Merge pull request 'fix(detail): compare each SATs bar to its own national benchmark' (#76) from fix/sats-per-level-national into main

Reviewed-on: #76

.gitea/workflows/promote.yml

@@ -67,9 +67,12 @@ jobs:
           echo "Promoting $FULL_SHA (images tagged $SHORT_SHA)"
 
       - name: Verify the staging E2E gate passed for this commit
+        # Use the built-in Actions token (GITHUB_TOKEN is the documented name;
+        # it carries repository read scope), NOT REGISTRY_TOKEN — the registry
+        # token has no repo scope, so the commit-status API returns 403.
         run: |
           STATUS_JSON=$(curl -fsS \
-            -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}" \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
             "https://${REGISTRY}/api/v1/repos/${{ gitea.repository }}/commits/${{ steps.resolve.outputs.full }}/status")
           echo "$STATUS_JSON" | python3 -c "
           import json, sys

backend/app.py

@@ -807,6 +807,10 @@ async def get_la_averages(request: Request):
 _KS2_NATIONAL_METRICS = [
     "rwm_expected_pct", "rwm_high_pct",
     "reading_expected_pct", "writing_expected_pct", "maths_expected_pct",
+    # Per-subject higher-standard nationals: reading/maths reach the "higher
+    # standard" in the tests; writing is teacher-assessed at "greater depth"
+    # (writing_gd_pct). Needed so each SATs bar compares to its own benchmark.
+    "reading_high_pct", "writing_gd_pct", "maths_high_pct",
     "gps_expected_pct", "gps_high_pct", "science_expected_pct",
     "reading_avg_score", "maths_avg_score", "gps_avg_score",
     "reading_progress", "writing_progress", "maths_progress",

backend/data_loader.py

@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ _MAIN_QUERY = text("""
         foi.ofsted_grade,
         foi.ofsted_date,
         foi.ofsted_framework,
+        foi.ofsted_rc_date,
         l.local_authority_name AS local_authority,
         l.local_authority_code,
         l.address_line1        AS address1,
@@ -256,7 +257,12 @@ _MAIN_QUERY = text("""
             -- Fall back to the ungraded-inspection grade when no graded grade exists.
             COALESCE(overall_effectiveness, ungraded_grade) AS ofsted_grade,
             inspection_date       AS ofsted_date,
-            framework             AS ofsted_framework
+            framework             AS ofsted_framework,
+            -- Report-card signal for list/map badges: non-null only when the
+            -- latest inspection carries report-card grades. framework is the
+            -- raw event grouping ("Schools - S5"), never "ReportCard", so it
+            -- can't be used to detect report cards.
+            rc_inspection_date    AS ofsted_rc_date
         FROM marts.fact_ofsted_inspection
         ORDER BY urn, inspection_date DESC NULLS LAST
     ) foi ON s.urn = foi.urn

backend/schemas.py

@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ SCHOOL_COLUMNS = [
     "ofsted_grade",
     "ofsted_date",
     "ofsted_framework",
+    "ofsted_rc_date",
     "latitude",
     "longitude",
 ]

backend/tests/test_national_averages_marts.py

@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ class _Ks2Row:
     year = LATEST
     rwm_expected_pct = 62.1
     gps_expected_pct = 72.0
+    # Per-subject higher-standard nationals — reading/maths reach the higher
+    # standard, writing is teacher-assessed at greater depth (writing_gd_pct).
+    reading_high_pct = 29.0
+    writing_gd_pct = 13.0
+    maths_high_pct = 24.0
 
 
 class _Ks4Row:
@@ -84,6 +89,16 @@ def test_ks4_averages_come_from_the_mart_not_the_dataframe(payload):
     assert body["by_year"][-1]["secondary"]["progress_8_score"] == -0.02
 
 
+def test_per_subject_higher_standard_nationals_are_surfaced(payload):
+    # The SATs chart compares each bar to its own benchmark, so the per-subject
+    # higher-standard / greater-depth nationals must reach the payload — not
+    # only the combined rwm_high_pct.
+    body = payload(_StubSession)
+    assert body["primary"]["reading_high_pct"] == 29.0
+    assert body["primary"]["writing_gd_pct"] == 13.0
+    assert body["primary"]["maths_high_pct"] == 24.0
+
+
 def test_ks4_secondary_empty_when_mart_missing(payload):
     # No computed stand-in: the UI labels national figures as official DfE
     # data, so an empty mart must yield an empty secondary series.

e2e/tests/journeys.spec.ts

@@ -80,6 +80,33 @@ test('searching by postcode returns nearby schools', async ({ page }) => {
   await expect(schoolLinks(page).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
 });
 
+test('a report-card school shows a Report Card badge in search results, not its old grade', async ({ page }) => {
+  // List/map badges keyed off ofsted_grade (the carried-forward legacy grade)
+  // and never reached the report-card branch, so report-card schools were
+  // labelled by their old grade (e.g. "Outstanding · 2021"). The list now
+  // carries ofsted_rc_date and the badge treats a report card as winning.
+  const RC_URN = 138690; // Barclay Primary — has a Nov-2025+ report card
+  const res = await page.request.get(`/api/schools?search=Barclay%20Primary&page_size=5`);
+  expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
+  const barclay = ((await res.json()).schools ?? []).find(
+    (s: { urn: number }) => s.urn === RC_URN,
+  );
+  // Hard assertions, not test.skip: if the backend stops exposing
+  // ofsted_rc_date for this report-card school, that IS the regression this
+  // test exists to catch, so it must fail loudly rather than skip.
+  expect(barclay, 'Barclay must appear in the search results').toBeTruthy();
+  expect(
+    barclay.ofsted_rc_date,
+    'the list must expose ofsted_rc_date for a report-card school',
+  ).toBeTruthy();
+
+  await searchByName(page, 'Barclay Primary');
+  // The Barclay row must be present…
+  await expect(page.locator(`a[href*="${RC_URN}"]`).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
+  // …badged as a Report Card, not its carried-forward "Outstanding" grade.
+  await expect(page.getByText(/Report Card ·/).first()).toBeVisible();
+});
+
 test('school detail page renders name and performance data', async ({ page }) => {
   await searchByName(page, 'primary');
   const firstSchool = schoolLinks(page).first();
@@ -94,6 +121,86 @@ test('school detail page renders name and performance data', async ({ page }) =>
   await expect(page.locator('canvas:visible').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
 });
 
+test('a report-card school shows its report card, dated to the report-card inspection', async ({ page }) => {
+  // Detail views detected report cards via `framework`, which the API never
+  // sets to "ReportCard" — so report-card schools rendered as legacy ratings
+  // dated to a pre-Nov-2025 inspection. Detection now keys off the report_card
+  // object and dates it with rc_inspection_date.
+  const RC_URN = 138690; // Barclay Primary — has a Nov-2025+ report card
+  const res = await page.request.get(`/api/schools/${RC_URN}`);
+  expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
+  const ofsted = (await res.json()).ofsted;
+  test.skip(
+    !ofsted?.report_card || Object.keys(ofsted.report_card).length === 0,
+    'precondition: chosen URN must currently have a report card',
+  );
+  const rcYear = new Date(ofsted.rc_inspection_date).getFullYear();
+  const legacyYear = new Date(ofsted.inspection_date).getFullYear();
+
+  await page.goto(`/school/${RC_URN}`);
+  const ofstedSection = page.locator('#ofsted');
+  // Detection fixed: rendered as a Report Card, not a legacy "Ofsted Rating".
+  await expect(ofstedSection.getByText('Ofsted Report Card')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
+  // Dating fixed: dated to the report-card inspection, never the legacy one.
+  await expect(ofstedSection.getByText(new RegExp(`Inspected .*${rcYear}`))).toBeVisible();
+  if (legacyYear !== rcYear) {
+    await expect(ofstedSection.getByText(new RegExp(`Inspected .*${legacyYear}`))).toHaveCount(0);
+  }
+});
+
+test('an all-through school shows BOTH its KS2 SATs and its GCSE results, not just one phase', async ({ page }) => {
+  // All-through schools carry both KS2 and KS4 data in the same yearly rows.
+  // The detail view used to flip them to isSecondary and render GCSE-only,
+  // hiding the primary phase. It now renders both phases and labels the school
+  // "All-through".
+  const AT_URN = 137306; // Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary — all-through
+  const res = await page.request.get(`/api/schools/${AT_URN}`);
+  expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
+  const detail = await res.json();
+  const rows: Array<{ rwm_expected_pct: number | null; attainment_8_score: number | null }> =
+    detail.yearly_data ?? [];
+  const hasKS2 = rows.some((r) => r.rwm_expected_pct != null);
+  const hasKS4 = rows.some((r) => r.attainment_8_score != null);
+  test.skip(
+    (detail.school_info?.phase ?? '').toLowerCase() !== 'all-through' || !hasKS2 || !hasKS4,
+    'precondition: chosen URN must currently be all-through with both KS2 and KS4 results',
+  );
+
+  await page.goto(`/school/${AT_URN}`);
+  await expect(page.locator('h1').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
+
+  // Labelled as all-through in the hero meta.
+  await expect(page.getByText(/All-through/i).first()).toBeVisible();
+
+  // The combined results section carries both phases.
+  const results = page.locator('#results');
+  await expect(results.getByText(/SATs & GCSE Results/)).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(results.getByRole('heading', { name: /Primary.*KS2 SATs/ })).toBeVisible(); // KS2 block
+  await expect(results.getByRole('heading', { name: /Secondary.*GCSEs/ })).toBeVisible(); // KS4 block
+});
+
+test('a special school is not shown as failing against the mainstream England average', async ({ page }) => {
+  // Special schools sit the same tests but very few pupils reach the mainstream
+  // "expected standard", so a "0.0% · −62 pts below England average" rendering
+  // portrays them as failing against a benchmark that doesn't fit. The results
+  // section drops the England comparison and explains the context instead.
+  const SP_URN = 101099; // Greenmead School — a community special school
+  const res = await page.request.get(`/api/schools/${SP_URN}`);
+  expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
+  const detail = await res.json();
+  test.skip(
+    !/special|pupil referral|alternative provision/i.test(detail.school_info?.school_type ?? ''),
+    'precondition: chosen URN must currently be a special school',
+  );
+
+  await page.goto(`/school/${SP_URN}`);
+  const results = page.locator('#results');
+  // The special-school context note is shown…
+  await expect(results.getByText(/This is a special school/i)).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
+  // …and the mainstream England-average comparison is dropped entirely.
+  await expect(results.getByText(/England avg/i)).toHaveCount(0);
+});
+
 test('school with no performance data still gets a working detail page', async ({ page }) => {
   // Schools without KS2/KS4 results (special post-16 institutions, sixth-form
   // centres, PRUs) used to 500 in the API — NaN GIAS fields broke JSON
@@ -331,6 +438,18 @@ test('compare chart on mobile shows school chips with tap-to-focus', async ({ pa
   await expect(chips.first()).toHaveAttribute('aria-pressed', 'false');
 });
 
+test('admissions guide renders its key milestones', async ({ page }) => {
+  // Static content page — assert the guide loads and the load-bearing
+  // milestones parents rely on are present (dates are statutory, so these
+  // strings are stable invariants, not data-refresh-sensitive).
+  await page.goto('/admissions');
+  await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: /School Admissions Guide/i })).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: /Primary school admissions/i })).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: /Secondary school admissions/i })).toBeVisible();
+  // National Offer Day is the milestone the whole guide builds toward.
+  await expect(page.getByText(/National Offer Day/i).first()).toBeVisible();
+});
+
 test('rankings page loads a populated table', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.goto('/rankings');
   await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: /rankings/i }).first()).toBeVisible();

nextjs-app/__tests__/components/CompareAcademics.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/**
+ * Secondary academics: every headline number carries its England anchor and a
+ * verdict chip (expert sign-off SF1 — the grade-5 and EBacc rows previously
+ * rendered as bare numbers, breaking the "anchored against England" promise).
+ */
+
+import { render, screen, within } from '@testing-library/react';
+
+import { CompareAcademics } from '@/components/compare/CompareAcademics';
+import type { ComparisonData, NationalAverages, School } from '@/lib/types';
+
+function school(urn: number, name: string): School {
+  return { urn, school_name: name, attainment_8_score: 58.7 } as School;
+}
+
+function data(urn: number): ComparisonData {
+  return {
+    school_info: school(urn, 'Test High'),
+    yearly_data: [
+      {
+        year: 202425,
+        attainment_8_score: 58.7,
+        english_maths_strong_pass_pct: 30,
+        ebacc_entry_pct: 10,
+      },
+    ] as ComparisonData['yearly_data'],
+    ofsted: null,
+    census: null,
+    admissions: null,
+    admissions_history: [],
+    deprivation: null,
+  };
+}
+
+const NATIONAL: NationalAverages = {
+  year: 202425,
+  primary: {},
+  secondary: {
+    attainment_8_score: 46.0,
+    english_maths_strong_pass_pct: 45.4,
+    ebacc_entry_pct: 40.5,
+  },
+  by_year: [],
+};
+
+test('grade-5 and EBacc rows show the England anchor and a Below chip when under it', () => {
+  const s = school(137086, 'Bishop Stopford School');
+  render(
+    <CompareAcademics
+      schools={[s]}
+      data={{ '137086': data(137086) }}
+      nationalAverages={NATIONAL}
+      isSecondary
+    />,
+  );
+
+  // The official anchors appear (45.4% and 40.5%), not just the school numbers.
+  expect(screen.getByText(/England average 45%/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  expect(screen.getByText(/England average 41%/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+  // 30% grade-5 and 10% EBacc are both well below their anchors → Below chips.
+  // Attainment 8 (58.7 vs 46.0) is above → at least one "Above" chip too.
+  expect(screen.getAllByText(/Below England average/).length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
+  expect(screen.getAllByText(/Above England average/).length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+});

nextjs-app/__tests__/components/SpecialSchoolNote.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/**
+ * SpecialSchoolNote Component Tests
+ */
+
+import '@testing-library/jest-dom';
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { SpecialSchoolNote } from '@/components/SpecialSchoolNote';
+
+describe('SpecialSchoolNote', () => {
+  it('renders nothing for a mainstream school', () => {
+    const { container } = render(<SpecialSchoolNote school={{ school_type: 'Academy converter' }} />);
+    expect(container).toBeEmptyDOMElement();
+  });
+
+  it('describes a special school as teaching pupils with SEND', () => {
+    render(<SpecialSchoolNote school={{ school_type: 'Community special school' }} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/This is a special school/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/special educational needs/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT call PRU pupils SEND — they are educated outside a mainstream school', () => {
+    render(<SpecialSchoolNote school={{ school_type: 'Pupil referral unit' }} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/This is a pupil referral unit/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/educated outside a mainstream school/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/special educational needs/i)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT call alternative-provision pupils SEND', () => {
+    render(<SpecialSchoolNote school={{ school_type: 'Academy alternative provision converter' }} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/This is an alternative provision setting/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/special educational needs/i)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});

nextjs-app/__tests__/lib/utils.test.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   isValidPostcode,
   debounce,
   buildOfstedListBadge,
+  ofstedLegacyAreas,
   metricKind,
   shortName,
   computeYBounds,
@@ -111,6 +112,35 @@ describe('debounce', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('ofstedLegacyAreas', () => {
+  it('returns only real grades (1-4) and drops sentinel/null values', () => {
+    const areas = ofstedLegacyAreas({
+      quality_of_education: 1,
+      behaviour_attitudes: 2,
+      personal_development: null,
+      leadership_management: 9, // sentinel "not applicable" — must be dropped
+      early_years_provision: 9, // secondary school — not applicable
+      sixth_form_provision: 2,
+    });
+    expect(areas.map((a) => a.label)).toEqual([
+      'Quality of Teaching',
+      'Behaviour in School',
+      'Sixth Form',
+    ]);
+    expect(areas.every((a) => a.value >= 1 && a.value <= 4)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('includes the sixth-form judgement where present (was previously dropped)', () => {
+    const areas = ofstedLegacyAreas({ sixth_form_provision: 1 });
+    expect(areas).toEqual([{ label: 'Sixth Form', value: 1 }]);
+  });
+
+  it('includes Early Years for a primary school', () => {
+    const areas = ofstedLegacyAreas({ quality_of_education: 2, early_years_provision: 1 });
+    expect(areas.map((a) => a.label)).toContain('Early Years (Reception)');
+  });
+});
+
 describe('buildOfstedListBadge', () => {
   it('returns grade word + year for OEIF Outstanding', () => {
     const badge = buildOfstedListBadge({ ofsted_grade: 1, ofsted_date: '2023-11-15', ofsted_framework: 'OEIF' });
@@ -130,9 +160,23 @@ describe('buildOfstedListBadge', () => {
     expect(badge.cssClass).toBe('ofsted2');
   });
 
