We've been using Locrating extensively in the past few months while exploring where to move to with our young family. The site made it super easy to compare schools (both primary and secondary) and se... See more
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I cannot recommend Locrating enough. We used their platform to narrow down which schools to tour and to identify which state schools were truly worth exploring. The depth of educational statistics... See more
I've found this to be a really valuable service, it has helped us get a much clearer idea about schools and catchment areas which obviously helps when you've a property budget. It's enabled us to prio... See more
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Subscribed for about six months while moving house. Used Chrome plugin for Rightmove and it was pretty seamless - much easier than tracking down the various data websites for schools, society and envi... See more
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This site is incredibly useful
This site is incredibly useful- we used it to help when we were moving house and were looking for a primary school. The information is incredibly detailed but easy to follow and it made comparing the schools very easy. I’d definitely recommend using it if you’re moving or have a choice of schools to send your kids to.
8 January 2022
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Hi Alix, Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, which is greatly appreciated! I'm really pleased you found the site useful. Kind regards, Lewis
Very useful website allowing user to…
Very useful website allowing user to browse schools every location easily
1 January 2022
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Hi Yvonne, Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, which is greatly appreciated! I'm really pleased you've found the site useful. Kind regards, Lewis
Excellent!
It’s excellent! Very useful and the user interface is user friendly.
29 December 2021
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Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, which is greatly appreciated! I'm really pleased you've found the site useful. Kind regards, Lewis
Extremely useful and easy to use.
Extremely useful when making important decisions like school applications, even more so when you're new to an area as you can easily see and compare all the schools in your catchment area (and actually figure out where the catchment area is!).
This service was paramount in helping me make my primary school decisions.
Easy to sign up and cancel when you no longer need the service.
17 December 2021
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Hi Amy, Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, which is greatly appreciated! I'm really pleased you've found the site useful. Kind regards, Lewis
Easy to use and super useful when…
Easy to use and super useful when looking at schools.
12 December 2021
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Hi Satinder, Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, which is greatly appreciated! I'm really pleased you've found the site useful. Kind regards, Lewis
I found Locrating really helpful as a parent
I found Locrating really helpful as a beginner is school searching and new to the British school system. It really encompasses most of the features a parent needs to decide on a school e.g. offsted results, catchments area, filter options e.g. private or not, age group, etc.
I am missing 2 very important features and they are a biggy personally for me:
1. I can't select 2 age groups e.g. I'd like all school that have nursery and primary school and that would be important because I'm looking for a school where my child can transition without changing school
2. There are also specifics I look at in a school e.g. do they teach foreign languages and musical instruments, do they have after school care. Only when I called the school did I find out that they didn't have ASCC.
Otherwise it's quite a robust and very helpful system.
8 December 2021
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Reply from Locrating
Hi Csilla,
Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, which is much appreciated. I'm really pleased you are finding the site helpful. With regards to your points:
1) This can be done, albeit not perfectly; setting the age range filter to "nursery" shows both nurseries and schools that have nurseries. They have different icons; so you can easily see which are the schools. It's not perfect as it shows nurseries as well, which you are not interested in, but it does at least remove all schools that don't have nurseries. I hope that helps.
2) For secondary schools we show subjects taken so you can indeed see all the languages they teach, this is not published for primary schools however, nor is after school care or music teaching. We're only able to work with data that is available for all (or most) schools, as soon as it becomes individual school specific research we have to stop there; this is because are 30,000+ schools on our site and we simply don't have the resources to go through all their websites manually checking for which languages/music instruments they teach etc. (assuming that is even on their websites) and further ensuring this is all kept up to date. Of course, we could employ a team of people to do that work, but then the memberhship cost would have to rise very siginifcantly to pay for those people!
Thanks again and best of luck with your school search .. and a very Merry Christmas also!
Kind regards,
Lewis
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Hi Bernice, Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, which is greatly appreciated! I'm really pleased you are finding the site useful. Kind regards, Lewis
Very nice platform and intuitive user…
Very nice platform and intuitive user interface
29 November 2021
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Hi Michael, Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, which is greatly appreciated! I'm really pleased you are finding the site useful. Kind regards, Lewis
Genuinely useful website
Genuinely useful website - easy to use, very clear, so much information but in accessible way. Absolute bargain for amount of time it saves, esp with no annoying ads. Very responsive support team too.
