School Scout Data Sources

In addition to the data submitted by School Partners, School Scout collects and processes information from publicly available sources to support the accuracy, completeness, and transparency of school profiles.

The categories of information from public sources that we may process include:

  • School name, address, and contact details
  • Links to Ofsted or ISI inspection ratings and outcomes
  • Pupil enrolment numbers and age ranges
  • School type and governance status
  • Academic performance data (e.g. examination results)
  • Published school fees and admissions processes
  • Facilities and extracurricular offerings
  • Publicly available calendar or open day dates
  • Headteacher or principal name (where publicly listed)
  • Website, social media, and digital presence information
  • School group or trust affiliation (where applicable)
  • School performance data

This information is sourced from:

  • UK Department for Education (DfE) Get Information About Schools (GIAS) database, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The data has been adapted and supplemented by School Scout Ltd
  • School performance data sourced from the UK Government’s Compare School Performance service, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
  • Independent Schools Council (ISC)
  • Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)
  • Ofsted
  • Estyn
  • School websites
  • Ordnance Survey (OS) Maps API, which supports regional search functionality and geographic data accuracy

Images

  • To represent schools accurately in search results, School Scout has, where possible, used the Open Graph (OG) image publicly available on school websites. This image is the same as the one that appears when the website link is shared on social media platforms and is used solely as a placeholder for school profiles in search results.

School Scout AI

  • School Scout AI is built using OpenAI’s large language model infrastructure. School Scout AI combines OpenAI’s generative capabilities with School Scout's own curated data to respond to families during their school search.

School Scout makes reasonable efforts to verify the accuracy of this data and welcomes corrections or updates directly from schools.