backend/app.py

@@ -740,6 +740,9 @@ async def compare_schools(
                     "religious_denomination": convert_to_native(latest.get("religious_denomination")),
                     "age_range": convert_to_native(latest.get("age_range")),
                     "gender": convert_to_native(latest.get("gender")),
+                    # Needed by the admissions "What this means" copy: selective
+                    # schools get entrance-test framing, never the distance template.
+                    "admissions_policy": convert_to_native(latest.get("admissions_policy")),
                     "has_sixth_form": convert_to_native(latest.get("has_sixth_form")),
                     "capacity": convert_to_native(latest.get("capacity")),
                     "gias_total_pupils": convert_to_native(latest.get("gias_total_pupils")),

e2e/tests/journeys.spec.ts

@@ -237,6 +237,11 @@ test('comparing two secondary schools renders the secondary sections', async ({
   // A KS4 measure proves the secondary academics variant rendered.
   await expect(page.getByText(/Attainment 8/i).first()).toBeVisible();
   await expect(page.getByText(/No primary schools in your comparison/)).toHaveCount(0);
+
+  // The admissions template must be phase-aware: the primaries' distance
+  // copy ("non-faith primaries") must never appear on a secondary comparison
+  // (expert sign-off must-fix M3).
+  await expect(page.getByText(/non-faith primaries/)).toHaveCount(0);
 });
 
 test('opening a different compare link after a previous comparison still renders', async ({ page }) => {

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

@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+/**
+ * Getting a place — phase and school-type correctness (expert sign-off
+ * must-fixes M1/M3):
+ * - an all-through school's Year 7 round must never render on the primary
+ *   tab as if it were Reception odds;
+ * - selective schools get entrance-test framing, and the secondary tab
+ *   never shows the primaries' distance template.
+ */
+
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+
+import { CompareAdmissions } from '@/components/compare/CompareAdmissions';
+import type { ComparisonData, School, SchoolAdmissions } from '@/lib/types';
+
+function school(urn: number, name: string, extra: Partial<School> = {}): School {
+  return { urn, school_name: name, ...extra } as School;
+}
+
+function admissions(partial: Partial<SchoolAdmissions>): SchoolAdmissions {
+  return {
+    year: 202627,
+    school_phase: 'Secondary',
+    places_offered: 173,
+    total_applications: 433,
+    first_preference_offer_pct: 83,
+    oversubscribed: true,
+    ...partial,
+  } as SchoolAdmissions;
+}
+
+function entry(info: School, a: SchoolAdmissions | null): ComparisonData {
+  return {
+    school_info: info,
+    yearly_data: [],
+    ofsted: null,
+    census: null,
+    admissions: a,
+    admissions_history: a ? [a] : [],
+    deprivation: null,
+  };
+}
+
+describe('CompareAdmissions', () => {
+  it("does not show an all-through school's Year 7 round on the primary tab", () => {
+    // The real M1 scenario: an all-through school (Year 7 round only) beside
+    // a primary with a Reception round.
+    const allThrough = school(137306, 'Hessle High and Penshurst Primary');
+    const primary = school(138690, 'Barclay Primary School');
+    const data = {
+      '137306': entry(allThrough, admissions({ school_phase: 'Secondary' })),
+      '138690': entry(
+        primary,
+        admissions({
+          school_phase: 'Primary',
+          total_applications: 300,
+          places_offered: 120,
+          first_preference_offer_pct: 96,
+        }),
+      ),
+    };
+
+    render(<CompareAdmissions schools={[allThrough, primary]} data={data} isSecondary={false} />);
+
+    // Hessle's Year 7 figures must not appear…
+    expect(screen.queryByText('433')).toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      screen.getByText(/We don't hold Reception admissions data for this school/),
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+    // …while Barclay's Reception round renders normally.
+    expect(screen.getByText('300')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('phase-labels the section empty state when no matching round exists at all', () => {
+    const allThrough = school(137306, 'Hessle High and Penshurst Primary');
+    const data = { '137306': entry(allThrough, admissions({ school_phase: 'Secondary' })) };
+
+    render(<CompareAdmissions schools={[allThrough]} data={data} isSecondary={false} />);
+
+    expect(
+      screen.getByText(/No Reception admissions data is available for these schools yet/),
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText('433')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('shows the Year 7 round on the secondary tab', () => {
+    const allThrough = school(137306, 'Hessle High and Penshurst Primary');
+    const data = { '137306': entry(allThrough, admissions({ school_phase: 'Secondary' })) };
+
+    render(<CompareAdmissions schools={[allThrough]} data={data} isSecondary={true} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText('433')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('173')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('gives selective schools entrance-test framing, never the distance template', () => {
+    const grammar = school(136276, 'Watford Grammar School for Boys', {
+      admissions_policy: 'Selective',
+      religious_denomination: 'Church of England',
+    });
+    const data = {
+      '136276': entry(grammar, admissions({ first_preference_offer_pct: 43.7 })),
+    };
+
+    render(<CompareAdmissions schools={[grammar]} data={data} isSecondary={true} />);
+
+    expect(
+      screen.getByText(/Entry is by entrance test — the school is selective/),
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/non-faith primaries/)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('secondary faith school gets faith-aware copy, not the primaries template', () => {
+    const faithSchool = school(102052, "Bishop Stopford's School", {
+      admissions_policy: 'Non-selective',
+      religious_denomination: 'Church of England',
+    });
+    const data = {
+      '102052': entry(faithSchool, admissions({ first_preference_offer_pct: 68 })),
+    };
+
+    render(<CompareAdmissions schools={[faithSchool]} data={data} isSecondary={true} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText(/faith-based criteria may apply/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/non-faith primaries/)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('keeps the reviewed distance copy for oversubscribed non-faith primaries', () => {
+    const primary = school(100140, 'Plumcroft Primary School');
+    const data = {
+      '100140': entry(
+        primary,
+        admissions({ school_phase: 'Primary', first_preference_offer_pct: 73.4 }),
+      ),
+    };
+
+    render(<CompareAdmissions schools={[primary]} data={data} isSecondary={false} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText(/for most non-faith primaries, distance decides/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});

