Enniskillen Integrated Primary School have just upgraded their school website to School Jotter 2 – and they are clearly making full use of it already!
The brightly-coloured, beautifully-created homepage draws you in immediately. However, it’s the content that really brings this school website to life. Go into the News section, and you will see pictures of a recent visit from not just David Cameron – but Barack Obama too! The Prime Minister and the US President recently visited the school, and Enniskillen have used their website to show everyone what happened.
The News section also includes a fantastic video created by the school’s pupils. It features the entire school singing along to We’re All In This Together from the High School Musical soundtrack, all captured in one single shot as the camera travels around the school. It’s certainly the most innovative way to capture the fun of your school that we’ve ever seen!
Enniskillen Integrated Primary School’s website is one of our favourite examples of School Jotter 2 – and your school could have a website just like this! Just fill in the form here to request your free School Jotter 2 demo.
To view the Enniskillen Integrated Primary School website click here.
Fairfield Endowed Church of England Junior School’s website homepage is bright, energetic, fun and lively. The bespoke theme option available with School Jotter 2 has given this Derbyshire based school the opportunity to create a header and footer style theme for their school website that is personal to them. In fact, it’s quite unlike any of the school websites we’ve worked on so far!
The menu is clear and simple, making it easy for visitors to find exactly what they are looking for. One of the school’s aims is for children to ‘be active and healthy’ – this message is backed up by the photos used on their homepage.
Fairfield Junior School’s website is still new, but we look forward to seeing how it develops as they add more content over the coming months!
Take a look at the Fairfield Endowed Church of England Junior School’s website here.
School Jotter 2’s bespoke themes allow you to creatively build a website style that is personal to your school. With the use of bright colours on their homepage, Highbury School’s School Jotter 2 bespoke theme gives a really welcoming first impression.
The menu on the homepage is clear and simple, enabling people to easily navigate around the site. The What’s On box on the homepage is also a useful inclusion, as is the search bar. This is a helpful feature of School Jotter 2; here it is used on every page to help visitors find exactly what they are looking for.
The School Newsletter page has a great feature that allows parents to subscribe to the school’s newsletters by simply entering their email address. As soon as a newsletter is uploaded onto the website, the parents receive it automatically. Take a look here!
Another handy tool for parents is the contact form; parents can submit queries to the school by filling out just a few details. There’s also a useful tool called Google translate – this can be used to translate the whole website into another language.
There’s plenty of photos and useful information throughout the website, to really get an idea of what this Brighouse, West Yorkshire-based school is about. One of the most useful aspects for parents of potential pupils is that in just one click you can be directed to the Ofsted website, to view latest reports and information about the school.
Take a look at the Highbury School website, with its bespoke design, here.
Webanywhere work with a number of Federations, and one recent School Jotter 2 website created was for the Debdale Federation. Consisting of two schools, Yeoman Park School and Redgate School, the Debdale Federation went for an exciting splash page featuring a colourful image of the two schools, as you can see above.
Clicking on the relevant school on the splash page takes you through to the area of the website dedicated to that school. Once past the splash page, the design is simple and straightforward; however, the content that has been uploaded is succinct and fits the school website theme and design perfectly.
There is a real ‘community’ feel to this website, and the two Nottinghamshire schools have kept this theme throughout – particularly with the School Community section. Here you’ll find full details of everything from staff structure to a list of Friends of Debdale Federation. The Extended Services section is also interesting, giving details of other activities the school provides outside of the normal 9-3.30 – like their Summer Play Scheme, for example.
Splash pages are a great way to introduce your website to visitors and allow you to be really creative with images and design. To find out more about School Jotter 2, and bespoke splash pages, click here. To view the Debdale Federation website click here.
Coleshill Church of England Primary School’s bespoke School Jotter 2 theme really brings their homepage to life, with the use of colourful images of the school and school playground.
Testimonials from pupils can also be found on the homepage which is perfect for attracting potential pupils’ parents as they explain how they think their school is fun, friendly and a great place to make friends.
The Birmingham school have also created useful links to resources, Ofsted reports and given links to e-safety and road safety related information.
The homepage is extremely easy to navigate around with a clear drop down menu across the top of the page, and the use of a search bar to enable site visitors to easily find what they are looking for. A useful and popular feature of School Jotter is a scrolling text marquee, which can be found in use on Coleshill’s homepage to make parents aware of things like end of term dates and school closures.