-  it('returns Report Card badge when framework is ReportCard', () => {
+  it('returns a Report Card badge when ofsted_rc_date is present', () => {
-    const badge = buildOfstedListBadge({ ofsted_grade: null, ofsted_date: '2025-11-01', ofsted_framework: 'ReportCard' });
+    const badge = buildOfstedListBadge({ ofsted_grade: null, ofsted_rc_date: '2026-02-03' });
-    expect(badge.label).toBe('Report Card · 2025');
+    expect(badge.label).toBe('Report Card · 2026');
+    expect(badge.cssClass).toBe('ofstedRc');
+  });
+
+  it('a report card wins over a carried-forward legacy grade', () => {
+    // The production bug: a report-card school (e.g. Barclay) also carries a
+    // carried-forward legacy grade (ofsted_grade), which used to win and label
+    // the pin "Outstanding · 2021" instead of "Report Card · 2026".
+    const badge = buildOfstedListBadge({
+      ofsted_grade: 1,
+      ofsted_date: '2021-10-07',
+      ofsted_framework: 'Schools - S5',
+      ofsted_rc_date: '2026-02-03',
+    });
+    expect(badge.label).toBe('Report Card · 2026');
     expect(badge.cssClass).toBe('ofstedRc');
   });
 
@@ -225,6 +269,44 @@ describe('isProposedToClose', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('isSpecialSchool', () => {
+  const { isSpecialSchool } = require('@/lib/utils');
+
+  it('matches every DfE special-school establishment type', () => {
+    for (const t of [
+      'Community special school',
+      'Foundation special school',
+      'Academy special converter',
+      'Academy special sponsor led',
+      'Non-maintained special school',
+      'Free schools special',
+      'Other independent special school',
+    ]) {
+      expect(isSpecialSchool({ school_type: t })).toBe(true);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('matches pupil referral units and alternative provision', () => {
+    expect(isSpecialSchool({ school_type: 'Pupil referral unit' })).toBe(true);
+    expect(isSpecialSchool({ school_type: 'Academy alternative provision converter' })).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('does not match mainstream types (no false positives)', () => {
+    for (const t of [
+      'Academy converter',
+      'Community school',
+      'Voluntary aided school',
+      'Free schools',
+      'University technical college',
+      'Other independent school',
+      null,
+      undefined,
+    ]) {
+      expect(isSpecialSchool({ school_type: t })).toBe(false);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
 describe('shortName', () => {
   it('drops the trailing establishment-type words', () => {
     expect(shortName('Barclay Primary School')).toBe('Barclay');

nextjs-app/app/globals.css

@@ -183,10 +183,15 @@ body {
 }
 
 /* Secondary: teal outline — supporting actions (+ Compare) */
+/* NOTE: a duplicate `.btn` block further down this file sets `border: none`,
+   which wins over the base `.btn`'s `1px solid transparent`. The outline
+   variants below therefore declare the full `border` shorthand explicitly so
+   they don't depend on the base border-width — otherwise `border-color` alone
+   has no width and the outline never renders (buttons read as plain text). */
 .btn-secondary {
     background: transparent;
     color: var(--accent-teal);
-    border-color: var(--accent-teal);
+    border: 1px solid var(--accent-teal);
 }
 .btn-secondary:hover:not(:disabled) {
     background: var(--accent-teal-bg);
@@ -196,7 +201,7 @@ body {
 .btn-tertiary {
     background: var(--bg-secondary);
     color: var(--text-secondary);
-    border-color: var(--border-color);
+    border: 1px solid var(--border-color);
 }
 .btn-tertiary:hover:not(:disabled) {
     background: var(--border-color);
@@ -207,7 +212,7 @@ body {
 .btn-active {
     background: var(--accent-teal-bg);
     color: var(--accent-teal);
-    border-color: var(--accent-teal);
+    border: 1px solid var(--accent-teal);
 }
 .btn-active:hover:not(:disabled) {
     background: transparent;

nextjs-app/components/AdmissionsTrendChart.tsx

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { Line } from 'react-chartjs-2';
 import { ChartOptions } from 'chart.js';
 import '@/lib/chartSetup';
 import { formatAcademicYear } from '@/lib/utils';
+import { fillAcademicYears } from '@/lib/compareChartData';
 import type { SchoolAdmissions } from '@/lib/types';
 import styles from './AdmissionsTrendChart.module.css';
 
@@ -17,13 +18,22 @@ export default function AdmissionsTrendChart({ history }: { history: SchoolAdmis
   const pts = history.filter((h) => h.first_preference_offer_pct != null);
   if (pts.length < 2) return null;
 
-  const labels = pts.map((p) => formatAcademicYear(p.year));
+  // Gap-honest axis: every academic year between the first and last data point
-  const values = pts.map((p) => p.first_preference_offer_pct as number);
+  // appears, so a missing admissions year renders as a real gap (spanGaps:false)
-  const lastIdx = pts.length - 1;
+  // rather than compressing time between distant years.
+  const axisYears = fillAcademicYears(pts.map((p) => p.year));
+  const byYear = new Map(pts.map((p) => [p.year, p.first_preference_offer_pct as number]));
+  const labels = axisYears.map(formatAcademicYear);
+  const values: (number | null)[] = axisYears.map((y) => byYear.get(y) ?? null);
+  const present = values
+    .map((v, i) => (v != null ? i : -1))
+    .filter((i) => i >= 0);
+  const lastIdx = present[present.length - 1];
 
   // Auto-scale with headroom so variation is visible, clamped to 0–100.
-  const lo = Math.min(...values);
+  const numeric = values.filter((v): v is number => v != null);
-  const hi = Math.max(...values);
+  const lo = Math.min(...numeric);
+  const hi = Math.max(...numeric);
   const padded = Math.max(5, Math.round((hi - lo) * 0.25));
   const yMin = Math.max(0, Math.floor((lo - padded) / 5) * 5);
   const yMax = Math.min(100, Math.ceil((hi + padded) / 5) * 5);
@@ -69,15 +79,16 @@ export default function AdmissionsTrendChart({ history }: { history: SchoolAdmis
         label: 'First-choice offer rate',
         data: values,
         clip: false as const,
+        spanGaps: false,
         borderColor: '#e07256',
         backgroundColor: 'rgba(224,114,86,0.10)',
         borderWidth: 2.5,
         tension: 0.3,
         fill: true,
-        pointRadius: pts.map((_, i) => (i === lastIdx ? 5 : 3)),
+        pointRadius: values.map((_, i) => (i === lastIdx ? 5 : 3)),
         pointBackgroundColor: '#e07256',
         pointBorderColor: '#fff',
-        pointBorderWidth: pts.map((_, i) => (i === lastIdx ? 2 : 0)),
+        pointBorderWidth: values.map((_, i) => (i === lastIdx ? 2 : 0)),
         pointHoverRadius: 6,
       },
     ],

nextjs-app/components/AdmissionsView.module.css

@@ -442,6 +442,58 @@
   line-height: 1;
 }
 
+/* ─── Easy-to-miss callouts ──────────────────────────── */
+
+.calloutGroup {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  margin-top: 0.7rem;
+}
+
+.callout {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 0.55rem;
+  padding: 0.6rem 0.75rem;
+  background: var(--accent-gold-bg, rgba(201, 162, 39, 0.12));
+  border: 1px solid rgba(201, 162, 39, 0.28);
+  border-left: 3px solid var(--accent-gold, #c9a227);
+  border-radius: 8px;
+}
+
+.calloutIcon {
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  width: 1.05rem;
+  height: 1.05rem;
+  margin-top: 0.1rem;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background: var(--accent-gold, #c9a227);
+  color: #fff;
+  font-size: 0.72rem;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  line-height: 1.05rem;
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
+.calloutText {
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+.calloutTitle {
+  font-size: 0.82rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  color: var(--accent-gold-text, #7a6800);
+  line-height: 1.3;
+  margin-bottom: 0.15rem;
+}
+
+.calloutBody {
+  font-size: 0.82rem;
+  color: var(--text-secondary, #5c564d);
+  line-height: 1.5;
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
 /* ─── Tips ───────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 .tips {

nextjs-app/components/AdmissionsView.tsx

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ interface Step {
   title: string;
   body: string;
   highlight?: 'deadline' | 'offer';
+  /* Easy-to-miss, deadline-sensitive warnings surfaced as callout boxes
+     rather than buried in the body prose. */
+  callouts?: { title: string; body: string }[];
   /* How SchoolCompare helps at this stage of the journey */
   tool?: { label: string; href: string };
 }
@@ -62,6 +65,16 @@ const SECONDARY_STEPS: Step[] = [
   {
     title: 'Check entry criteria',
     body: 'Look at each school\'s admissions policy — catchment areas, faith criteria, sibling priority, and aptitude tests vary widely.',
+    callouts: [
+      {
+        title: 'Selective schools register earlier',
+        body: 'Grammar and other selective schools need separate entrance-test registration months earlier — often by September, well before the 31 October deadline.',
+      },
+      {
+        title: 'Faith schools may need an extra form',
+        body: 'Many faith schools require a supplementary information form (SIF) sent directly to the school, on top of the council application.',
+      },
+    ],
     tool: { label: 'Find schools & view their admissions history', href: '/' },
   },
   {
@@ -73,14 +86,14 @@ const SECONDARY_STEPS: Step[] = [
   {
     date: '31 October',
     title: 'Application deadline',
-    body: 'Submit your ranked list of up to six schools. Councils treat all preferences equally — list schools in the genuine order you want them, not strategically.',
+    body: 'Submit your ranked list of schools — most councils allow three to six preferences (London boroughs typically six). Councils treat all preferences equally, so list schools in the genuine order you want them, not strategically.',
     highlight: 'deadline',
     tool: { label: 'Compare performance to order your preferences', href: '/rankings' },
   },
   {
     date: '1 March',
     title: 'National Offer Day',
-    body: 'Results are published online, usually from 12:01 am. You\'ll receive an email or letter with your allocated school.',
+    body: 'Your allocated school appears on the council\'s online admissions portal and is sent by email. Release times are set by each council — often from late afternoon, though some publish overnight — so check your council\'s page rather than refreshing at midnight.',
     highlight: 'offer',
     tool: { label: 'Look up your allocated school', href: '/' },
   },
@@ -101,6 +114,12 @@ const PRIMARY_STEPS: Step[] = [
   {
     title: 'Research entry criteria',
     body: 'Faith schools, language units, and distance-based catchments differ by school. Start by reading each school\'s admissions policy on their website or the council\'s website.',
+    callouts: [
+      {
+        title: 'Faith schools may need an extra form',
+        body: 'Many faith schools require a supplementary information form (SIF) sent directly to the school, in addition to the council application.',
+      },
+    ],
     tool: { label: 'Find schools & view their admissions history', href: '/' },
   },
   {
@@ -144,7 +163,7 @@ interface Tip {
 const TIPS: Tip[] = [
   {
     heading: 'Equal preference rule',
-    body: 'Councils rank offers by your eligibility for each school, not by the order you listed them. You cannot game the system — put schools in the order you actually want them.',
+    body: 'Councils consider every school you list before making any offer, then give you the highest-ranked one you qualify for. Your order only decides which qualifying school you get — you can\'t game it, so list schools in the order you genuinely want them.',
   },
   {
     heading: 'Late applications go to the back',
@@ -307,6 +326,19 @@ export function AdmissionsView() {
                 {step.date && <div className={styles.stepDate}>{step.date}</div>}
                 <div className={styles.stepTitle}>{step.title}</div>
                 <p className={styles.stepBody}>{step.body}</p>
+                {step.callouts && step.callouts.length > 0 && (
+                  <div className={styles.calloutGroup}>
+                    {step.callouts.map((c) => (
+                      <div key={c.title} className={styles.callout}>
+                        <span className={styles.calloutIcon} aria-hidden="true">!</span>
+                        <div className={styles.calloutText}>
+                          <div className={styles.calloutTitle}>{c.title}</div>
+                          <p className={styles.calloutBody}>{c.body}</p>
+                        </div>
+                      </div>
+                    ))}
+                  </div>
+                )}
                 {step.tool && (
                   <a
                     href={step.tool.href}
@@ -355,6 +387,19 @@ export function AdmissionsView() {
                 {step.date && <div className={styles.stepDate}>{step.date}</div>}
                 <div className={styles.stepTitle}>{step.title}</div>
                 <p className={styles.stepBody}>{step.body}</p>
+                {step.callouts && step.callouts.length > 0 && (
+                  <div className={styles.calloutGroup}>
+                    {step.callouts.map((c) => (
+                      <div key={c.title} className={styles.callout}>
+                        <span className={styles.calloutIcon} aria-hidden="true">!</span>
+                        <div className={styles.calloutText}>
+                          <div className={styles.calloutTitle}>{c.title}</div>
+                          <p className={styles.calloutBody}>{c.body}</p>
+                        </div>
+                      </div>
+                    ))}
+                  </div>
+                )}
                 {step.tool && (
                   <a
                     href={step.tool.href}

nextjs-app/components/EditorialSection.tsx

@@ -13,17 +13,17 @@ export function EditorialSection({ totalSchools, localAuthorityCount }: Editoria
       <div className={styles.editorialGrid}>
         <div className={styles.editorialText}>
           <div className={styles.editorialKicker}>About school data</div>
-          <h2 className={styles.editorialHeading}>Making UK school performance data actually readable</h2>
+          <h2 className={styles.editorialHeading}>Making England&apos;s school performance data actually readable</h2>
           <p>
-            School performance data in England is rich but fragmented. The Department for Education publishes
+            School performance data in England is rich but fragmented. The Department for Education and Ofsted
-            Key Stage 2 SATs, GCSE attainment, Ofsted outcomes, progress scores, admissions figures and
+            publish Key Stage 2 SATs, GCSE attainment, inspection outcomes, progress scores, admissions figures
-            demographics — each in its own table, each with its own jargon.
+            and demographics — each in its own table, each with its own jargon.
           </p>
           <p>
             SchoolCompare brings it all into one place. Every school page shows performance against the national
             average, explains what the numbers mean, and lets you shortlist schools side by side. Built for
             parents, governors, journalists, and anyone who wants to understand a school without reading a
-            40-page inspection report.
+            full inspection report.
           </p>
         </div>
         <div className={styles.factbox}>

nextjs-app/components/HomeView.module.css

@@ -720,10 +720,13 @@
 .miniRowHead {
   display: flex;
   justify-content: space-between;
-  font-size: 0.48rem;
+  align-items: baseline;
+  gap: 0.2rem;
+  font-size: 0.44rem;
   color: var(--text-muted, #6d685f);
   text-transform: uppercase;
-  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
+  letter-spacing: 0.01em;
+  white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
 .miniRowHead strong {
@@ -869,28 +872,77 @@
   color: var(--text-primary, #1a1612);
 }
 
