{"id":1994,"date":"2026-10-02T19:25:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T19:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/schools\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T13:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T13:24:20","slug":"schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Compare schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cc-root\"><div class=\"cc-wrap\">\n    <div class=\"cc-account-bar\" aria-label=\"Account shortcuts\">\n    <a class=\"cc-brand-mini\" href=\"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/compare-services\/\" aria-label=\"Community.Compare home\">\n                    <span class=\"cc-brand-mini__text\">Community.Compare<\/span>\n            <\/a>\n    <div class=\"cc-account-bar__actions\">\n                    <a class=\"cc-account-link\" href=\"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/my-shortlist\/?mode=login&#038;redirect_to=https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1994\">Sign in<\/a>\n            <a class=\"cc-btn cc-btn--soft cc-btn--small\" href=\"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/my-shortlist\/?mode=register&#038;redirect_to=https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1994\">Create free account<\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <header class=\"cc-hero cc-hero--search\">\n        <div class=\"cc-hero__copy\">\n            <p class=\"cc-eyebrow\">Independent comparison using official data<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"cc-lead\">Primary, secondary and special schools in England from the Department for Education register.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <form class=\"cc-hero-search\" method=\"get\" action=\"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/schools\/search\/\" role=\"search\">\n        <label for=\"cc-loc-1\" class=\"cc-label\">Find schools near you<\/label>\n    <div class=\"cc-hero-search__row\">\n        <input id=\"cc-loc-1\" name=\"location\" type=\"text\" required autocomplete=\"postal-code\" placeholder=\"Postcode or town\" value=\"\">\n                    <select name=\"radius\" aria-label=\"Distance\">\n                                    <option value=\"1\" >1 miles<\/option>\n                                    <option value=\"3\" >3 miles<\/option>\n                                    <option value=\"5\" >5 miles<\/option>\n                                    <option value=\"10\"  selected='selected'>10 miles<\/option>\n                                    <option value=\"20\" >20 miles<\/option>\n                                    <option value=\"50\" >50 miles<\/option>\n                            <\/select>\n                <button class=\"cc-btn cc-btn--primary\" type=\"submit\">Search<\/button>\n    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"cc-quick-areas\" aria-label=\"Popular areas\">\n            <span class=\"cc-quick-areas__label\">Popular areas<\/span>\n            <div class=\"cc-quick-areas__links\">\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/schools\/in\/kent\/\">Kent<\/a>\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/schools\/in\/lancashire\/\">Lancashire<\/a>\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/schools\/in\/hampshire\/\">Hampshire<\/a>\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/schools\/in\/essex\/\">Essex<\/a>\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/schools\/in\/hertfordshire\/\">Hertfordshire<\/a>\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/schools\/in\/surrey\/\">Surrey<\/a>\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/schools\/in\/birmingham\/\">Birmingham<\/a>\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/schools\/in\/norfolk\/\">Norfolk<\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <fieldset class=\"cc-hero-types\">\n            <legend>What type of school are you looking for? <span>Choose one or more, or leave blank to see all.<\/span><\/legend>\n            <div class=\"cc-hero-types__options\">\n                                    <label class=\"cc-search-type\">\n                        <input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"category[]\" value=\"nursery\">\n                        <span>Nursery<\/span>\n                    <\/label>\n                                    <label class=\"cc-search-type\">\n                        <input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"category[]\" value=\"primary\">\n                        <span>Primary<\/span>\n                    <\/label>\n                                    <label class=\"cc-search-type\">\n                        <input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"category[]\" value=\"secondary\">\n                        <span>Secondary<\/span>\n                    <\/label>\n                                    <label class=\"cc-search-type\">\n                        <input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"category[]\" value=\"all_through\">\n                        <span>All-through<\/span>\n                    <\/label>\n                                    <label class=\"cc-search-type\">\n                        <input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"category[]\" value=\"sixth_form\">\n                        <span>Sixth form \/ 16+<\/span>\n                    <\/label>\n                                    <label class=\"cc-search-type\">\n                        <input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"category[]\" value=\"special\">\n                        <span>Special school (SEND)<\/span>\n                    <\/label>\n                                    <label class=\"cc-search-type\">\n                        <input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"category[]\" value=\"academy\">\n                        <span>Academy or free school<\/span>\n                    <\/label>\n                                    <label class=\"cc-search-type\">\n                        <input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"category[]\" value=\"independent\">\n                        <span>Independent<\/span>\n                    <\/label>\n                                    <label class=\"cc-search-type\">\n                        <input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"category[]\" value=\"faith\">\n                        <span>Faith school<\/span>\n                    <\/label>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/fieldset>\n        <\/form>\n        <div class=\"cc-search-benefits\" aria-label=\"Why use Community Compare\">\n    <div class=\"cc-search-benefit\">\n        <span class=\"cc-search-benefit__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"m5 12 4 4L19 6\"\/><\/svg>\n        <\/span>\n        <span><strong>Free to search<\/strong><small>No account needed to browse<\/small><\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"cc-search-benefit\">\n        <span class=\"cc-search-benefit__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"m7 12 3 3 7-7\"\/><path d=\"M12 3 5 6v5c0 4.6 2.9 8.5 7 10 4.1-1.5 7-5.4 7-10V6l-7-3Z\"\/><\/svg>\n        <\/span>\n        <span><strong>Official DfE &amp; Ofsted data<\/strong><small>School and inspection information from official sources<\/small><\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"cc-search-benefit\">\n        <span class=\"cc-search-benefit__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M5 5h5v14H5zM14 5h5v14h-5z\"\/><\/svg>\n        <\/span>\n        <span><strong>Compare up to 4<\/strong><small>See choices side by side<\/small><\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/magazine.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1994","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1994"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2022,"href":"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1994\/revisions\/2022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rossplayground.tonyknife.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}