/** * HomeView Component * Client-side home page view with search and filtering */ 'use client'; import React, { useState, useEffect, useRef, useCallback, useMemo } from 'react'; import { useSearchParams, useRouter, usePathname } from 'next/navigation'; import { FilterBar } from './FilterBar'; import { SchoolRow } from './SchoolRow'; import { SecondarySchoolRow } from './SecondarySchoolRow'; import { SchoolMap } from './SchoolMap'; import { EmptyState } from './EmptyState'; import { HeroIllustration } from './Illustration'; 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 { initialSchools: SchoolsResponse; filters: Filters; totalSchools?: number | null; // Slot props for static markup the server pre-renders so it stays out of // the client bundle. Server passes null when the landing sections shouldn't // show (e.g. an active search). howItWorks?: React.ReactNode; editorial?: React.ReactNode; /** Server-read feature flag, threaded to both FilterBar instances. */ autosuggest?: boolean; } /* * The view a postcode search opens in, on every screen size. The map is on * trial as the default (2026-09-30); results_view_changed shows how often * readers switch away from it. Name searches have no map and always list. */ const DEFAULT_LOCATION_VIEW: 'list' | 'map' = 'map'; function daysUntil(month: number, day: number): number { const today = new Date(); today.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0); const y = today.getFullYear(); let target = new Date(y, month - 1, day); if (target < today) target = new Date(y + 1, month - 1, day); return Math.round((target.getTime() - today.getTime()) / 86_400_000); } function nextOccurrence(month: number, day: number): Date { const today = new Date(); today.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0); const y = today.getFullYear(); const target = new Date(y, month - 1, day); return target < today ? new Date(y + 1, month - 1, day) : target; } function formatCountdownDate(month: number, day: number): string { return nextOccurrence(month, day) .toLocaleDateString('en-GB', { weekday: 'short', day: 'numeric', month: 'long', year: 'numeric' }); } function formatShortDate(month: number, day: number): string { return nextOccurrence(month, day) .toLocaleDateString('en-GB', { day: 'numeric', month: 'short', year: 'numeric' }); } interface CountdownChipData { type: 'deadline' | 'offer'; track: string; milestone: string; month: number; day: number; } interface AdmissionsMilestone { chip: CountdownChipData; /** Whole days from today. Always present — computed during render. */ days: number; /** "Sat, 31 October 2026" — for the headline bar. */ dateLabel: string; /** "31 Oct 2026" — for the supporting line, where four dates share a row. */ shortDate: string; } const ADMISSIONS_CHIPS: CountdownChipData[] = [ { type: 'offer', track: 'Primary · Offer Day', milestone: 'Primary National Offer Day', month: 4, day: 16 }, { type: 'deadline', track: 'Secondary · Deadline', milestone: 'Secondary applications close', month: 10, day: 31 }, { type: 'deadline', track: 'Primary · Deadline', milestone: 'Primary applications close', month: 1, day: 15 }, { type: 'offer', track: 'Secondary · Offer Day', milestone: 'Secondary National Offer Day', month: 3, day: 1 }, ]; /* ── Value-prop icons ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Rounded 2px line icons on a 24px grid, inheriting the chip's colour. Kept local because they exist for this one row and nothing else. */ const ICON_PROPS = { viewBox: '0 0 24 24', width: 21, height: 21, fill: 'none', stroke: 'currentColor', strokeWidth: 2, strokeLinecap: 'round', strokeLinejoin: 'round', 'aria-hidden': true, } as const; function ShieldCheckIcon() { return ( ); } function BarsIcon() { return ( ); } function HeartIcon() { return ( ); } function CalendarIcon() { return ( ); } /* List / Map glyphs for the results view switch and its floating twin. */ function ListIcon() { return ( ); } function MapIcon() { return ( ); } interface ValueProp { icon: React.ReactNode; tintClass: string; title: string; body: string; } /* * The brand guideline's fourth value prop is "Save & revisit" (shortlisting / * favourites). That feature does not exist in this product, so it is * deliberately replaced by the admissions-deadline prop below — which is real, * and is backed by the next-deadline bar further down this page. * * Every claim here must name something the product actually does. Two of the * four previously did not: "up to three schools" contradicted the basket limit * of five (and the card further down the page, which correctly said five), and * "class sizes" described data the codebase has never held — grep for it and * this line was the only hit. Both are corrected below against the real * fields, which live in components/school/InclusionSection.tsx. * The limit is now five per phase: MAX_PER_GROUP in lib/compareLogic.ts. */ const VALUE_PROPS: ValueProp[] = [ { icon: , tintClass: styles.propIconTrust, /* * "Built on official data", never "Official". * * The previous title