-.ofstedBadge {
+.ofstedFramework {
   align-self: flex-start;
-  padding: 0.2rem 0.55rem;
+  padding: 0.15rem 0.5rem;
   border-radius: 4px;
-  background: rgba(45, 125, 125, 0.12);
+  background: rgba(90, 58, 110, 0.12);
-  color: var(--accent-teal, #2d7d7d);
+  color: #5a3a6e;
-  font-size: 0.55rem;
+  font-size: 0.5rem;
   font-weight: 700;
   letter-spacing: 0.05em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
 }
 
-.ofstedVerdict {
+.rcList {
-  font-family: var(--font-playfair), 'Playfair Display', serif;
+  display: flex;
-  font-size: 1.05rem;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.3rem;
+}
+
+.rcRow {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+}
+
+.rcArea {
+  font-size: 0.62rem;
+  color: var(--text-secondary, #4a453d);
+}
+
+.rcChip {
+  padding: 0.1rem 0.4rem;
+  border-radius: 3px;
+  font-size: 0.52rem;
   font-weight: 700;
-  line-height: 1.2;
+  letter-spacing: 0.03em;
-  color: var(--text-primary, #1a1612);
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
 }
 
-.ofstedVerdict em {
+.rcChipGood {
+  background: rgba(45, 125, 125, 0.12);
   color: var(--accent-teal, #2d7d7d);
-  font-style: normal;
+}
+
+.rcChipNeutral {
+  background: var(--accent-gold-bg, rgba(180, 150, 40, 0.12));
+  color: var(--accent-gold-text, #7a6800);
+}
+
+/* Safeguarding is a separate binary met/not-met judgement, not a graded area,
+   so it sits below the five-point list behind a divider with its own chip. */
+.rcSafeguarding {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  margin-top: 0.05rem;
+  padding-top: 0.35rem;
+  border-top: 1px dashed var(--border-color, #e5dfd5);
+}
+
+.rcSep {
+  color: var(--text-muted, #8a847a);
+  font-style: italic;
+}
+
+.rcChipMet {
+  background: transparent;
+  color: var(--accent-teal, #2d7d7d);
+  border: 1px solid rgba(45, 125, 125, 0.4);
 }
 
 .ofstedMeta {

nextjs-app/components/HomeView.tsx

@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ export function HomeView({ initialSchools, filters, totalSchools, howItWorks, ed
         <div className={styles.heroSection}>
           <span className={styles.heroEyebrow}>
             <span className={styles.heroEyebrowDot} aria-hidden="true" />
-            Updated with 2026/2027 admissions results
+            Updated for the 2026/27 admissions round
           </span>
           <h1 className={styles.heroTitle}>
             Every school in England, <em className={styles.heroEmph}>compared.</em>

nextjs-app/components/HowItWorksSection.tsx

@@ -5,15 +5,26 @@
 import styles from './HomeView.module.css';
 
 export function HowItWorksSection() {
+  // "exc" is the school's above-expected result. DfE names this differently
+  // by subject: "higher standard" for the reading and maths tests, "greater
+  // depth" for teacher-assessed writing. "nat" is the national expected %.
   const miniCascade = [
-    { subj: 'Reading', exp: 96, exc: 73, nat: 75 },
+    { subj: 'Reading', exp: 96, exc: 44, nat: 75, excLabel: 'Higher std' },
-    { subj: 'Writing', exp: 81, exc: 15, nat: 72 },
+    { subj: 'Writing', exp: 81, exc: 26, nat: 72, excLabel: 'Greater depth' },
-    { subj: 'Maths', exp: 85, exc: 47, nat: 74 },
+    { subj: 'Maths', exp: 85, exc: 41, nat: 74, excLabel: 'Higher std' },
   ];
   const compareRows = [
     { label: 'Reading, Writing & Maths', a: '70%', b: '64%', aHi: true },
+    { label: 'Higher standard (RWM)', a: '13%', b: '6%', aHi: true },
     { label: 'Ofsted', a: 'Outstanding', b: 'Good', aHi: true },
-    { label: 'Reading progress', a: '+2.1', b: '+0.4', aHi: true },
+  ];
+  // Report card (Ofsted's framework from Nov 2025): one rating per area of
+  // school life on a five-point scale. Safeguarding is judged separately, as a
+  // binary met/not-met outcome — kept out of this list and shown on its own.
+  const reportCard: Array<{ area: string; grade: string; good: boolean }> = [
+    { area: 'Achievement', grade: 'Strong', good: true },
+    { area: 'Curriculum & teaching', grade: 'Expected standard', good: false },
+    { area: 'Attendance & behaviour', grade: 'Strong', good: true },
   ];
 
   return (
@@ -29,7 +40,7 @@ export function HowItWorksSection() {
             <div className={styles.hiwPhaseBlock}>
               <div className={styles.hiwPhaseLabel}>Primary · Year 6 · <strong>Key Stage 2 SATs</strong></div>
               <div className={styles.miniCascade}>
-                {miniCascade.map(({ subj, exp, exc, nat }) => (
+                {miniCascade.map(({ subj, exp, exc, nat, excLabel }) => (
                   <div key={subj} className={styles.miniCascadeCol}>
                     <div className={styles.miniSubj}>{subj}</div>
                     <div className={styles.miniRowHead}><span>Expected</span><strong>{exp}%</strong></div>
@@ -37,7 +48,7 @@ export function HowItWorksSection() {
                       <div className={styles.miniNatPill} style={{ left: `${nat}%` }}>{nat}%</div>
                       <div className={styles.miniBarExp} style={{ width: `${exp}%` }} />
                     </div>
-                    <div className={styles.miniRowHead}><span>Exceeding</span><strong>{exc}%</strong></div>
+                    <div className={styles.miniRowHead}><span>{excLabel}</span><strong>{exc}%</strong></div>
                     <div className={styles.miniTrack}>
                       <div className={styles.miniBarExc} style={{ width: `${exc}%` }} />
                     </div>
@@ -49,15 +60,15 @@ export function HowItWorksSection() {
               <div className={styles.hiwPhaseLabel}>Secondary · Year 11 · <strong>GCSE Attainment 8</strong></div>
               <div className={styles.att8Row}>
                 <div className={styles.att8BarWrap}>
-                  <div className={styles.att8BarHead}><span>This school</span><span>National avg 50.2</span></div>
+                  <div className={styles.att8BarHead}><span>This school</span><span>National avg 45.9</span></div>
                   <div className={styles.att8Track}>
-                    <div className={styles.att8Fill} style={{ width: '62%' }} />
+                    <div className={styles.att8Fill} style={{ width: '54.8%' }} />
-                    <div className={styles.att8NatLine} style={{ left: '50%' }} />
+                    <div className={styles.att8NatLine} style={{ left: '45.9%' }} />
                   </div>
                 </div>
                 <div className={styles.att8Score}>
-                  <div className={styles.att8Value}>62.4</div>
+                  <div className={styles.att8Value}>54.8</div>
-                  <div className={styles.att8Delta}>+12.2 vs national</div>
+                  <div className={styles.att8Delta}>+8.9 vs national</div>
                 </div>
               </div>
             </div>
@@ -77,15 +88,26 @@ export function HowItWorksSection() {
                 <span className={styles.ofstedBullet} />
                 <span className={styles.ofstedTitle}>Latest Ofsted inspection</span>
               </div>
-              <span className={styles.ofstedBadge}>OUTSTANDING</span>
+              <span className={styles.ofstedFramework}>Report card · five-point scale</span>
-              <div className={styles.ofstedVerdict}>Rated <em>Outstanding</em> at last inspection.</div>
+              <div className={styles.rcList}>
-              <div className={styles.ofstedMeta}>Full inspection · March 2024</div>
+                {reportCard.map(({ area, grade, good }) => (
+                  <div key={area} className={styles.rcRow}>
+                    <span className={styles.rcArea}>{area}</span>
+                    <span className={`${styles.rcChip} ${good ? styles.rcChipGood : styles.rcChipNeutral}`}>{grade}</span>
+                  </div>
+                ))}
+              </div>
+              <div className={styles.rcSafeguarding}>
+                <span className={styles.rcArea}>Safeguarding <span className={styles.rcSep}>· separate check</span></span>
+                <span className={`${styles.rcChip} ${styles.rcChipMet}`}>Met</span>
+              </div>
+              <div className={styles.ofstedMeta}>Full inspection · March 2026</div>
             </div>
           </div>
           <div className={styles.hiwCardBody}>
             <div className={styles.hiwStep}>Judgement</div>
             <div className={styles.hiwTitle}>Ofsted at a glance</div>
-            <p className={styles.hiwDesc}>Current grade, inspection date, and a plain-English headline — without opening a 40-page report.</p>
+            <p className={styles.hiwDesc}>Since November 2025, Ofsted rates each area of school life on a five-point scale rather than one overall word. We show every area and the inspection date — and, for schools not yet reinspected, the older overall grade they still carry.</p>
           </div>
         </div>
 

nextjs-app/components/LeafletMapInner.tsx

@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ interface PopupBadge {
 }
 
 function buildPopupBadge(school: School): PopupBadge {
+  // A report card wins over any carried-forward legacy grade — its presence is
+  // signalled by ofsted_rc_date (the list has no full report_card object, and
+  // ofsted_framework is the raw event grouping, never "ReportCard").
+  if (school.ofsted_rc_date) {
+    const rcYear = new Date(school.ofsted_rc_date).getFullYear();
+    return { label: `Report Card · ${rcYear}`, style: 'background:#5a3a6e;color:#fff' };
+  }
   const year = school.ofsted_date ? new Date(school.ofsted_date).getFullYear() : null;
   const yearStr = year ? ` · ${year}` : '';
   if (school.ofsted_grade) {
@@ -55,9 +62,6 @@ function buildPopupBadge(school: School): PopupBadge {
     };
     return { label: `${labels[school.ofsted_grade]}${yearStr}`, style: colours[school.ofsted_grade] };
   }
-  if (school.ofsted_framework === 'ReportCard') {
-    return { label: `Report Card${yearStr}`, style: 'background:#5a3a6e;color:#fff' };
-  }
   return { label: 'Not yet inspected', style: 'background:#e0e0e0;color:#666' };
 }
 

nextjs-app/components/PerformanceChart.tsx

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { ChartOptions, ChartDataset } from 'chart.js';
 import '@/lib/chartSetup';
 import type { SchoolResult } from '@/lib/types';
 import { formatAcademicYear } from '@/lib/utils';
+import { fillAcademicYears } from '@/lib/compareChartData';
 import { useIsMobile } from '@/hooks/useIsMobile';
 import { track } from '@/lib/analytics';
 import styles from './PerformanceChart.module.css';
@@ -35,8 +36,6 @@ interface PerformanceChartProps {
   nationalByYear?: NationalByYear[];
 }
 
-const COVID_YEARS = new Set([201920, 202021]);
-
 // Mobile chip definitions: which datasets render when each chip is active.
 // `series` keys reference the dataset labels so we can filter cleanly.
 type ChipId = 'expected' | 'higher' | 'progress' | 'attainment8' | 'em_pass' | 'progress8';
@@ -67,21 +66,33 @@ export function PerformanceChart({
   nationalByYear,
 }: PerformanceChartProps) {
   const sortedData = [...data].sort((a, b) => a.year - b.year);
-  const years = sortedData.map(d => formatAcademicYear(d.year));
+
+  // Gap-honest year axis: every academic year between the first and last data
+  // point appears, so cancelled/unpublished years (2019/20, 2020/21, and — for
+  // KS2 — 2021/22) render as real gaps rather than compressed time. School
+  // lines never bridge these gaps (spanGaps:false below).
+  const axisYears = fillAcademicYears(sortedData.map(d => d.year));
+  const byYear = new Map(sortedData.map(d => [d.year, d]));
+  const col = (key: keyof SchoolResult): (number | null)[] =>
+    axisYears.map(y => {
+      const v = byYear.get(y)?.[key];
+      return typeof v === 'number' ? v : null;
+    });
+  const years = axisYears.map(formatAcademicYear);
 
   const isMobile = useIsMobile();
 
-  // ── Build per-year national averages ─────────────────────────────────
+  // ── Build per-year national averages (aligned to the filled axis) ────
-  const natRefRwm: (number | null)[] = sortedData.map(d => {
+  const natRefRwm: (number | null)[] = axisYears.map(y => {
     if (nationalByYear) {
-      const match = nationalByYear.find(n => n.year === d.year);
+      const match = nationalByYear.find(n => n.year === y);
       return match?.primary?.rwm_expected_pct ?? null;
     }
     return nationalRwmAvg ?? null;
   });
-  const natRefAtt8: (number | null)[] = sortedData.map(d => {
+  const natRefAtt8: (number | null)[] = axisYears.map(y => {
     if (nationalByYear) {
-      const match = nationalByYear.find(n => n.year === d.year);
+      const match = nationalByYear.find(n => n.year === y);
       return match?.secondary?.attainment_8_score ?? null;
     }
     return nationalAtt8Avg ?? null;
@@ -107,10 +118,11 @@ export function PerformanceChart({
     return `${arrow} Reading, Writing & Maths peaked at ${bestPct}% (${formatAcademicYear(best.year)}), currently ${latestPct}%`;
   })();
 
-  const hasCovidGap = isSecondary
+  // A gap year is any filled axis year the school has no results row for —
-    ? false
+  // exactly the cancelled/unpublished years the fill introduced. Drives the
-    : COVID_YEARS.size > 0 &&
+  // honest note below (KS2 and KS4 have different gap stories).
-      [...COVID_YEARS].some(y => !sortedData.find(d => d.year === y));
+  const gapYears = axisYears.filter(y => !byYear.has(y));
+  const hasGap = gapYears.length > 0;
 
