Informing, Involving, Inspiring - Websites that make a difference

Listed below are some of the websites from our portfolio.

For more detailed information, you can also view a selection of favourites here: Nursery & Primary - Secondary - Independent

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For more detailed information, you can also view a selection of favourites here: Nursery & Primary - Secondary - Independent

Ideas for your School Website

A good school website is a powerful opportunity to involve, inform and communicate with the whole school community - pupils, parents, staff and the local community. Used strategically, a website can save time and resources, improve communication, integrate systems and, in itself, be used as a learning resource.
And don't forget the professional, successful image you will be presenting to prospective pupils, parents and staff when they visit your new website.

Stuck for ideas? Below are a few ideas of how you might choose to use your website:

Pupil	Parent	Staff
Download revision guides Publish curriculum details and subject options for prospective pupils Publish the school prospectus as a pdf for download Publish timetables Encourage the School Council to publish details of its meetings and activities Have a suggestion box area to gather feedback Publish the student handbook Celebrate success!	Keep parents involved & informed through frequent news updates and photo galleries of recent events Reduce paper and publish newsletters & other communications to parents online Reduce the burden on the school office by creating a parent document library containing standing documents such as school policies and other useful information Publish the school SEF, prospectus or Ofsted reports Pubish the school diary and have upcoming events automatically highlighted on the home page Publish details of your extended school facilities with times, availability and booking details	Create areas for each department to showcase their work Publish internal school policies and other useful documents Upload and share lesson plans Use the content editor in lessons to allow pupils to learn how to create their own web pages Save hundreds of £s on recruitment by having a small advert pointing to a web page containing job descriptions and application forms Upload images of pupils work Publish governor information/meeting minutes. Password protect if necessary

Pupil

Parent

Staff

Download revision guides
Publish curriculum details and subject options for prospective pupils
Publish the school prospectus as a pdf for download
Publish timetables
Encourage the School Council to publish details of its meetings and activities
Have a suggestion box area to gather feedback
Publish the student handbook
Celebrate success!

Keep parents involved & informed through frequent news updates and photo galleries of recent events
Reduce paper and publish newsletters & other communications to parents online
Reduce the burden on the school office by creating a parent document library containing standing documents such as school policies and other useful information
Publish the school SEF, prospectus or Ofsted reports
Pubish the school diary and have upcoming events automatically highlighted on the home page
Publish details of your extended school facilities with times, availability and booking details

Create areas for each department to showcase their work
Publish internal school policies and other useful documents
Upload and share lesson plans
Use the content editor in lessons to allow pupils to learn how to create their own web pages
Save hundreds of £s on recruitment by having a small advert pointing to a web page containing job descriptions and application forms
Upload images of pupils work
Publish governor information/meeting minutes. Password protect if necessary

A Sustainability Tool

The DCSF National Framework for Sustainable Schools identifies eight ‘doorways’ through which schools may choose to initiate or extend their sustainable school activity.
Using us to provide your website is a perfect example of sustainable procurement through the Purchasing & Waste Doorway.

But this is just the start of how our websites can help your school become more sustainable. Here are some ideas to get you started:

Doorway	Use your website to:
Purchasing & Waste	Publish don’t print! Upload all your shared documents E.g. parent letters, school policies, have an online prospectus etc
Inclusion & Participation	Enable pupils to publish their own pages Enable the school council to publicise school issues
Local well-being	Create a community section with links to community resources Publicise details of extended school resources available for the community Offer to use an area of the school website for local issues putting the school at the heart of the community Create a community news section
Global dimension	"Twin" your website with international schools Organise virtual visits of international schools Have a live web camera in a classroom on a private page

Why not create a sustainability section on your website to articulate your sustainable school aspirations and try to involve the whole school community in your efforts?
Or create an environmental or green awareness area and use your website to kickstart or publicise progress on say, recycling initiatives?

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Informing, Involving, Inspiring - Websites that make a difference

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A Sustainability Tool

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