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School websites

At Electronic Chalk we believe that your website is your school's window to the world. It demonstrates your vision and values and is potentially your school's most effective form of communication.

We know that more and more parents use the Internet as part of the decision making process about their children's school. We know that prospective employees will use your website to gain a valuable first impression of you as an employer. We know that a school website is a gauge by which the outside world will determine a school's level of commitment to ICT.

Does your website show your school as a thriving and modern place to learn and work?

A group of teachers were recently polled about school websites on a TES forum and here's what they had to say:

If a school didn't have a website I wouldn't apply. All schools should have one - no question!

Remember that an out of date website looks worse than none at all. If you set one up, think about who is going to maintain it. For instance, making newsletters available is great but only if there's someone who is going to do that every time.

I like schools to have a website but agree it needs to be regularly updated. I have recently joined a new school and the smiling photo of the head is of a man who left in June!

Why Electronic Chalk?

Section taken from an article published in the Daventry Express newspaper:

Webmaster Jeni Cadman launched Electronic Chalk earlier this year after seeing a need for improved school websites.

If parents access shopping websites via the school website, funds are donated to the school at no extra cost to the user and people logging on can access pictures, providing an insight into the world that children enjoy.

She said: “As a school governor I am aware that parents are getting web savvy – doing their shopping for groceries, books and toys for their children online.

“And children are now incredibly IT literate; a computer is an established part of many homes throughout the area.

“Schools are embracing these changes and the low carbon footprint that communication over the web creates, compared to other alternatives such as newsletters, seemed like a great area to develop in partnership with schools.”

Electronic Chalk in the Daventry Express newspaper

Read 'Brush up your Website' - an article written by Electronic Chalk for Northamptonshire County Council's Governor magazine.