Load-more requests read URL params (postcode, radius, etc.) but page_size
is never in the URL — it's hardcoded in page.tsx. Without it the backend
received page_size=None, hit a TypeError on (page-1)*None, returned 500,
and the silent catch left the user stuck on page 1.
In a dense area (e.g. Wimbledon SW19) 50 schools fit within ~1.8 miles,
so page 1 never shows anything beyond that regardless of selected radius.
Fix:
- Backend: give page_size a safe default of 25 instead of None
- Frontend: explicitly pass initialSchools.page_size in load-more params
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Backend builds sitemap.xml from school data at startup (in-memory)
- POST /api/admin/regenerate-sitemap refreshes it after data updates
- New Airflow DAG (sitemap_generate) runs Sundays 05:00 and calls the endpoint
- Next.js proxies /sitemap.xml to the backend; removes the slow dynamic sitemap.ts
- docker-compose passes BACKEND_URL + ADMIN_API_KEY to Airflow env
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
1. Simpler home page: only search box on landing, no filter dropdowns
2. Advanced filters: hidden behind toggle on results page, auto-open if active
3. Per-school phase rendering: each row renders based on its own data
4. Taller 4-line rows with context line (type, age range, denomination, gender)
5. Result-scoped filters: dropdown values reflect current search results
6. Fix blank filter values: exclude empty strings and "Not applicable"
7. Rankings: Primary/Secondary phase tabs with phase-specific metrics
8. Compare: Primary/Secondary tabs with school counts and phase metrics
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Backend: replace INNER JOIN ks2 with UNION ALL (ks2 + ks4) so primary
and secondary schools both appear in the main DataFrame
- Backend: add /api/national-averages endpoint computing means from live
data, replacing the hardcoded NATIONAL_AVG constant on the frontend
- Backend: add phase filter param to /api/schools; return phases from
/api/filters; fix hardcoded "phase": "Primary" in school detail endpoint
- Backend: add KS4 metric definitions (Attainment 8, Progress 8, EBacc,
English & Maths pass rates) to METRIC_DEFINITIONS and RANKING_COLUMNS
- Frontend: SchoolDetailView is now phase-aware — secondary schools show
a GCSE Results section (Att8, P8, E&M, EBacc) instead of SATs; phonics
tab hidden for secondary; admissions says Year 7 instead of Year 3;
history table shows KS4 columns; chart datasets switch for secondary
- Frontend: new MetricTooltip component (CSS-only ⓘ icon) backed by
METRIC_EXPLANATIONS — added to RWM, GPS, SEN, EAL, IDACI, progress
scores and all KS4 metrics throughout SchoolDetailView and SchoolCard
- Frontend: METRIC_EXPLANATIONS extended with KS4 terms (Attainment 8,
Progress 8, EBacc) and previously missing terms (SEN, EHCP, EAL, IDACI)
- Frontend: SchoolCard expands "RWM" to "Reading, Writing & Maths" and
shows Attainment 8 / English & Maths Grade 4+ for secondary schools
- Frontend: FilterBar adds Phase dropdown (Primary / Secondary / All-through)
- Frontend: HomeView hero copy updated; compact list shows phase-aware metric
- Global metadata updated to remove "primary only" framing
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
sync_typesense.py:
- Fix query string replacement: was matching 'ST_X(l.geom) as lng' but
QUERY_BASE uses 'l.longitude as lng' — KS2/KS4 lateral joins were
silently dropped on every sync run
backend:
- Add typesense_url/typesense_api_key settings to config.py
- Add search_schools_typesense() to data_loader.py — queries Typesense
'schools' alias, returns URNs in relevance order with typo tolerance;
falls back to empty list if Typesense is unavailable
- /api/schools: replace pandas str.contains with Typesense search;
results are filtered from the DataFrame and returned in relevance order;
graceful fallback to substring match if Typesense is down
requirements.txt: add typesense==0.21.0, numpy==1.26.4
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Pipeline:
- EES tap: split KS4 into performance + info streams, fix admissions filename
(SchoolLevel keyword match), fix census filename (yearly suffix), remove
phonics (no school-level data on EES), change endswith → in for matching
- stg_ees_ks4: rewrite to filter long-format data and extract Attainment 8,
Progress 8, EBacc, English/Maths metrics; join KS4 info for context
- stg_ees_admissions: map real CSV columns (total_number_places_offered, etc.)
