test(e2e): scroll a long list, and wait out the popup crossfade

The pinned-toolbar journeys scrolled the results of a typed B1 1BB search.
At the new half-mile default that is two schools, so the page ended before
the toolbar had anything to stay pinned over (desktop scrollY stopped at
229; on phones the scroll reached the footer). They now open the search
at a mile, which is what they were measuring.

Leaflet crossfades popups for 200ms, so for that window there are two
.sc-popup elements, and a strict locator fails at once rather than
retrying. Wait for one popup before reading it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

backend/app.py

@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ async def get_schools(
         None, description="Filter by local authority", max_length=100
     ),
     school_type: Optional[str] = Query(None, description="Filter by school type", max_length=100),
-    phase: Optional[str] = Query(None, description="Filter by phase: primary, secondary, all-through", max_length=50),
+    phase: Optional[str] = Query(None, description="Filter by phase: primary or secondary (grouped), or any GIAS phase name (exact)", max_length=50),
     postcode: Optional[str] = Query(None, description="Search near postcode", max_length=10),
     radius: float = Query(5.0, ge=0.1, le=5, description="Search radius in miles"),
     page: int = Query(1, ge=1, le=1000, description="Page number"),
@@ -771,11 +771,13 @@ async def get_schools(
 
     # Phase filter — uses PHASE_GROUPS so all-through/middle schools appear
     # in the correct phase(s) rather than being invisible to both filters.
+    # Any other GIAS phase (nursery, 16 plus, middle deemed ...) is an exact
+    # match. It must never fall through to no filter: the search page offers
+    # every phase, and "Nursery" used to return the whole result set.
     if phase:
         phase_lower = phase.lower().replace("_", "-")
-        allowed = PHASE_GROUPS.get(phase_lower)
-        if allowed:
-            df_latest = df_latest[df_latest["phase"].str.lower().isin(allowed)]
+        allowed = PHASE_GROUPS.get(phase_lower, {phase_lower})
+        df_latest = df_latest[df_latest["phase"].fillna("").str.lower().isin(allowed)]
 
     # Secondary-specific filters (after phase filter)
     if gender:

backend/tests/test_phase_filter.py

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+"""The /api/schools phase filter.
+
+The search page offers every GIAS phase, but the filter only knew the three
+grouped ones (primary, secondary, all-through). Anything else — nursery,
+16 plus, the middle-deemed phases — fell through to no filter at all, so
+"Nursery" returned the whole result set, mostly primaries.
+"""
+
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+import pytest
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+PHASES = {
+    100001: "Nursery",
+    100002: "Primary",
+    100003: "Middle deemed primary",
+    100004: "Secondary",
+    100005: "Middle deemed secondary",
+    100006: "16 plus",
+    100007: "All-through",
+}
+
+
+def _schools_df() -> pd.DataFrame:
+    base = {
+        "local_authority": "Testshire",
+        "school_type": "Academy",
+        "address": "1 Test Street",
+        "town": "Testtown",
+        "postcode": "TS1 1AA",
+        "religious_denomination": None,
+        "age_range": "4-11",
+        "has_sixth_form": None,
+        "gender": "Mixed",
+        "admissions_policy": None,
+        "ofsted_grade": np.nan,
+        "ofsted_date": None,
+        "ofsted_framework": None,
+        "latitude": 51.5,
+        "longitude": -0.1,
+        "year": 202425,
+        "total_pupils": 300,
+        "rwm_expected_pct": np.nan,
+        "attainment_8_score": np.nan,
+    }
+    return pd.DataFrame([
+        {**base, "urn": urn, "school_name": f"{phase} School", "phase": phase}
+        for urn, phase in PHASES.items()
+    ])
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def client(monkeypatch):
+    from backend import app as app_module
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(app_module, "load_latest_school_data", _schools_df)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(app_module, "load_school_data", _schools_df)
+    return TestClient(app_module.app, raise_server_exceptions=False)
+
+
+def _urns(client, phase):
+    resp = client.get("/api/schools", params={"phase": phase})
+    assert resp.status_code == 200, resp.text
+    return sorted(s["urn"] for s in resp.json()["schools"])
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("phase, urn", [
+    ("nursery", 100001),
+    ("16 plus", 100006),
+    ("middle deemed primary", 100003),
+    ("middle deemed secondary", 100005),
+])
+def test_an_ungrouped_phase_matches_exactly(client, phase, urn):
+    assert _urns(client, phase) == [urn]
+
+
+def test_grouped_phases_still_take_in_their_related_phases(client):
+    assert _urns(client, "primary") == [100002, 100003, 100007]
+    assert _urns(client, "secondary") == [100004, 100005, 100006, 100007]
+
+
+def test_an_unknown_phase_returns_nothing_rather_than_everything(client):
+    assert _urns(client, "kindergarten") == []