26 November 2021
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Hi Emily, Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review and for your kind words, which are greatly appreciated! I'm really pleased you are finding the site useful. Kind regards, Lewis
i signed up for the paid subscription…
i signed up for the paid subscription to check parents feedback on independent school but as these werent available, i asked for a refund and was promptly refunded. Genuine website run by genuine people.
25 November 2021
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Hi Apurva, many thanks for your review which is much appreciated. Kind regards, Lewis
It's help was immeasurable!
This App is a must if you want to better understand schools, & find a place to rent/ buy in the catchment area. My husband raves about it to everyone! I recommend anyone moving to a new area to use it... we are from South Africa & it's help was immeasurable!
15 November 2021
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Reply from Locrating
Hi Tracey, Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review and for your kind words, which are greatly appreciated! I'm really pleased you are finding the site useful. Kind regards, Lewis
Exactly what you need when moving and looking for schools
Really, really straightforward to use with helpful introductory document. Would be useful to see exactly where you search location was (with a dot or something?), but we quickly figured out it was the dead centre of the map.
Overall, excellent. Excited to continue using it as we look both for a new house and a school for our daughter.
11 November 2021
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Reply from Locrating
Hi Ian,
Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review which is much appreciated! I'm really pleased you like the site.
With regards to your comment re: the search location. There is an option under Menu->Settings called "Add Home Location Marker To Map After Each Search"; when turned on, this will place a marker on the map in the search location, which means you can then move the map around without losing track of this spot (you can also measure distances from this spot to schools).
I hope that helps.
Kind regards,
Lewis
Fantastic level of detail
Absolute fantastic level of detail available on schools and local areas.
After originally trying the basic data I signed up for the membership and was not disappointed to the extra detail supplied.
5 November 2021
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Reply from Locrating
Hi Dryan, Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review and for your kind words, which are greatly appreciated! I'm really pleased you are finding the site useful. Kind regards, Lewis
Easy to use and lot of information. Worth to parents
Locrating is easy to use and provide lot of school, rental and crime informations in one place. It helps parent to save time to filter right school and make our life easier.
Monthly subscription model make it reasonable to use from time to time. An email notification will be sent in advance before charge. Not a lot of app will do that.
It would be great if the website can be further speed up. But it won't affect the user experience.
29 October 2021
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Reply from Locrating
Hi KF, Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, which is greatly appreciated! I'm really pleased you are finding the site useful. We're aware that the site can be a little slow from HK unfortunately, we're trying to work out a solution to that. Kind regards, Lewis
Extremely helpful website for choosing…
Extremely helpful website for choosing schools.
Great help to have so many measures and details of schools all in one place. Was a huge help in knowing which schools to visit and in our final decision. Thank you!
29 October 2021
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Hi Tommy, Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, which is greatly appreciated! I'm really pleased you are finding the site helpful. Kind regards, Lewis
A must-have tool when deciding on which…
A must-have tool when deciding on which school to send your child to.
27 October 2021
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Reply from Locrating
Hi Inge, Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, which is greatly appreciated! I'm really pleased you are finding the site useful. Kind regards, Lewis
Excellent site
Excellent site, its helping me chose the right school for my daughter, able to compare schools and all the information is there right in front of me! So easy to use, love it!
20 October 2021
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Hi Samantha, Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, which is greatly appreciated! I'm really pleased you are finding the site useful. Kind regards, Lewis
I have found this website instrumental…
I have found this website instrumental for the secondary schools assesment I needed. Will certainly use again in the future.
5 October 2021
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Reply from Locrating
Hi Cristiano, Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, which is greatly appreciated! I'm really pleased you found the site useful. Kind regards, Lewis
Super site
Super site, so useful to have so much info in one place. User-friendly and I highly recommend.
24 September 2021
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Reply from Locrating
Hi Alison, Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, which is greatly appreciated! I'm really pleased you found the site useful. Kind regards, Lewis
Really helped us to narrow down where…
Really helped us to narrow down where we want our home to be.
14 September 2021
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Reply from Locrating
Hi Martin, Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, which is greatly appreciated! I'm really pleased you found the site helpful. Best of luck with your new home and school. Kind regards, Lewis
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