diff --git a/backend/app.py b/backend/app.py
index a054a6b..15bf139 100644
--- a/backend/app.py
+++ b/backend/app.py
@@ -621,6 +621,19 @@ def verify_admin_api_key(x_api_key: str = Header(None)) -> bool:
     return True
 
 
+def _with_whole_school_pupils(rows: pd.DataFrame, source: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
+    """Set total_pupils to the size of the school.
+
+    fact_performance's total_pupils is the cohort a year's results were
+    measured on. For a secondary that is the GCSE year group alone (Burntwood:
+    245 against 1,462 on roll). Cards, map popups and place rows label it
+    "pupils", so they take the register's whole-school count instead, and
+    nothing when the register has none.
+    """
+    whole = source["gias_total_pupils"] if "gias_total_pupils" in source.columns else None
+    return rows.assign(total_pupils=whole)
+
+
 # Input validation helpers
 def _names_in_group(names: pd.Series, in_group) -> set:
     """The distinct names in a column that a group predicate accepts.
@@ -859,7 +872,7 @@ async def get_schools(
         if c in df_latest.columns
     ]
     # fact_performance guarantees one row per (urn, year); df_latest has one row per urn.
-    schools_df = df_latest[available_cols]
+    schools_df = _with_whole_school_pupils(df_latest[available_cols], df_latest)
 
     # Location-based search (uses pre-geocoded data from database)
     search_coords = None
@@ -1545,7 +1558,7 @@ async def get_place(request: Request, kind: str, slug: str,
                   # variants that exist rather than 404s.
                   "phases": [ph for ph in ("primary", "secondary")
                              if place.publishes_phase(ph)]},
-        "schools": clean_for_json(rows[cols]),
+        "schools": clean_for_json(_with_whole_school_pupils(rows[cols], rows)),
         "averages": averages,
     }
 
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_whole_school_pupils.py b/backend/tests/test_whole_school_pupils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e9e8a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/test_whole_school_pupils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+"""Cards, map popups and place rows label total_pupils "pupils".
+
+fact_performance's total_pupils is the cohort a year's results were measured
+on. For a secondary that is the GCSE year group alone: Burntwood showed 245 in
+search against 1,462 on roll. The list and place payloads therefore carry the
+register's whole-school count, and nothing when the register has none.
+"""
+
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+import pytest
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+
+def _schools_df() -> pd.DataFrame:
+    base = {
+        "local_authority": "Essex", "school_type": "Academy converter",
+        "year": 202425, "ofsted_grade": 2.0, "ofsted_date": None,
+        "town": "Brentwood", "postcode": "CM13 1AA", "status": "Open",
+        "address": "1 Test Street", "latitude": 51.6, "longitude": 0.3,
+        "gender": "Mixed", "rwm_expected_pct": np.nan, "attainment_8_score": 50.0,
+    }
+    rows = [
+        # Secondary: results cohort 245, register 1,462.
+        {**base, "urn": 100001, "school_name": "Alpha High", "phase": "Secondary",
+         "total_pupils": 245, "gias_total_pupils": 1462},
+        # Register count missing: no count, never the cohort.
+        {**base, "urn": 100002, "school_name": "Beta High", "phase": "Secondary",
+         "total_pupils": 180, "gias_total_pupils": np.nan},
+    ]
+    # Enough schools in one town for it to have a place page.
+    rows += [
+        {**base, "urn": 100010 + i, "school_name": f"Gamma High {i}", "phase": "Secondary",
+         "total_pupils": 200, "gias_total_pupils": 1000 + i}
+        for i in range(5)
+    ]
+    return pd.DataFrame(rows)
+
+
+@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)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(app_module, "_place_registry", None)
+    return TestClient(app_module.app, raise_server_exceptions=False)
+
+
+def _pupils(schools: list[dict]) -> dict[int, object]:
+    return {s["urn"]: s.get("total_pupils") for s in schools}
+
+
+def test_the_list_carries_the_whole_school_count(client):
+    resp = client.get("/api/schools?page_size=50")
+    assert resp.status_code == 200, resp.text
+    pupils = _pupils(resp.json()["schools"])
+    assert pupils[100001] == 1462
+    assert pupils[100002] is None
+
+
+def test_a_place_page_carries_the_whole_school_count(client):
+    resp = client.get("/api/places/town/brentwood")
+    assert resp.status_code == 200, resp.text
+    pupils = _pupils(resp.json()["schools"])
+    assert pupils[100001] == 1462
+    assert pupils[100002] is None
diff --git a/e2e/tests/journeys.spec.ts b/e2e/tests/journeys.spec.ts
index 13ebecf..4e09915 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/journeys.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/tests/journeys.spec.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ async function settledScrollLeft(scroller: Locator): Promise<number> {
  * whatever primaries the environment holds.
  */
 async function twoPrimaryUrns(page: Page): Promise<[string, string]> {
-  const res = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=primary&per_page=50');
+  const res = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=primary&page_size=50');
   expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
   const body = await res.json();
   const urns: string[] = (body.schools ?? [])
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ async function twoPrimaryUrns(page: Page): Promise<[string, string]> {
 }
 
 async function twoSecondaryUrns(page: Page): Promise<[string, string]> {
-  const res = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=school&per_page=100');
+  const res = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=school&page_size=100');
   expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
   const body = await res.json();
   const urns: string[] = (body.schools ?? [])
@@ -355,6 +355,61 @@ test('school type groups and the faith filter narrow to what they name', async (
   }
 });
 
+/*
+ * Search rows printed tags the register does not hold. Every non-selective
+ * secondary was "Selective" ("non-selective" contains "selective"), and a
+ * school with no religious character got "Faith priority" or a bare "None"
+ * chip, because only "Does not apply" was excluded. Data-invariant: each test
+ * picks its school from the API and reads only that school's row.
+ */
+async function rowTags(page: Page, school: { urn: number; school_name: string }) {
+  await searchByName(page, school.school_name);
+  const link = page.locator(`a[href^="/school/${school.urn}-"]`).first();
+  await expect(link).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
+  return link.locator('xpath=ancestor::div[contains(@class, "__rowContent")][1]')
+    .locator('[class*="__line2"]');
+}
+
+test('a non-selective secondary is not tagged Selective in search', async ({ page }) => {
+  const res = await page.request.get(
+    '/api/schools?search=school&phase=secondary&admissions_policy=non-selective&page_size=1');
+  expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
+  const [school] = (await res.json()).schools ?? [];
+  test.skip(!school, 'no non-selective secondary in this environment');
+  expect(school.admissions_policy, 'the admissions filter was ignored').toBe('Non-selective');
+
+  const tags = await rowTags(page, school);
+  await expect(tags).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(tags.getByText('Selective', { exact: true })).toHaveCount(0);
+});
+
+test('a school with no religious character carries no faith tag in search', async ({ page }) => {
+  const res = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=school&faith=none&page_size=100');
+  expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
+  // Not a selective school: the Selective tag would win and hide the bug.
+  const school = ((await res.json()).schools ?? []).find(
+    (s: { religious_denomination?: string; admissions_policy?: string }) =>
+      s.religious_denomination === 'None' && !/selective/i.test(s.admissions_policy ?? ''));
+  test.skip(!school, 'no school recorded with religious character "None" here');
+
+  const tags = await rowTags(page, school);
+  await expect(tags).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(tags.getByText('Faith priority', { exact: true })).toHaveCount(0);
+  await expect(tags.getByText('None', { exact: true })).toHaveCount(0);
+});
+
+test('search and the school page agree on how many pupils a secondary has', async ({ page }) => {
+  // Search showed the GCSE year group as "pupils": Burntwood had 245 in
+  // search and 1,462 on its page. Both now carry the register's count.
+  const res = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=school&phase=secondary&page_size=20');
+  expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
+  const school = ((await res.json()).schools ?? []).find(
+    (s: { total_pupils?: number | null }) => s.total_pupils != null);
+  test.skip(!school, 'no secondary with a pupil count in this environment');
+  const detail = await (await page.request.get(`/api/schools/${school.urn}`)).json();
+  expect(school.total_pupils).toBe(detail.school_info.total_pupils);
+});
+
 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.
@@ -544,7 +599,7 @@ test('school with no performance data still gets a working detail page', async (
   const candidates: number[] = [];
   for (const q of ['post 16', 'specialist college', 'sixth form']) {
     const resp = await page.request.get(
-      `/api/schools?search=${encodeURIComponent(q)}&per_page=20`
+      `/api/schools?search=${encodeURIComponent(q)}&page_size=20`
     );
     if (!resp.ok()) continue;
     const body = await resp.json();
@@ -1123,7 +1178,7 @@ test('compare metric-help popover stays within the mobile viewport', async ({ pa
 test('admissions year/trend toggle still switches views after the server/client split', async ({ page }) => {
   // Find a school with at least two years carrying an offer rate — the toggle
   // only appears then. Data-invariant: uses whatever the environment holds.
-  const res = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=primary&per_page=50');
+  const res = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=primary&page_size=50');
   expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
   const candidates: number[] = ((await res.json()).schools ?? []).map((s: { urn: number }) => s.urn);
 
