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School website design

School website design for primary and secondary schools across the UK: admissions, curriculum, statutory information and news, with a free .co.uk domain and hosting. From £12.99 a month + VAT. See your new website first. Pay only when you approve it.

What does a school website need?

Clear admissions information, an honest picture of the school and news that's kept up to date. A family's first visit is now to your website, not your building.

01

Enhance your parental engagement

Admission arrangements, open days, deadlines and each step of the process in one well-organised section, with an enquiry form that goes straight to the school office.

02

Design that delivers

Early years, primary, secondary and sixth form, your ethos, staff and facilities, presented with clear copy and well-edited photos: what a family weighs up before applying.

03

Working with you

Publish letters home, events and achievements yourselves from a simple dashboard, or email them to us and we'll add them. An up-to-date website tells families the school is on top of things too.

What should be published on a school website?

In England, maintained schools must publish certain information online, and academies have a similar list. It includes contact details, admission arrangements, the latest Ofsted report, exam and assessment results, the curriculum, the behaviour policy, the complaints procedure, pupil premium and SEND information, governance, and the school's ethos and values.

We give each item its own clearly labelled page so nothing is hard to find, and the school supplies the documents. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own guidance, and we follow the list your school gives us.

  • Admission arrangements and open days clearly shown
  • Ethos, curriculum, key stages and staff
  • News, letters home and an activities gallery
  • Contact page with school hours and office details

How much does a school website cost?

From £12.99 a month + VAT for up to 5 pages, or £19.99 for up to 10 pages or a redesign of your current site. Design, hosting, a .co.uk domain, SSL and email are included, and it's ready in 3 to 5 working days.

Basic

Your landing page built for you, or hosting for the website you already have.

£5.99/ month + VAT

Your website live in 3 to 5 working days.

Choose Basic
  • Landing page built by us
  • 5 GB NVMe SSD
  • 5 business email accounts
  • Free SSL certificate
  • Daily backups
  • Free migration of your site
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Starter

Your first website, ready for customers to find you.

£12.99/ month + VAT

Your website live in 3 to 5 working days.

Choose Starter
  • Website of up to 5 pages, built by us
  • Free .co.uk domain
  • 5 GB NVMe SSD
  • 10 business email accounts
  • Free SSL certificate
  • 1 content change a month
  • Live in 3 to 5 working days

Business

For established businesses: more space, more email accounts and more changes.

£19.99/ month + VAT

Your website live in 3 to 5 working days.

Choose Business
  • A new website or a redesign of your current one
  • Free .co.uk domain
  • Up to 10 pages of content
  • 15 GB NVMe SSD
  • 15 business email accounts
  • Free SSL certificate and daily backups
  • Free migration from your current host
  • Unlimited content changes

Ecommerce

For selling online: catalogue, basket and online payments.

£34.99/ month + VAT

Your online shop live in 10 working days.

Choose Ecommerce
  • A complete online shop, built by us
  • Free .co.uk domain
  • We upload your first 30 products
  • 40 GB NVMe SSD
  • Unlimited business email accounts
  • Payments with Stripe, PayPal, Apple Pay and Google Pay
  • Unlimited content changes
  • Priority support

No contract. Cancel anytime.

School website design services

To be clear about what's included: our service is the school's public website, the one families and prospective pupils visit. We don't build intranets, learning platforms or MIS systems.

If the school already uses a parent portal or learning platform, we link to it from the website with a visible button so families and pupils can log in with one click.

  • Yes: design, copy, photos, enquiry form and publishing
  • Yes: a login button for the platform the school already uses
  • No: our own intranet, virtual classroom or grading system
  • Simple process: send your logo, photos and basic copy, and we build the rest

School website design FAQs

What policies should be on a school website?

Commonly the safeguarding and child protection policy, behaviour policy, complaints procedure, charging and remissions policy, SEND information report, accessibility plan and equality objectives. The exact list depends on the type of school, so check it against the current DfE guidance.

The policies are your own documents: we give each one a clear place on the website and you can replace a file yourself when it's updated.

Updating your existing website

If the school already has a website, we can redesign it with the Business plan at £19.99 a month + VAT, moving across the content that still matters. Once it's live, whoever is in charge can publish letters, events and photos from a simple dashboard, with a step-by-step written guide.

And if you'd rather not touch it, just email us and we'll make the changes for you.

Academy website requirements

Academies follow their funding agreement and the DfE guidance on what academy trusts must publish online. The list is close to the one for maintained schools, plus trust information such as the annual report and accounts. We build the school's pages and link to your trust's website where that information lives.

Independent school website requirements

Independent schools in England provide information to parents under the Independent School Standards, including the safeguarding policy, behaviour and anti-bullying policies, the complaints procedure and details of the curriculum. Most also want fees, open days and a news section. We build those pages and the school provides the policies.

We work by email with schools across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and you review the finished website on a real link before paying.

Ready to start your next web project?

Tell us about your school and see its finished website this week. No deposit: you only pay if the leadership team likes it.