was "Official & trusted", whose grammatical subject * is this site — it reads as a claim that schoolcompare is itself an * official service. It is not: it is an independent site that republishes * official figures. The distinction is the difference between describing * the data and describing ourselves, and only the first is true. * * Everywhere else the word appears ("official DfE figures", "the official * figure isn't in") it already qualifies the data, which is correct and * should stay. */ title: 'Built on official data', body: 'Every figure comes from DfE performance tables and Ofsted.', }, { icon: , tintClass: styles.propIconCompare, title: 'Easy to compare', body: 'Up to five primary and five secondary schools side by side, on the measures that matter.', }, { icon: , tintClass: styles.propIconContext, title: 'Beyond the numbers', body: 'Not just results: SEN support, pupil premium and attendance too.', }, { icon: , tintClass: styles.propIconDeadline, title: 'Never miss a deadline', body: 'Application and offer dates for both primary and secondary.', }, ]; export function HomeView({ initialSchools, filters, totalSchools, howItWorks, editorial, autosuggest = false }: HomeViewProps) { const searchParams = useSearchParams(); const router = useRouter(); const pathname = usePathname(); const { addSchool, removeSchool, selectedSchools } = useComparisonContext(); /* * The reader's choice, once they make one; until then the default for the * kind of search. Derived rather than seeded into state, because a hero * search reaches the results by client-side navigation: the same instance * gets new props, and a state seeded on the landing page would stay "list". */ const [chosenView, setChosenView] = useState<'list' | 'map' | null>(null); const [selectedMapSchool, setSelectedMapSchool] = useState(null); const sortOrder = searchParams.get('sort') || 'default'; const [allSchools, setAllSchools] = useState(initialSchools.schools); const [currentPage, setCurrentPage] = useState(initialSchools.page); const [hasMore, setHasMore] = useState(initialSchools.total_pages > 1); const [isLoadingMore, setIsLoadingMore] = useState(false); const [laAverages, setLaAverages] = useState>({}); const [nationalAvgRwm, setNationalAvgRwm] = useState(null); const [mapSchools, setMapSchools] = useState([]); const [isLoadingMap, setIsLoadingMap] = useState(false); const prevSearchParamsRef = useRef(searchParams.toString()); const toolbarRef = useRef(null); const resultsRef = useRef(null); const mapListRef = useRef(null); const mapParamsRef = useRef(''); const loadMoreController = useRef(null); // Identity changes even for A → B → A, so an old A response stays stale. const searchScope = useRef({ key: searchParams.toString() }); if (searchScope.current.key !== searchParams.toString()) { searchScope.current = { key: searchParams.toString() }; } useEffect(() => { setIsLoadingMore(false); return () => { loadMoreController.current?.abort(); }; }, [searchParams]); const [geoState, setGeoState] = useState<'idle' | 'requesting' | 'error'>('idle'); const [geoError, setGeoError] = useState(null); /* * Computed during render, on the server as well as the client, so the * deadline bar is in the first HTML rather than appearing on hydrate. * * The previous version deferred this to an effect to dodge a hydration * mismatch, which meant the section had to reserve its own height — and the * reservation was a single guessed number for a block whose supporting line * wraps to a different height at every width. Measured, it was short at * every breakpoint, shifting the page by up to 108px on a phone. * * The mismatch it was dodging is real but tiny: a server rendering at * 23:59:59 and a client hydrating at 00:00:01 disagree by one day. That is * confined to two text nodes, which carry suppressHydrationWarning below. */ const [milestones] = useState(() => { const measured = ADMISSIONS_CHIPS.map(chip => ({ chip, days: daysUntil(chip.month, chip.day), dateLabel: formatCountdownDate(chip.month, chip.day), shortDate: formatShortDate(chip.month, chip.day), })); measured.sort((a, b) => a.days - b.days); return measured; }); const hasSearch = searchParams.get('search') || searchParams.get('postcode'); const isLocationSearch = !!searchParams.get('postcode'); const isSearchActive = !!(hasSearch || searchParams.get('local_authority') || searchParams.get('school_type')); const currentPhase = searchParams.get('phase') || ''; const secondaryCount = allSchools.filter(s => s.attainment_8_score != null).length; const primaryCount = allSchools.filter(s => s.rwm_expected_pct != null).length; const isSecondaryView = currentPhase.toLowerCase().includes('secondary') || (!currentPhase && secondaryCount > primaryCount); const isMixedView = primaryCount > 0 && secondaryCount > 0 && !currentPhase; const resultsView: 'list' | 'map' = chosenView ?? (isLocationSearch ? DEFAULT_LOCATION_VIEW : 'list'); // The map view fills the screen below the pinned toolbar, whose height // depends on how its controls wrap. Measure it rather than guess. const [toolbarHeight, setToolbarHeight] = useState(null); useEffect(() => { const el = toolbarRef.current; if (!el || typeof ResizeObserver === 'undefined') return; const observer = new ResizeObserver(() => setToolbarHeight(Math.round(el.getBoundingClientRect().height))); observer.observe(el); return () => observer.disconnect(); }, [isSearchActive]); // Reset pagination and map cache when search params change useEffect(() => { const newParamsStr = searchParams.toString(); if (newParamsStr !