e2e/tests/journeys.spec.ts

@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ test('searching by name returns school results', async ({ page }) => {
 test('searching by postcode returns nearby schools', async ({ page }) => {
   await searchByName(page, 'B1 1BB');
   await expect(schoolLinks(page).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
+  // A new postcode search starts at half a mile.
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL(/[?&]radius=0\.5(&|$)/);
+  await expect(page.getByRole('combobox', { name: 'Distance' })).toHaveValue('0.5');
 });
 
 test('the phase filter switches straight from secondary to primary', async ({ page }) => {
@@ -283,6 +286,20 @@ test('the phase filter switches straight from secondary to primary', async ({ pa
   await expect(phase).toHaveValue('primary');
 });
 
+test('a phase outside primary/secondary filters to that phase, not to everything', async ({ page }) => {
+  // The search page offers every GIAS phase, but the API only knew the grouped
+  // ones and silently dropped the rest — so "Nursery" returned primaries.
+  for (const phase of ['Nursery', '16 plus']) {
+    const res = await page.request.get(
+      `/api/schools?phase=${encodeURIComponent(phase.toLowerCase())}&page_size=50`);
+    expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
+    const phases = new Set(
+      ((await res.json()).schools ?? []).map((s: { phase?: string }) => s.phase));
+    expect([...phases], `phase=${phase} returned other phases`)
+      .toEqual(phases.size ? [phase] : []);
+  }
+});
+
 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
@@ -524,6 +541,13 @@ test('results map fullscreen falls back to an overlay on iOS', async ({ page })
   await expect(openFs).toBeVisible();
 });
 
+/*
+ * A postcode search with a list long enough to scroll. The default half mile
+ * finds two schools around B1 1BB, so the page ends before the toolbar has
+ * anything to stay pinned over; the scroll tests ask for a mile.
+ */
+const LONG_LIST = '/?postcode=B1%201BB&radius=1';
+
 /*
  * The results toolbar: search, filters and the List/Map switch pinned under
  * the header, so none of them scroll away with the results.
@@ -534,7 +558,7 @@ test('results map fullscreen falls back to an overlay on iOS', async ({ page })
  */
 test('the results toolbar stays pinned with its List/Map switch', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1280, height: 800 });
-  await searchByName(page, 'B1 1BB');
+  await page.goto(LONG_LIST);
   await expect(schoolLinks(page).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
 
   const view = page.getByRole('group', { name: 'Results view' });
@@ -558,6 +582,38 @@ test('the results toolbar stays pinned with its List/Map switch', async ({ page
     .toHaveAttribute('aria-pressed', 'true');
 });
 