   // ── Datasets (full set; mobile filters them via the active chip) ─────
   const refLineStyle = {
@@ -120,13 +132,14 @@ export function PerformanceChart({
     borderDash: [6, 4] as number[],
     pointRadius: 0,
     tension: 0,
+    spanGaps: false as const,
     order: 10,
   };
 
   const allDatasets: ChartDataset<'line'>[] = isSecondary ? [
     {
       label: 'Attainment 8',
-      data: sortedData.map(d => d.attainment_8_score),
+      data: col('attainment_8_score'),
       borderColor: '#2d7d7d',
       backgroundColor: 'rgba(45,125,125,0.08)',
       borderWidth: 2.5,
@@ -137,7 +150,7 @@ export function PerformanceChart({
     },
     {
       label: 'English & Maths Grade 4+',
-      data: sortedData.map(d => d.english_maths_standard_pass_pct),
+      data: col('english_maths_standard_pass_pct'),
       borderColor: '#c9a227',
       backgroundColor: 'rgba(201,162,39,0.08)',
       borderWidth: 1.5,
@@ -147,7 +160,7 @@ export function PerformanceChart({
     },
     {
       label: 'Progress 8',
-      data: sortedData.map(d => d.progress_8_score),
+      data: col('progress_8_score'),
       borderColor: 'rgb(139,92,246)',
       backgroundColor: 'rgba(139,92,246,0.08)',
       borderWidth: 1.5,
@@ -165,7 +178,7 @@ export function PerformanceChart({
   ] : [
     {
       label: 'Reading, Writing & Maths expected %',
-      data: sortedData.map(d => d.rwm_expected_pct),
+      data: col('rwm_expected_pct'),
       borderColor: '#2d7d7d',
       backgroundColor: 'rgba(45,125,125,0.08)',
       borderWidth: 2.5,
@@ -176,7 +189,7 @@ export function PerformanceChart({
     },
     {
       label: 'Exceeding expected level',
-      data: sortedData.map(d => d.rwm_high_pct),
+      data: col('rwm_high_pct'),
       borderColor: '#c9a227',
       backgroundColor: 'rgba(201,162,39,0.08)',
       borderWidth: 1.5,
@@ -192,7 +205,7 @@ export function PerformanceChart({
     } as ChartDataset<'line'>] : []),
     {
       label: 'Reading progress',
-      data: sortedData.map(d => d.reading_progress),
+      data: col('reading_progress'),
       borderColor: 'rgb(59,130,246)',
       backgroundColor: 'rgba(59,130,246,0.08)',
       borderWidth: 1.5,
@@ -203,7 +216,7 @@ export function PerformanceChart({
     },
     {
       label: 'Writing progress',
-      data: sortedData.map(d => d.writing_progress),
+      data: col('writing_progress'),
       borderColor: 'rgb(139,92,246)',
       backgroundColor: 'rgba(139,92,246,0.08)',
       borderWidth: 1.5,
@@ -214,7 +227,7 @@ export function PerformanceChart({
     },
     {
       label: 'Maths progress',
-      data: sortedData.map(d => d.maths_progress),
+      data: col('maths_progress'),
       borderColor: 'rgb(236,72,153)',
       backgroundColor: 'rgba(236,72,153,0.08)',
       borderWidth: 1.5,
@@ -275,6 +288,8 @@ export function PerformanceChart({
     responsive: true,
     maintainAspectRatio: false,
     interaction: { mode: 'index', intersect: false },
+    // Never bridge missing years — cancelled/unpublished years are real gaps.
+    datasets: { line: { spanGaps: false } },
     plugins: {
       legend: {
         position: 'top',
@@ -326,6 +341,7 @@ export function PerformanceChart({
     responsive: true,
     maintainAspectRatio: false,
     interaction: { mode: 'index', intersect: false },
+    datasets: { line: { spanGaps: false } },
     plugins: {
       legend: { display: false },
       title: { display: false },
@@ -353,7 +369,10 @@ export function PerformanceChart({
       },
       x: {
         grid: { display: false },
-        ticks: { font: { size: 10 }, autoSkip: false },
+        // With the gap-honest axis (more year labels) autoSkip keeps the
+        // phone axis readable; the broken line still shows where a year is
+        // missing even when its tick label is skipped.
+        ticks: { font: { size: 10 }, autoSkip: true, maxTicksLimit: 5, maxRotation: 0 },
       },
     },
   };
@@ -416,9 +435,11 @@ export function PerformanceChart({
         </div>
       )}
 
-      {hasCovidGap && (
+      {hasGap && (
         <p className={styles.covidNote}>
-          * No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.
+          {isSecondary
+            ? "School-level GCSE figures for 2019/20 and 2020/21 weren't published (COVID grading) where the line breaks — the England average is shown where available."
+            : "No national tests were held in 2019/20 and 2020/21 (COVID), and DfE didn't publish school-level figures for 2021/22 — the England average is shown for those years where available."}
         </p>
       )}
 

nextjs-app/components/RankingsView.tsx

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export function RankingsView({
       <header className={styles.header}>
         <h1>School Rankings</h1>
         <p className={styles.subtitle}>
-          Top-performing schools by {metricLabel.toLowerCase()}
+          Schools ranked by {metricLabel.toLowerCase()}
           {!selectedArea && rankings.length > 0 && <span className={styles.limitNote}> — showing top {rankings.length}</span>}
         </p>
       </header>
@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ export function RankingsView({
         <p className={styles.metricDescription}>{currentMetricDef.description}</p>
       )}
       {isProgressScore && (
-        <p className={styles.progressHint}>Progress scores: 0 = national average. Positive = above average.</p>
+        <p className={styles.progressHint}>
+          Progress scores: 0 = national average. Positive = above average.
+          {isPrimary && ' KS2 progress isn’t published for 2023/24 or 2024/25 (there’s no key stage 1 baseline) — pick an earlier year to rank by it.'}
+        </p>
       )}
 
       {/* Filters */}
@@ -218,7 +221,11 @@ export function RankingsView({
         {rankings.length === 0 ? (
           <EmptyState
             title="No rankings found"
-            message="Try selecting a different metric, area, or year."
+            message={
+              isPrimary && isProgressScore
+                ? 'KS2 progress scores aren’t published for the most recent years (2023/24 and 2024/25) because there’s no key stage 1 baseline. Select an earlier year to see progress rankings.'
+                : 'Try selecting a different metric, area, or year.'
+            }
             action={{
               label: 'Clear filters',
               onClick: () => router.push(`${pathname}?phase=${selectedPhase}`),

nextjs-app/components/SatsChart.module.css

@@ -44,30 +44,46 @@
   background: var(--bg-secondary, #f3ede4);
 }
 
-/* ── National average marker ── */
+/* ── Per-bar national average marker ──
-.natLine {
+   Each bar compares against its own benchmark (expected vs higher standard /
+   greater depth), so the marker sits on the individual bar's track rather than
+   as one line spanning both bars. */
+.natTick {
   position: absolute;
-  top: 0;
+  top: -3px;
-  height: calc(100% - 20px);
+  bottom: -3px;
-  width: 1.5px;
+  width: 2px;
-  background: rgba(224, 114, 86, 0.35); /* --accent-coral at 35% */
+  transform: translateX(-50%);
-  z-index: 2;
+  background: var(--accent-coral, #e07256);
+  border-radius: 2px;
+  z-index: 4;
   pointer-events: none;
 }
 
-.natPill {
+.natTick::before {
+  content: '';
   position: absolute;
-  top: -10px;
+  top: -3px;
+  left: 50%;
   transform: translateX(-50%);
+  width: 5px;
+  height: 5px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
   background: var(--accent-coral, #e07256);
-  color: #fff;
+}
+
+.barHeaderRight {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: baseline;
+  gap: 0.4rem;
+}
+
+.natLabel {
   font-size: 0.55rem;
   font-weight: 700;
-  padding: 0.1rem 0.35rem;
+  color: var(--accent-coral-dark, #b04a2e);
-  border-radius: 4px;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
-  white-space: nowrap;
+  letter-spacing: 0.03em;
-  z-index: 3;
-  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
 }
 
 /* ── Bar rows ── */

nextjs-app/components/SatsChart.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ interface SubjectData {
   expectedPct: number | null;
   exceedingPct: number | null;
   nationalExpectedPct: number | null;
+  /** National higher-standard / greater-depth benchmark for the exceeding
+   * bar — a different figure from the expected national. */
+  nationalExceedingPct: number | null;
 }
 
 interface SatsChartProps {
@@ -17,11 +20,45 @@ interface SatsChartProps {
 const RULER_TICKS = [0, 25, 50, 75, 100];
 const GRIDLINE_POSITIONS = [25, 50, 75];
 
+/** One results bar with a national marker positioned on its own track, so the
+ * expected and exceeding bars each compare against their own benchmark. */
+function BarRow({
+  label,
+  value,
+  national,
+  barRef,
+  barClass,
+}: {
+  label: string;
+  value: number;
+  national: number | null;
+  barRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement | null>;
+  barClass: string;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.barRow}>
+      <div className={styles.barHeader}>
+        <span className={styles.barLabelSuffix}>{label}</span>
+        <span className={styles.barHeaderRight}>
+          {national != null && <span className={styles.natLabel}>nat {national.toFixed(0)}%</span>}
+          <span className={styles.barLabel}>{value.toFixed(0)}%</span>
+        </span>
+      </div>
+      <div className={styles.barTrack}>
+        <div ref={barRef} className={`${styles.bar} ${barClass}`} data-width={value} />
+        {national != null && (
+          <div className={styles.natTick} style={{ left: `${national}%` }} aria-hidden="true" />
+        )}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
 function SubjectColumn({ subject }: { subject: SubjectData }) {
   const expectedRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const exceedingRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
 
-  const { name, expectedPct, exceedingPct, nationalExpectedPct } = subject;
+  const { name, expectedPct, exceedingPct, nationalExpectedPct, nationalExceedingPct } = subject;
 
   // Animate bars on mount
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -51,44 +88,25 @@ function SubjectColumn({ subject }: { subject: SubjectData }) {
           ))}
         </div>
 
-        {/* National average marker */}
+        {/* Bars — each carries its own national marker */}
-        {nationalExpectedPct != null && (
-          <div className={styles.natLine} style={{ left: `${nationalExpectedPct}%` }}>
-            <div className={styles.natPill}>{nationalExpectedPct.toFixed(0)}%</div>
-          </div>
-        )}
-
-        {/* Bars */}
         <div className={styles.barGroup}>
           {expectedPct != null && (
-            <div className={styles.barRow}>
+            <BarRow
-              <div className={styles.barHeader}>
+              label="Expected"
-                <span className={styles.barLabelSuffix}>Expected</span>
+              value={expectedPct}
-                <span className={styles.barLabel}>{expectedPct.toFixed(0)}%</span>
+              national={nationalExpectedPct}
-              </div>
+              barRef={expectedRef}
-              <div className={styles.barTrack}>
+              barClass={styles.barExpected}
-                <div
-                  ref={expectedRef}
-                  className={`${styles.bar} ${styles.barExpected}`}
-                  data-width={expectedPct}
             />
-              </div>
-            </div>
           )}
           {exceedingPct != null && (
-            <div className={styles.barRow}>
+            <BarRow
-              <div className={styles.barHeader}>
+              label="Exceeding"
-                <span className={styles.barLabelSuffix}>Exceeding</span>
+              value={exceedingPct}
-                <span className={styles.barLabel}>{exceedingPct.toFixed(0)}%</span>
+              national={nationalExceedingPct}
-              </div>
+              barRef={exceedingRef}
-              <div className={styles.barTrack}>
+              barClass={styles.barExceeding}
-                <div
-                  ref={exceedingRef}
-                  className={`${styles.bar} ${styles.barExceeding}`}
-                  data-width={exceedingPct}
             />
-              </div>
-            </div>
           )}
         </div>
 
@@ -135,7 +153,7 @@ export default function SatsChart({ subjects }: SatsChartProps) {
           Exceeding / high score
         </div>
         <div className={styles.legendItem}>
-          <div className={styles.legendSwatch} style={{ background: 'var(--accent-coral, #e07256)', borderRadius: '50%' }} />
+          <div className={styles.legendSwatch} style={{ background: 'var(--accent-coral, #e07256)', width: '3px', height: '12px', borderRadius: '2px' }} />
           National average
         </div>
       </div>

nextjs-app/components/SchoolDetailView.module.css

@@ -1040,6 +1040,41 @@
     color: var(--accent-coral-dark, #b04a2e);
 }
 
+/* ── Ofsted grade grids (Report Card + OEIF) ──
+   Uniform, vertically-aligned grade chips. Labels reserve two lines so
+   single- and double-line labels put their chips on the same baseline;
+   every chip (Met, Strong, Expected standard, …) shares one font size,
+   padding and min-height regardless of how many lines its text wraps to. */
+.gradeGrid .metricCard {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 0.5rem;
+    padding: 0.85rem 0.75rem;
+}
+.gradeGrid .metricLabel {
+    min-height: 2.6em;
+    margin: 0;
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    text-align: center;
+}
+.gradeGrid .metricValue {
+    margin-top: auto;
+    display: inline-flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    max-width: 100%;
+    min-height: 2.6em;
+    padding: 0.3rem 0.7rem;
+    border-radius: 5px;
+    font-size: 1rem;
+    font-weight: 700;
+    line-height: 1.25;
+    text-align: center;
+}
+
 .ofstedDisclaimer {
     font-size: 0.8rem;
     color: var(--text-muted, #8a847a);

nextjs-app/components/SchoolDetailView.tsx

@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ import type {
   SchoolDeprivation, SchoolFinance, NationalAverages,
 } from '@/lib/types';
 import {
-  formatPercentage, formatProgress, formatAcademicYear, isProposedToClose,
+  formatPercentage, formatProgress, formatAcademicYear, isProposedToClose, ofstedLegacyAreas, isSpecialSchool,
 } from '@/lib/utils';
 import { DeltaChip } from './DeltaChip';
+import { SpecialSchoolNote } from './SpecialSchoolNote';
+import { summariseAdmissions } from '@/lib/compareLogic';
 
 const PerformanceChart = dynamic(
   () => import('./PerformanceChart').then((m) => m.PerformanceChart),
@@ -85,6 +87,10 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
   // Trend toggle only appears with ≥2 years carrying an offer rate.
   const admissionsOfferYears = admissionsHistory.filter((h) => h.first_preference_offer_pct != null).length;
   const showAdmissionsTrend = admissionsOfferYears >= 2;
+  // Banded interpretation of the first-choice offer rate ("More than half of
+  // first choices missed out" etc.) — the same banding the compare screen
+  // uses, so a low offer rate reads as how severe it actually is.
+  const admissionsSummary = summariseAdmissions(admissions);
   // Only the section links scroll horizontally; Back and "All" stay pinned.
   const sectionLinksRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
   const [sectionNavAtEnd, setSectionNavAtEnd] = useState(false);
@@ -153,10 +159,16 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
 
   const latestResults = yearlyData.length > 0 ? yearlyData[yearlyData.length - 1] : null;
 
-  // Phase detection
+  // Phase detection. All-through schools cover BOTH key stages, so they are
+  // neither "pure primary" nor "pure secondary": isSecondary stays true (they
+  // have KS4 data) but isAllThrough gates the primary-only content (phonics,
+  // KS2 trend) back on and switches phase-specific copy to an all-ages framing.
   const phase = schoolInfo.phase ?? '';
-  const isSecondary = phase.toLowerCase().includes('secondary') || phase.toLowerCase() === 'all-through';
+  const isAllThrough = phase.toLowerCase() === 'all-through';
+  const isSecondary = phase.toLowerCase().includes('secondary') || isAllThrough;
   const isPrimary = !isSecondary;
+  // Primary-stage content shows for pure-primary AND all-through schools.
+  const showPrimaryContent = isPrimary || isAllThrough;
 
