diff --git a/app/controllers/api/schools_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/schools_controller.rb
index 3874e17b4..4e36b654c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/schools_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/schools_controller.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ def school_params
         :creator_agree_authority,
         :creator_agree_terms_and_conditions,
         :creator_agree_to_ux_contact,
-        :creator_agree_responsible_safeguarding
+        :creator_agree_responsible_safeguarding,
+        :user_origin
       )
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/models/school.rb b/app/models/school.rb
index caffbe356..6176bfb78 100644
--- a/app/models/school.rb
+++ b/app/models/school.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ class School < ApplicationRecord
 
   VALID_URL_REGEX = %r{\A(?:https?://)?(?:www.)?[a-z0-9]+([-.]{1}[a-z0-9]+)*\.[a-z]{2,63}(\.[a-z]{2,63})*(/.*)?\z}ix
 
+  enum :user_origin, %i[for_education experience_cs], default: :for_education, validate: true
+
   validates :name, presence: true
   validates :website, presence: true, format: { with: VALID_URL_REGEX, message: I18n.t('validations.school.website') }
   validates :address_line_1, presence: true
diff --git a/app/views/api/my_school/show.json.jbuilder b/app/views/api/my_school/show.json.jbuilder
index 51a26d598..40f10f263 100644
--- a/app/views/api/my_school/show.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/api/my_school/show.json.jbuilder
@@ -1,20 +1,3 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-json.call(
-  @school,
-  :id,
-  :name,
-  :website,
-  :reference,
-  :address_line_1,
-  :address_line_2,
-  :municipality,
-  :administrative_area,
-  :postal_code,
-  :country_code,
-  :code,
-  :verified_at,
-  :created_at,
-  :updated_at
-)
-json.roles @user.school_roles(@school)
+json.partial! '/api/schools/school', school: @school, roles: @user.school_roles(@school), code: true
diff --git a/app/views/api/school_owners/_school_owner.json.jbuilder b/app/views/api/school_owners/_school_owner.json.jbuilder
index abd71e200..d002c3852 100644
--- a/app/views/api/school_owners/_school_owner.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/api/school_owners/_school_owner.json.jbuilder
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ json.call(owner, :id, :name)
 json.type('owner')
 
 include_email = local_assigns.fetch(:include_email, true)
-
 json.email(owner.email) if include_email
diff --git a/app/views/api/schools/_school.json.jbuilder b/app/views/api/schools/_school.json.jbuilder
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7dea9024d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/api/schools/_school.json.jbuilder
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+json.call(
+  school,
+  :id,
+  :name,
+  :website,
+  :reference,
+  :address_line_1,
+  :address_line_2,
+  :municipality,
+  :administrative_area,
+  :postal_code,
+  :country_code,
+  :verified_at,
+  :created_at,
+  :updated_at
+)
+
+include_roles = local_assigns.fetch(:roles, false)
+json.roles(roles) if include_roles
+
+include_code = local_assigns.fetch(:code, false)
+json.code(school.code) if include_code
+
+include_user_origin = local_assigns.fetch(:user_origin, false)
+json.user_origin(school.user_origin) if include_user_origin
diff --git a/app/views/api/schools/index.json.jbuilder b/app/views/api/schools/index.json.jbuilder
index 564faeab0..688131641 100644
--- a/app/views/api/schools/index.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/api/schools/index.json.jbuilder
@@ -1,20 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 json.array!(@schools) do |school|
-  json.call(
-    school,
-    :id,
-    :name,
-    :website,
-    :reference,
-    :address_line_1,
-    :address_line_2,
-    :municipality,
-    :administrative_area,
-    :postal_code,
-    :country_code,
-    :verified_at,
-    :created_at,
-    :updated_at
-  )
+  json.partial! 'school', school:
 end
diff --git a/app/views/api/schools/show.json.jbuilder b/app/views/api/schools/show.json.jbuilder
index 0ee4bfc86..fb913b0cc 100644
--- a/app/views/api/schools/show.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/api/schools/show.json.jbuilder
@@ -1,18 +1,3 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-json.call(
-  @school,
-  :id,
-  :name,
-  :website,
-  :reference,
-  :address_line_1,
-  :address_line_2,
-  :municipality,
-  :administrative_area,
-  :postal_code,
-  :country_code,
-  :verified_at,
-  :created_at,
-  :updated_at
-)
+json.partial! 'school', school: @school, user_origin: true
diff --git a/db/migrate/20250515081023_add_user_origin_field_to_schools.rb b/db/migrate/20250515081023_add_user_origin_field_to_schools.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d839b676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20250515081023_add_user_origin_field_to_schools.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddUserOriginToSchools < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.1]
+  def change
+    add_column :schools, :user_origin, :integer, default: 0
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 9aefee6f7..b9237c649 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2025_04_15_133546) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2025_05_15_081023) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pgcrypto"
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@
     t.string "code"
     t.boolean "creator_agree_to_ux_contact", default: false
     t.boolean "creator_agree_responsible_safeguarding", default: true
+    t.integer "user_origin", default: 0
     t.index ["code"], name: "index_schools_on_code", unique: true
     t.index ["creator_id"], name: "index_schools_on_creator_id", unique: true
     t.index ["reference"], name: "index_schools_on_reference", unique: true
diff --git a/spec/features/school/creating_a_school_spec.rb b/spec/features/school/creating_a_school_spec.rb
index 7689b039d..fd51863ed 100644
--- a/spec/features/school/creating_a_school_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/school/creating_a_school_spec.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
         creator_agree_authority: true,
         creator_agree_terms_and_conditions: true,
         creator_agree_to_ux_contact: true,
-        creator_agree_responsible_safeguarding: true
+        creator_agree_responsible_safeguarding: true,
+        user_origin: 'for_education'
       }
     }
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/school_spec.rb b/spec/models/school_spec.rb
index 4f928726b..76ac67470 100644
--- a/spec/models/school_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/school_spec.rb
@@ -242,6 +242,15 @@
       school.update(code: '00-00-00')
       expect(school.errors[:code]).to include('cannot be changed after verification')
     end
+
+    it 'requires a user_origin' do
+      school.user_origin = nil
+      expect(school).to be_invalid
+    end
+
+    it 'sets the user_origin to for_education by default' do
+      expect(school.user_origin).to eq('for_education')
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#creator' do