If you would like to create a colourful, engaging website for your school, get some inspiration by checking out the Coleshill C of E Primary School website here. Ask us about creating a bespoke school website design for you by clicking here.
The Federation of Mowden Schools aim to provide their pupils with an environment that enables them to develop to their full potential. This is the impression given in the design and content of their school website.
Their School Jotter 2 website is clear and simple, making it easy to navigate around. Subsequently, it’s easy for parents to find the information they need. The bright colours and professionally-taken photos used on the homepage, showing pupils engaged with their work, are also welcoming to the people who visit the website.
One of the main features of this website is the Parent page, which holds plenty of useful content to increase engagement. They even use a quote from Ofsted on the Behaviour page that compliments the school on being a safe and welcoming environment.
The Federation of Mowden Schools’ website uses a bespoke School Jotter design, created by Webanywhere’s design team. Ask us about creating a bespoke school website design for you by clicking here. Take a look at The Federation of Mowden School’s website here.
On their school website, Broadfield Community Primary School explain that they endeavour to make school an exciting place – and using School Jotter, they have managed to portray this message with the use of bright colours and galleries of pupils and their work.
With their bespoke design, they have effectively used the school logo in the backdrop of the website, which keeps their school branding and colours consistent throughout the website. This Lancashire school really have used School Jotter to its full potential to reflect their school motto and brand.
The homepage is bright, engaging and welcoming and the rest of the website has plenty of content of interest to visitors – from pictures showing children’s artwork and sports days, to useful Key Stage 2 links for parents and pupils to engage in.
With only six drop down menus, the website is clear and easy to navigate around to find all the essential information parents need – not to mention Ofsted!
If you want to create a fun, colourful brand for your school, get some inspiration by checking out the Broadfield Community Primary School website here. Ask us about creating a bespoke school website design for you by clicking here.
As schools think more and more like mini businesses, creating a ‘brand’ is becoming more important. When it comes to your school website, though, that doesn’t have to mean taking the fun out of how you present yourself.
Ss Peter & Paul Catholic Primary School’s website is the perfect case in point. Created using School Jotter, it utilises the school’s colours to great effect – but manages to still be bright, engaging and welcoming.
Best of all is the website backdrop that the West Yorkshire school have gone with: School Jotter websites can be created with these bespoke designs – so in this case we have the crest repeated in the background.
As for the rest of the website, it’s rich with content – from pictures showing what the children have been up to, to links to other sites that parents and pupils may find useful for learning.
If you want to create a fun, colourful brand for your school, get some inspiration by checking out the Ss Peter & Paul Catholic Primary School website here. Ask us about creating a bespoke school website design for you by clicking here.
On their School Jotter 2 website, Wimborne Infant School describe themselves as a ‘safe, bright, airy and colourful school’ – and, using School Jotter 2 to its full potential, this is the impression you get when you visit their website.
The Southsea, Hampshire school has gone for a background on their website that reflects their locale: all British townhouses and local wildlife. The content they’ve uploaded to the website equally reflects the ethos of the school: bright, fun pictures of children learning, and a warm friendly, welcome letter from the Headteacher.
One of the strongest features of the website is on the homepage – Wimborne Infant School have put a comment from Ofsted there, along with a parent’s thoughts on the school. This is perfect for attracting potential pupils’ parents.
Some of the school website is yet to be finished – but Wimborne Infant School have made a very promising start.
If you’re looking for a brighter, more engaging primary school website – send us a message via our Contact page. Take a look at Wimborne Infant School’s website here.
Blogging in schools is becoming more and more and more popular. It’s a way for children to share their stories with others – and it’s also a way for the staff to keep parents up to date with what’s happening in school.
Mossfield Primary School, Manchester are keen bloggers – and their new School Jotter 2 website has all their latest blog posts – with pictures too. It’s an interesting read and provides an insight into the day-to-day goings-on, from Comic Relief celebrations in March, to a write up about Year 4 having a go at their own animations.
School websites now have to abide by strict Ofsted guidelines on what content they must include – and Mossfield have made sure all the relevant content is available. All presented beautifully on their colour-coded, stylish School Jotter 2 school website design.
Take a look at Mossfield Primary School’s website by clicking here.
