Each school in Britain whether it be an academy or local authority-maintained school is obliged to publish information online that parents and other stakeholders can access and so a school website fulfils this requirement.
A school website is essential as many parents both current and potential will use it to keep abreast of developments in the school and access details such as school term dates, staffing changes and upcoming events.
When deciding on the design of the school website thought should be given to the ongoing maintenance of the site so that there is a straightforward way that content can be uploaded especially as many schools like to share photographs of work pupils have completed on a regular basis and often this task falls to the school administrator or a member of the teaching staff who are already over stretched in terms of time allocation.
Parents who visit the website to confirm the school policy on areas such as school uniform requirements and homework need to be able to follow clear links to direct them to the correct pages. General pages about the school can be accessed by everyone but a section of the site may only be accessed by the use of a password so that children’s images or information pertaining to the governance of the school is kept secure.