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In 2026, a great school website is more important than ever. A great school website should be easy to use, engaging and work on any device. Our bespoke school websites make it simple for parents, students, and staff to find important information while also reflecting the school鈥檚 unique character and community.

This article explores the best school websites of 2026, highlighting their key features and best practices that make them stand out.

Upwood Primary

Crossley Street were looking for a high impact non scroll website that would provide an instant overview of school life to potential parents alongside clear and ofsted friendly information. We worked with the school to use their drone footage and added this onto the front of the website. We then used a clear navigation system to signpost to parents how to find information within 2 clicks. The website looks great on both mobile and desktop devices.聽

Alpha Preparatory School

Learning for life trust wanted the gold standard in school web design. The trust requested a website that appealed to both parents and pupils and reflected the nurturing settings of the school. Clear in layout, bright colours and a friendly design this website captures the essence perfectly of the school. With bright colourful headers it makes the website easy to navigate whilst being an enjoyable experience for parents,

Hamilton Primary School

When looking for a new website St Josephs had a strong vision of what they wanted. A clear, modern, simple website. Our graphic design sat down with the Head to bring their vision to life. We also created a curriculum page for the school allowing parents to learn about the subjects taught in schools. St Josephs also have a social media wall to the left of the site meaning parents can access their social media accounts in 1 click.聽

Bentley Child Care

Dair House Private school approached us to modernise their website to attract more parents to look around the school. After speaking with the school we established what we needed to portray on the website. We focused on a clear layout but with richness of content including key dates for the diary, a video and newsletters.聽

Unity Multi Academy Trust

Rothely C of E school wanted a website to showcase the school in spectacular fashion. We worked with them to create a fun, colourful and vibrant website. With an opening introduction song of 鈥楾he continents鈥� fading purple writing as well as slideshows in the background of all pages this website lifts spirits and illustrates to parents the lively spirit of the school.聽

Mulgrave Primary School

Aret茅 Learning Trust鈥檚 website mirrors its core values of excellence, purpose, and aspiration.

Inspired by the Greek concept of 峒�蟻蔚蟿萎, the site is clear, modern-looking and easy to navigate. This ensures that parents, students, and staff can quickly find what they need.

With a strong visual identity and engaging content, it perfectly captures the trust鈥檚 commitment to helping every child be the best they can be.

Thomas Deacon Education Trust

Oakfield Primary Academy鈥檚 website was designed to reflect its welcoming and inclusive ethos as it provides a clear and engaging insight into school life.

The colour and design capture the school’s ethos and branding. The website offers easy access to curriculum details, events, and key resources, making it a valuable hub for both current and prospective families.

 

Saint Georges Preparatory School

Build Your Schools Perfect Website

A great school website is more than just an online presence, it鈥檚 vital for communication and engagement. The best school websites of 2026 are easy to use, mobile-friendly, and have the right information for parents, students, and staff.

Since 2007, sa国际传媒 has helped over 4,000 schools build fast, accessible, and Ofsted-compliant websites.

Get in touch to learn more about our bespoke school website design.

All of our sa国际传媒 users know that you can add documents to your Jotter site, but not all of them know the three different ways you can display them. It鈥檚 important to keep your documents up to date, and it鈥檚 also important to add them in the most appropriate format.
Whether you鈥檝e got a long list of files you want users to download, a document you want to display directly on the website or just one you want to add as a link, sa国际传媒 allows you to display your documents in three different ways.
Always save your documents as a PDF if possible, as this is a web safe format that makes sure your document will display exactly as intended without any issues.

1. Adding a document directly onto the page.

When first becoming familiar with sa国际传媒, this is the way of adding a document that users tend to notice. Simply click Insert Item and Document. You鈥檒l be given black bars on your page with a choice of where to insert it. Click where you want to add the document.

Your file system will then open, and if you鈥檝e already uploaded your file you can simply select 鈥榗hoose鈥� next to it. Otherwise, click 鈥楿pload File鈥� at the top of the screen. Click 鈥榓dd file鈥� to select a file from your computer, then start uploading. Wait for the blue bar to finish the upload, then click 鈥極K鈥�. Your document will then be displayed on the site as a PDF that users can scroll through and zoom in on.

2. Adding a link to a document

If you want to just link to one or two documents on a page, or you want to accompany documents with a description, adding a link to a document might be your best option. Simply type the title of your document onto the page in any text item. Then highlight this text, and underneath the green bar at the top should be a grey one with a series of options.

At the end of that is a blue chain link you can click on to insert or edit a link. Click on this, then click 鈥榝ile鈥�.

Click on the folder with the magnifying glass to enter your file system, and then select or upload a file as normal. If the file you鈥檝e uploaded is a PDF, you can check 鈥榦pen file in browser鈥� to have it open in a new window on click, otherwise, users will have it download to the computer when clicked. Click 鈥極K鈥� and then save and publish and your document will appear as a link on the page. It will look something like this.

