar was sending radius in km (e.g. 1.6) but the backend expects miles,
causing the "Showing schools within X miles" banner to display the wrong value.
Change option values to miles (0.5, 1, 3, 5, 10) and default from 1.6 to 1.
school.distance from the API is already in miles (backend haversine uses
R=3959). SchoolRow was dividing by 1609.34 giving 0.0 mi; CompactSchoolItem
was dividing by 1.60934. Both now display school.distance directly.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replace the school card grid with a scannable row list that shows 3x more
results per screen. Each row shows: school name + R,W&M % with trend,
area/type meta, and reading/writing/maths progress scores with plain-English
band labels (e.g. "above average") instead of raw numbers.
Add lib/metrics.ts as a single source of truth for plain-language metric
explanations and the progressBand() helper. Map view toggle is unchanged.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Addresses 28 issues identified in UX audit (P0–P3 severity):
P0 — Critical:
- Fix compare URL sharing: seed ComparisonContext from SSR initialData
when localStorage is empty, making /compare?urns=... links shareable
- Remove permanently broken "Avg. Scaled Score" column from school
detail historical data table
P1 — High priority:
- Add radius selector (0.5–10 mi) to postcode search in FilterBar
- Make Add to Compare a toggle (remove) on SchoolCards
- Hide hero title/description once a search is active
- Show school count + quick-search prompts on empty landing page
- Compare empty state opens in-page school search modal directly
- Remove URN from school detail header (irrelevant to end users)
- Move map above performance chart in school detail page
- Add ← Back navigation to school detail page
- Add sort controls to search results (RWM%, distance, A–Z)
- Show metric descriptions below metric selector
- Expand ComparisonToast to list school names with per-school remove
- Add progress score explainer (0 = national average) throughout
P2 — Medium:
- Remove console.log statements from ComparisonView
- Colour-code comparison school cards to match chart line colours
- Replace plain loading text with LoadingSkeleton in ComparisonView
- Rankings empty state uses shared EmptyState component
- Rankings year filter shows actual year e.g. "2023 (Latest)"
- Rankings subtitle shows top-N count
- Add View link alongside Add button in rankings table
- Remove placeholder Privacy Policy / Terms links from footer
- Replace untappable 10px info icons with visible metric hint text
- Show active filter chips in search results header
P3 — Polish:
- Remove redundant "Home" nav link (logo already links home)
- Add / and Ctrl+K keyboard shortcut to focus search input
- Add Share button to compare page (copies URL to clipboard)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Hide empty state placeholder on initial load
- Add prominent hero mode to FilterBar when no search is active
- Fix SchoolCard test TypeScript and assertion errors
- Redesign landing page with unified Omnibox search
- Add ComparisonToast for better comparison flow visibility
- Add visual 'Added' state to SchoolCard
- Add info tooltips to educational metrics
- Optimize mobile map view with Bottom Sheet
- Standardize distance display to miles
Implemented split-view map layout for postcode searches:
- List/Map toggle appears when doing location search
- Map view shows interactive map with school markers on left
- Compact school list on right with distance badges, stats, actions
- Mobile responsive: stacks vertically with map on top
- Updated School type to include distance and total_pupils fields
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Merged the hero title/description into FilterBar component to save
vertical space. The combined block has a gradient background flowing
from cream to white with the search controls below the header.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
1. Added original favicon
- Copied favicon.svg from original frontend
- Added favicon reference to layout metadata
- Professional icon with brand colors
2. Updated logo in navigation
- Replaced emoji with proper SVG logo from original design
- Uses circular target design with crosshairs
- Matches brand identity with coral accent color
3. Removed emoji icons throughout app for professional look
- Removed 📍 (location pin) from school locations
- Removed 🏫 (school building) from school types
- Removed 🔢 from URN labels and section headings
- Kept meaningful symbols (✓, +) in buttons only
- Updated map popup button color to brand coral (#e07256)
Components updated:
- Navigation: Professional SVG logo
- HomeView: Clean location banner
- SchoolDetailView: No decorative emojis in metadata
- ComparisonView: Text-only school information
- SchoolSearchModal: Clean school listings
- LeafletMapInner: Professional map popups
Result: More polished, professional appearance suitable for
educational data platform
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
1. Show empty state by default on home page
- Don't fetch or display schools until user searches
- Show helpful message prompting users to search
- Only fetch schools when search params are present
2. Change distance search to miles
- Display 0.5, 1, and 2 mile options instead of km
- Convert miles to km when sending to API (backend expects km)
- Convert km back to miles for display in location banner
- Maintains backend compatibility while improving UX
3. Fix metric labels in rankings dropdown
- Backend returns 'name' and 'type' fields
- Frontend expects 'label' and 'format' fields
- Added transformation in fetchMetrics to map fields
- Dropdown now shows proper labels like "RWM Combined %"
instead of technical codes like "rwm_expected_pct"
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Migrate from vanilla JavaScript SPA to Next.js 16 with App Router
- Add server-side rendering for all pages (Home, Compare, Rankings)
- Create individual school pages with dynamic routing (/school/[urn])
- Implement Chart.js and Leaflet map integrations
- Add comprehensive SEO with sitemap, robots.txt, and JSON-LD
- Set up Docker multi-service architecture (PostgreSQL, FastAPI, Next.js)
- Update CI/CD pipeline to build both backend and frontend images
- Fix Dockerfile to include devDependencies for TypeScript compilation
- Add Jest testing configuration
- Implement performance optimizations (code splitting, caching)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