@@ -2083,7 +2138,7 @@ test('English schools with Welsh postcodes are kept', async ({ page }) => {
 test('a Welsh school URL 404s while an English one still resolves', async ({ page }) => {
   // Paired on purpose: the Welsh assertion alone would also pass if the whole
   // site were down, which is the failure this test most needs to distinguish.
-  const english = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=primary&per_page=1');
+  const english = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=primary&page_size=1');
   expect(english.ok()).toBeTruthy();
   const [first] = (await english.json()).schools ?? [];
   expect(first, 'no English school available to compare against').toBeTruthy();
@@ -2193,7 +2248,7 @@ test('a filtered homepage still canonicalises to the bare root', async ({ page }
 });
 
 test('a school page canonicalises to its own slug on the www host', async ({ page }) => {
-  const res = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=primary&per_page=1');
+  const res = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=primary&page_size=1');
   expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
   const [first] = (await res.json()).schools ?? [];
   expect(first, 'no school available').toBeTruthy();
@@ -2268,7 +2323,7 @@ function blocksEverything(robots: string, agent: string): boolean {
 }
 
 test('a school page on staging is noindexed too, not just the homepage', async ({ page }) => {
-  const list = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=primary&per_page=1');
+  const list = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=primary&page_size=1');
   const [first] = (await list.json()).schools ?? [];
   expect(first, 'no school available').toBeTruthy();
 
@@ -2879,7 +2934,7 @@ test('with autosuggest off, the search box is a plain input', async ({ page }) =
 async function secondaryWithDestinations(page: Page): Promise<{
   urn: string; destinations: any;
 }> {
-  const res = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=school&per_page=100');
+  const res = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=school&page_size=100');
   expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
   const body = await res.json();
   const urns: string[] = (body.schools ?? [])
@@ -2975,7 +3030,7 @@ test('switching to disadvantaged pupils never reveals a withheld figure', async
 });
 