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

@@ -96,6 +96,31 @@ describe('CompareOfsted', () => {
     expect(links[0]).toHaveAttribute('href', 'https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/1');
   });
 
+  it('never renders Ofsted sentinel codes (9 = not applicable) as judgement chips', () => {
+    const sentinelSchool = school(6, 'Sentinel School');
+    const sentinelData: Record<string, ComparisonData> = {
+      '6': {
+        school_info: sentinelSchool,
+        yearly_data: [],
+        ofsted: ofsted({
+          overall_effectiveness: 2,
+          grade_source: 'graded',
+          quality_of_education: 1,
+          early_years_provision: 9,
+          sixth_form_provision: 2,
+        }),
+      },
+    };
+    render(<CompareOfsted schools={[sentinelSchool]} data={sentinelData} />);
+    // Real grades render…
+    expect(screen.getByText('Quality of education')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    // …the applicable sixth-form judgement renders (was previously dropped)…
+    expect(screen.getByText('Sixth form provision')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    // …and the not-applicable sentinel never appears, neither as area nor code.
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Early years provision')).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.queryByText('9')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it('dates a report card with the report-card inspection date, never the legacy date', () => {
     const cardSchool = school(4, 'Dated Card School');
     const cardData: Record<string, ComparisonData> = {

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

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import {
   OFSTED_LEGACY_GRADES,
+  admissionsForPhase,
   ofstedDisplay,
   progressBand,
   rcAreaLabel,
@@ -188,6 +189,44 @@ describe('summariseAdmissions', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('admissionsForPhase', () => {
+  const row = (year: number, school_phase: string | null): SchoolAdmissions =>
+    ({ year, school_phase, places_offered: 100, total_applications: 200, first_preference_offer_pct: 80 }) as SchoolAdmissions;
+
+  it('returns the latest round matching the active phase', () => {
+    const data = {
+      admissions: row(202627, 'Secondary'),
+      admissions_history: [row(202526, 'Secondary'), row(202526, 'Primary'), row(202425, 'Primary')],
+    };
+    expect(admissionsForPhase(data, true)?.year).toBe(202627);
+    expect(admissionsForPhase(data, false)?.year).toBe(202526);
+    expect(admissionsForPhase(data, false)?.school_phase).toBe('Primary');
+  });
+
+  it("never substitutes the other phase's round (all-through with Year 7 data only)", () => {
+    const data = {
+      admissions: row(202627, 'Secondary'),
+      admissions_history: [row(202526, 'Secondary')],
+    };
+    expect(admissionsForPhase(data, false)).toBeNull();
+    expect(admissionsForPhase(data, true)?.year).toBe(202627);
+  });
+
+  it('uses untagged legacy rows only when no row carries a phase', () => {
+    const untagged = { admissions: row(202627, null), admissions_history: [row(202526, null)] };
+    expect(admissionsForPhase(untagged, false)?.year).toBe(202627);
+    expect(admissionsForPhase(untagged, true)?.year).toBe(202627);
+
+    const mixed = { admissions: row(202627, 'Secondary'), admissions_history: [row(202526, null)] };
+    expect(admissionsForPhase(mixed, false)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('handles missing data', () => {
+    expect(admissionsForPhase(null, false)).toBeNull();
+    expect(admissionsForPhase({ admissions: null, admissions_history: [] }, true)).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
 describe('progressBand', () => {
   it('CI entirely above zero → above', () => {
     expect(progressBand(1.2, 0.4, 2.0)).toBe('above');

