“Where is the information I need now?”
Current notices, office contacts and links to the school’s existing communication tools. Time-sensitive updates need a clear home and an agreed person responsible for removing them.
Primary, national & secondary schools · Ireland
School website design.
School website design.
Keep your school community informed.
School web design for primary and secondary schools in Ireland. Give families a clear place to find dates, notices and admissions information, with a publishing setup that fits the staff who use it.
The website your school receivesYour school’s identity.
Your school’s identity.
Everyday information within reach.
We agree the public pages, calendars, documents and publishing roles before quoting. Design, development and launch are planned around that content, with the responsibilities set out in writing.
Organise around the question
Today
This term
Joining the school
Today. This term. Joining the school.
Parents should be able to find a practical answer without browsing through old newsletters. We plan the main navigation around recurring tasks, while giving prospective families their own starting point.
“What should we plan for?”
Term dates, events, practical resources and relevant documents. Dates belong in a structure families can scan on a phone, with a clear distinction between upcoming and past events.
“How do we learn more and apply?”
An introduction to the school, its programmes and the published admissions process. Families can find the approved documents and the correct route for an enquiry.
Welcome prospective families
An admissions journey with the next step explained.
A family visiting for the first time needs more than an application download. They may want to understand the school’s setting, approach, facilities and the stages of the admissions process.
We connect that introduction to the notices, dates and documents your school approves. A general question, an open-day enquiry and a formal application can follow different routes.
Where applications are managed in an external system, we make that hand-off clear. Online admissions processing is scoped separately from publishing admissions information.
Before a parent contacts the office
Answer the questions that keep coming back.
- Where can we read about the school and its programmes?
- Which admissions information applies to our year group?
- Where are the published dates and current documents?
- Who should we contact with a question?
Your school owns the admissions wording and decisions. We provide the navigation, page layouts and agreed enquiry setup.
Documents people can actually find
Give policies and resources a clear filing system.
School information grows over several years. We organise it into maintainable content types, rather than ask families to search a single list of attachments.
| Information | How it is organised | What staff maintain |
|---|---|---|
| Policies & forms | Named categories with descriptive document titles | Approved files, publication details and replacement versions |
| Parent resources | Practical information grouped by topic or year, where useful | Current lists, contact routes and links to external tools |
| News & school life | Dated articles with clear titles and relevant categories | Approved stories, photographs and supporting material |
| Events & term dates | A calendar or date listing with past items kept separate | Upcoming dates, changes and the agreed calendar source |
Keep information current between terms
A publishing routine your staff can sustain.
We identify the people who will maintain notices, news, dates and documents. The brief defines their access, which content they manage and whether material needs review before it appears publicly.
Handover follows real staff tasks: replacing a policy, publishing a notice and checking an upcoming event. We also agree who looks after technical maintenance so it is not confused with everyday publishing.
A public school site can link to existing parent platforms and classroom tools. Private accounts, messaging, student records or a school mobile app require their own access, security and integration scope.
Discuss a separate school systemReplacing an existing school website?Bring the useful content with you.
We review the current pages, document links and external tools with your school. The migration plan names the content to retain, the material to archive and the addresses that need redirects.
Questions from school teams
Planning a school website that stays useful.
What does school website design cost?
The price follows the agreed page structure, document collection, languages and any connections to existing school systems. We review what your school already publishes and identify the material to move, replace or archive. You receive a fixed written quote for that scope, with optional features and recurring costs shown separately.
Do you provide primary and secondary school web design?
Yes. Primary school web design often centres on everyday parent information, school life and joining the school. A secondary school may also need subject information, year-group resources and several staff contributors. We plan the navigation around your school rather than impose the same page list on both.
Can you move content from our old school website?
We can include an agreed content migration. First we inventory news, pages, photographs and documents, then your school identifies what is current and what should be archived. The migration scope includes the selected material, checks of important links and redirects where page addresses change.
How will staff update news, dates and documents?
The CMS is configured for the content types your staff will maintain. We establish who publishes notices, manages the calendar and replaces documents, then provide access and instructions for those tasks. Several editor accounts or a review workflow can be included when specified in the brief.
Can the school website be bilingual?
We can plan Irish and English versions, with clear language navigation and the agreed content available in each version. Your school supplies or approves translations. We define who keeps both versions current, along with any translation work or multilingual software that needs its own budget.
How do you approach school website accessibility?
We consider reading order, keyboard use, text contrast, navigation labels and form feedback during design and build. Uploaded PDFs and third-party tools also need attention. If a particular standard, accessibility statement or independent audit is required, we agree the target, responsibilities and testing scope before work begins.
Can parents make payments or access existing school platforms?
We can provide clear routes to the tools your school already uses. Deeper connections depend on the supplier’s supported options and the access available. Payment processing, parent accounts, messaging and student management are assessed as additional requirements rather than assumed parts of a public website.
How are pupil photographs and personal information handled?
Your school decides which approved material is suitable for public display and who may publish it. We can configure the agreed editor permissions and publishing structure. Public pages, private systems and information collected through forms are planned separately, with school-approved content and privacy wording.
Can you offer school website maintenance after launch?
For the first month after handover, we help resolve faults in the supplied features and answer staff questions about using them. A separate care agreement can cover software updates, backups and technical assistance. We specify those responsibilities alongside separate domain, hosting and licence costs so your school can plan beyond the initial launch.
What should families find more easily?
Share your current site, the information parents ask for and the staff who will maintain it. We’ll outline a practical plan for your school.