+/*
+ * The toolbar's line count is set by the screen width, never by the results.
+ * It once wrapped wherever it ran out of room, and the List/Map switch only
+ * appears when there are results — so the same search took two lines with
+ * results and one without.
+ */
+test('the results toolbar keeps its line count whether or not there are results', async ({ page }) => {
+  const withResults = LONG_LIST;
+  // No school type matches this, so the same search returns nothing.
+  const without = `${withResults}&school_type=no-such-type`;
+
+  const lines = async (url: string) => {
+    await page.goto(url);
+    // By label: the input is a combobox when autosuggest is on.
+    const input = page.getByLabel('School name or postcode', { exact: true });
+    const filters = page.getByRole('group', { name: 'Filters' });
+    await expect(filters).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
+    const a = (await input.boundingBox())!;
+    const b = (await filters.boundingBox())!;
+    return b.y >= a.y + a.height ? 2 : 1;
+  };
+  const view = page.getByRole('group', { name: 'Results view' });
+
+  for (const [width, expected] of [[1400, 1], [1100, 2]] as const) {
+    await page.setViewportSize({ width, height: 800 });
+    expect(await lines(withResults), `${width}px with results`).toBe(expected);
+    await expect(view).toBeVisible();
+    expect(await lines(without), `${width}px without results`).toBe(expected);
+    await expect(view).toHaveCount(0);
+  }
+});
+
 /*
  * Desktop opens a postcode search on the map (mockup B): the list in a pane on
  * the left, the map filling the rest of the screen, and a card on the map for
@@ -594,7 +650,15 @@ test('a desktop postcode search opens on the map with the list beside it', async
   const name = (await card.locator('a').first().innerText()).trim();
   await card.click({ position: { x: 6, y: 6 } });
   await expect(page.locator('.sc-pin--selected')).toHaveCount(1);
+  // Leaflet crossfades popups for 200ms, so two exist until the old one goes.
+  await expect(page.locator('.sc-popup')).toHaveCount(1);
   await expect(page.locator('.sc-popup')).toContainText(name);
+  // The card's View link is drawn like the list's, not in Leaflet's link blue.
+  // Polled, because .btn transitions its colour.
+  const colour = (l: Locator) => l.evaluate(el => getComputedStyle(el).color);
+  const listViewColour = await colour(card.getByRole('link', { name: 'View', exact: true }));
+  await expect.poll(() => colour(page.locator('.sc-popup').getByRole('link', { name: 'View', exact: true })))
+    .toBe(listViewColour);
 
   // And from the keyboard: each row has a "Show … on the map" button that
   // appears on focus.
@@ -605,6 +669,7 @@ test('a desktop postcode search opens on the map with the list beside it', async
   await expect(show).toBeVisible();
   await page.keyboard.press('Enter');
   await expect(show).toHaveAttribute('aria-pressed', 'true');
+  await expect(page.locator('.sc-popup')).toHaveCount(1);
   await expect(page.locator('.sc-popup')).toContainText(secondName);
 });
 
@@ -612,7 +677,7 @@ test('a desktop postcode search opens on the map with the list beside it', async
 for (const width of [360, 390, 402, 430]) {
   test(`a phone opens on the map, with the list a tap away, at ${width}px`, async ({ page }) => {
     await page.setViewportSize({ width, height: 800 });
-    await searchByName(page, 'B1 1BB');
+    await page.goto(LONG_LIST);
 
     // On the map, with the floating button offering the list, clear of the
     // bottom tab bar.

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

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+import { FilterBar } from '@/components/FilterBar';
+
+const push = jest.fn();
+let searchParams = new URLSearchParams();
+jest.mock('next/navigation', () => ({
+  useRouter: () => ({ push, replace: jest.fn(), prefetch: jest.fn() }),
+  usePathname: () => '/',
+  useSearchParams: () => searchParams,
+}));
+
+const FILTERS = {
+  local_authorities: [], school_types: [], years: [], phases: [],
+  genders: [], admissions_policies: [],
+};
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  push.mockClear();
+  searchParams = new URLSearchParams();
+});
+
+describe('FilterBar default distance', () => {
+  it('searches a new postcode within half a mile', async () => {
+    render(<FilterBar filters={FILTERS} />);
+    await userEvent.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText(/School name or postcode/i), 'SW19 6AR{Enter}');
+    await waitFor(() => expect(push).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('radius=0.5')));
+  });
+
+  it('shows half a mile when the URL carries a postcode but no radius', () => {
+    searchParams = new URLSearchParams('postcode=SW196AR');
+    render(<FilterBar filters={FILTERS} />);
+    expect(screen.getByRole('combobox', { name: 'Distance' })).toHaveValue('0.5');
+  });
+
+  it('keeps a distance the user already chose', async () => {
+    searchParams = new URLSearchParams('postcode=SW196AR&radius=3');
+    render(<FilterBar filters={FILTERS} />);
+    expect(screen.getByRole('combobox', { name: 'Distance' })).toHaveValue('3');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('FilterBar distance options', () => {
+  it('offers a quarter mile without making it the default', () => {
+    searchParams = new URLSearchParams('postcode=SW196AR');
+    render(<FilterBar filters={FILTERS} />);
+    const distance = screen.getByRole('combobox', { name: 'Distance' });
+    expect([...(distance as HTMLSelectElement).options].map(o => o.value)).toEqual(['0.25', '0.5', '1', '3', '5']);
+    expect(distance).toHaveValue('0.5');
+  });
+});

