A school website is a statutory duty, not a brochure
Schools, academies, nurseries and training providers must publish specific information online — Ofsted details, admissions, policies, pupil premium, exam results. Parents, governors and inspectors all judge a school partly by how easy that information is to find. A slow, cluttered or inaccessible website creates phone calls, complaints and extra work for the office.
We design websites for schools and educational institutions that are clear, accessible and simple for non-technical staff to keep up to date.
What we build into every school website
Accessibility as standard
WCAG-aware design: proper heading structure, keyboard navigation, readable contrast and alt text throughout. Public-sector accessibility requirements apply to school websites — we build to meet them.
Simple content management
Office staff need to publish newsletters, term dates and policy documents without calling a developer. We set up straightforward editing workflows and provide handover training.
Security and GDPR awareness
Schools handle children's data — the website has to take that seriously. Secure forms, SSL, sensible data handling and privacy documentation are part of the build, backed by our GDPR consultancy experience where needed.
The prospective parents' journey
Admissions information, open days and prospectus downloads arranged so a new parent can get answers in two clicks — and so the school looks its best when they do.
Who we build for
Primary and secondary schools, nurseries and pre-schools, academies and multi-academy trusts, colleges, tutors and training providers. Whether you need a fresh start or a rebuild of a site that's become unmanageable, we can help.
See how we approach this sector on our websites for schools page, and browse recent projects for examples of our work.
Fixed price, ongoing support
School budgets need certainty. Our fixed-price packages give you a clear cost up front, and our maintenance plans keep the site secure and updated long after launch.
Meeting your publishing requirements
Ofsted expects specific information to be easily findable: contact details, admissions arrangements, curriculum, policies, pupil premium strategy, SEND information, exam and performance data. We audit your current site against the checklist, structure the content so each requirement has an obvious home, and flag anything missing before launch — not during an inspection.
Working with your existing systems
Most schools already have a parent app, an MIS, or a trust-wide platform. We don't pretend the website replaces those — we design it to complement them, linking parents to the right place for payments, absence reporting and termly letters while keeping the public-facing content clean.
A painless migration
We know school staff are stretched. The process is designed to take hours of your time, not weeks: we extract content from your existing site, restructure it, and only come to you for the decisions and approvals. Handover includes training for whoever updates the site day to day.
Questions schools ask us
Can staff update it without technical skills? Yes — that's the point. Newsletters, dates and policy uploads are simple edits, and we provide written guides plus a walkthrough session.
What about our existing domain and emails? Everything carries over. We handle DNS and hosting migration with zero downtime.
How much does a school website cost?
School budgets need certainty, so everything is quoted fixed up front. A straightforward school site sits within our Brochure Site package at £1,995 — ten pages, CMS, on-page SEO and three months of support. Larger trusts or complex requirements are scoped individually, still fixed-price before work begins.
What inspectors and parents actually look for
Ofsted guidance expects key information to be findable quickly — and so do parents deciding between schools. Admissions, term dates, uniform, lunch menus, safeguarding policies, staff lists, curriculum maps: we structure navigation around the questions your office answers most often, measurably reducing repeat phone calls.
Questions schools ask us
How long does a rebuild take? Typically two to four weeks including content migration and staff handover — we schedule around term dates.
Can it handle translation for our community? Yes — we can integrate translation tools where schools serve multilingual families.
Will it work with our parent app and MIS? The website complements those systems; we link parents to the right tool for each task rather than duplicating them.
What our clients say on Google
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“We've worked with Brad to help design our website and he's been brilliant to work with. He's captured our thoughts and translated them into a website that we're happy with. Highly recommend him and his brilliant service to everyone.”
Rated 5.0 out of 5 across every review on our Google Business profile.
Ready to talk? Tell us about your school or organisation and we'll respond the same working day.