3. Add a file list.

File lists are a great way to arrange a group of documents together, and many of our users find them helpful for keeping our policies in. To add a file list, click Insert Item and File List. Click the black bar on the site to choose where to insert it, then navigate to your file system. You can press 鈥楽elect鈥� next to any file to add it to the file list, and it will appear in 鈥榮elected files鈥� in the bottom half of the screen.

You can use the arrows at the bottom to re order your files, then press 鈥楥hoose鈥� at the bottom of the screen to confirm when you鈥檙e done selecting them.

They鈥檒l appear on your site as above for users to download, and you can edit them any time by going into edit mode, clicking on to the file list and clicking the three dots at the top to add and remove files.

We hope these three ways of adding documents provide you plenty of flexibility when it comes to keeping your site up to date. If you鈥檝e got any other suggestions for ways we can make this easier, please do get in contact and we will be happy to pass on your suggestion.

Read more about ‘Getting an outstanding school web design‘ from sa国际传媒 team.

Storing information securely is a key concern for schools. For that reason, we you might find it useful to have a private area on your school website for governors, teachers or OFSTED.
sa国际传媒 makes it easy to add and customise access to your own private area, requiring a login for users to access it.

1 – Firstly, make sure you have a user login set up. You can do this by going to the 鈥榓dmin鈥� section on your jotter site and clicking 鈥榓dd user鈥�.
Fill out the details there with whatever you want the user to log in with. Check their application roles have 鈥楽ite鈥� set to 鈥榁iewer鈥� or above.

2 – Then, return to the site. Click 鈥楳anage鈥� and 鈥楶ages鈥� and then find the page you want to make private in the left hand side. Click 鈥榓ccess鈥�.

3 – Check 鈥榩rivate page鈥� and then enter the name of the user you want to be able to access the page. Set their access to 鈥榲iew only鈥�. This will be automatically saved.

Log out of sa国际传媒 and when viewing the page as a non administrator you will be asked for your login credentials.

You can use your new private area to upload confidential documents and share meeting dates, improving communication between staff, governors or your PTA.

Jotter Mobile just got even better with the release of v1.8, which will roll out across all apps by May 5th.
After lots of market research our developers have created the features you most requested, and we hope you will benefit from this free update. 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽
Here are some of the changes you can expect to see:

Custom apps:

• Custom sections in the navigation structure. Each custom link consists of a name, icon and an URL. You can define up to three custom sections.
• Reordering and disabling of sections in the drawer menu and the dashboard tray. These are edited from the Mobile Centre module.

All apps:

• Notification badges on sections within the app. These show that new content has been added but not read by the user.
• New expanding dashboard tray option. This can be configured at the delivery stage or can be added with PCR.

If you would like more information about v1.8 or Jotter Mobile please call 0800 862 0492 or fill out our short contact form.

Here’s our latest infographic on tips for perfect school websites. Follow our advice to achieve a great-looking website that will make teachers, parents and pupils proud of their school’s web presence.

School website Infographic

Website Design For Schools In The UK

This is a tricky issue for non-experienced website designers. While wanting to save on costs by doing their school web design themselves, schools should make sure they meet the Ofsted requirements when it comes to website content and structure.

One of the problems many school website designers encounter is that they use too many colors making their content very difficult to read. What follows are some tips to help create a beautiful website design for schools in the UK.

Defining Your School’s Brand and Content Strategy

 

Knowing your school鈥檚 brand and what you stand for will help you write the content for your school鈥檚 website. You need to understand the school鈥檚 core values as well as what your school stands for.

 

Then you need to understand what your school does well and what problems it can solve for its students. There are other key questions you can ask yourself before you start creating a content strategy.

 

That strategy will revolve around the answers to all of those key questions. Plus, understanding the purpose of your school will help you create a unique website look that stands out from the crowd.

 

What also is involved in defining your school鈥檚 brand will be the following elements:

 

• Develop your school鈥檚 promise to potential parents and students
• Add a tagline that reflects the purpose of the school
• Create your school鈥檚 identity- this includes creating a logo, finding your voice, the imagery you want to use, and the colours you want to use.

 

Defining your school鈥檚 brand is a wide range of elements that help potential and current students know who you are. That makes your website more attractive than using a number of bright or other colours.

 

Building A Solid User-Friendly Experience On The School Website

In the world of web design, there are a lot of options you can use to build complexity to your school鈥檚 website design. However, the old sayings 鈥榢eep it simple鈥� and 鈥榣ess is more鈥� are key guides you should use when creating a primary school website design.

Yes, having fun things like pop-ups, interactive polls, and lots of videos can help but often those elements and other ones turn the user experience into something far more time-consuming than parents want to go through.

The key to building a good user experience on your school’s website is to follow these key tips:

1. Keep The Website Focused On Current School Parents

Make sure the relevant information is easy to access and find. Those important issues of tuition costs, teacher contact opportunities, and school events all should be very easy for the current school parent to find.

