diff --git a/admin-lehrer/components/grid-editor/GridEditor.tsx b/admin-lehrer/components/grid-editor/GridEditor.tsx
index 0f1c928..e608e1c 100644
--- a/admin-lehrer/components/grid-editor/GridEditor.tsx
+++ b/admin-lehrer/components/grid-editor/GridEditor.tsx
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ export function GridEditor({ sessionId, onNext }: GridEditorProps) {
             Woerterbuch ({Math.round(grid.dictionary_detection.confidence * 100)}%)
           </span>
         )}
+        {grid.page_number?.text && (
+          <span className="px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-700 text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-300 border border-gray-200 dark:border-gray-600">
+            S. {grid.page_number.text}
+          </span>
+        )}
         <span className="text-gray-400">
           {grid.duration_seconds.toFixed(1)}s
         </span>
diff --git a/admin-lehrer/components/grid-editor/types.ts b/admin-lehrer/components/grid-editor/types.ts
index a8392a6..e39ec8a 100644
--- a/admin-lehrer/components/grid-editor/types.ts
+++ b/admin-lehrer/components/grid-editor/types.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ export interface DictionaryDetection {
   headword_col_index: number | null
 }
 
+/** Page number extracted from footer region of the scan. */
+export interface PageNumber {
+  text: string
+  y_pct: number
+  number?: number
+}
+
 /** A complete structured grid with zones, ready for the Excel-like editor. */
 export interface StructuredGrid {
   session_id: string
@@ -31,6 +38,7 @@ export interface StructuredGrid {
   formatting: GridFormatting
   layout_metrics?: LayoutMetrics
   dictionary_detection?: DictionaryDetection
+  page_number?: PageNumber | null
   duration_seconds: number
   edited?: boolean
   layout_dividers?: LayoutDividers
diff --git a/klausur-service/backend/grid_editor_api.py b/klausur-service/backend/grid_editor_api.py
index 1aa12a9..8708804 100644
--- a/klausur-service/backend/grid_editor_api.py
+++ b/klausur-service/backend/grid_editor_api.py
@@ -124,8 +124,9 @@ async def _build_grid_core(
 
     # 2c. Filter footer rows (page numbers at the very bottom).
     # Isolated short text in the bottom 5% of the page is typically a
-    # page number ("64", "S. 12") and not real content.
-    _filter_footer_words(all_words, img_h, logger, session_id)
+    # page number ("64", "S. 12") and not real content.  The page number
+    # is extracted as metadata for the frontend header display.
+    page_number_info = _filter_footer_words(all_words, img_h, logger, session_id)
 
     # 2c2. Filter OCR junk from header illustrations.
     # Low-confidence short fragments above the first real content row.
@@ -1668,6 +1669,7 @@ async def _build_grid_core(
             "ipa_applied": bool(ipa_target_cols) if not skip_ipa else False,
             "syllables_applied": syllable_insertions > 0,
         },
+        "page_number": page_number_info,
         "duration_seconds": round(duration, 2),
     }
 
diff --git a/klausur-service/backend/grid_editor_helpers.py b/klausur-service/backend/grid_editor_helpers.py
index 6de3b3a..40c3b19 100644
--- a/klausur-service/backend/grid_editor_helpers.py
+++ b/klausur-service/backend/grid_editor_helpers.py
@@ -1301,29 +1301,42 @@ def _filter_footer_words(
     img_h: int,
     log: Any,
     session_id: str,
-) -> None:
+) -> Optional[Dict]:
     """Remove isolated words in the bottom 5% of the page (page numbers).
 
-    Modifies *words* in place.
+    Modifies *words* in place and returns a page_number metadata dict
+    if a page number was extracted, or None.
     """
     if not words or img_h <= 0:
-        return
+        return None
     footer_y = img_h * 0.95
     footer_words = [
         w for w in words
         if w["top"] + w.get("height", 0) / 2 > footer_y
     ]
     if not footer_words:
-        return
+        return None
     # Only remove if footer has very few words (≤ 3) with short text
     total_text = "".join((w.get("text") or "").strip() for w in footer_words)
     if len(footer_words) <= 3 and len(total_text) <= 10:
+        # Extract page number metadata before removing
+        page_number_info = {
+            "text": total_text.strip(),
+            "y_pct": round(footer_words[0]["top"] / img_h * 100, 1),
+        }
+        # Try to parse as integer
+        digits = "".join(c for c in total_text if c.isdigit())
+        if digits:
+            page_number_info["number"] = int(digits)
+
         footer_set = set(id(w) for w in footer_words)
         words[:] = [w for w in words if id(w) not in footer_set]
         log.info(
-            "build-grid session %s: removed %d footer words ('%s')",
-            session_id, len(footer_words), total_text,
+            "build-grid session %s: extracted page number '%s' and removed %d footer words",
+            session_id, total_text, len(footer_words),
         )
+        return page_number_info
+    return None
 
 
 def _filter_header_junk(