Case studies

Three illustrative family journeys.

Synthetic personas using real catalogue data — each shows the exact filters, map searches, and Sankey lookups that would produce a defensible shortlist.

Year 6 → Year 9The Patels · West London

Two parents, daughter aged 11, target a London independent within £35k/yr that's Outstanding-rated and shows visible Russell Group destination data.

📍 London💷 ≤ £35,000🗓 2026
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Year 11 → Sixth FormSarah · Surrey

Single parent, son in Y11 at a state grammar, looking for a boarding sixth form within 1 hour of Guildford that has a strong Maths cohort heading to Cambridge.

📍 Surrey / South East💷 ≤ £62,000🗓 2026
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Subject-driven · Year 12Daniel · Year 12, Manchester

Wants Computer Science at a strong UK university, predicted AAB-AAA, prefers Northern campus + bursary availability.

📍 UK-wide (Northern preference)💷 Standard tuition🗓 2026
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Note on methodology

All three personas are synthetic and exist for the purpose of illustrating product workflows. Names and specific circumstances are fabricated. School data, fees, destinations, distances, and tariff signals shown in each case are pulled from the live catalogue at page-load time.