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Find schools by browsing the map or search using a postcode, place or school name (e.g. Dulwich, London or Fairlawn School).

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• Age Range: All schools Nursery schools (0-4 yrs) Primary schools (4-11 yrs) Secondary schools (11+ yrs)
• Ofsted Rating: All 1 (Outstanding) 2+ (Good or better) 3+ (Satisfactory or better) 4+ (Inadequate or better)
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Schools A-Z

• A-Z Listing of Schools

Key

Map marker	Description
	Outstanding school
	Good school
	Satisfactory school
	Inadequate school
	School rating unknown
	Independent school
	Property for sale or rent

Last schools update

Monday, 8th May 2012

How to use this website

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• Find a location of interest using either a postcode, place name (e.g. Clapham, London) or school name (e.g. Fairlawn Primary School, SE23) or just by zooming and scrolling around the map.
• Schools are only shown once you have zoomed down sufficiently into the map (or searched for an area). Otherwise the map is obscured by too many markers.
• You can show all schools or apply a filter to allow comparison of just the local schools of interest to you (e.g. primary, secondary or nursery schools, those rated good or better by Ofsted, Church of England schools etc.).
• Markers show, at a glance, the location of local schools and their Ofsted overall effectiveness rating, which has been obtained by parsing the school's latest Ofsted inspection report. Showing Ofsted ratings in the school markers is unique to us and makes it very quick and easy to compare schools.
• Clicking on a marker gives further information, such as school size, address, pupil/teacher ratio, website etc. along with links to further information, inspection reports, local crime information, exam results and the new Ofsted Parent View website (where parents share their opinions of the school).
• Even if we were unable to obtain an Ofsted rating for a school it is still shown on the map; that way you at least know there is a school there.
• Independent schools are not inspected by Ofsted, but by the ISI (Independent Schools Inspectorate). The ISI does not provide ratings; hence none are shown on our schools map. We link directly to ISI inspection reports.
• Tick the 'Show Street View' box to use Google Street View to examine the local area.  Drag the orange man to change the Street View location.
• Tick 'Show Exam Results' to view exam statistics on the map; allowing you to compare exam results at at glance, e.g. compare the average number of points pupils achieve in their A Levels. All key results are displayed; e.g. Key Stage 2 for primary schools and both GCSE and A Level results for secondary schools.
• If you are having trouble finding a school, click the 'A-Z Listing of Schools' link for an index of all the schools we know about. From there you can view them on our schools map along with other local schools in the area.
• A blue border on the school map indicates the area which is populated with school markers. To see schools outside the border just drag the map to the area of interest and it will refresh.
• Locrating.com works with a number of estate agencies to provide them with schools information. Selected properties currently for sale or rent with our affiliate estate agents can optionally be shown on our schools map by ticking the 'Show Properties' tick box.

Where it all started : Moving home

by Lewis Tandy, Director, Locrating Ltd.

"When my wife and I considered moving house, we didn't know where we wanted to move to, but we definitely wanted good local schools for our children.

Every time we found a potential area, we spent hours trawling the web gathering information on local schools and reading their inspection reports. It took us ages and quickly became very frustrating.

We did find some websites that speeded it up a little, but we soon discovered that their data was unreliable; some schools were mysteriously missing and often links were broken and data out of date. They almost always required a postcode to be entered to start with; something we often didn't have.

We decided that what we needed was something that showed schools on a map, which you could scroll around and most importantly showed, at a glance, some crucial information about the school; primarily their Ofsted report ratings and exam results.

So we Googled and browsed all night, but it became clear that there was nothing out there that does this (at least not that we could find). So, being a software developer, I decide to write one for us ...

and Locrating.com was born."

Our Data : The most comprehensive and up to date available

The data for locrating.com is sourced from numerous freely available online sources. We regularly compare our data with other sites (run by the government, companies and individuals) and we believe we have the most comprehensive and up to date schools information available.
We are absolutely committed to keeping our information accurate.

If data is missing or incorrect on this website it is almost certainly because it is like that at source (e.g. on the Ofsted website). However, if you do discover something missing or wrong please let us know so we can look into it as a matter of urgency.

We also regularly compare the features on offer at locrating.com with other sites and once again we believe we have the best offering; something that has not gone unnoticed - we were recently referred to in a presentation made to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Transport as an example of "information in action". Here are the key features we offer:

State and Independent schools
Latest inspections (Ofsted and Independent Schools Inspectorate)
Latest exam results, including four year history
Ofsted ratings visible at a glance
Academy conversions
School websites
Parents' opinions
Local authority websites
Local crime maps