   // National averages (fetched dynamically so they stay current)
   const [nationalAvg, setNationalAvg] = useState<NationalAverages | null>(null);
@@ -222,17 +234,38 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
   const hasKS4Results = latestResults != null && latestResults.attainment_8_score != null;
   const hasAnyResults = hasKS2Results || hasKS4Results;
 
+  // Special schools / PRUs / AP: their pupils sit the same tests but very few
+  // reach the mainstream "expected standard", so a 0% headline and an England
+  // comparison portray them as failing against a benchmark that doesn't fit.
+  const isSpecial = isSpecialSchool(schoolInfo);
+  // Belt-and-braces for KS2: a whole-row zero attainment (every subject 0 — a
+  // special/suppressed signature) is a placeholder, not a real result. This
+  // needs ALL of RWM + reading + writing + maths to be 0, so a genuine 0%
+  // combined (some pupils met individual subjects but not all three) stays
+  // comparable. Attainment 8 is a single 0–80 score with no subject breakdown
+  // to form such a signature, so KS4 keys off establishment type only — a
+  // genuine (if extreme) 0.0 still shows its real figure and comparison.
+  const ks2Placeholder = latestResults != null
+    && latestResults.rwm_expected_pct === 0
+    && (latestResults.reading_expected_pct ?? 0) === 0
+    && (latestResults.writing_expected_pct ?? 0) === 0
+    && (latestResults.maths_expected_pct ?? 0) === 0;
+  // Whether to drop the England-average deltas / national markers / "below"
+  // framing on the attainment measures.
+  const suppressKs2Comparison = isSpecial || ks2Placeholder;
+  const suppressKs4Comparison = isSpecial;
+
   // Build section nav items dynamically — only sections with data.
   // Order is engagement-led (from section_nav_used analytics): the most-sought
   // sections — results, admissions, inclusion, history — sit near the top,
   // after the recognised Ofsted badge; low-demand context sections stay last.
   const navItems: { id: string; label: string }[] = [];
   if (ofsted) navItems.push({ id: 'ofsted', label: 'Ofsted' });
-  if (hasAnyResults) navItems.push({ id: 'results', label: isSecondary ? 'GCSEs' : 'SATs' });
+  if (hasAnyResults) navItems.push({ id: 'results', label: isAllThrough ? 'Results' : isSecondary ? 'GCSEs' : 'SATs' });
   if (admissions) navItems.push({ id: 'admissions', label: 'Admissions' });
   if (hasInclusionData) navItems.push({ id: 'inclusion', label: 'Pupils' });
   if (yearlyData.length > 0) navItems.push({ id: 'history', label: 'History' });
-  if (hasPhonics && isPrimary) navItems.push({ id: 'phonics', label: 'Phonics' });
+  if (hasPhonics && showPrimaryContent) navItems.push({ id: 'phonics', label: 'Phonics' });
   if (hasSchoolLife) navItems.push({ id: 'school-life', label: 'School Life' });
   if (hasDeprivation) navItems.push({ id: 'local-area', label: 'Local Area' });
   if (hasFinance) navItems.push({ id: 'finances', label: 'Finances' });
@@ -269,18 +302,28 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
   // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [navItems.map(n => n.id).join(',')]);
 
+  // A report card is identified by the presence of report-card area
+  // judgements, NOT by `framework` — the API sets `framework` to the raw
+  // event grouping (e.g. "Schools - S5") even for report-card schools, so
+  // the old `framework === 'ReportCard'` test never matched and report cards
+  // were rendered as legacy ratings dated to a pre-Nov-2025 inspection.
+  const isReportCard = !!(
+    ofsted?.report_card && Object.keys(ofsted.report_card).length > 0
+  );
+  // A report card is dated by its own inspection (rc_inspection_date); the
+  // legacy inspection_date belongs to an older inspection and must never
+  // date a report card (report cards exist only from Nov 2025).
+  const ofstedInspectedDate = isReportCard
+    ? ofsted?.rc_inspection_date ?? null
+    : ofsted?.inspection_date ?? null;
+
   // ── Ofsted: detect if all OEIF sub-grades match the overall ───────────
-  const oeifAllSameGrade = (() => {
+  const oeifAreas = ofsted ? ofstedLegacyAreas(ofsted) : [];
-    if (!ofsted || ofsted.framework === 'ReportCard') return false;
+  const oeifAllSameGrade =
-    const subs = [
+    !!ofsted &&
-      ofsted.quality_of_education,
+    !isReportCard &&
-      ofsted.behaviour_attitudes,
+    oeifAreas.length >= 3 &&
-      ofsted.personal_development,
+    oeifAreas.every((a) => a.value === ofsted.overall_effectiveness);
-      ofsted.leadership_management,
-      ...(ofsted.early_years_provision != null ? [ofsted.early_years_provision] : []),
-    ].filter((v): v is number => v != null);
-    return subs.length >= 3 && subs.every(v => v === ofsted.overall_effectiveness);
-  })();
 
   // Label shown in the mobile "section" menu button — the section in view.
   const activeNavLabel = (navItems.find((n) => n.id === activeSection) ?? navItems[0])?.label ?? '';
@@ -309,6 +352,9 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
               {schoolInfo.school_type && (
                 <span className={styles.metaItem}>{schoolInfo.school_type}</span>
               )}
+              {isAllThrough && (
+                <span className={styles.metaItem}>All-through (primary &amp; secondary)</span>
+              )}
               {schoolInfo.gender && schoolInfo.gender !== 'Mixed' && (
                 <span className={styles.metaItem}>{schoolInfo.gender}&apos;s school</span>
               )}
@@ -507,10 +553,10 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
       {ofsted && (
         <section id="ofsted" className={styles.card}>
           <h2 className={styles.sectionTitle}>
-            {ofsted.framework === 'ReportCard' ? 'Ofsted Report Card' : 'Ofsted Rating'}
+            {isReportCard ? 'Ofsted Report Card' : 'Ofsted Rating'}
-            {ofsted.inspection_date && (
+            {ofstedInspectedDate && (
               <span className={styles.ofstedDate}>
-                Inspected {new Date(ofsted.inspection_date).toLocaleDateString('en-GB', { day: 'numeric', month: 'long', year: 'numeric' })}
+                Inspected {new Date(ofstedInspectedDate).toLocaleDateString('en-GB', { day: 'numeric', month: 'long', year: 'numeric' })}
               </span>
             )}
             <a
@@ -525,13 +571,13 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
             </a>
           </h2>
 
-          {ofsted.framework === 'ReportCard' ? (
+          {isReportCard ? (
             /* ── New Report Card layout ── */
             <>
               <p className={styles.ofstedDisclaimer}>
                 From November 2025, Ofsted replaced single overall grades with Report Cards rating schools across several areas.
               </p>
-              <div className={styles.metricsGrid}>
+              <div className={`${styles.metricsGrid} ${styles.gradeGrid}`}>
                 {ofsted.rc_safeguarding_met != null && (
                   <div className={styles.metricCard}>
                     <div className={styles.metricLabel}>Safeguarding</div>
@@ -568,23 +614,17 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
                 )}
               </div>
               <p className={styles.ofstedDisclaimer}>
-                From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.
+                {ofsted.grade_source === 'ungraded_carried_forward'
+                  ? 'This overall grade is carried forward from an earlier inspection — Ofsted has since visited without issuing a new overall grade. From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement.'
+                  : 'From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.'}
               </p>
               {oeifAllSameGrade ? (
                 <p className={styles.ofstedAllSame}>
                   Rated <strong>{OFSTED_LABELS[ofsted.overall_effectiveness!]}</strong> across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils&apos; Development and Leadership.
                 </p>
               ) : (
-                <div className={styles.metricsGrid}>
+                <div className={`${styles.metricsGrid} ${styles.gradeGrid}`}>
-                  {[
+                  {oeifAreas.map(({ label, value }) => (
-                    { label: 'Quality of Teaching', value: ofsted.quality_of_education },
-                    { label: 'Behaviour in School', value: ofsted.behaviour_attitudes },
-                    { label: 'Pupils\' Wider Development', value: ofsted.personal_development },
-                    { label: 'School Leadership', value: ofsted.leadership_management },
-                    ...(ofsted.early_years_provision != null
-                      ? [{ label: 'Early Years (Reception)', value: ofsted.early_years_provision }]
-                      : []),
-                  ].map(({ label, value }) => value != null && (
                     <div key={label} className={styles.metricCard}>
                       <div className={styles.metricLabel}>{label}</div>
                       <div className={`${styles.metricValue} ${styles[`ofstedGrade${value}`]}`}>
@@ -603,17 +643,31 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
       {hasAnyResults && latestResults && (
         <section id="results" className={styles.card}>
           <h2 className={styles.sectionTitle}>
-            {isSecondary ? 'GCSE Results' : 'SATs Results'} ({formatAcademicYear(latestResults.year)})
+            {isAllThrough ? 'SATs & GCSE Results' : isSecondary ? 'GCSE Results' : 'SATs Results'} ({formatAcademicYear(latestResults.year)})
           </h2>
           <p className={styles.sectionSubtitle}>
-            {isSecondary
+            {isSpecial
-              ? 'GCSE results for Year 11 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.'
+              ? (isSecondary
-              : 'End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.'}
+                  ? 'GCSE results for Year 11 pupils.'
+                  : 'End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils.')
+              : isAllThrough
+                ? 'KS2 SATs (end of Year 6) and GCSE results (Year 11) — this school covers both. England averages shown for comparison.'
+                : isSecondary
+                  ? 'GCSE results for Year 11 pupils. England averages shown for comparison.'
+                  : 'End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. England averages shown for comparison.'}
           </p>
 
+          {/* Explains up front why the England comparison is dropped below, so
+              a 0% headline never reads as a failing grade against a benchmark
+              that doesn't fit. Type-aware copy (special vs PRU vs AP). */}
+          <SpecialSchoolNote school={schoolInfo} />
+
           {/* ── Primary / KS2 content ── */}
           {hasKS2Results && (
             <>
+              {isAllThrough && (
+                <h3 className={styles.subSectionTitle}>Primary — KS2 SATs (Year 6)</h3>
+              )}
               <div className={styles.heroStatGrid}>
                 {latestResults.rwm_expected_pct !== null && (
                   <div className={styles.heroStatCard}>
@@ -623,7 +677,7 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
                     </div>
                     <div className={styles.heroStatValue}>
                       {formatPercentage(latestResults.rwm_expected_pct)}
-                      {primaryAvg.rwm_expected_pct != null && (
+                      {!suppressKs2Comparison && primaryAvg.rwm_expected_pct != null && (
                         <DeltaChip
                           value={latestResults.rwm_expected_pct}
                           baseline={primaryAvg.rwm_expected_pct}
@@ -632,8 +686,8 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
                         />
                       )}
                     </div>
-                    {primaryAvg.rwm_expected_pct != null && (
+                    {!suppressKs2Comparison && primaryAvg.rwm_expected_pct != null && (
-                      <div className={styles.heroStatHint}>National avg: {primaryAvg.rwm_expected_pct.toFixed(0)}%</div>
+                      <div className={styles.heroStatHint}>England avg: {primaryAvg.rwm_expected_pct.toFixed(0)}%</div>
                     )}
                   </div>
                 )}
@@ -645,7 +699,7 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
                     </div>
                     <div className={styles.heroStatValue}>
                       {formatPercentage(latestResults.rwm_high_pct)}
-                      {primaryAvg.rwm_high_pct != null && (
+                      {!suppressKs2Comparison && primaryAvg.rwm_high_pct != null && (
                         <DeltaChip
                           value={latestResults.rwm_high_pct}
                           baseline={primaryAvg.rwm_high_pct}
@@ -654,14 +708,15 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
                         />
                       )}
                     </div>
-                    {primaryAvg.rwm_high_pct != null && (
+                    {!suppressKs2Comparison && primaryAvg.rwm_high_pct != null && (
-                      <div className={styles.heroStatHint}>National avg: {primaryAvg.rwm_high_pct.toFixed(0)}%</div>
+                      <div className={styles.heroStatHint}>England avg: {primaryAvg.rwm_high_pct.toFixed(0)}%</div>
                     )}
                   </div>
                 )}
               </div>
 
-              {latestResults.rwm_expected_pct != null &&
+              {!suppressKs2Comparison &&
+                latestResults.rwm_expected_pct != null &&
                 latestResults.reading_expected_pct != null &&
                 latestResults.writing_expected_pct != null &&
                 latestResults.maths_expected_pct != null && (
@@ -685,28 +740,38 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
                   </div>
                 )}
 
+              {/* All-zero placeholder rows (special / suppressed) would render as
+                  three empty bars against the national markers — misleading, so
+                  skip the chart. For a special school with some non-zero
+                  subjects, keep the bars but drop the national markers. */}
+              {!ks2Placeholder && (
                 <SatsChart
                   subjects={[
                     {
                       name: 'Reading',
                       expectedPct: latestResults.reading_expected_pct,
                       exceedingPct: latestResults.reading_high_pct,
-                    nationalExpectedPct: primaryAvg.reading_expected_pct,
+                      nationalExpectedPct: suppressKs2Comparison ? null : primaryAvg.reading_expected_pct,
+                      nationalExceedingPct: suppressKs2Comparison ? null : primaryAvg.reading_high_pct,
                     },
                     {
                       name: 'Writing',
                       expectedPct: latestResults.writing_expected_pct,
                       exceedingPct: latestResults.writing_high_pct,
-                    nationalExpectedPct: primaryAvg.writing_expected_pct,
+                      nationalExpectedPct: suppressKs2Comparison ? null : primaryAvg.writing_expected_pct,
+                      // Writing's higher level is teacher-assessed "greater depth".
+                      nationalExceedingPct: suppressKs2Comparison ? null : primaryAvg.writing_gd_pct,
                     },
                     {
                       name: 'Maths',
                       expectedPct: latestResults.maths_expected_pct,
                       exceedingPct: latestResults.maths_high_pct,
-                    nationalExpectedPct: primaryAvg.maths_expected_pct,
+                      nationalExpectedPct: suppressKs2Comparison ? null : primaryAvg.maths_expected_pct,
+                      nationalExceedingPct: suppressKs2Comparison ? null : primaryAvg.maths_high_pct,
                     },
                   ]}
                 />
+              )}
 
