Why Best Chance
What’s actually built: three things you can go and check for yourself, and a plain list of what Best Chance does not do.
Nothing here needs taking on trust. Each part names what does it, and you can go and look.
Three things you can check for yourself
Each of these happens in the free check, in a few minutes, without paying anything.
The same answers give the same finding
There’s no model deciding what to tell you. The check follows written rules in a fixed order, so the same answers produce the same finding today, tomorrow, and for anyone you show it to.
Every finding carries its sources, with dates
Open the sources on a finding and you get the document, who published it, and the date a person last checked it was still current. A finding that cites nothing is a finding that found nothing.
It separates what you told it from what’s confirmed
Each fact in a finding is marked Confirmed, You told us, Not known, or Does not match. What the check does not know stays on the page as a gap instead of quietly becoming certainty.
What it does not do
A tool that will not say where it stops is a tool you cannot use safely.
It is not legal advice
It explains public processes and helps you organise your own case. It is not a solicitor, it does not represent you, and it will not tell you what a tribunal would decide.
It does not promise an outcome
No finding here says you’ll win. It says where you appear to stand, what usually happens next, and what’s still missing.
It does not act for you
Nothing is sent, submitted, filed or published. If something has to reach a school or a council, you’re the one who sends it.
It does not guess
When your answers match none of its rules, the check says it cannot give you a finding it would stand behind and points you at the help pages. That outcome cites nothing, because it found nothing.
What you will not find here
There are no ratings, no testimonials, no named experts and no partner logos on this site. Not because they would not help, but because none of them are verified. An invented one is worth less than nothing. When there are real ones, they will arrive with the name, the role and the permission attached.
Where the guidance comes from
Anything stated as a rule or a timescale is tied to published national guidance for England. Every source is recorded with its status: current, proposed, in consultation, or superseded. A proposal cannot be filed as though it were settled law. And each finding shows when its sources were last checked.
Your information
The free check does not ask for your child’s name. Your answers are held against a random id for half an hour and never appear in the web address. Nothing you enter is sent to a school, a council or another company.
The shortest way to judge it
A few questions, a finding you can read, and the sources under it. Nothing is asked of you first.