While we don't verify specific claims because reviewers' opinions are their own, we may label reviews as "Verified" when we can confirm a business interaction took place. Read more

To protect platform integrity, every review on our platform—verified or not—is screened by our 24/7 automated software. This technology is designed to identify and remove content that breaches our guidelines, including reviews that are not based on a genuine experience. We recognise we may not catch everything, and you can flag anything you think we may have missed. Read more

See what reviewers are saying

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

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

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

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

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

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

Company replied

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

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

Company replied

Company details


Contact info

5.0

Excellent

TrustScore 5 out of 5

589 reviews

5-star
4-star
3-star
2-star
1-star

How this company uses Trustpilot

See how their reviews and ratings are sourced, scored, and moderated.

Companies on Trustpilot aren't allowed to offer incentives or pay to hide reviews. Reviews are the opinions of individual users and not of Trustpilot. Read more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent- highly recommend

I was so pleased to find locrating- it was exactly what I was looking for and was so well set up and easy to use. Choosing the right school is a big decision and this tool helped enormously as it provided all the information we needed to narrow down our search. Was worth every penny and I’d highly recommend to anyone.

August 21, 2021
Unprompted review
Locrating logo

Reply from Locrating

Hi Sarah, Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, which is greatly appreciated! I'm really pleased you found the site helpful. Kind regards, Lewis

Advertisement
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This was a pivotal tool in our house…

This was a pivotal tool in our house search process and provided us with the information we were looking for in a coherent manner.

August 19, 2021
Unprompted review
Locrating logo

Reply from Locrating

Hi Patrick, 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

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Locrating is such a brilliant service …

Locrating is such a brilliant tool to help you to make the right decision and get all the relevant information about an area before you decide to buy. It helped us to choose our area. Thank you for the great service!

August 16, 2021
Unprompted review
Locrating logo

Reply from Locrating

Hi Jean, Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, which is greatly appreciated! I'm really pleased you found the site helpful. Kind regards, Lewis

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Really helpful when moving area

We used Locrating for assessing quite a wide area that we weren’t familiar with. Looked at school performance,attainment and catchments. It was particularly helpful in working out which schools different areas were likely to attend(ruled out some houses saving us time). We also liked understanding how areas compared with crime data etc. As we have nearly exchanged we no longer need it but would recommend for people moving location or potentially developers.

August 15, 2021
Unprompted review
Locrating logo

Reply from Locrating

Hi Robin, Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, which is greatly appreciated! I'm really pleased you found the site helpful. Kind regards, Lewis

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic presentation of the data

Having run a little data analysis myself using the local authority data I appreciate just what a phenomenal effort the Locrating team have gone to in order to collate this all together in such a user-friendly format. Big kudos to the team and thank you for making my life easier!

August 14, 2021
Unprompted review
Locrating logo

Reply from Locrating

Hi Clare, many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, it's much appreciated! I'm really pleased you like the site and thank you for your kind words. It is ineed a mammoth task for us, as we have to manually going through all the LA data, with its myriad of different formats! Best of luck with your schools search and thanks again. Kind regards, Lewis

Advertisement
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Decision Maker!

I'm not great at making decisions. Neither am I good at leaving a house I have LOVED and put my heart and soul into. Even signing up for Locrating was a wrench. I did not want to move. I did not know where I wanted to go. What I did know is I couldn't stay where I was. We have all grown out of our area and it's not right for us any more. Older children needing more independence and things to do, meant one thing. Research. I love research. I am a geek for it. However looking for a new area, a new school, a new house and a better way of life is NOT easy. Locrating made it so much easier. The school information is second to none. I have never seen such a comprehensive amount of comparable information on schools laid out in such an easy way. I would have had SEVERAL tabs open for many different councils and still would not have got the info I needed. Before Locrating, I would have spent hours looking and not getting anywhere. I know this because I have done it. I am writing this because I want other people of small humans to stop wasting their valuable time and just pay for this service. It really does help. We are moving and we are all happy! Just need to not invest sooo much worry in picking fixtures and fittings next time!

July 27, 2021
Unprompted review
Locrating logo

Reply from Locrating

Hi Roo, many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, it's much appreciated! I'm really pleased you like the site and thank you for your kind words. Kind regards, Lewis

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Information given in the right time…

Right information given in the right time in the right place, definitely worth more than you paid. I strongly recommend this web site.

July 18, 2021
Unprompted review
Locrating logo

Reply from Locrating

Hi Victor, many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, it's much appreciated! I'm really pleased you like the site. Kind regards, Lewis

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Unrivalled School Data

This website is unrivalled when it comes to school data. I had searched for ages for league tables and data in one place, so then to discover all that, plus catchment areas and more in one place was just brilliant. If you are thinking of moving for schooling it is essential and worth every Penny for all the extra functionality a subscription unlocks.

July 13, 2021
Unprompted review
Locrating logo

Reply from Locrating

Hi Phil, many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, it's much appreciated! I'm really pleased you like the site. Kind regards, Lewis

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent website with outstanding…

Excellent website with outstanding customer service that we use all the time to decide where to move with our little girls.

July 12, 2021
Unprompted review
Locrating logo

Reply from Locrating

Hi Francis, many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, it's much appreciated! I'm really pleased you like the site. Kind regards, Lewis

Advertisement
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Locating provides parents lot of…

Locating provides parents lot of information to assess the schools. It has very good user interface. It worths every penny when you are finding the suitable school for your children.