 test('a school with no sixth form has no post-16 destinations section', async ({ page }) => {
-  const res = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=school&per_page=100');
+  const res = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=school&page_size=100');
   const body = await res.json();
   const noSixthForm = (body.schools ?? [])
     .filter((s: { phase?: string; has_sixth_form?: boolean }) =>
diff --git a/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/SchoolRow.test.tsx b/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/SchoolRow.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcdab0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/SchoolRow.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/**
+ * SchoolRow (primary search results): line 2 prints the religious character
+ * only when the school has one. The register's "None" was printed as a chip.
+ */
+
+import '@testing-library/jest-dom';
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { SchoolRow } from '@/components/SchoolRow';
+import type { School } from '@/lib/types';
+
+const base = {
+  urn: 100001,
+  school_name: 'Alpha Primary School',
+  local_authority: 'Testshire',
+  school_type: 'Free schools',
+  phase: 'Primary',
+  gender: 'Mixed',
+  age_range: '4-11',
+  rwm_expected_pct: 70,
+} as unknown as School;
+
+describe('SchoolRow religious character', () => {
+  it.each(['None', 'Does not apply', ''])(
+    'prints nothing when the register says %p',
+    (religious_denomination) => {
+      render(<SchoolRow school={{ ...base, religious_denomination }} />);
+      expect(screen.queryByText('None')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(screen.queryByText('Does not apply')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    },
+  );
+
+  it('prints a religious character the school has', () => {
+    render(<SchoolRow school={{ ...base, religious_denomination: 'Church of England' }} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText('Church of England')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/SecondarySchoolRow.test.tsx b/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/SecondarySchoolRow.test.tsx
index a868256..e3a25ac 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/SecondarySchoolRow.test.tsx
+++ b/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/SecondarySchoolRow.test.tsx
@@ -65,3 +65,38 @@ describe('SecondarySchoolRow proposed-to-close tag', () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText(/Proposed to close/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 });
+
+describe('SecondarySchoolRow admissions tag', () => {
+  it('tags a selective school', () => {
+    render(<SecondarySchoolRow school={{ ...base, admissions_policy: 'Selective' }} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText('Selective')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('does not tag a non-selective school as selective', () => {
+    // "Non-selective" contains "selective": a substring test tagged every
+    // comprehensive (Burntwood, Graveney) as Selective.
+    render(<SecondarySchoolRow school={{ ...base, admissions_policy: 'Non-selective' }} />);
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Selective')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it.each(['None', 'Does not apply', '', null])(
+    'gives no faith tag when the religious character is %p',
+    (religious_denomination) => {
+      render(
+        <SecondarySchoolRow
+          school={{ ...base, admissions_policy: 'Not applicable', religious_denomination }}
+        />,
+      );
+      expect(screen.queryByText('Faith priority')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    },
+  );
+
+  it('tags a school with a religious character', () => {
+    render(
+      <SecondarySchoolRow
+        school={{ ...base, admissions_policy: 'Not applicable', religious_denomination: 'Church of England' }}
+      />,
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByText('Faith priority')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/schoolPupilCount.test.tsx b/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/schoolPupilCount.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5d792f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nextjs-app/__tests__/components/schoolPupilCount.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/**
+ * "Pupils" on a school page is the size of the school.
+ *
+ * A year's results row carries the cohort its figures were measured on. For a
+ * secondary that is the GCSE year group alone (Burntwood: 245, against 1,462
+ * on roll), so it must never stand in for the whole-school count.
+ */
+
+import { screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { secondaryFixture } from '../support/schoolFixtures';
+import { renderSecondarySchoolDetail } from '../support/renderSchoolDetail';
+
+jest.mock('@/lib/analytics', () => ({
+  track: jest.fn(),
+  getNavigationSource: () => 'direct',
+}));
+jest.mock('@/components/PerformanceChart', () => ({
+  PerformanceChart: () => <div data-testid="performance-chart" />,
+}));
+jest.mock('@/components/SatsChart', () => ({
+  __esModule: true,
+  default: () => <div data-testid="sats-chart" />,
+}));
+jest.mock('@/components/AdmissionsTrendChart', () => ({
+  __esModule: true,
+  default: () => <div data-testid="admissions-trend-chart" />,
+}));
+jest.mock('@/components/SchoolHeroMap', () => ({
+  SchoolHeroMap: () => <div data-testid="hero-map" />,
+  __esModule: true,
+}));
+
+function withoutCensus(schoolTotal: number | null) {
+  const yearlyData = secondaryFixture.yearlyData.map((r) => ({ ...r, total_pupils: 245 }));
+  return {
+    ...secondaryFixture,
+    census: null,
+    yearlyData,
+    schoolInfo: { ...secondaryFixture.schoolInfo, total_pupils: schoolTotal },
+  };
+}
+
+describe('pupil count without a census record', () => {
+  it('uses the register count in the header, not the results cohort', () => {
+    renderSecondarySchoolDetail(withoutCensus(1462));
+    const pupils = screen.getByText('Pupils:').parentElement!;
+    expect(pupils).toHaveTextContent('1,462');
+    expect(pupils).not.toHaveTextContent('245');
+  });
+
+  it('shows no count rather than the results cohort when the register has none', () => {
+    renderSecondarySchoolDetail(withoutCensus(null));
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Pupils:')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Total pupils')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/nextjs-app/__tests__/support/renderSchoolDetail.tsx b/nextjs-app/__tests__/support/renderSchoolDetail.tsx
index acc657d..5ab2b60 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/__tests__/support/renderSchoolDetail.tsx
+++ b/nextjs-app/__tests__/support/renderSchoolDetail.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ export function renderSchoolDetail(fixture: any) {
     withProviders(
       <SchoolDetailShell
         schoolInfo={fixture.schoolInfo}
-        yearlyData={fixture.yearlyData}
         census={fixture.census}
         navItems={navItems}
       >
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ export function renderSecondarySchoolDetail(fixture: any) {
     withProviders(
       <SchoolDetailShell
         schoolInfo={fixture.schoolInfo}
-        yearlyData={fixture.yearlyData}
         census={fixture.census}
         navItems={navItems}
       >
diff --git a/nextjs-app/app/(frontend)/school/[slug]/page.tsx b/nextjs-app/app/(frontend)/school/[slug]/page.tsx
index 838ab67..a083de4 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/app/(frontend)/school/[slug]/page.tsx
+++ b/nextjs-app/app/(frontend)/school/[slug]/page.tsx
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ export default async function SchoolPage({ params }: SchoolPageProps) {
       {isSecondary ? (
         <SchoolDetailShell
           schoolInfo={school_info}
-          yearlyData={yearly_data}
           census={census ?? null}
           navItems={secondaryNavItems}
         >
@@ -273,7 +272,6 @@ export default async function SchoolPage({ params }: SchoolPageProps) {
       ) : (
         <SchoolDetailShell
           schoolInfo={school_info}
-          yearlyData={yearly_data}
           census={census ?? null}
           navItems={primaryNavItems}
         >
diff --git a/nextjs-app/components/SchoolRow.tsx b/nextjs-app/components/SchoolRow.tsx
index 306363a..fe167b0 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/components/SchoolRow.tsx
+++ b/nextjs-app/components/SchoolRow.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 import type { School } from '@/lib/types';
-import { formatPercentage, calculateTrend, getPhaseStyle, schoolUrl, buildOfstedListBadge, formatAgeRange, isProposedToClose, isSpecialSchool, listRwmValue } from '@/lib/utils';
+import { formatPercentage, calculateTrend, getPhaseStyle, schoolUrl, buildOfstedListBadge, formatAgeRange, hasReligiousCharacter, isProposedToClose, isSpecialSchool, listRwmValue } from '@/lib/utils';
 import styles from './SchoolRow.module.css';
 