== prevSearchParamsRef.current) { prevSearchParamsRef.current = newParamsStr; mapParamsRef.current = ''; // allow map to re-fetch for new search setAllSchools(initialSchools.schools); setCurrentPage(initialSchools.page); setHasMore(initialSchools.total_pages > 1); setMapSchools([]); } }, [searchParams, initialSchools]); // Close bottom sheet if we change views or search useEffect(() => { setSelectedMapSchool(null); }, [resultsView, searchParams]); // Fetch all schools within radius when map view is active. // Guard with a ref so toggling back to map never re-fetches the same params. useEffect(() => { if (resultsView !== 'map' || !isLocationSearch) return; const paramsKey = searchParams.toString(); if (paramsKey === mapParamsRef.current) return; const controller = new AbortController(); const scope = searchScope.current; const current = () => !controller.signal.aborted && searchScope.current === scope; setIsLoadingMap(true); const params: Record = {}; 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 }) .then(r => { if (!current()) return; mapParamsRef.current = paramsKey; setMapSchools(r.schools); }) .catch(() => { if (current()) setMapSchools(initialSchools.schools); // No cache marker on failure: opening the map again retries. }) .finally(() => { if (current()) setIsLoadingMap(false); }); return () => controller.abort(); }, [resultsView, searchParams, initialSchools.schools]); // Fetch LA averages when secondary or mixed schools are visible useEffect(() => { if (!isSecondaryView && !isMixedView) return; fetchLAaverages({ cache: 'force-cache' }) .then(data => setLaAverages(data.secondary.attainment_8_by_la)) .catch(() => {}); }, [isSecondaryView, isMixedView]); // Fetch national averages (supplementary — never blocks render) useEffect(() => { fetchNationalAverages() .then(data => setNationalAvgRwm(data.primary?.rwm_expected_pct ?? null)) .catch(() => {}); }, []); const handleLoadMore = async () => { if (isLoadingMore || !hasMore) return; track('results_load_more', { next_page: currentPage + 1 }); setIsLoadingMore(true); const scope = searchScope.current; const controller = new AbortController(); loadMoreController.current?.abort(); loadMoreController.current = controller; const current = () => !controller.signal.aborted && searchScope.current === scope; try { const params: Record = {}; searchParams.forEach((value, key) => { params[key] = value; }); params.page = currentPage + 1; params.page_size = initialSchools.page_size; const response = await fetchSchools(params, { cache: 'no-store', signal: controller.signal }); if (!current()) return; setAllSchools(prev => [...prev, ...response.schools]); setCurrentPage(response.page); setHasMore(response.page < response.total_pages); } catch { // silently ignore } finally { if (current()) setIsLoadingMore(false); } }; const handleNearMe = useCallback(() => { if (!navigator.geolocation) { track('near_me_used', { outcome: 'unsupported' }); setGeoState('error'); setGeoError('Geolocation is not supported by your browser. Enter a postcode instead.'); return; } setGeoState('requesting'); setGeoError(null); navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition( async (position) => { const { latitude, longitude } = position.coords; try { const res = await fetch( `https://api.postcodes.io/postcodes?lon=${longitude}&lat=${latitude}&limit=1` ); const data = await res.json(); if (data.result && data.result.length > 0) { const postcode = data.result[0].postcode as string; 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=${encodeURIComponent(postcode)}&radius=${DEFAULT_RADIUS_MILES}`); } else { track('near_me_used', { outcome: 'no_postcode' }); setGeoState('error'); setGeoError('No postcode found near your location. Try entering one above.'); } } catch { track('near_me_used', { outcome: 'lookup_error' }); setGeoState('error'); setGeoError('Could not look up your location. Please try again.'); } }, (err) => { setGeoState('error'); if (err.code === err.PERMISSION_DENIED) { track('near_me_used', { outcome: 'denied' }); setGeoError('Location access was denied. Enter a postcode above to find nearby schools.'); } else { track('near_me_used', { outcome: 'error' }); setGeoError('Could not get your location. Please try again or enter a postcode.'); } }, { timeout: 10000, maximumAge: 60000 } ); }, [router]); const sortSchools = (list: School[]) => [...list].sort((a, b) => { if (sortOrder === 'rwm_desc') return (b.rwm_expected_pct ?? -Infinity) - (a.rwm_expected_pct ?? -Infinity); if (sortOrder === 