How to plan a useful school website
A school website succeeds when families can complete everyday tasks and staff can keep essential information accurate. Begin with those needs before choosing a design.
School websites
Plan, publish and maintain a website that helps families get things done. Explore content, accessibility, migration and the responsibilities behind a reliable school website.
Making school websites accessible in everyday use
Accessibility is part of every page and task. Begin with essential family journeys, test beyond automated tools and make corrections part of normal publishing.
School website requirements in England: a working checklist
Use the correct guidance for your school type, then give every applicable publication item an owner, a location and a review trigger. A generic checklist cannot certify compliance.
A practical school website content audit
A content audit finds information that is wrong, duplicated, difficult to use or missing an owner. The most useful output is a prioritised correction list.
Moving a school website without losing useful links
A successful migration preserves useful information and working journeys. Inventory existing addresses, test replacements and keep website changes separate from unrelated services.
School website navigation that families can understand
Good navigation reflects the questions visitors bring to the website. Build a simple structure, offer more than one useful route and test it with realistic tasks.
School website security: accounts, updates and recovery
Website security includes the domain, administrator accounts, public content and recovery process. A secure hosting package cannot substitute for school-side ownership.
Writing clear, useful content for a school website
Start with the visitor's question, answer it early and make the next step explicit. Good school website writing reduces uncertainty for families and repeated work for staff.
Turn guidance into a plan.
Use our practical tools to take the next step, compare options
and plan with confidence.
Website checklist
Work through a practical review of your school website, one task at a time.
Open toolIT budget planner
Bring devices, subscriptions and replacement cycles into one useful estimate.
Open toolSystem comparison
Score your shortlisted systems against the criteria that matter to your school.
Open tool