 interface SchoolRowProps {
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ export function SchoolRow({
   const ofstedBadge = buildOfstedListBadge(school);
 
   const showGender = school.gender && school.gender.toLowerCase() !== 'mixed';
-  const showDenomination =
-    school.religious_denomination &&
-    school.religious_denomination !== 'Does not apply';
+  const showDenomination = hasReligiousCharacter(school.religious_denomination);
 
   // The school's OWN figure and its year-over-year trend are same-school
   // measures — shown whenever there's a real value (not the all-zero
diff --git a/nextjs-app/components/SecondarySchoolRow.tsx b/nextjs-app/components/SecondarySchoolRow.tsx
index e10ca0a..762937d 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/components/SecondarySchoolRow.tsx
+++ b/nextjs-app/components/SecondarySchoolRow.tsx
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
 'use client';
 
 import type { School } from '@/lib/types';
-import { buildOfstedListBadge, getPhaseStyle, schoolUrl, formatAgeRange, isProposedToClose, isSpecialSchool } from '@/lib/utils';
+import { buildOfstedListBadge, getPhaseStyle, schoolUrl, formatAgeRange, hasReligiousCharacter, isProposedToClose, isSpecialSchool } from '@/lib/utils';
 import styles from './SecondarySchoolRow.module.css';
 