July 4, 2021
Unprompted review
Locrating logo

Reply from Locrating

Hi Matthew, many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, it's much appreciated! I'm really pleased you like the site. Kind regards, Lewis

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Separate 6th form data not available…

Separate 6th form data not available for the schools we were interested in.

July 1, 2021
Locrating logo

Reply from Locrating

Hi Shelley,

Thanks for your review. I've dropped you an email to see what data it is you are looking for in particular. I can't say without knowing what it is, but it may be something we can add to the site.

Kind regards,
Lewis

02/07/2021 - A quick update for future readers of this review. I've spoken to Shelley via email and she was hoping to see admissions data and oversubscription percentages for schools relating specifically to their sixth form admissions.

Unfortunately, this is data that is not published. It may be possible to find the information on individual school websites or by calling the schools' admissions teams.

Features we do have related to sixth forms that may be of interest are:

- Our catchment area indicators can be set to show only year 12 (sixth form) pupils.
- Users can see which schools pupils in the sixth form have come from and by what percentages, e.g. 10% have come from secondary school xyz.
- Users can see sixth form exam results, progress and league table rankings.
- Users can see sixth form leaver destinations, e.g. how many go on to university etc.

On a more general note, we do try to make it clear what information we have before people pay for membership, using a combination of lock images and features pages (e.g. https://www.locrating.com/takeatour.aspx) specifically to avoid people signing up and then being disappointed, which is of no benefit to anyone involved.

If this was data that we could add to Locrating then we would have made the effort to do that, but as it's not available we're unable to do so on this occasion.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Just what you will need when relocating. Worth the money

Extremely helpful when I considered moving to a new area. Detailed and updated information. Lots of filters you can apply when you search. Worth every penny. The pricing options are very reasonable too.

June 29, 2021
Unprompted review
Locrating logo

Reply from Locrating

Hi CharHui, many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, it's much appreciated! I'm really pleased you found the site helpful. Kind regards, Lewis

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The best website ever to find a right school!

I'm using Locrating for quite a long time now and this is just the best website to search for schools! All valuable information you need in one place and very user friendly! I can easily say I'm addicted to it and I would recommend it to everyone! It helped me a lot when we relocated to London and now when looking for secondary school. Thank you for doing such an amazing job for us!

June 29, 2021
Unprompted review
Locrating logo

Reply from Locrating

Hi Magdalena, many thanks for taking the time to leave a review and for your kind words, it's much appreciated! I'm really pleased you like the site. Kind regards, Lewis

Advertisement
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Everything you need to research where to move - all in one place

When we were considering a move out of London to find areas with outstanding schools, we subscribed to Locrating, having heard how good it is. In my experience, it surpassed my expectations and became my go-to tool for learning more about potential areas to consider moving to. Their mapping function with the ability to filter on types/quality of schools, as well as on other local information made the process of narrowing down locations much easier than would be possible without these tools. It’s even possible to overlay property listings from Zoopla (again filterable), which really brings together everything needed to research and find the ideal house in the ideal location. Highly recommended and reasonable value too.

June 16, 2021
Unprompted review
Locrating logo

Reply from Locrating

Hi Douglas, many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, it's much appreciated! I'm really pleased you like the site. Kind regards, Lewis

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great

Great, thanks

June 7, 2021
Locrating logo

Reply from Locrating

Hi Dorcas, many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, it's much appreciated! I'm really pleased you like the site. Kind regards, Lewis

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Worth it

Really worth the extra amount to see the additional details

June 4, 2021
Locrating logo

Reply from Locrating

Hi Jessica, many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, it's much appreciated! I'm really pleased you're finding the site useful and worth the spend. Kind regards, Lewis

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This is an incredibly information

This is an incredibly informative, user-friendly app! I am emigrating from South Africa and have found the school and property information outstanding!

June 3, 2021
Locrating logo

Reply from Locrating

Hi Anne-Marie, many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, it's much appreciated! I'm really pleased you found the site useful. Best of luck with your emigration! Kind regards, Lewis

Advertisement
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Good App

Good app. Easy to use. Very prompt replies

June 1, 2021
Locrating logo

Reply from Locrating

Hi O V, many thanks for your updated review which is much appreciated.
Kind regards, Lewis

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Incredibly useful

We found this service incredibly useful at boiling down what felt like an overwhelming amount of disparate information into a shortlist of schools and places. Well worth it

May 28, 2021
Unprompted review
Locrating logo

Reply from Locrating

Hi Kieren, many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, it's much appreciated! I'm really pleased you found the site useful. Kind regards, Lewis

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very useful!

May 15, 2021
Unprompted review
Locrating logo

Reply from Locrating

Hi helloooo, many thanks for taking the time to leave a review, it's much appreciated! I'm really pleased you found the site useful. Kind regards, Lewis

The Trustpilot Experience

Anyone can write a Trustpilot review. People who write reviews have ownership to edit or delete them at any time, and they’ll be displayed as long as an account is active.

Companies can ask for reviews via automatic invitations. Labeled Verified, they’re about genuine experiences.

Learn more about other kinds of reviews.

We use dedicated people and clever technology to safeguard our platform. Find out how we combat fake reviews.

Learn about Trustpilot’s review process.

Here are 8 tips for writing great reviews.

Verification can help ensure real people are writing the reviews you read on Trustpilot.

Offering incentives for reviews or asking for them selectively can bias the TrustScore, which goes against our guidelines.

Take a closer look