- stg_ees_census: update source reference, stub with TODO for data columns
- Remove stg_ees_phonics, fact_phonics (no school-level EES data)
- Add ees_ks4_performance + ees_ks4_info sources, remove ees_ks4 + ees_phonics
- Update int_ks4_with_lineage + fact_ks4_performance with new KS4 columns
- Annual EES DAG: remove stg_ees_phonics+ from selector
Backend:
- models.py: replace all models to point at marts.* tables with schema='marts'
(DimSchool, DimLocation, KS2Performance, FactOfstedInspection, etc.)
- data_loader.py: rewrite load_school_data_as_dataframe() using raw SQL joining
dim_school + dim_location + fact_ks2_performance; update get_supplementary_data()
- database.py: remove migration machinery, keep only connection setup
- app.py: remove check_and_migrate_if_needed, remove /api/admin/reimport-ks2
endpoints (pipeline handles all imports)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The v4 migration already ran before _apply_schema_alterations() was added,
so the new ofsted_inspections columns were never created. Bump to v5 so the
next backend restart re-runs the migration and applies the ALTER TABLE statements.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
create_all() only creates missing tables; it won't modify tables that already
exist from an older schema version. Add _apply_schema_alterations() which runs
idempotent ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS statements after every migration so
supplementary tables (like ofsted_inspections) gain new columns without
dropping their existing data.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Ofsted replaced single overall grades with Report Cards from Nov 2025.
Both systems are retained during the transition period.
- DB: new framework + 9 RC columns on ofsted_inspections (schema v4)
- Integrator: auto-detect OEIF vs Report Card from CSV column headers;
parse 5-level RC grades and safeguarding met/not-met
- API: expose all new fields in the ofsted response dict
- Frontend: branch on framework='ReportCard' to show safeguarding badge
+ 8-category grid; fall back to legacy OEIF layout otherwise;
always show inspection date in both layouts
- CSS: rcGrade1–5 and safeguardingMet/NotMet classes
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Two issues caused the backend to drop and reimport school data on restart:
1. schema_version table was in the drop list inside run_full_migration(),
so after any migration the breadcrumb was destroyed and the next
restart would see no version → re-trigger migration
2. Schema version was set after migration, so a crash mid-migration
left no version → infinite re-migration loop
Fix: remove schema_version from the drop list, and set the version
before running migration so crashes don't cause loops.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The EES statistics API only exposes ~13 publications; admissions data is not
among them. Switch to the EES content API (content.explore-education-statistics.
service.gov.uk) which covers all publications.
- ees.py: add get_content_release_id() and download_release_zip_csv() that
fetch the release ZIP and extract a named CSV member from it
- admissions.py: use corrected slug (primary-and-secondary-school-applications-
and-offers), correct column names from actual CSV (school_urn,
total_number_places_offered, times_put_as_1st_preference, etc.), derive
first_preference_offers_pct from offer/application ratio, filter to primary
schools only, keep most recent year per URN
Also includes SchoolDetailView UX redesign: parent-first section ordering,
plain-English labels, national average benchmarks, progress score colour
coding, expanded header, quick summary strip, and CSS consolidation.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Before dropping tables, save all existing lat/lon coordinates keyed by URN.
After reimport, merge cached coordinates with any newly geocoded ones so
schools that already have coordinates skip the postcodes.io API call.