nextjs-app/__tests__/components/HomeView.staleFetch.test.tsx

@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ jest.mock('@/lib/api', () => ({
   fetchNationalAverages: jest.fn(async () => ({})),
   fetchLAaverages: jest.fn(async () => ({ secondary: { attainment_8_by_la: {} } })),
 }));
-jest.mock('@/components/FilterBar', () => ({ FilterBar: () => null }));
+// Renders only the List/Map switch HomeView hands it, which lives in its row.
+jest.mock('@/components/FilterBar', () => ({
+  FilterBar: ({ viewSwitch }: { viewSwitch?: unknown }) => viewSwitch || null,
+}));
 jest.mock('@/components/SchoolRow', () => ({ SchoolRow: ({ school }: {school: School}) => <div>{school.school_name}</div> }));
 jest.mock('@/components/SchoolMap', () => ({ SchoolMap: ({ schools }: {schools: School[]}) => <div data-testid="map">{schools.map(s => s.school_name).join(',')}</div> }));
 

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

@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ jest.mock('@/lib/api', () => ({
   fetchNationalAverages: jest.fn(),
   fetchLAaverages: jest.fn(async () => ({ secondary: { attainment_8_by_la: {} } })),
 }));
-jest.mock('@/components/FilterBar', () => ({ FilterBar: () => null }));
+// Renders only the List/Map switch HomeView hands it, which lives in its row.
+jest.mock('@/components/FilterBar', () => ({
+  FilterBar: ({ viewSwitch }: { viewSwitch?: unknown }) => viewSwitch || null,
+}));
 jest.mock('@/components/SchoolMap', () => ({
   SchoolMap: ({ selectedUrn, radiusMiles, onMarkerClick, schools }: {
     selectedUrn: number | null; radiusMiles?: number;
@@ -177,5 +180,16 @@ it('lets a keyboard pick a pin from the list, with a real button', async () => {
 it('keeps the postcode in the heading in list view, where there is room', async () => {
   await renderMap();
   fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'List' }));
-  expect(screen.getByRole('heading', { name: '3 schools within 1.0 miles of SW196AR' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  expect(screen.getByRole('heading', { name: '3 schools within 1 mile of SW196AR' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+});
+
+it('draws and names a quarter-mile search as 0.25, not rounded to 0.3', async () => {
+  params = new URLSearchParams('postcode=SW196AR&radius=0.25');
+  const quarter = { ...results(), location_info: { postcode: 'SW196AR', radius: 0.25 * 1.60934, coordinates: [51.42, -0.21] } } as SchoolsResponse;
+  render(<HomeView initialSchools={quarter} filters={filters} />);
+  await act(async () => {});
+  expect(screen.getByTestId('map')).toHaveAttribute('data-radius', '0.25');
+  expect(screen.getByRole('heading', { name: '3 schools within 0.25 miles' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'List' }));
+  expect(screen.getByRole('heading', { name: '3 schools within 0.25 miles of SW196AR' })).toBeInTheDocument();
 });

nextjs-app/app/(frontend)/globals.css

@@ -645,6 +645,13 @@ html .leaflet-container a.leaflet-popup-close-button:focus {
     color: var(--text-primary);
 }
 