nextjs-app/components/ComparisonView.tsx

@@ -422,7 +422,11 @@ export function ComparisonView({
                 benchmarks={benchmarks}
                 isSecondary={!isPrimary}
               />
-              <CompareAdmissions schools={activeSchools} data={activeComparisonData} />
+              <CompareAdmissions
+                schools={activeSchools}
+                data={activeComparisonData}
+                isSecondary={!isPrimary}
+              />
               <CompareCommunity
                 schools={activeSchools}
                 data={activeComparisonData}

nextjs-app/components/compare/CompareAdmissions.tsx

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 'use client';
 
-import { summariseAdmissions } from '@/lib/compareLogic';
+import { admissionsForPhase, summariseAdmissions } from '@/lib/compareLogic';
 import type { ComparisonData, School } from '@/lib/types';
 import { CHART_COLORS } from '@/lib/utils';
 import { Cell, Chip, Measure, Section, SectionGrid, sectionStyles as s } from './sectionShared';
@@ -15,11 +15,17 @@ import { Cell, Chip, Measure, Section, SectionGrid, sectionStyles as s } from '.
 export function CompareAdmissions({
   schools,
   data,
+  isSecondary = false,
 }: {
   schools: School[];
   data: Record<string, ComparisonData>;
+  isSecondary?: boolean;
 }) {
-  const rows = schools.map((school) => data[String(school.urn)]?.admissions ?? null);
+  // Admissions rounds are phase-specific: an all-through school's Year 7
+  // round must never stand in for Reception on the primary tab (and vice
+  // versa) — beside pure primaries it reads as Reception odds.
+  const rows = schools.map((school) => admissionsForPhase(data[String(school.urn)], isSecondary));
+  const roundLabel = isSecondary ? 'Year 7' : 'Reception';
   const anyData = rows.some(Boolean);
   const entryYear = rows.find(Boolean)?.year;
   const entryLabel = entryYear
@@ -28,7 +34,10 @@ export function CompareAdmissions({
 
   if (!anyData) {
     return (
-      <Section title="Getting a place" how="No admissions data is available for these schools yet.">
+      <Section
+        title="Getting a place"
+        how={`No ${roundLabel} admissions data is available for these schools yet.`}
+      >
         <></>
       </Section>
     );
@@ -63,7 +72,9 @@ export function CompareAdmissions({
                   <strong>{a.places_offered.toLocaleString('en-GB')}</strong> places
                 </>
               ) : (
-                <span className={s.small}>No data</span>
+                <span className={s.small}>
+                  We don&apos;t hold {roundLabel} admissions data for this school
+                </span>
               )}
             </Cell>
           );
@@ -104,15 +115,28 @@ export function CompareAdmissions({
         {schools.map((school, i) => {
           const a = rows[i];
           const summary = summariseAdmissions(a);
+          const info = data[String(school.urn)]?.school_info;
+          const selective = (info?.admissions_policy ?? '').toLowerCase() === 'selective';
+          const faith =
+            !!info?.religious_denomination &&
+            !/^(none|does not apply|not applicable)$/i.test(info.religious_denomination);
           let text: string | null = null;
           if (summary.firstPrefPct != null) {
-            if (summary.firstPrefPct >= 100) {
+            if (selective) {
+              // Selective schools: the entrance test decides, whatever the
+              // offer percentage looks like — never the distance template.
+              text =
+                'Entry is by entrance test — the school is selective; distance and preference rank don’t decide places.';
+            } else if (summary.firstPrefPct >= 100) {
               text = `Every family who put ${school.school_name} first got a place.`;
             } else if (summary.firstPrefPct >= 90) {
               text = `Nearly every family who put ${school.school_name} first got a place.`;
             } else if (a?.oversubscribed) {
-              text =
-                'More first-choice applications than places — check the school’s admission criteria (for most non-faith primaries, distance decides).';
+              text = isSecondary
+                ? faith
+                  ? 'More first-choice applications than places — check the school’s admission criteria (faith-based criteria may apply).'
+                  : 'More first-choice applications than places — check the school’s admission criteria (catchment or distance often decides, but criteria vary).'
+                : 'More first-choice applications than places — check the school’s admission criteria (for most non-faith primaries, distance decides).';
             } else {
               text = `${summary.firstPrefPct}% of first-choice families received an offer.`;
             }