2. Focus On Enrollment

Make your enrollment process a priority. Part of the school鈥檚 website design is to attract new students to your school. This can partly be achieved through your About Us web page.

3. Help Busy Parents

This is done by having a clear school calendar on your website. Then make it easy to access for those busy parents who do not have the time to waste doing complicated searches or bypassing pop-ups, etc.

4. Miscellaneous Pages

These include contact information, a news and media web page, and more. You want to keep your school web design interesting without making it hard for parents to navigate through all the pages to get the information they want.

Add Interactive Features and Compelling Content for engaging the audience

Once you have understood your school鈥檚 identity and purpose, and then fleshed out a content strategy, now is the time to add some more interesting elements to your school website design.

Look for key features that can incorporate interactive activities. These will help engage both parents and students. Then make sure to have someone write excellent content that will be of interest to those school parents.

Content is still king and will help boost your school鈥檚 website in the search engine rankings. Bad content is one way to drive prospective students and parents away from your school.

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Since 2003, sa国际传媒 has been working with thousands of schools across the UK and worldwide to develop the best school website and e-learning software. We always make sure our school web design reflects the ethos of each school.

Contact us today to see how we can help make your school website design more attractive and user-friendly. Our experts will be glad to spend time working with you to enhance your public face.

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Making use of new the features for tables in sa国际传媒 2

Tips from Primary Support Desk Analyst, Matthew Basierak

On the support desk we are often asked how to add and work with tables in sa国际传媒 2 and we have recently introduced some new features to the system which makes working with tables easier than before.
You can now change the colours of individual cells in a table. 聽In order to get started you first need to create an empty table by using the table icon in the grey editing toolbar.

Once you have added the table to the page, you need to select and highlight the cells where you wish to change the colour.
See the screenshot on the right.

Once you have highlighted the cells, the next step is to go to the Table menu in the grey toolbar, select the Cell option from the drop down menu then click on Cell Properties. 聽See the screenshot below which shows exactly where this option is located.

You should now find yourself in the Cell properties dialogue box. 聽If you then click the advanced Tab in the following window there are options to set the border width, style and colour.
In order to change the colour you can either enter a value into the background field, or alternatively you can click on the small back to the right hand side. 聽After selecting the colour you will notice that this information is automatically added to the style box.
Please see the screenshot below, which shows the background colour box with a new colour added to it. 聽You can now click on the OK button to save the changes.

If you need further help on working with tables, please see our help guide using the link below:
http://wa.schooljotter2.com/sites/insert-items/tables

At Webanywhere we鈥檙e very pleased to announce the latest addition to the sa国际传媒 suite of apps – Office 365 integration. Microsoft鈥檚 online Office software is popular around the world and will allow you and your students to take learning online into a familiar environment. With select schools being able to take advantage of free Office 365 provision for students, there鈥檚 really never been a better time to integrate it with the rest of your online learning platform.
If you鈥檙e familiar with the sa国际传媒 interface, getting started with Office 365 will be simple and straightforward.

You can see from the screenshot, the interface is simple and intuitive, and provides a familiar frontend to the Office 365 platform as well as a convenient way to organise files. You can even create Word, Excel and PowerPoint presentations straight from the interface.

Of course, as you can see in both the screenshots above, it鈥檚 not just Office files that can be stored – you can put anything, from static images to videos and anything else in OneDrive, all conveniently accessible from inside your or your students鈥� sa国际传媒 accounts. Clicking through to Office 365 itself, we can see all the same documents:

With organisations increasingly seeking a unified online platform, integrating storage, editing and learning capabilities, we鈥檙e proud to offer this service to all Jotter customers. To activate a free trial simply check your Jotter App Store. Alternatively, if you don鈥檛 have a sa国际传媒 account and are interested in trying out this and many other of our apps, register a free trial of the entire sa国际传媒 suite.

Our聽Think Of An App competition is closing on the 18th of July. We’ve already received many ideas, but there is still time to enter with yours, and you could win 拢7,000 worth of existing apps like Blogs, Surveys, Learn and Merits for your school. Click here for more blogs on our app suite.

Our recent webinar on engaging parents using apps was a great success. You can watch the recording here for ideas on how to bring interaction for students, parents and teachers using Jotter 2.

The development of all our apps has been based on comments, suggestions and feedback from teachers 鈥� and this is your chance to see an app developed and made available to school, based on your own thoughts and ideas. We want you and your pupils to think of app ideas that maybe save you time, make learning more fun, or engage learners more. We鈥檙e welcoming ideas from both pupils and teachers.

The best app idea will be rewarded with a full suite of apps, worth 拢7K. Three runners up will win School Merits and Bloganywhere for their school.

We鈥檝e put together an, which includes a lesson plan to get pupils involved. The closing date for the competition is Friday, 18th July, 2014.

Sign up for a free fully featured demo of the Jotter system here.