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Report Summary

  • 35

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    55% of other websites

  • 88

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 68% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 93

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    83% of websites

schoolplaces.org

The BSA Guide | Boarding Schools London | UK BSA

Page Load Speed

2.4 sec in total

First Response

178 ms

Resources Loaded

1.6 sec

Page Rendered

632 ms

schoolplaces.org screenshot

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Key Findings

We analyzed Schoolplaces.org page load time and found that the first response time was 178 ms and then it took 2.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

schoolplaces.org performance score

35

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

41/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.6 s

18/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.7 s

50/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,360 ms

16/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value13.6 s

11/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

schoolplaces.org

178 ms

www.ukbsa.com

553 ms

3343802.js

121 ms

jquery.min.js

154 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

232 ms

Our browser made a total of 46 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Schoolplaces.org, 74% (34 requests) were made to Ukbsa.com and 9% (4 requests) were made to E.issuu.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (553 ms) relates to the external source Ukbsa.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 796.7 kB (38%)

Content Size

2.1 MB

After Optimization

1.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Schoolplaces.org main page is 2.1 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 210.8 kB

  • Original 260.2 kB
  • After minification 257.4 kB
  • After compression 49.4 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 210.8 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 22.2 kB

  • Original 1.0 MB
  • After minification 1.0 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Schoolplaces images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 531.2 kB

  • Original 777.7 kB
  • After minification 777.7 kB
  • After compression 246.5 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 531.2 kB or 68% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 32.4 kB

  • Original 39.3 kB
  • After minification 39.2 kB
  • After compression 6.9 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Schoolplaces.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 32.4 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 17 (40%)

Requests Now

42

After Optimization

25

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 42 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Schoolplaces. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 18 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

schoolplaces.org

schoolplaces.org

178 ms

www.ukbsa.com

www.ukbsa.com

553 ms

3343802.js

3343802.js

121 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

154 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

232 ms

iubenda_cs.js

iubenda_cs.js

115 ms

jquery.cookie.js

jquery.cookie.js

240 ms

embed.html

embed.html

59 ms

embed.html

embed.html

102 ms

sbi-sprite.png

sbi-sprite.png

177 ms

bsa-guide-logo.png

bsa-guide-logo.png

253 ms

shutterstock_1188872416-300x200.jpg

shutterstock_1188872416-300x200.jpg

229 ms

wpa.js

wpa.js

224 ms

wpae.js

wpae.js

231 ms

jquery.cookie.js

jquery.cookie.js

237 ms

jquery.cycle2.min.js

jquery.cycle2.min.js

242 ms

jquery.validate.min.js

jquery.validate.min.js

294 ms

jquery.inputmask.min.js

jquery.inputmask.min.js

381 ms

lazyload.min.js

lazyload.min.js

302 ms

react.production.min.js

react.production.min.js

26 ms

react-dom.production.min.js

react-dom.production.min.js

45 ms

react-is.production.min.js

react-is.production.min.js

45 ms

styled-components.min.js

styled-components.min.js

55 ms

embed.js

embed.js

58 ms

embed.css

embed.css

46 ms

quant.js

quant.js

37 ms

fa-solid-900.ttf

fa-solid-900.ttf

503 ms

fa-brands-400.ttf

fa-brands-400.ttf

354 ms

shutterstock_1575947338-768x768.jpg

shutterstock_1575947338-768x768.jpg

150 ms

shutterstock_705449866-768x768.jpg

shutterstock_705449866-768x768.jpg

232 ms

shutterstock_1433387636-768x768.jpg

shutterstock_1433387636-768x768.jpg

151 ms

BSA-SERVICE-PARENTS-Digital-Advert-550x155-OCT-24.png

BSA-SERVICE-PARENTS-Digital-Advert-550x155-OCT-24.png

306 ms

701738-BSA-Website-Digital-Header-Banner_550-x-155px-1.gif

701738-BSA-Website-Digital-Header-Banner_550-x-155px-1.gif

374 ms

BSA-BANNER-AD-JUL-24-scaled.jpg

BSA-BANNER-AD-JUL-24-scaled.jpg

380 ms

BSA.gif

BSA.gif

330 ms

Ad17_300x60px_PSC-Boarding_2.jpg

Ad17_300x60px_PSC-Boarding_2.jpg

389 ms

ah-school.png

ah-school.png

384 ms

BSA-Group-logo-with-IELA.pdf-2-300x170.png

BSA-Group-logo-with-IELA.pdf-2-300x170.png

395 ms

cliffton.png

cliffton.png

400 ms

logo-white-text-232x300.png

logo-white-text-232x300.png

452 ms

U11-Hockey-Nationals-768x768.jpg

U11-Hockey-Nationals-768x768.jpg

532 ms

PPAUK_Curtain_Raiser_161124_030-768x768.jpg

PPAUK_Curtain_Raiser_161124_030-768x768.jpg

543 ms

thumbnail_IMG_6886-768x768.jpg

thumbnail_IMG_6886-768x768.jpg

467 ms

submit-spin.svg

submit-spin.svg

470 ms

BSA.png

BSA.png

476 ms

LW_employer_logo.png

LW_employer_logo.png

527 ms

Accessibility Review

schoolplaces.org accessibility score

88

Accessibility Issues

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

ARIA IDs are not unique

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

schoolplaces.org best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

schoolplaces.org SEO score

93

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Schoolplaces.org can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Schoolplaces.org main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

schoolplaces.org

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Schoolplaces. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: