Locrating was built to solve our own family needs, we've been in your shoes and understand the information and tools that are important to you when researching schools and relocating.
We're a family business, operating since 2010. We treat our customers as we would wish to be treated ourselves and you'll always be speaking to a family member when you contact us.
We were the first site to show schools on a browsable map, the first to colour code by rating, the only to show feeder and destination schools; we're constantly innovating - the original and the best.
Back in 2009, when my wife Erica and I considered moving home, we didn't know where we wanted to move to, but we definitely wanted to be near good local schools for our children. Every time we found a potential area, we spent hours trawling the web gathering information on schools and reading their Ofsted inspection reports. It took us ages and quickly became very frustrating.
We did find some websites that speeded up the process a little, but we soon discovered that their data was unreliable; some schools were mysteriously missing and often links were broken and data out of date. They almost always required a postcode to be entered to start with, something we often didn't have.
We decided that what we needed was something that showed schools on a map, which you could scroll around and most importantly showed, at a glance, some crucial information about the schools; primarily their Ofsted report ratings and exam results. We Googled and browsed all night, but it became clear that there was nothing out there that does this. So, being a software developer, I decide to write one for us ... and locrating.com was born. Since then locrating has gone from strength to strength and undergone many improvements and face lifts.
Thank you to all of you that have sent us encouraging messages over the years and continued to spread the word about locrating; it is much appreciated. We always welcome feedback, be it good or bad. Feel free to contact us with any comments, suggestions or complaints. Finally, in case you are wondering, the name locrating is a portmanteau of locate by [ofsted] rating.
Lewis Tandy
Co-Founder, Locrating Ltd