               {/* Progress scores row */}
               {(latestResults.reading_progress != null || latestResults.writing_progress != null || latestResults.maths_progress != null) && (
@@ -752,6 +817,9 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
           {/* ── Secondary / KS4 content ── */}
           {hasKS4Results && (
             <>
+              {isAllThrough && (
+                <h3 className={styles.subSectionTitle} style={{ marginTop: '1.5rem' }}>Secondary — GCSEs (Year 11)</h3>
+              )}
               <div className={styles.metricsGrid}>
                 {latestResults.attainment_8_score !== null && (
                   <div className={styles.metricCard}>
@@ -760,8 +828,8 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
                       <MetricTooltip metricKey="attainment_8_score" />
                     </div>
                     <div className={styles.metricValue}>{latestResults.attainment_8_score.toFixed(1)}</div>
-                    {secondaryAvg.attainment_8_score != null && (
+                    {!suppressKs4Comparison && secondaryAvg.attainment_8_score != null && (
-                      <div className={styles.metricHint}>National avg: {secondaryAvg.attainment_8_score.toFixed(1)}</div>
+                      <div className={styles.metricHint}>England avg: {secondaryAvg.attainment_8_score.toFixed(1)}</div>
                     )}
                   </div>
                 )}
@@ -784,8 +852,8 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
                       <MetricTooltip metricKey="english_maths_standard_pass_pct" />
                     </div>
                     <div className={styles.metricValue}>{formatPercentage(latestResults.english_maths_standard_pass_pct)}</div>
-                    {secondaryAvg.english_maths_standard_pass_pct != null && (
+                    {!suppressKs4Comparison && secondaryAvg.english_maths_standard_pass_pct != null && (
-                      <div className={styles.metricHint}>National avg: {secondaryAvg.english_maths_standard_pass_pct.toFixed(0)}%</div>
+                      <div className={styles.metricHint}>England avg: {secondaryAvg.english_maths_standard_pass_pct.toFixed(0)}%</div>
                     )}
                   </div>
                 )}
@@ -796,8 +864,8 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
                       <MetricTooltip metricKey="english_maths_strong_pass_pct" />
                     </div>
                     <div className={styles.metricValue}>{formatPercentage(latestResults.english_maths_strong_pass_pct)}</div>
-                    {secondaryAvg.english_maths_strong_pass_pct != null && (
+                    {!suppressKs4Comparison && secondaryAvg.english_maths_strong_pass_pct != null && (
-                      <div className={styles.metricHint}>National avg: {secondaryAvg.english_maths_strong_pass_pct.toFixed(0)}%</div>
+                      <div className={styles.metricHint}>England avg: {secondaryAvg.english_maths_strong_pass_pct.toFixed(0)}%</div>
                     )}
                   </div>
                 )}
@@ -861,6 +929,15 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
               </div>
             )}
           </div>
+          {/* All-through admissions data covers a single entry point (usually the
+              Year 7 secondary intake), not reception — say so, or a parent could
+              read these as the whole-school figures. */}
+          {isAllThrough && admissions.school_phase && (
+            <p className={styles.sectionSubtitle}>
+              These figures are for {admissions.school_phase.toLowerCase()} entry
+              {/secondary/i.test(admissions.school_phase) ? ' (Year 7)' : /primary/i.test(admissions.school_phase) ? ' (Reception)' : ''}.
+            </p>
+          )}
 
           <div className={styles.admissionsViewport}>
             {/* This-year Q&A */}
@@ -902,6 +979,9 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
                   </div>
                 )}
               </dl>
+              {admissionsSummary.chip && (
+                <p className={styles.admissionsTrendSummary}>{admissionsSummary.chip.text}</p>
+              )}
             </div>
 
             {/* Multi-year trend */}
@@ -937,7 +1017,7 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
                     <DeltaChip value={latestResults.disadvantaged_pct} baseline={primaryAvg.disadvantaged_pct} unit="pts" size="sm" />
                   )}
                 </div>
-                <div className={styles.heroStatHint}>Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds{primaryAvg.disadvantaged_pct != null ? ` · national avg: ${primaryAvg.disadvantaged_pct.toFixed(0)}%` : ''}</div>
+                <div className={styles.heroStatHint}>Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds{primaryAvg.disadvantaged_pct != null ? ` · England avg: ${primaryAvg.disadvantaged_pct.toFixed(0)}%` : ''}</div>
               </div>
             )}
             {latestResults?.eal_pct != null && (
@@ -953,7 +1033,7 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
                   )}
                 </div>
                 {primaryAvg.eal_pct != null && (
-                  <div className={styles.heroStatHint}>National avg: {primaryAvg.eal_pct.toFixed(0)}%</div>
+                  <div className={styles.heroStatHint}>England avg: {primaryAvg.eal_pct.toFixed(0)}%</div>
                 )}
               </div>
             )}
@@ -970,7 +1050,7 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
                   )}
                 </div>
                 {primaryAvg.sen_support_pct != null && (
-                  <div className={styles.heroStatHint}>National avg: {primaryAvg.sen_support_pct.toFixed(0)}%</div>
+                  <div className={styles.heroStatHint}>England avg: {primaryAvg.sen_support_pct.toFixed(0)}%</div>
                 )}
               </div>
             )}
@@ -1034,16 +1114,52 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
       {yearlyData.length > 0 && (
         <section id="history" className={styles.card}>
           <h2 className={styles.sectionTitle}>Results Over Time</h2>
+          {isAllThrough ? (
+            // All-through: KS2 and KS4 trends are on different scales and have
+            // different gap stories, so render them as two stacked charts
+            // rather than crowding 8+ series onto one axis.
+            <>
+              {hasKS2Results && (
+                <>
+                  <h3 className={styles.subSectionTitle}>Primary — KS2 SATs</h3>
+                  <div className={styles.chartContainer}>
+                    <PerformanceChart
+                      data={yearlyData}
+                      schoolName={schoolInfo.school_name}
+                      isSecondary={false}
+                      nationalRwmAvg={suppressKs2Comparison ? null : (primaryAvg.rwm_expected_pct ?? null)}
+                      nationalByYear={suppressKs2Comparison ? undefined : nationalAvg?.by_year}
+                    />
+                  </div>
+                </>
+              )}
+              {hasKS4Results && (
+                <>
+                  <h3 className={styles.subSectionTitle} style={{ marginTop: '1.5rem' }}>Secondary — GCSEs</h3>
+                  <div className={styles.chartContainer}>
+                    <PerformanceChart
+                      data={yearlyData}
+                      schoolName={schoolInfo.school_name}
+                      isSecondary={true}
+                      nationalAtt8Avg={suppressKs4Comparison ? null : (secondaryAvg.attainment_8_score ?? null)}
+                      nationalByYear={suppressKs4Comparison ? undefined : nationalAvg?.by_year}
+                    />
+                  </div>
+                </>
+              )}
+            </>
+          ) : (
             <div className={styles.chartContainer}>
               <PerformanceChart
                 data={yearlyData}
                 schoolName={schoolInfo.school_name}
                 isSecondary={isSecondary}
-              nationalRwmAvg={isPrimary ? (primaryAvg.rwm_expected_pct ?? null) : null}
+                nationalRwmAvg={isPrimary && !suppressKs2Comparison ? (primaryAvg.rwm_expected_pct ?? null) : null}
-              nationalAtt8Avg={isSecondary ? (secondaryAvg.attainment_8_score ?? null) : null}
+                nationalAtt8Avg={isSecondary && !suppressKs4Comparison ? (secondaryAvg.attainment_8_score ?? null) : null}
-              nationalByYear={nationalAvg?.by_year}
+                nationalByYear={(isPrimary ? suppressKs2Comparison : suppressKs4Comparison) ? undefined : nationalAvg?.by_year}
               />
             </div>
+          )}
           {yearlyData.length > 1 && (
             <details className={styles.historyDisclosure}>
               <summary className={styles.historyToggle}>View raw year-by-year data</summary>
@@ -1052,7 +1168,15 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
                   <thead>
                     <tr>
                       <th>Year</th>
-                      {isSecondary ? (
+                      {isAllThrough ? (
+                        <>
+                          <th>RWM (expected %)</th>
+                          <th>Exceeding (%)</th>
+                          <th>Attainment 8</th>
+                          <th>Progress 8</th>
+                          <th>English &amp; Maths Grade 4+</th>
+                        </>
+                      ) : isSecondary ? (
                         <>
                           <th>Attainment 8</th>
                           <th>Progress 8</th>
@@ -1074,7 +1198,15 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
                     {yearlyData.map((result) => (
                       <tr key={result.year}>
                         <td className={styles.yearCell}>{formatAcademicYear(result.year)}</td>
-                        {isSecondary ? (
+                        {isAllThrough ? (
+                          <>
+                            <td>{result.rwm_expected_pct !== null ? formatPercentage(result.rwm_expected_pct) : '-'}</td>
+                            <td>{result.rwm_high_pct !== null ? formatPercentage(result.rwm_high_pct) : '-'}</td>
+                            <td>{result.attainment_8_score !== null ? result.attainment_8_score.toFixed(1) : '-'}</td>
+                            <td>{result.progress_8_score !== null ? formatProgress(result.progress_8_score) : '-'}</td>
+                            <td>{result.english_maths_standard_pass_pct !== null ? formatPercentage(result.english_maths_standard_pass_pct) : '-'}</td>
+                          </>
+                        ) : isSecondary ? (
                           <>
                             <td>{result.attainment_8_score !== null ? result.attainment_8_score.toFixed(1) : '-'}</td>
                             <td>{result.progress_8_score !== null ? formatProgress(result.progress_8_score) : '-'}</td>
@@ -1099,8 +1231,8 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
           )}
         </section>
       )}
-      {/* Year 1 Phonics — primary only */}
+      {/* Year 1 Phonics — primary-stage metric (pure primary + all-through) */}
-      {hasPhonics && isPrimary && phonics && (
+      {hasPhonics && showPrimaryContent && phonics && (
         <section id="phonics" className={styles.card}>
           <h2 className={styles.sectionTitle}>Year 1 Phonics ({formatAcademicYear(phonics.year)})</h2>
           <p className={styles.sectionSubtitle}>
@@ -1142,7 +1274,7 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
                 </div>
                 <div className={styles.metricValue}>{formatPercentage(absenceData.overall_absence_rate)}</div>
                 {primaryAvg.overall_absence_pct != null && (
-                  <div className={styles.metricHint}>National avg: ~{primaryAvg.overall_absence_pct.toFixed(1)}%</div>
+                  <div className={styles.metricHint}>England avg: ~{primaryAvg.overall_absence_pct.toFixed(1)}%</div>
                 )}
               </div>
             )}
@@ -1154,7 +1286,7 @@ export function SchoolDetailView({
                 </div>
                 <div className={styles.metricValue}>{formatPercentage(absenceData.persistent_absence_rate)}</div>
                 {primaryAvg.persistent_absence_pct != null && (
-                  <div className={styles.metricHint}>National avg: ~{primaryAvg.persistent_absence_pct.toFixed(0)}%</div>
+                  <div className={styles.metricHint}>England avg: ~{primaryAvg.persistent_absence_pct.toFixed(0)}%</div>
                 )}
               </div>
             )}

nextjs-app/components/SchoolRow.tsx

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 import type { School } from '@/lib/types';
-import { formatPercentage, calculateTrend, getPhaseStyle, schoolUrl, buildOfstedListBadge, formatAgeRange, isProposedToClose } from '@/lib/utils';
+import { formatPercentage, calculateTrend, getPhaseStyle, schoolUrl, buildOfstedListBadge, formatAgeRange, isProposedToClose, isSpecialSchool } from '@/lib/utils';
 import styles from './SchoolRow.module.css';
 
 interface SchoolRowProps {
@@ -38,10 +38,23 @@ export function SchoolRow({
     school.religious_denomination &&
     school.religious_denomination !== 'Does not apply';
 
-  // vs-national delta
+  // A placeholder all-zero row (every subject 0 — a special/suppressed
+  // signature, matching SchoolDetailView's ks2Placeholder) isn't a real score,
+  // so its figure is hidden. A genuine 0% combined (some pupils met individual
+  // subjects but not all three) is NOT all-zero and stays shown.
+  const rwmPlaceholder =
+    school.rwm_expected_pct === 0 &&
+    (school.reading_expected_pct ?? 0) === 0 &&
+    (school.writing_expected_pct ?? 0) === 0 &&
+    (school.maths_expected_pct ?? 0) === 0;
+  // The school's OWN figure and its year-over-year trend are same-school
+  // measures — shown whenever there's a real value, special schools included.
+  const showRwmValue = school.rwm_expected_pct != null && !rwmPlaceholder;
+  // The vs-England delta is a mainstream benchmark: additionally dropped for
+  // special schools / PRUs / AP, whose pupils aren't measured against it fairly.
   const rwmDelta =
-    school.rwm_expected_pct != null && nationalAvgRwm != null
+    showRwmValue && !isSpecialSchool(school) && nationalAvgRwm != null
-      ? Math.round(school.rwm_expected_pct - nationalAvgRwm)
+      ? Math.round((school.rwm_expected_pct as number) - nationalAvgRwm)
       : null;
 
   const handleCompareClick = () => {
@@ -87,9 +100,9 @@ export function SchoolRow({
         <div className={styles.line3}>
           <span className={styles.stat}>
             <strong className={styles.statValue}>
-              {school.rwm_expected_pct != null ? formatPercentage(school.rwm_expected_pct, 0) : '—'}
+              {showRwmValue ? formatPercentage(school.rwm_expected_pct, 0) : '—'}
             </strong>
-            {school.prev_rwm_expected_pct != null && (
+            {showRwmValue && school.prev_rwm_expected_pct != null && (
               <span
                 className={`${styles.trend} ${styles[`trend${trend.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + trend.slice(1)}`]}`}
                 title={`Previous year: ${formatPercentage(school.prev_rwm_expected_pct)}`}

nextjs-app/components/SecondarySchoolDetailView.module.css

@@ -623,6 +623,41 @@
     color: var(--accent-coral-dark, #b04a2e);
 }
 
+/* ── Ofsted grade grids (Report Card + OEIF) ──
+   Uniform, vertically-aligned grade chips. Labels reserve two lines so
+   single- and double-line labels put their chips on the same baseline;
+   every chip (Met, Strong, Expected standard, …) shares one font size,
+   padding and min-height regardless of how many lines its text wraps to. */
+.gradeGrid .metricCard {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 0.5rem;
+    padding: 0.85rem 0.75rem;
+}
+.gradeGrid .metricLabel {
+    min-height: 2.6em;
+    margin: 0;
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    text-align: center;
+}
+.gradeGrid .metricValue {
+    margin-top: auto;
+    display: inline-flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    max-width: 100%;
+    min-height: 2.6em;
+    padding: 0.3rem 0.7rem;
+    border-radius: 5px;
+    font-size: 1rem;
+    font-weight: 700;
+    line-height: 1.25;
+    text-align: center;
+}
+
 .ofstedDisclaimer {
     font-size: 0.8rem;
     color: var(--text-muted, #8a847a);
@@ -1049,8 +1084,12 @@
         font-size: 1.85rem;
     }
 
+    /* On mobile let the chart container flow naturally — PerformanceChart's
+       own .chartWrapper carries the definite canvas height (220px) plus the
+       chip strip above it. A fixed 220px here double-constrained the two and
+       clipped the chips onto the plot area. */
     .chartContainer {
-        height: 220px;
+        height: auto;
     }
 
     .dataTable {

nextjs-app/components/SecondarySchoolDetailView.tsx

@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ import type {
   SchoolAdmissions, SenDetail, Phonics,
   SchoolDeprivation, SchoolFinance, NationalAverages,
 } from '@/lib/types';
-import { formatPercentage, formatProgress, formatAcademicYear, formatAgeRange, isProposedToClose } from '@/lib/utils';
+import { formatPercentage, formatProgress, formatAcademicYear, formatAgeRange, isProposedToClose, ofstedLegacyAreas, isSpecialSchool } from '@/lib/utils';
 import { DeltaChip } from './DeltaChip';
+import { SpecialSchoolNote } from './SpecialSchoolNote';
 import { track, getNavigationSource } from '@/lib/analytics';
 import styles from './SecondarySchoolDetailView.module.css';
 
