It’s been no secret that for many years Ofsted have been having a peak at school websites prior to inspection or as part of their risk assessments. But the heat has been turned up and schools have been telling us that Ofsted are really taking a good look at school websites at present: A couple of weeks ago, Ofsted came visiting and used the website as a source of information gathering ahead [...more]
New regulations for school websites come into force on 1st September 2012 by way of amendments to the School Information Regulations 2008. If the school does not have their own website they must arrange for this information to be published on a website and the details made known to parents.
You may already be aware that on 26th May 2012 new rules about cookies on websites came into force. Read more details about they might affect your school website.
Farewell LGfL DigitalBrain School Websites Many schools used the LGfL DigitalBrain portal service to provide their school website: But,the portal service ceased on 31st July 2010. Read only access was provided until 31st December, but schools will no longer have access without incurring charges. You can read more on the LGfL website. What’s left is a bit of a mess. Some school websites are out there but can’t be edited. [...more]