UK Schools · Pathways · Universities

Turn UK school choice
into a calculable path.

27,296 schools, 158 universities, 467 evidence-backed destination edges — unified into a path engine that shows exactly where each school leads and how likely your child is to get there.

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27,219
Schools indexed (GIAS)
158
UK universities
39%
Ofsted rated (10,739)
2,369
Destination edges
Data sources live:📘 Department for Education GIAS🏛 Ofsted Inspections📊 DfE Performance Tables🎓 HESA / UCAS📍 postcodes.io

The problem

Picking a school is 5 disconnected decisions.

💭
"Is this school actually good?"
Ofsted, ISI, league tables — 3 different scales, no cross-walk.
💸
"Can we afford it?"
2025 VAT added 20% — listed fees from 2023 are now £17k off.
🎯
"Where does it lead?"
Destination data is buried in PDFs that most schools bury.
Our answer

One path engine. Every decision on one screen.

🔍
14 filters, one query
Budget + boarding + Ofsted + Sixth Form + subject + gender + region, all live.
📈
Sankey destination flows
See exactly where Tonbridge or Dulwich leavers go — by year, by university, with counts.
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Postcode proximity
Enter a postcode → closest 20 schools ranked by distance, with commute context.
Live data coverage

Every number below is queried at page-load.

27,219
Schools
10,739
Ofsted rated (39%)
23,744
Pupil counts (87%)
3,751
Sixth Form
333
Fees (2025-26)
158
UK universities
3,792
Subject × uni matrix
2,369
Destination edges (138 schools)
197,695
GCSE/A-Level rows

Inside the platform

Three lenses on the same decision.

🏫
Schools catalogue

27k+ UK schools · filter by Ofsted, Sixth Form, type, fees, gender, region. Evidence-backed badges, real 2025-26 VAT-inclusive fees.

Browse schools →
🧭
Sankey pathways

Watch leavers flow from senior schools into specific universities. Filter to one school and see its destination map, ranked by cumulative student count.

Open pathways →
🗺
Postcode map

97.8% of schools geocoded. Enter your postcode — get Closest 20 within radius, coloured by type, with distance in km.

Try the map →
🏆
Rankings (中学 + 小学)

12 league tables built from DfE Performance, Ofsted, and our destination edges — not scraped from paywalled sources. Every number traceable.

See rankings →

How it works

From cold start to shortlist in 3 steps.

1
Tell us about your child

Age, predicted grades, subject interests, budget range, preferred region, boarding/day. ~60 seconds.

2
AI ranks pathway fits

Multi-factor scoring across academic fit, admission feasibility, destination strength, budget, location and family preferences.

3
Save, compare, export

Shortlist up to 10 schools, compare side-by-side, download a PDF report for co-parents or consultants.


Simple pricing

Free forever. Upgrade only when it pays back.

14-day full refund on Pro and Premium — no questions asked.

Free
£0/forever
  • Full 27k school catalogue
  • Map + postcode search
  • 3 AI runs / month
Start free
Premium
£29/mo
  • LLM recommendation explanations
  • Unlimited PDF reports
  • Priority support (≤24h)
  • Vetted consultant intros
Go Premium

Illustrative scenarios

Three families. Three different paths.

Synthetic personas using real data from the catalogue · launched April 2026.

Year 6 → Year 9The Patels · West London

Goal: Find a London independent within £35k/yr that has Outstanding Ofsted and a top-30 university destination signal.

Result: Dulwich, KCS Wimbledon, UCS Hampstead all match. Sankey shows 24/180 leavers go to UCL alone.

Read the full journey →
Year 11 → Sixth FormSarah · Surrey

Goal: Boarding sixth form within 1 hour from Guildford, Cambridge-leaning Maths cohort, AAA-ish entry.

Result: Charterhouse, Wellington, Marlborough rank highest. Map view shows commute < 60 min.

Read the full journey →
Subject-drivenDaniel · Year 12, Manchester

Goal: UK universities offering Computer Science where AAB is achievable; rank by tariff.

Result: Manchester, Leeds, Southampton, Lancaster, Sheffield all hit ≤ AAB. Imperial / UCL stretch.

Read the full journey →
Quotes from early users
"The Sankey alone justified upgrading. We finally saw why our top‑pick school's destination claim was thinner than the brochure suggested."
J.M., parent · 13+ entry · 2025
"Honest fee data. The 2025 VAT bump alone made every other site we tried 6 months out of date."
K.L., parent · sixth form · 2025
"As a consultant I've stopped maintaining spreadsheets. The compare table + PDF report saves me ~6 hrs per family."
A.R., independent education advisor

Quotes synthesised from MVP user-research interviews · names anonymised · representative of feedback patterns.


For consultants & advisors

White-label the path engine.

We expose a structured REST API: schools, destinations, recommendations, Sankey data. Onboard your client list, brand the PDF report, deliver evidence-backed shortlists in minutes — not hours.

  • JSON API + Postman collection
  • Branded PDF reports with your logo
  • Bulk-add families · per-seat pricing
  • SLA with priority data updates
Talk to partnerships →
Sample API response
GET /api/schools/nearby?postcode=W1J7NL&radius_km=5

{
  "origin": { "postcode": "W1J 7NL", "lat": 51.51, "lng": -0.15 },
  "match_count": 39,
  "schools": [
    {
      "name": "Westminster School",
      "distance_km": 0.98,
      "fee_max": 65976,
      "ofsted_rating": null,
      "has_sixth_form": true,
      "school_type": "Independent"
    },
    ...
  ]
}

How we built the data

Every number traceable to a public source.

GIASDfE · weekly refresh
27,296 schools · URN, type, phase, gender, age range, postcode
Ofsted MIDfE · monthly refresh
10,734 inspection ratings (state + non-association independent)
EESDfE · annual refresh
177,984 GCSE / A-Level performance rows
HESA + UCASWikipedia + manual curation
158 UK universities · 24 CAH1 subject categories
postcodes.ioFree, no key
97.8% of schools geocoded for map + radius
School publicationsManual + LLM-assisted
467 evidence-backed destination edges across 21 schools

Featured today

Sample schools with live data

3 DimensionsSouth West
Special · Day
Chard · Sixth Form
Abacus Belsize Primary SchoolLondon
Free School · Day
London
Abacus Primary SchoolEast of England
State · Day
Wickford
Abbas and Templecombe Church SchoolSouth West
Academy · Day
Templecombe
Abberley Parochial VC Primary SchoolWest Midlands
State · Day
Abberley
Abbey Catholic Primary SchoolWest Midlands
Academy · Day
Birmingham
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