'rwm_asc') return (a.rwm_expected_pct ?? Infinity) - (b.rwm_expected_pct ?? Infinity); if (sortOrder === 'att8_desc') return (b.attainment_8_score ?? -Infinity) - (a.attainment_8_score ?? -Infinity); if (sortOrder === 'att8_asc') return (a.attainment_8_score ?? Infinity) - (b.attainment_8_score ?? Infinity); if (sortOrder === 'distance') return (a.distance ?? Infinity) - (b.distance ?? Infinity); if (sortOrder === 'name_asc') return a.school_name.localeCompare(b.school_name); return 0; }); const sortedSchools = sortSchools(allSchools); // The map gets a stable array (a new one rebuilds every pin and closes the // 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(2)) : undefined; // Empty-results sentinel: track when a search returns nothing. useEffect(() => { if (!isSearchActive) return; if (initialSchools.total !== 0) return; track('empty_results', { query_length: (searchParams.get('search') || '').length, has_postcode: !!searchParams.get('postcode'), }); }, [initialSchools.total, isSearchActive, searchParams]); /* * The coverage figure, or nothing at all. * * This used to be the string "24,000+", hardcoded in three places while the * database held 27,230 — and the fact box that was meant to show the live * number silently rendered its fallback, because DataInfoResponse declared a * `total_schools` field the API has never sent. Now there is one source: if * the real count is unavailable the sentence simply omits it rather than * inventing a floor. */ const coverageLabel = totalSchools ? totalSchools.toLocaleString('en-GB') : null; /* * The headline milestone is the next thing a parent can actually miss — an * application deadline. Offer days are dates you receive something on, so * they belong in the supporting line, not in the page's largest numeral. * Four equally-sized cards counting down to things 245 days away was the * loudest element on the page and asked nothing of anyone. */ const nextDeadline = milestones.find(m => m.chip.type === 'deadline') ?? null; const laterMilestones = milestones.filter(m => m !== nextDeadline); // Wrap addSchool with `from: 'search'` attribution so funnel reports can // split which surface drives compare adds. const addSchoolFromSearch = useCallback((school: School) => { addSchool(school); track('compare_school_added', { urn: school.urn, from: 'search', selection_count_after: selectedSchools.length + 1, }); }, [addSchool, selectedSchools.length]); const hasViewSwitch = isLocationSearch && initialSchools.schools.length > 0; const compareUrns = useMemo(() => selectedSchools.map(s => s.urn), [selectedSchools]); /* * Below 769px the map view hides its list pane (HomeView.module.css), and * with the map now the default on phones, every postcode search there * would otherwise build up to 500 hidden cards. Decided after mount, so * the server's HTML and the first client render still agree. */ const [listPaneShown, setListPaneShown] = useState(true); useEffect(() => { if (typeof window.matchMedia !== 'function') return; const query = window.matchMedia('(min-width: 769px)'); const update = () => setListPaneShown(query.matches); update(); query.addEventListener('change', update); return () => query.removeEventListener('change', update); }, []); const clearMapSelection = useCallback(() => setSelectedMapSchool(null), []); // A pin chosen on the map brings its card into view in the list beside it. useEffect(() => { if (!selectedMapSchool) return; const card = mapListRef.current?.querySelector(`[data-urn="${selectedMapSchool.urn}"]`); if (card?.offsetParent) card.scrollIntoView({ block: 'nearest', behavior: 'smooth' }); }, [selectedMapSchool]); /* * Switching view from far down the list would otherwise leave the reader * looking at whatever now sits at that scroll offset, usually the footer, * because the map layout is much shorter than a long list. Bring the top of * the results back to just under the pinned toolbar instead. */ const changeView = (view: 'list' | 'map', via: 'toolbar' | 'floating') => { if (view === resultsView) return; setChosenView(view); track('results_view_changed', { view, via }); requestAnimationFrame(() => { const results = resultsRef.current; const toolbar = toolbarRef.current; if (!results || !toolbar) return; const toolbarBottom = toolbar.getBoundingClientRect().bottom; const resultsTop = results.getBoundingClientRect().top; if (resultsTop < toolbarBottom) { window.scrollTo({ top: window.scrollY + resultsTop - toolbarBottom - 12 }); } }); }; const isMapView = initialSchools.schools.length > 0 && resultsView === 'map' && isLocationSearch; // One school as a results row: the list view, the list beside the map and // the phone's bottom sheet all draw the same thing. const renderRow = (school: School) => ( school.attainment_8_score != null ? ( ) : ( ) ); const schoolCount = `${initialSchools.total.toLocaleString()} school${initialSchools.total !== 1 ? 's' : ''}`; // The count and the sort. Above the list in list view; at the top of the // list pane, beside the map, in map view. const resultsHeader = (