@@ -107,6 +108,16 @@ export function SecondarySchoolDetailView({
   const p8Suspended = latestResults != null && latestResults.year >= 202425;
   const hasResults = latestResults?.attainment_8_score != null;
 
+  // Special schools / PRUs / AP sit the same GCSEs but teach pupils with SEND,
+  // so their headline attainment is far below the mainstream average by design.
+  // Drop the England comparison + "below" framing so the page doesn't portray
+  // them as failing against a benchmark that doesn't fit. Attainment 8 is a
+  // single 0–80 score with no subject breakdown to test for a placeholder, so
+  // this keys off establishment type only — a genuine (if extreme) 0.0 at a
+  // mainstream school still shows its real value and comparison.
+  const isSpecial = isSpecialSchool(schoolInfo);
+  const suppressComparison = isSpecial;
+
   const admissionsTag = (() => {
     const policy = schoolInfo.admissions_policy?.toLowerCase() ?? '';
     if (policy.includes('selective')) return 'Selective';
@@ -186,18 +197,27 @@ export function SecondarySchoolDetailView({
   // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [navItems.map(n => n.id).join(',')]);
 
+  // A report card is identified by the presence of report-card area
+  // judgements, NOT by `framework` — the API sets `framework` to the raw
+  // event grouping (e.g. "Schools - S5") even for report-card schools, so
+  // the old `framework === 'ReportCard'` test never matched and report cards
+  // were rendered as legacy ratings dated to a pre-Nov-2025 inspection.
+  const isReportCard = !!(
+    ofsted?.report_card && Object.keys(ofsted.report_card).length > 0
+  );
+  // Report cards are dated by their own inspection (rc_inspection_date), never
+  // the legacy inspection_date (report cards exist only from Nov 2025).
+  const ofstedInspectedDate = isReportCard
+    ? ofsted?.rc_inspection_date ?? null
+    : ofsted?.inspection_date ?? null;
+
   // ── Ofsted: detect if all OEIF sub-grades match the overall ───────────
-  const oeifAllSameGrade = (() => {
+  const oeifAreas = ofsted ? ofstedLegacyAreas(ofsted) : [];
-    if (!ofsted || ofsted.framework === 'ReportCard') return false;
+  const oeifAllSameGrade =
-    const subs = [
+    !!ofsted &&
-      ofsted.quality_of_education,
+    !isReportCard &&
-      ofsted.behaviour_attitudes,
+    oeifAreas.length >= 3 &&
-      ofsted.personal_development,
+    oeifAreas.every((a) => a.value === ofsted.overall_effectiveness);
-      ofsted.leadership_management,
-      ...(ofsted.early_years_provision != null ? [ofsted.early_years_provision] : []),
-    ].filter((v): v is number => v != null);
-    return subs.length >= 3 && subs.every(v => v === ofsted.overall_effectiveness);
-  })();
 
   // National Attainment 8 baseline for the "Results Over Time" chart.
   const heroAtt8Nat = secondaryAvg.attainment_8_score ?? null;
@@ -332,10 +352,10 @@ export function SecondarySchoolDetailView({
       {ofsted && (
         <section id="ofsted" className={styles.card}>
           <h2 className={styles.sectionTitle}>
-            {ofsted.framework === 'ReportCard' ? 'Ofsted Report Card' : 'Ofsted Rating'}
+            {isReportCard ? 'Ofsted Report Card' : 'Ofsted Rating'}
-            {ofsted.inspection_date && (
+            {ofstedInspectedDate && (
               <span className={styles.ofstedDate}>
-                {' '}Inspected {new Date(ofsted.inspection_date).toLocaleDateString('en-GB', { day: 'numeric', month: 'long', year: 'numeric' })}
+                {' '}Inspected {new Date(ofstedInspectedDate).toLocaleDateString('en-GB', { day: 'numeric', month: 'long', year: 'numeric' })}
               </span>
             )}
             <a
@@ -349,12 +369,12 @@ export function SecondarySchoolDetailView({
               Ofsted reports ↗
             </a>
           </h2>
-          {ofsted.framework === 'ReportCard' ? (
+          {isReportCard ? (
             <>
               <p className={styles.ofstedDisclaimer}>
                 From November 2025, Ofsted replaced single overall grades with Report Cards rating schools across several areas.
               </p>
-              <div className={styles.metricsGrid}>
+              <div className={`${styles.metricsGrid} ${styles.gradeGrid}`}>
                 {ofsted.rc_safeguarding_met != null && (
                   <div className={styles.metricCard}>
                     <div className={styles.metricLabel}>Safeguarding</div>
@@ -390,23 +410,17 @@ export function SecondarySchoolDetailView({
                 )}
               </div>
               <p className={styles.ofstedDisclaimer}>
-                From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections.
+                {ofsted.grade_source === 'ungraded_carried_forward'
+                  ? 'This overall grade is carried forward from an earlier inspection — Ofsted has since visited without issuing a new overall grade. From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement.'
+                  : 'From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections.'}
               </p>
               {oeifAllSameGrade ? (
                 <p className={styles.ofstedAllSame}>
                   Rated <strong>{OFSTED_LABELS[ofsted.overall_effectiveness]}</strong> across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils&apos; Development and Leadership.
                 </p>
               ) : (
-                <div className={styles.metricsGrid}>
+                <div className={`${styles.metricsGrid} ${styles.gradeGrid}`}>
-                  {[
+                  {oeifAreas.map(({ label, value }) => (
-                    { label: 'Quality of Teaching', value: ofsted.quality_of_education },
-                    { label: 'Behaviour in School', value: ofsted.behaviour_attitudes },
-                    { label: 'Pupils\' Wider Development', value: ofsted.personal_development },
-                    { label: 'School Leadership', value: ofsted.leadership_management },
-                    ...(ofsted.early_years_provision != null
-                      ? [{ label: 'Early Years (Reception)', value: ofsted.early_years_provision }]
-                      : []),
-                  ].map(({ label, value }) => value != null && (
                     <div key={label} className={styles.metricCard}>
                       <div className={styles.metricLabel}>{label}</div>
                       <div className={`${styles.metricValue} ${styles[`ofstedGrade${value}`]}`}>
@@ -422,7 +436,7 @@ export function SecondarySchoolDetailView({
               <p className={styles.sectionSubtitle}>
                 From September 2024, Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade.
               </p>
-              <div className={styles.metricsGrid}>
+              <div className={`${styles.metricsGrid} ${styles.gradeGrid}`}>
                 {[
                   { label: 'Quality of Education', value: ofsted.quality_of_education },
                   { label: 'Behaviour & Attitudes', value: ofsted.behaviour_attitudes },
@@ -449,12 +463,15 @@ export function SecondarySchoolDetailView({
             GCSE Results ({formatAcademicYear(latestResults.year)})
           </h2>
           <p className={styles.sectionSubtitle}>
-            GCSE results for Year 11 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.
+            GCSE results for Year 11 pupils.{!suppressComparison && ' England averages shown for comparison.'}
           </p>
 
+          <SpecialSchoolNote school={schoolInfo} />
+
           {p8Suspended && (
             <div className={styles.p8Banner}>
-              Progress 8 scores for 2024/25 are not used for accountability purposes following the KS2 assessment disruption. Treat with caution.
+              Progress 8 isn&apos;t published for 2024/25: this GCSE year group sat no KS2 tests
+              (COVID), so DfE has no starting point to measure their progress from.
             </div>
           )}
 
@@ -468,7 +485,7 @@ export function SecondarySchoolDetailView({
                 </div>
                 <div className={styles.heroStatValue}>
                   {latestResults.attainment_8_score.toFixed(1)}
-                  {secondaryAvg.attainment_8_score != null && (
+                  {!suppressComparison && secondaryAvg.attainment_8_score != null && (
                     <DeltaChip
                       value={latestResults.attainment_8_score}
                       baseline={secondaryAvg.attainment_8_score}
@@ -477,8 +494,8 @@ export function SecondarySchoolDetailView({
                     />
                   )}
                 </div>
-                {secondaryAvg.attainment_8_score != null && (
+                {!suppressComparison && secondaryAvg.attainment_8_score != null && (
-                  <div className={styles.heroStatHint}>National avg: {secondaryAvg.attainment_8_score.toFixed(1)}</div>
+                  <div className={styles.heroStatHint}>England avg: {secondaryAvg.attainment_8_score.toFixed(1)}</div>
                 )}
               </div>
             )}
@@ -508,7 +525,7 @@ export function SecondarySchoolDetailView({
                 </div>
                 <div className={styles.heroStatValue}>
                   {formatPercentage(latestResults.english_maths_strong_pass_pct)}
-                  {secondaryAvg.english_maths_strong_pass_pct != null && (
+                  {!suppressComparison && secondaryAvg.english_maths_strong_pass_pct != null && (
                     <DeltaChip
                       value={latestResults.english_maths_strong_pass_pct}
                       baseline={secondaryAvg.english_maths_strong_pass_pct}
@@ -517,8 +534,8 @@ export function SecondarySchoolDetailView({
                     />
                   )}
                 </div>
-                {secondaryAvg.english_maths_strong_pass_pct != null && (
+                {!suppressComparison && secondaryAvg.english_maths_strong_pass_pct != null && (
-                  <div className={styles.heroStatHint}>National avg: {secondaryAvg.english_maths_strong_pass_pct.toFixed(0)}%</div>
+                  <div className={styles.heroStatHint}>England avg: {secondaryAvg.english_maths_strong_pass_pct.toFixed(0)}%</div>
                 )}
               </div>
             )}
@@ -530,7 +547,7 @@ export function SecondarySchoolDetailView({
                 </div>
                 <div className={styles.heroStatValue}>
                   {formatPercentage(latestResults.english_maths_standard_pass_pct)}
-                  {secondaryAvg.english_maths_standard_pass_pct != null && (
+                  {!suppressComparison && secondaryAvg.english_maths_standard_pass_pct != null && (
                     <DeltaChip
                       value={latestResults.english_maths_standard_pass_pct}
                       baseline={secondaryAvg.english_maths_standard_pass_pct}
@@ -539,15 +556,17 @@ export function SecondarySchoolDetailView({
                     />
                   )}
                 </div>
-                {secondaryAvg.english_maths_standard_pass_pct != null && (
+                {!suppressComparison && secondaryAvg.english_maths_standard_pass_pct != null && (
-                  <div className={styles.heroStatHint}>National avg: {secondaryAvg.english_maths_standard_pass_pct.toFixed(0)}%</div>
+                  <div className={styles.heroStatHint}>England avg: {secondaryAvg.english_maths_standard_pass_pct.toFixed(0)}%</div>
                 )}
               </div>
             )}
           </div>
 
-          {/* Attainment 8 visual bar (0–80 scale) */}
+          {/* Attainment 8 visual bar (0–80 scale). This viz is explicitly
-          {latestResults.attainment_8_score != null && (
+              "school vs national", so it's dropped for special schools where
+              that comparison isn't meaningful. */}
+          {!suppressComparison && latestResults.attainment_8_score != null && (
             <div className={styles.att8Viz}>
               <div className={styles.att8VizLabel}>Attainment 8 — school vs national</div>
               <div className={styles.att8VizTrack}>
@@ -739,8 +758,8 @@ export function SecondarySchoolDetailView({
                   data={yearlyData}
                   schoolName={schoolInfo.school_name}
                   isSecondary={true}
-                  nationalAtt8Avg={heroAtt8Nat}
+                  nationalAtt8Avg={suppressComparison ? null : heroAtt8Nat}
-                  nationalByYear={nationalAvg?.by_year}
+                  nationalByYear={suppressComparison ? undefined : nationalAvg?.by_year}
                 />
               </div>
             </>

nextjs-app/components/SecondarySchoolRow.tsx

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 'use client';
 
 import type { School } from '@/lib/types';
-import { buildOfstedListBadge, getPhaseStyle, schoolUrl, formatAgeRange, isProposedToClose } from '@/lib/utils';
+import { buildOfstedListBadge, getPhaseStyle, schoolUrl, formatAgeRange, isProposedToClose, isSpecialSchool } from '@/lib/utils';
 import styles from './SecondarySchoolRow.module.css';
 
 function detectAdmissionsTag(school: School): string | null {
@@ -55,8 +55,14 @@ export function SecondarySchoolRow({
   const ofstedBadge = buildOfstedListBadge(school);
   const phase = getPhaseStyle(school.phase);
   const att8 = school.attainment_8_score;
+  // The school's own Attainment 8 is a same-school figure — shown whenever it
+  // exists (special schools included; their type tag on line 2 gives context).
+  // Only the vs-LA-average delta, a benchmark comparison, is dropped for
+  // special schools / PRUs / AP, whose pupils aren't measured against it fairly.
   const laDelta =
-    att8 != null && laAvgAttainment8 != null ? att8 - laAvgAttainment8 : null;
+    att8 != null && !isSpecialSchool(school) && laAvgAttainment8 != null
+      ? att8 - laAvgAttainment8
+      : null;
 
   const admissionsTag = detectAdmissionsTag(school);
   const sixthForm = hasSixthForm(school);

nextjs-app/components/SpecialSchoolNote.module.css

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* Special-school / PRU / AP context note: soft, informational (teal), not a
+   warning. Shared by both detail views so the styling can't drift. */
+.note {
+  background: var(--bg-secondary, #f3ede4);
+  border-left: 4px solid var(--accent-teal, #2d7d7d);
+  border-radius: 0 6px 6px 0;
+  padding: 0.7rem 1rem;
+  margin: 0 0 1rem;
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  line-height: 1.5;
+  color: var(--text-secondary, #5c564d);
+}
+.note strong {
+  color: var(--text-primary, #1a1612);
+}

nextjs-app/components/SpecialSchoolNote.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/**
+ * SpecialSchoolNote — the context note shown on special-school / PRU / AP
+ * detail pages explaining why the mainstream England-average comparison is
+ * dropped. Renders nothing for mainstream schools.
+ *
+ * The copy is type-aware: only genuine special schools have pupils with special
+ * educational needs. Pupil referral units and alternative provision teach
+ * pupils educated outside a mainstream setting (e.g. after exclusion, or for
+ * medical reasons) who are not necessarily SEND — so their note says so rather
+ * than mischaracterising them. Suppressing the England comparison is reasonable
+ * for all three.
+ */
+
+import { isSpecialSchool } from '@/lib/utils';
+import styles from './SpecialSchoolNote.module.css';
+
+type SpecialKind = 'special' | 'pru' | 'ap';
+
+function specialKind(schoolType: string | null | undefined): SpecialKind {
+  const t = (schoolType ?? '').toLowerCase();
+  if (/pupil referral/.test(t)) return 'pru';
+  if (/alternative provision/.test(t)) return 'ap';
+  return 'special';
+}
+
+export function SpecialSchoolNote({ school }: { school: { school_type?: string | null } }) {
+  if (!isSpecialSchool(school)) return null;
+  const kind = specialKind(school.school_type);
+
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.note} role="note">
+      {kind === 'special' && (
+        <>
+          <strong>This is a special school.</strong> Its pupils have special educational needs and
+          work towards individual targets. They sit the same national assessments, but very few
+          reach the mainstream &ldquo;expected standard&rdquo; these measures report — so a
+          comparison with the England average isn&rsquo;t a meaningful guide to the school.
+        </>
+      )}
+      {kind === 'pru' && (
+        <>
+          <strong>This is a pupil referral unit.</strong> It teaches pupils educated outside a
+          mainstream school — for example after exclusion, or for medical or behavioural reasons.
+          The mainstream &ldquo;expected standard&rdquo; and the England-average comparison
+          aren&rsquo;t a meaningful guide to the school.
+        </>
+      )}
+      {kind === 'ap' && (
+        <>
+          <strong>This is an alternative provision setting.</strong> It teaches pupils educated
+          outside a mainstream school. The mainstream &ldquo;expected standard&rdquo; and the
+          England-average comparison aren&rsquo;t a meaningful guide to the school.
+        </>
+      )}{' '}
+      Where available, the progress its pupils make is a fairer measure.
+    </div>
+  );
+}

