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Why do you need a website for your School?

  1. Increasing numbers of parents have internet access
  2. It can provide information about your school for existing pupils and parents as well as potential ones
    1. How often do children lose letters? If they are published on the website they can be accessed at any time
  3. You can solve the publication of information under the Freedom of Information Act in once place - on the web
    1. Documents on a website provide easy access for governors without them having mountains of paper
  4. It can provide a channel of communication to and from the school, particularly for parents
    1. All dates for the term are available and can be easily updated
    2. A feedback page enables parents to contact you without having to telephone and find you are not in! Ideal for non-urgent business
  5. It can be a showcase for pupils work
    1. Children's work can have a national and international audience
  6. It shows that your school is up-to-date in its thinking
    1. Many parents make expect to make their first investigation into a school via a website especially if they are moving to a new area
    2. One new pupil coming to your school would more than pay for the setup and maintenance of your site
    3. Do you want your school to be left behind? Latest figures from the DfES show that 57% of Primary Schools and 80% of secondary schools have their own website

    But there are problems

  7. Not everybody has the knowledge to set up a website
  8. If you have the knowledge do you have the time?
  9. How many school sites do you visit that have not been updated for several terms?

    SWS can help

  10. Click on our links to find low cost solutions to these problems

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