Find the school that fits your child, not the league table.
SpotWise scores your local schools against what your child actually needs (stretch, small groups, breadth, a mixed intake) and explains the ranking in plain English. Published data, transparent scoring, no child data stored.
Sample scorecard for "Eldest", Reception entry
Anonymised demo area · generated from published open data
- 1
Kingsmead Church of England Primary
weighted4.3small cohort, treat with cautionWarm, small-cohort school; results are strong but volatile year to year.
Good (2024) · 1.1 miles · cohort 29
- 2
Riverside Primary
weighted4.1Strong on stretch and reading, with small-group support built in.
Good (2023) · 0.6 miles · cohort 58
- 3
Northfield Junior
weighted2.8Less well suited to a child who needs stretch; improvement plan is recent.
Requires improvement (2024) · 2.3 miles · cohort 61
Illustrative demo using anonymised data. SpotWise is an information tool based on published data, not admissions, educational or legal advice.
How it works
1. Describe your child
Age band, a handful of sliders, and a few sentences in your own words. No names, no dates of birth, nothing identifying.
2. Pick your area
Enter a postcode and we suggest nearby schools of the right phase. Confirm a shortlist of three to eight.
3. Read the scorecard
A ranked top three to five, scored criterion by criterion against published data, with a written rationale you can take to a school visit.
What early testers say
Parents are testing SpotWise now. Their honest reviews will appear here.
We never store your child's name, date of birth, school, or photo. Ever.
Profiles are structured: an age band and a set of sliders. No name, no date of birth, no gender, no current school.
Your written description is scrubbed of names, dates and places before it is ever written to our database. The raw text is never kept.
We store the outward part of your postcode only: "RG4", not your address. The full postcode is used for the radius search and discarded.
Simple pricing
One child profile, unlimited re-runs, PDF export. Cancel any time.
£7.99 / month
or £59 a year · additional child +£1.60 a month
See what's includedWhere the data comes from
Attainment and higher-standard results, absence, class sizes, intake mix, Ofsted judgements and report narratives, all published by the Department for Education and Ofsted under the Open Government Licence, with a vintage date recorded per school.
Data sources & attribution