{/* Beside the map the heading shares one line with the sort, so it drops the postcode, which the search box just above already shows. */} {isMapView && radiusMiles != null ? `${schoolCount} within ${radiusMiles} mile${radiusMiles === 1 ? '' : 's'}` : isLocationSearch && radiusMiles != null && initialSchools.location_info ? `${schoolCount} within ${radiusMiles} mile${radiusMiles === 1 ? '' : 's'} of ${initialSchools.location_info.postcode}` : `${schoolCount} found` }

); return ( /* The landing arrangement owns its own vertical rhythm (one gap, set in CSS); the search arrangement is a filter bar directly above its results and wants none of it. */
{/* Hero: a Sand panel with the proposition and the search on the left and the brand landscape bleeding to the panel edge on the right. The search lives inside the panel here and above the results elsewhere, which is why FilterBar is rendered in two places rather than moved. The hero and the four value props are one group, so they sit closer together than the page's section gap. */} {!isSearchActive ? (

Find the school where your child will{' '} flourish.

Compare every school in England with clarity and confidence. {/* The coverage sentence is the detail a first-time visitor needs but a returning one does not, so it drops away on phones where every line above the fold costs. */} {' '}Key Stage 2 SATs, GCSE results, Ofsted grades, progress scores and admissions data{coverageLabel && <> for {coverageLabel} schools}, side by side in one place.