This makes repeated reimports fast and avoids re-geocoding ~15k schools.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The geocoding pass over ~15k schools takes longer than any reasonable
HTTP timeout. New approach:
- POST /api/admin/reimport-ks2 starts migration in background thread,
returns {"status":"started"} immediately
- GET /api/admin/reimport-ks2/status returns {running, done}
- ks2.py polls status every 30s (max 2h) before returning
- Kestra flow timeout bumped to PT2H
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add geocode query param to /api/admin/reimport-ks2 (defaults true).
ks2.py passes ?geocode=true so postcodes are resolved to lat/lng in
the same migration pass.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- backend: POST /api/admin/reimport-ks2 runs full CSV migration in a thread
- backend/docker-compose: ADMIN_API_KEY env var (default: changeme) so the
key is stable across restarts and the integrator can call the endpoint
- integrator: sources/ks2.py triggers the backend endpoint (900s timeout)
- integrator: flows/ks2.yml Kestra flow (manual trigger, no schedule)
To re-ingest after a DB wipe: trigger the ks2-reimport flow from the
Kestra UI at http://localhost:8080.
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Adds a full data integration pipeline for enriching school profiles with
supplementary data from Ofsted, GIAS, EES, IDACI, and FBIT.
Backend:
- Bump SCHEMA_VERSION to 3; add 8 new DB tables (ofsted_inspections,
ofsted_parent_view, school_census, admissions, sen_detail, phonics,
school_deprivation, school_finance) plus GIAS columns on schools
- Expose all supplementary data via GET /api/schools/{urn}
- Enrich school list responses with ofsted_grade + ofsted_date
Integrator (new service):
- FastAPI HTTP microservice; Kestra calls POST /run/{source}
- 9 source modules: ofsted, gias, parent_view, census, admissions,
sen_detail, phonics, idaci, finance
- 9 Kestra flow YAMLs with scheduled triggers and 3× retry
Frontend:
- SchoolRow: colour-coded Ofsted badge (Outstanding/Good/RI/Inadequate)
- SchoolDetailView: 7 new sections — Ofsted sub-judgements, Parent View
survey bars, Admissions, Pupils & Inclusion / SEN, Phonics, Deprivation
Context, Finances
- types.ts: 8 new interfaces + extended School/SchoolDetailsResponse
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The frontend expects location_info with coordinates array, but backend was
returning search_location with lat/lng keys. This fix enables the map toggle
to appear for location-based searches.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
On startup, the app now checks if the database schema version matches
the code. If there's a mismatch or no version exists, it automatically
runs a full data migration before starting.
- Add backend/version.py with SCHEMA_VERSION constant
- Add backend/migration.py with extracted migration logic
- Add SchemaVersion model to track DB version
- Add version check functions to database.py
- Update app.py lifespan to use check_and_migrate_if_needed()
- Simplify migrate_csv_to_db.py to use shared logic
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Display test absence percentages (reading, maths, GPS, writing, science)
in a new section in the school modal. Requires database re-import.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
When searching by location, users can now toggle between list view
(school cards grid) and a split map view showing:
- Interactive map on left with all school markers
- Scrollable school list on right
- Blue marker for search location, default markers for schools
- Clicking a marker highlights and scrolls to the corresponding card
Mobile responsive with stacked layout on smaller screens.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replace footer note with a contact form that emails contact@schoolcompare.co.uk
via FormSubmit.co. Keep only the data source attribution. Update CSP to allow
form submissions to FormSubmit.co and add responsive styling for the form.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add runtime normalization of cryptic school type codes to user-friendly names
(e.g., AC/ACC/ACCS -> "Academy", CY/CYS -> "Community")
- Update SCHOOL_TYPE_MAP in schemas.py with consolidated mappings
- Add normalize_school_type() and get_school_type_codes_for_filter() helpers
- Persist selected schools in localStorage across page refreshes
- Move "Add to Compare" button from modal footer to header
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add GA4 measurement ID to config (default: G-J0PCVT14NY)
- Add /api/config endpoint to expose GA ID to frontend
- Update cookie consent with Analytics category (opt-in)
- Load GA4 only after user consents to analytics cookies
- Update CSP to allow Google Analytics domains
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Use direct bracket indexing instead of .get() for pandas Series
row access in calc_distance function to ensure scalar values
are returned for pd.isna() checks.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Display RWM Higher % alongside RWM Expected % on school cards
- Add trend indicators (up/down/stable arrows) showing year-over-year change
- Backend calculates previous year's RWM for trend comparison
- Trend appears on cards and in school detail modal
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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