 function detectAdmissionsTag(school: School): string | null {
-  const policy = school.admissions_policy?.toLowerCase() ?? '';
-  if (policy.includes('selective')) return 'Selective';
-  const denom = school.religious_denomination ?? '';
-  if (denom && denom !== 'Does not apply') return 'Faith priority';
+  // Exact match: "Non-selective" contains "selective", so a substring test
+  // tagged every comprehensive as Selective.
+  if (school.admissions_policy?.trim().toLowerCase() === 'selective') return 'Selective';
+  if (hasReligiousCharacter(school.religious_denomination)) return 'Faith priority';
   return null;
 }
 
diff --git a/nextjs-app/components/school/SchoolDetailShell.tsx b/nextjs-app/components/school/SchoolDetailShell.tsx
index ff031ca..2e0bd88 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/components/school/SchoolDetailShell.tsx
+++ b/nextjs-app/components/school/SchoolDetailShell.tsx
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ import styles from './SchoolDetailShell.module.css';
  */
 export interface SchoolDetailShellProps {
   schoolInfo: School;
-  /** Only for the header's pupil-count fallback. */
-  yearlyData: SchoolResult[];
   census: SchoolCensus | null;
   /** Section list for the sticky nav, computed on the server. */
   navItems: NavItem[];
@@ -44,7 +42,7 @@ export interface SchoolDetailShellProps {
 }
 
 export function SchoolDetailShell({
-  schoolInfo, yearlyData, census, navItems, children,
+  schoolInfo, census, navItems, children,
 }: SchoolDetailShellProps) {
   const router = useRouter();
   const { addSchool, removeSchool, isSelected } = useComparison();
@@ -126,7 +124,6 @@ export function SchoolDetailShell({
   // once on the server (lib/schoolSections) and consumed by the section
   // composers; recomputing them here would duplicate that work for values
   // this component never renders.
-  const latestResults = yearlyData.length > 0 ? yearlyData[yearlyData.length - 1] : null;
   const phase = schoolInfo.phase ?? '';
   const isAllThrough = phase.toLowerCase() === 'all-through';
   const hasLocation = schoolInfo.latitude != null && schoolInfo.longitude != null;
@@ -283,7 +280,9 @@ export function SchoolDetailShell({
                 </span>
               )}
               {(() => {
-                const total = census?.total_pupils ?? latestResults?.total_pupils ?? null;
+                // Never latestResults.total_pupils: that is the results
+                // cohort, which for a secondary is the GCSE year group alone.
+                const total = census?.total_pupils ?? schoolInfo.total_pupils ?? null;
                 if (total == null) return null;
                 return (
                   <span className={styles.headerDetail}>
diff --git a/nextjs-app/components/school/WellbeingSection.tsx b/nextjs-app/components/school/WellbeingSection.tsx
index 93fef14..7a1e035 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/components/school/WellbeingSection.tsx
+++ b/nextjs-app/components/school/WellbeingSection.tsx
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ export function WellbeingSection({
               </div>
             )}
             {(() => {
-              const total = census?.total_pupils ?? schoolInfo.total_pupils ?? latestResults?.total_pupils ?? null;
+              // Not latestResults.total_pupils: that is the GCSE year group.
+              const total = census?.total_pupils ?? schoolInfo.total_pupils ?? null;
               if (total == null) return null;
               const female = census?.female_pupils ?? null;
               const male = census?.male_pupils ?? null;
diff --git a/nextjs-app/lib/utils.ts b/nextjs-app/lib/utils.ts
index 3422edb..09a76c4 100644
--- a/nextjs-app/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/nextjs-app/lib/utils.ts
@@ -902,6 +902,15 @@ export function isSpecialSchool(school: { school_type?: string | null }): boolea
   return /\bspecial\b/.test(t) || /pupil referral/.test(t) || /alternative provision/.test(t);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Whether GIAS records a religious character. "None" and "Does not apply" are
+ * the register's two ways of saying it has none, and neither is a faith.
+ */
+export function hasReligiousCharacter(value: string | null | undefined): boolean {
+  const v = value?.trim().toLowerCase() ?? '';
+  return v !== '' && v !== 'none' && v !== 'does not apply';
+}
+
 /**
  * The school's combined Reading, Writing & Maths figure, or null when there is
  * no real one to show.