+/* The popup card's View link is a .btn-tertiary, which leaflet.css's
+   `.leaflet-container a` (0,1,1) paints #0078A8 over its 0,1,0. Its hover
+   rule, at 0,3,0, still wins over this. */
+html .leaflet-container a.btn-tertiary {
+    color: var(--text-secondary);
+}
+
 /* Main content column */
 .main {
     max-width: 1400px;

nextjs-app/app/(frontend)/page.tsx

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import { absoluteUrl } from '@/lib/site';
 import type { Metadata } from 'next';
 import { fetchSchools, fetchFilters, fetchDataInfo } from '@/lib/api';
-import { formatAcademicYear } from '@/lib/utils';
+import { DEFAULT_RADIUS_MILES, formatAcademicYear } from '@/lib/utils';
 import { HomeView } from '@/components/HomeView';
 import { getFlags } from '@/lib/flags';
 import { HowItWorksSection } from '@/components/HowItWorksSection';
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ export default async function HomePage({ searchParams }: HomePageProps) {
 
   // Parse search params
   const page = parseInt(params.page || '1');
-  const radius = params.radius ? parseFloat(params.radius) : undefined;
+  // Without this the API applies its own 5-mile default while the Distance
+  // control shows DEFAULT_RADIUS_MILES.
+  const radius = params.radius ? parseFloat(params.radius) : DEFAULT_RADIUS_MILES;
 
   // Check if user has performed a search
   const hasSearchParams = !!(

nextjs-app/components/FilterBar.module.css

@@ -40,8 +40,19 @@
   margin: 0 auto 1.5rem;
 }
 
-/* One row where it fits: the search takes what the controls leave, and the
-   "More filters" panel breaks onto its own line below both. */
+/*
+ * One row on wide screens, two below 1340px — decided by the width alone,
+ * never by what the search returned.
+ *
+ * The row once wrapped wherever it ran out of room, and its contents change
+ * with the results: the List/Map switch beside it, the distance chip and Clear
+ * all come and go. So the same search folded onto two lines when it had
+ * results and sat on one when it had none. Now the controls never wrap away
+ * from the search on a wide screen; the search box takes what they leave, and
+ * 1340px is where the fullest toolbar (distance, phase, type, More filters,
+ * Clear and the switch) still leaves it 12rem. The "More filters" panel breaks
+ * onto its own line below both.
+ */
 .filterBar:not(.heroMode) {
   display: flex;
   flex-wrap: wrap;
@@ -56,10 +67,34 @@
 }
 
 .filterBar:not(.heroMode) .searchSection {
-  flex: 1 1 320px;
+  flex: 1 1 0;
   min-width: 0;
 }
 
+.filterBar:not(.heroMode) .controlsRow {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  flex-wrap: nowrap;
+}
+
+/* The List/Map switch closes the line; the "More filters" panel follows it. */
+.viewSwitchSlot {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  order: 1;
+}
+
+/* Below that, the switch stays up beside the search and the controls always
+   take a full-width line of their own, results or not. */
+@media (min-width: 641px) and (max-width: 1339px) {
+  .viewSwitchSlot {
+    order: 0;
+  }
+
+  .filterBar:not(.heroMode) .controlsRow {
+    flex-basis: 100%;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+  }
+}
+
 /* Only phones fold the form away; see the 640px block. */
 .searchSummary {
   display: none;
@@ -324,8 +359,9 @@
   font-weight: 500;
   white-space: nowrap;
   /* A select is as wide as its longest option, and a school type can run to
-     "Academy special sponsor led". Cap it; the chosen value truncates. */
-  max-width: 14rem;
+     "Academy special sponsor led". Cap it; the chosen value truncates. The cap
+     is part of the one-line budget above. */
+  max-width: 11rem;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
 }
 
@@ -363,6 +399,7 @@
    pushing the results off a short screen. The 3px gutter keeps the selects'
    focus rings clear of the scroll clip. */
 .filters {
+  order: 2;
   flex-basis: 100%;
   display: flex;
   gap: 0.625rem;
@@ -579,6 +616,12 @@
     display: none;
   }
 
