School Finder uses official public data. This page lists each publisher, what we use their data for, and the licence it is published under.
Licence attribution
- Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
- Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
- Contains LPS Intellectual Property © Crown copyright and database right 2026
- Source: Office for National Statistics — ONS Postcode Directory (August 2026), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
- School information, inspection judgements and examination results are from the Department for Education and Ofsted, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
What each source is used for
School details, address, website and telephone
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools. Extract dated: 21 October 2026. Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0.
The school register: name, address, telephone, website, school type, phase, age range, gender, capacity, sixth form and religious character. The town and locality names in its addresses are also the list of towns and areas in the search box.
Ofsted inspections
Ofsted: Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 30 Sep 2026. Data as at: 30 September 2026. Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0.
The date of the latest inspection, the report card judgements where the school has them, and the last single-word overall grade from a graded inspection. Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall grades from September 2024, so some schools have no overall grade. We show the last graded overall judgement and its inspection date, and never work out a grade ourselves.
Ofsted inspection history (last graded overall grade)
Ofsted: Monthly management information: Ofsted's school inspections outcomes (all inspections since September 2005). Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0.
Key stage 2 results
Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: Academic year 2024/25 Revised. Published: 23 April 2026. Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0.
The percentage of pupils at the end of primary school meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) results
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance: Academic year 2025/26. Published: 15 October 2026. Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0.
GCSE-stage results, including Attainment 8 and the percentage of pupils achieving grade 5 or above in English and maths. Progress 8 is shown only where it was published.
Pupil absence
Department for Education: Pupil absence in schools in England: Academic year 2024/25. Published: 26 March 2026. Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0.
Overall absence rate and persistent absence for the school year, rounded to one decimal place.
Pupil numbers and free school meals
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: Academic year 2025/26. Published: 4 June 2026. Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0.
Pupil numbers and the percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals, from the school census.
Class sizes
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: Academic year 2025/26. Published: 4 June 2026. Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0.
Average size of classes taught by one teacher, from the school census.
Applications and offers
Department for Education: Secondary and primary school applications and offers: Academic year 2026/27. Published: 18 June 2026. Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and places offered for entry to the school.
Last distance offered
Local councils (Birmingham, Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Kent, Redbridge, Trafford, Warwickshire): Allocation and last distance offered figures published by each council. Licence: Each council's own terms.
The furthest distance a place was offered to, as published by the council. Indicative only. The last distance offered changes from year to year and is not a catchment boundary.
Postcode locations and distances
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory (August 2026). Published: 1 September 2026. Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0.
Turns postcodes into map locations, so we can work out straight-line distances. Distances are not catchment areas or travel routes. A town or area in the search is centred on the middle point of the postcodes of establishments that use that name in their address. A council is centred on the middle point of its schools.