nextjs-app/components/compare/CompareAcademics.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 'use client';
 
 import { latestValues, verdict } from '@/lib/compareLogic';
+import { isSpecialSchool } from '@/lib/utils';
 import type { Benchmarks, ComparisonData, NationalAverages, School } from '@/lib/types';
 import { DotStrip } from '@/components/DotStrip';
 import { Cell, Chip, RowLabel, Section, SectionGrid, sectionStyles as s } from './sectionShared';
@@ -90,15 +91,19 @@ function Strip({
   urns,
   schoolNames,
   national,
+  special,
 }: {
   spec: StripSpec;
   data: Record<string, ComparisonData>;
   urns: number[];
   schoolNames: string[];
   national: Record<string, number> | undefined;
+  /** Per-school special-school flag; special schools' mainstream attainment is
+   * not a fair comparison, so it's dropped from the strip (no dot). */
+  special: boolean[];
 }) {
-  const values = latestValues(data, urns, spec.metric).map((v) =>
+  const values = latestValues(data, urns, spec.metric).map((v, i) =>
-    v != null ? Math.round(v) : null,
+    v != null && !special[i] ? Math.round(v) : null,
   );
   const anchorValue = spec.anchorKey ? national?.[spec.anchorKey] : undefined;
   const anchor =
@@ -135,12 +140,19 @@ export function CompareAcademics({
 }) {
   const urns = schools.map((school) => school.urn);
   const schoolNames = schools.map((school) => school.school_name);
+  // Special schools / PRUs / AP: their pupils sit the same assessments but very
+  // few reach the mainstream standard, so their attainment isn't a fair
+  // like-for-like comparison — drop it (progress banding, which IS meaningful,
+  // is kept).
+  const specialFlags = schools.map((school) => isSpecialSchool(school));
+  const dropSpecial = (vals: Array<number | null>) =>
+    vals.map((v, i) => (specialFlags[i] ? null : v));
   const isSecondary = propIsSecondary !== undefined ? propIsSecondary : schools.some(
     (school) => data[String(school.urn)]?.school_info?.attainment_8_score != null,
   );
 
   if (isSecondary) {
-    const att8 = latestValues(data, urns, 'attainment_8_score');
+    const att8 = dropSpecial(latestValues(data, urns, 'attainment_8_score'));
     const banding = urns.map((urn) => {
       const rows = data[String(urn)]?.yearly_data ?? [];
       for (let i = rows.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
@@ -159,9 +171,24 @@ export function CompareAcademics({
       const y = rows.length ? Math.trunc(rows[rows.length - 1].year) : 0;
       return y >= 202425;
     });
-    const grade5 = latestValues(data, urns, 'english_maths_strong_pass_pct');
+    const grade5 = dropSpecial(latestValues(data, urns, 'english_maths_strong_pass_pct'));
-    const ebacc = latestValues(data, urns, 'ebacc_entry_pct');
+    const ebacc = dropSpecial(latestValues(data, urns, 'ebacc_entry_pct'));
     const att8Anchor = nationalAverages?.secondary?.attainment_8_score;
+    const grade5Anchor = nationalAverages?.secondary?.english_maths_strong_pass_pct;
+    const ebaccAnchor = nationalAverages?.secondary?.ebacc_entry_pct;
+
+    // Every headline number gets its England anchor + verdict chip, so the
+    // "anchored against the England average" promise holds for the grade-5
+    // and EBacc rows too, not just Attainment 8.
+    const anchorChip = (value: number | null, anchor: number | null | undefined, tol: number) => {
+      if (value == null || anchor == null) return null;
+      const v = verdict(value, anchor, tol);
+      return (
+        <Chip tone={v === 'above' ? 'good' : v === 'below' ? 'warn' : 'neutral'}>
+          {v === 'above' ? 'Above' : v === 'below' ? 'Below' : 'Close to'} England average
+        </Chip>
+      );
+    };
 
     return (
       <Section
@@ -174,7 +201,8 @@ export function CompareAcademics({
             <Cell key={school.urn} school={school} index={i}>
               {att8[i] != null ? (
                 <>
-                  <span className={s.big}>{(att8[i] as number).toFixed(1)}</span>
+                  <span className={s.big}>{(att8[i] as number).toFixed(1)}</span>{' '}
+                  {anchorChip(att8[i], att8Anchor, 2)}
                   {att8Anchor != null && (
                     <span className={s.small}>England average {att8Anchor.toFixed(1)}</span>
                   )}
@@ -216,14 +244,38 @@ export function CompareAcademics({
           </RowLabel>
           {schools.map((school, i) => (
             <Cell key={school.urn} school={school} index={i}>
-              {grade5[i] != null ? `${Math.round(grade5[i] as number)}%` : <span className={s.small}>No data</span>}
+              {grade5[i] != null ? (
+                <>
+                  <span className={s.big} style={{ fontSize: '1.1rem' }}>
+                    {Math.round(grade5[i] as number)}%
+                  </span>{' '}
+                  {anchorChip(grade5[i], grade5Anchor, 3)}
+                  {grade5Anchor != null && (
+                    <span className={s.small}>England average {Math.round(grade5Anchor)}%</span>
+                  )}
+                </>
+              ) : (
+                <span className={s.small}>No data</span>
+              )}
             </Cell>
           ))}
 
           <RowLabel tip="% entering the English Baccalaureate subject combination.">EBacc entry</RowLabel>
           {schools.map((school, i) => (
             <Cell key={school.urn} school={school} index={i}>
-              {ebacc[i] != null ? `${Math.round(ebacc[i] as number)}%` : <span className={s.small}>No data</span>}
+              {ebacc[i] != null ? (
+                <>
+                  <span className={s.big} style={{ fontSize: '1.1rem' }}>
+                    {Math.round(ebacc[i] as number)}%
+                  </span>{' '}
+                  {anchorChip(ebacc[i], ebaccAnchor, 3)}
+                  {ebaccAnchor != null && (
+                    <span className={s.small}>England average {Math.round(ebaccAnchor)}%</span>
+                  )}
+                </>
+              ) : (
+                <span className={s.small}>No data</span>
+              )}
             </Cell>
           ))}
         </SectionGrid>
@@ -232,7 +284,7 @@ export function CompareAcademics({
   }
 
   const national = nationalAverages?.primary;
-  const disadvantaged = latestValues(data, urns, 'rwm_expected_disadvantaged_pct');
+  const disadvantaged = dropSpecial(latestValues(data, urns, 'rwm_expected_disadvantaged_pct'));
   const disadvantagedAnchor = benchmarks?.primary?.disadvantaged_rwm_expected_pct ?? null;
   // Cohort size behind the disadvantaged figure (spec §8.5): these are small
   // groups where single pupils move the percentage — show roughly how many
@@ -267,6 +319,7 @@ export function CompareAcademics({
             urns={urns}
             schoolNames={schoolNames}
             national={national}
+            special={specialFlags}
           />
         ))}
 
@@ -280,6 +333,7 @@ export function CompareAcademics({
               urns={urns}
               schoolNames={schoolNames}
               national={national}
+              special={specialFlags}
             />
           ))}
           <p className={styles.stripNote}>

nextjs-app/components/compare/CompareOfsted.tsx

@@ -239,8 +239,17 @@ export function CompareOfsted({
             `https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/${school.urn}`;
           return (
             <Cell key={school.urn} school={school} index={i}>
-              <a className={s.link} href={url} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
+              {/* Short visible label to save space on mobile (the coloured
-                {school.school_name}&apos;s Ofsted page →
+                  school name already leads the row); the full name stays in
+                  aria-label so screen readers can tell the links apart. */}
+              <a
+                className={s.link}
+                href={url}
+                target="_blank"
+                rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                aria-label={`${school.school_name}'s Ofsted page`}
+              >
+                Ofsted page →
               </a>
             </Cell>
           );

nextjs-app/components/compare/compareSections.module.css

@@ -72,15 +72,18 @@
   align-items: center;
   gap: 0.4rem;
   flex-basis: 100%;
-  font-size: 0.8rem;
+  /* Slightly larger than the values below it so the school each row belongs
+     to is easy to read on mobile (hidden on desktop, where the column header
+     names the school). */
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
   font-weight: 600;
   color: var(--sc, var(--text-secondary));
-  margin-bottom: 0.15rem;
+  margin-bottom: 0.2rem;
 }
 
 .cellDot {
-  width: 9px;
+  width: 10px;
-  height: 9px;
+  height: 10px;
   border-radius: 50%;
   background: var(--dot, var(--text-muted));
   flex: none;

nextjs-app/lib/types.ts

@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ export interface School {
 
   // Ofsted (for list view — summary only)
   ofsted_grade?: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | null;
+  /** Report-card inspection date (Nov 2025+); non-null identifies a report
+   * card in the list/map, where the full report_card object isn't available. */
+  ofsted_rc_date?: string | null;
   ofsted_date?: string | null;
   ofsted_framework?: string | null;
 }

nextjs-app/lib/utils.ts

@@ -680,6 +680,42 @@ export function buildSchoolSummary(
   return parts.join(', ') + '.';
 }
 
+// ─── Legacy (OEIF) sub-judgement areas ────────────────────────────────────────
+
+export interface OfstedLegacyArea {
+  label: string;
+  value: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The published OEIF sub-judgement areas for the legacy Ofsted layout, in
+ * display order. Only real grades (1–4) are returned: Ofsted's sentinel
+ * codes for "not applicable / no judgement" (9, and any 0/8 variants) and
+ * nulls are filtered out, so a cryptic "9" never renders as a rating.
+ * Sixth Form provision is included where a school has one — it was
+ * previously dropped from the detail grid entirely.
+ */
+export function ofstedLegacyAreas(ofsted: {
+  quality_of_education?: number | null;
+  behaviour_attitudes?: number | null;
+  personal_development?: number | null;
+  leadership_management?: number | null;
+  early_years_provision?: number | null;
+  sixth_form_provision?: number | null;
+}): OfstedLegacyArea[] {
+  const candidates: Array<[string, number | null | undefined]> = [
+    ['Quality of Teaching', ofsted.quality_of_education],
+    ['Behaviour in School', ofsted.behaviour_attitudes],
+    ["Pupils' Wider Development", ofsted.personal_development],
+    ['School Leadership', ofsted.leadership_management],
+    ['Early Years (Reception)', ofsted.early_years_provision],
+    ['Sixth Form', ofsted.sixth_form_provision],
+  ];
+  return candidates
+    .filter((c): c is [string, number] => c[1] != null && c[1] >= 1 && c[1] <= 4)
+    .map(([label, value]) => ({ label, value }));
+}
+
 // ─── List-level Ofsted badge ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 export interface OfstedListBadge {
@@ -691,9 +727,12 @@ export interface OfstedListBadge {
 
 /**
  * Build the Ofsted badge for a school card in the list/map view.
- * Three states:
+ * States, in priority order:
+ *   - Report Card school (ofsted_rc_date set): "Report Card · YYYY" in purple.
+ *     Checked FIRST so it wins over any carried-forward legacy grade — the
+ *     list has no full report_card object, and ofsted_framework is the raw
+ *     event grouping ("Schools - S5"), never "ReportCard".
  *   - OEIF school (ofsted_grade set): grade word + year, colour-keyed
- *   - ReportCard school (ofsted_framework === 'ReportCard'): "Report Card · YYYY" in purple
  *   - Inspected without an overall grade (OEIF post-Sept-2024, where Ofsted no
  *     longer issues an overall judgement): "Inspected · YYYY" — mirrors the
  *     detail page's hero chip so a school never reads as both inspected and
@@ -704,7 +743,16 @@ export function buildOfstedListBadge(school: {
   ofsted_grade?: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | null;
   ofsted_date?: string | null;
   ofsted_framework?: string | null;
+  ofsted_rc_date?: string | null;
 }): OfstedListBadge {
+  // A report card wins over any carried-forward legacy grade — signalled by
+  // ofsted_rc_date. ofsted_framework is the raw event grouping ("Schools -
+  // S5"), never "ReportCard", so it can't detect report cards.
+  if (school.ofsted_rc_date) {
+    const rcYear = new Date(school.ofsted_rc_date).getFullYear();
+    return { label: `Report Card · ${rcYear}`, cssClass: 'ofstedRc' };
+  }
+
   const year = school.ofsted_date
     ? new Date(school.ofsted_date).getFullYear()
     : null;
@@ -723,10 +771,6 @@ export function buildOfstedListBadge(school: {
     };
   }
 
-  if (school.ofsted_framework === 'ReportCard') {
-    return { label: `Report Card${yearStr}`, cssClass: 'ofstedRc' };
-  }
-
   // An inspection is on record (date or framework present) but carries no
   // overall grade — a post-Sept-2024 OEIF inspection. Distinct from a school
   // that has genuinely never been inspected.
@@ -751,3 +795,24 @@ export const PROPOSED_TO_CLOSE_STATUS = 'Open, but proposed to close';
 export function isProposedToClose(school: { status?: string | null }): boolean {
   return school.status === PROPOSED_TO_CLOSE_STATUS;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Special schools, pupil referral units and alternative provision teach pupils
+ * with SEND or outside mainstream settings. Their pupils sit the same KS2/KS4
+ * assessments but very few reach the mainstream "expected standard", so the
+ * headline attainment measures — and any comparison to the England average —
+ * are not a fair judgement of the school. Callers use this to drop the
+ * mainstream-benchmark framing (deltas, "below England", national markers)
+ * rather than portray these schools as failing.
+ *
+ * Detection is by establishment type: every DfE special-school type contains
+ * "special" (e.g. "Community special school", "Academy special converter/sponsor
+ * led", "Foundation special school", "Non-maintained special school", "Free
+ * schools special", "Other independent special school"); PRUs and alternative
+ * provision are matched by name. Special schools carry a mainstream `phase`
+ * (Primary/Secondary/All-through), so `phase` alone can't identify them.
+ */
+export function isSpecialSchool(school: { school_type?: string | null }): boolean {
+  const t = (school.school_type ?? '').toLowerCase();
+  return /\bspecial\b/.test(t) || /pupil referral/.test(t) || /alternative provision/.test(t);
+}