+  /* Phones switch views with the floating button (HomeView, .mobileDock). An
+     empty slot would still take a gap in this column. */
+  .viewSwitchSlot {
+    display: none;
+  }
+
   /* Bleeds to the screen edge so a chip scrolls out from under it, rather than
      being cut off at the toolbar's padding. The toolbar's inline padding is
      1rem at this width (HomeView.module.css, .resultsToolbar). The 4px of

nextjs-app/components/FilterBar.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { useState, useCallback, useTransition, useRef, useEffect } from "react";
 import type { ReactNode } from "react";
 import { useRouter, useSearchParams, usePathname } from "next/navigation";
-import { isValidPostcode, schoolUrl } from "@/lib/utils";
+import { DEFAULT_RADIUS_MILES, isValidPostcode, schoolUrl } from "@/lib/utils";
 import { track } from "@/lib/analytics";
 import { useSchoolSuggest } from "@/hooks/useSchoolSuggest";
 import { SuggestList, suggestOptionId } from "./SuggestList";
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ interface FilterBarProps {
   geoError?: string | null;
   /** Server-read feature flag. Off means no listener, no fetch, no markup. */
   autosuggest?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * The results page's List/Map switch. It sits in this bar's own row rather
+   * than beside it, so that when the bar takes two lines the filters' line
+   * runs the full width instead of stopping short of the switch.
+   */
+  viewSwitch?: ReactNode;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -54,6 +60,7 @@ export function FilterBar({
   geoState = "idle",
   geoError,
   autosuggest = false,
+  viewSwitch,
 }: FilterBarProps) {
   const router = useRouter();
   const pathname = usePathname();
@@ -63,7 +70,7 @@ export function FilterBar({
 
   const currentSearch = searchParams.get("search") || "";
   const currentPostcode = searchParams.get("postcode") || "";
-  const currentRadius = searchParams.get("radius") || "1";
+  const currentRadius = searchParams.get("radius") || String(DEFAULT_RADIUS_MILES);
   const initialOmniValue = currentPostcode || currentSearch;
 
   const [omniValue, setOmniValue] = useState(initialOmniValue);
@@ -262,7 +269,7 @@ export function FilterBar({
     if (isPostcode) {
       updateURL({
         postcode: cleaned.toUpperCase(),
-        radius: currentRadius || "1",
+        radius: currentRadius,
         search: "",
       });
     } else {
@@ -452,6 +459,9 @@ export function FilterBar({
 
       {!isHero && (
         <>
+          {viewSwitch && (
+            <div className={styles.viewSwitchSlot}>{viewSwitch}</div>
+          )}
           {/* Every control here is a real <select> or <button>, drawn as a
               pill. On phones the row scrolls sideways rather than wrapping, so
               the pinned toolbar stays two lines tall. */}
@@ -471,6 +481,7 @@ export function FilterBar({
                   aria-label="Distance"
                   disabled={isPending}
                 >
+                  <option value="0.25">Within 0.25 miles</option>
                   <option value="0.5">Within 0.5 miles</option>
                   <option value="1">Within 1 mile</option>
                   <option value="3">Within 3 miles</option>

nextjs-app/components/HomeView.tsx

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { useComparisonContext } from '@/context/ComparisonContext';
 import { fetchSchools, fetchLAaverages, fetchNationalAverages } from '@/lib/api';
 import type { SchoolsResponse, Filters, School } from '@/lib/types';
 import { track } from '@/lib/analytics';
+import { DEFAULT_RADIUS_MILES } from '@/lib/utils';
 import styles from './HomeView.module.css';
 