{/* Rendered after the content on purpose. On desktop it is absolutely positioned behind the panel, so order does not matter; below the one-column breakpoint it returns to normal flow, where DOM order is what puts the band under the search rather than above the headline. */}
{/* Why this site, in four lines. These titles are labels on a list, not section headings — as

they outranked the page's real headings in the document outline and gave a screen-reader user four false landmarks before any content. */}
    {VALUE_PROPS.map(({ icon, tintClass, title, body }) => (
  • {icon}

    {title}

    {body}

  • ))}

) : ( /* Pinned under the header, so the search, the filters and the List/Map switch stay in reach however far down the results a reader is. */
)} />
)} {/* Next admissions deadline — one bar, not four cards. */} {!isSearchActive && (
{nextDeadline && ( <> Next admissions deadline · {nextDeadline.chip.track.split(' · ')[0]} {nextDeadline.chip.milestone} {nextDeadline.dateLabel} {nextDeadline.days === 0 ? 'Today' : nextDeadline.days} {nextDeadline.days !== 0 && ( days left )}

{laterMilestones.map(m => `${m.chip.milestone} ${m.shortDate}`).join(' · ')} {' '} Full admissions guide →

)}
)} {/* How it works + Editorial — server-rendered slots, only on landing */} {!isSearchActive && howItWorks} {!isSearchActive && editorial} {/* Results Section. Skipped entirely on the landing page when there is nothing to list — an empty
is still a flex child, so it was contributing a full section gap of blank space above the footer. */} {(isSearchActive || initialSchools.schools.length > 0) && (
{!hasSearch && initialSchools.schools.length > 0 && (

Featured Schools

Explore schools from across England

)} {hasSearch && !isMapView && resultsHeader} {isSearchActive && !isMapView && (
{searchParams.get('search') && Search: {searchParams.get('search')} { e.preventDefault(); }}>×} {searchParams.get('local_authority') && {searchParams.get('local_authority')}} {searchParams.get('school_type') && {searchParams.get('school_type')}}
)} {initialSchools.schools.length === 0 && isSearchActive ? ( { window.location.href = '/'; }, }} /> ) : isMapView ? ( /* Map View Layout: the list beside the map, as one card. */
{resultsHeader}
{/* The list view's own rows, so both views show the same thing. Clicking a row (not its links or buttons) picks its pin. */} {listPaneShown && mapListSchools.map((school) => (
{ if ((e.target as HTMLElement).closest('a, button')) return; setSelectedMapSchool(school); }} > {/* The keyboard's way to pick the pin: hidden until it has focus, since a pointer just clicks the row. The row itself cannot be the button, as it holds links and buttons of its own. */} {renderRow(school)}
))}
) : ( /* List View Layout */ <>
{sortedSchools.map(renderRow)}
{(hasMore || allSchools.length < initialSchools.total) && (

Showing {allSchools.length.toLocaleString()} of {initialSchools.total.toLocaleString()} schools

{hasMore && ( )}
)} )}
)} {/* Phones and small tablets: the selected pin's card, and on phones the floating List/Map button, stacked above the bottom tab bar. The toolbar's switch is hidden at phone width, where this replaces it. */} {hasViewSwitch && (
{resultsView === 'map' && selectedMapSchool && (
{renderRow(selectedMapSchool)}
)}
)} ); }