nextjs-app/components/compare/CompareAtAGlance.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 'use client';
 
 import {
+  admissionsForPhase,
   latestValues,
   ofstedDisplay,
   summariseAdmissions,
@@ -145,7 +146,11 @@ export function CompareAtAGlance({
 
         <Measure label="Getting a place">
         {schools.map((school, i) => {
-          const summary = summariseAdmissions(data[String(school.urn)]?.admissions);
+          // Phase-matched round only — an all-through school's Year 7 round
+          // must not masquerade as Reception odds on the primary tab.
+          const summary = summariseAdmissions(
+            admissionsForPhase(data[String(school.urn)], isSecondary),
+          );
           return (
             <Cell key={school.urn} school={school} index={i}>
               {summary.chip ? (

nextjs-app/components/compare/CompareOfsted.tsx

@@ -108,14 +108,21 @@ function JudgementDetailCell({
     );
   }
 
-  const legacyAreas: Array<[string, number | null]> = [
+  const legacyAreas: Array<[string, number | null | undefined]> = [
     ['Quality of education', ofsted.quality_of_education],
     ['Behaviour & attitudes', ofsted.behaviour_attitudes],
     ['Personal development', ofsted.personal_development],
     ['Leadership & management', ofsted.leadership_management],
     ['Early years provision', ofsted.early_years_provision],
+    ['Sixth form provision', ofsted.sixth_form_provision],
   ];
-  const published = legacyAreas.filter(([, grade]) => grade != null);
+  // Only real Ofsted grades (1–4) are judgements. The MI file uses sentinel
+  // codes for "not applicable / no judgement" (9, and 0/8 variants) — those
+  // must never render as a rating chip.
+  const published = legacyAreas.filter(
+    (entry): entry is [string, number] =>
+      entry[1] != null && entry[1] >= 1 && entry[1] <= 4,
+  );
 
   if (published.length === 0) {
     return (

nextjs-app/lib/compareLogic.ts

@@ -143,6 +143,41 @@ export interface AdmissionsSummary {
   interest: string | null;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Pick the admissions round for the ACTIVE phase tab. An all-through school
+ * can carry only a Year 7 (Secondary) round — rendering that beside pure
+ * primaries' Reception rounds made 433-forms-for-173-places read as
+ * Reception odds. Rows matching the target phase win (latest year first);
+ * rows tagged with the OTHER phase are never substituted. Untagged rows
+ * (legacy data, no school_phase) are used only when no row carries a phase.
+ */
+export function admissionsForPhase(
+  data:
+    | { admissions?: SchoolAdmissions | null; admissions_history?: SchoolAdmissions[] }
+    | null
+    | undefined,
+  isSecondary: boolean,
+): SchoolAdmissions | null {
+  if (!data) return null;
+  const rows: SchoolAdmissions[] = [
+    ...(data.admissions_history ?? []),
+    ...(data.admissions ? [data.admissions] : []),
+  ];
+  if (rows.length === 0) return null;
+  const target = isSecondary ? 'secondary' : 'primary';
+  const byYearDesc = (a: SchoolAdmissions, b: SchoolAdmissions) => (b.year ?? 0) - (a.year ?? 0);
+
+  const matching = rows
+    .filter((r) => r.school_phase?.toLowerCase() === target)
+    .sort(byYearDesc);
+  if (matching.length > 0) return matching[0];
+
+  const tagged = rows.some((r) => r.school_phase != null);
+  if (!tagged) return [...rows].sort(byYearDesc)[0];
+
+  return null;
+}
+
 export function summariseAdmissions(
   a: SchoolAdmissions | null | undefined,
 ): AdmissionsSummary {

nextjs-app/lib/types.ts

@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ export interface OfstedInspection {
   quality_of_education: number | null;
   behaviour_attitudes: number | null;
   personal_development: number | null;
+  /** Sixth-form judgement where applicable; sentinel 9 = not applicable. */
+  sixth_form_provision?: number | null;
   leadership_management: number | null;
   early_years_provision: number | null;
   previous_overall: number | null;