 interface HomeViewProps {
@@ -340,6 +341,7 @@ export function HomeView({ initialSchools, filters, totalSchools, howItWorks, ed
     setIsLoadingMap(true);
     const params: Record<string, any> = {};
     searchParams.forEach((value, key) => { params[key] = value; });
+    params.radius ??= DEFAULT_RADIUS_MILES;
     params.page = 1;
     params.page_size = 500;
     fetchSchools(params, { cache: 'no-store', signal: controller.signal })
@@ -419,7 +421,7 @@ export function HomeView({ initialSchools, filters, totalSchools, howItWorks, ed
             setGeoState('idle');
             track('near_me_used', { outcome: 'granted' });
             track('search_submitted', { query: postcode, via: 'near_me', has_postcode: true, filters_active: '', filters_count: 0 });
-            router.push(`/?postcode=${encodeURIComponent(postcode)}&radius=1`);
+            router.push(`/?postcode=${encodeURIComponent(postcode)}&radius=${DEFAULT_RADIUS_MILES}`);
           } else {
             track('near_me_used', { outcome: 'no_postcode' });
             setGeoState('error');
@@ -459,8 +461,9 @@ export function HomeView({ initialSchools, filters, totalSchools, howItWorks, ed
   // open card); only the list beside it is sorted.
   const mapResultSchools = mapSchools.length > 0 ? mapSchools : initialSchools.schools;
   const mapListSchools = sortSchools(mapResultSchools);
+  // Two places, so a 0.25-mile search is not drawn or labelled as 0.3.
   const radiusMiles = initialSchools.location_info
-    ? Number((initialSchools.location_info.radius / 1.60934).toFixed(1))
+    ? Number((initialSchools.location_info.radius / 1.60934).toFixed(2))
     : undefined;
 
   // Empty-results sentinel: track when a search returns nothing.
@@ -594,8 +597,8 @@ export function HomeView({ initialSchools, filters, totalSchools, howItWorks, ed
             drops the postcode, which the search box just above already shows. */}
         {isMapView && radiusMiles != null
           ? `${schoolCount} within ${radiusMiles} mile${radiusMiles === 1 ? '' : 's'}`
-          : isLocationSearch && initialSchools.location_info
-          ? `${schoolCount} within ${(initialSchools.location_info.radius / 1.60934).toFixed(1)} miles of ${initialSchools.location_info.postcode}`
+          : isLocationSearch && radiusMiles != null && initialSchools.location_info
+          ? `${schoolCount} within ${radiusMiles} mile${radiusMiles === 1 ? '' : 's'} of ${initialSchools.location_info.postcode}`
           : `${schoolCount} found`
         }
       </h2>
@@ -713,29 +716,29 @@ export function HomeView({ initialSchools, filters, totalSchools, howItWorks, ed
             geoState={geoState}
             geoError={geoError}
             autosuggest={autosuggest}
+            viewSwitch={hasViewSwitch && (
+              <div className={styles.viewSwitch} role="group" aria-label="Results view">
+                <button
+                  type="button"
+                  className={styles.viewSwitchBtn}
+                  aria-pressed={resultsView === 'list'}
+                  onClick={() => changeView('list', 'toolbar')}
+                >
+                  <ListIcon />
+                  List
+                </button>
+                <button
+                  type="button"
+                  className={styles.viewSwitchBtn}
+                  aria-pressed={resultsView === 'map'}
+                  onClick={() => changeView('map', 'toolbar')}
+                >
+                  <MapIcon />
+                  Map
+                </button>
+              </div>
+            )}
           />
-          {hasViewSwitch && (
-            <div className={styles.viewSwitch} role="group" aria-label="Results view">
-              <button
-                type="button"
-                className={styles.viewSwitchBtn}
-                aria-pressed={resultsView === 'list'}
-                onClick={() => changeView('list', 'toolbar')}
-              >
-                <ListIcon />
-                List
-              </button>
-              <button
-                type="button"
-                className={styles.viewSwitchBtn}
-                aria-pressed={resultsView === 'map'}
-                onClick={() => changeView('map', 'toolbar')}
-              >
-                <MapIcon />
-                Map
-              </button>
-            </div>
-          )}
         </div>
       )}
 

nextjs-app/lib/utils.ts

@@ -235,6 +235,9 @@ export function getVariabilityLabel(stdDev: number | null): string {
 // Validation
 // ============================================================================
 
+/** Radius a postcode search uses until the user picks another. */
+export const DEFAULT_RADIUS_MILES = 0.5;
+
 /**
  * Validate UK postcode format
  */