Websites for Schools
Need a Website for your School?
A well-designed school website is an essential tool for communication, engagement, and transparency. It provides students, parents, and the wider community with easy access to important information such as policies, events, and announcements. It also helps meet government requirements for sharing mandatory documents while reflecting the school’s values and identity. A thoughtfully built site not only strengthens the school’s online presence but also supports learning and community connection.
Web Design Package for Schools
Deciding which school to send their children to is an important choice for many parents and guardians. They will often extensively research if a school is right for them and their family by checking reviews, privately-operated comparison websites, and the school's website. With a custom website design you can ensure that your online presense accurately portrays your school's values, curriculum, community, and your point-of-difference.
Different schools will have different goals they want their website to meet – some want to encourage more enrolments, whilst others want to highlight their achievments and maintain their reputation.
We work with you to discover which features will best meet your needs, and provide the ongoing support so you can focus on running your school.
School Websites Examples
Urban College’s new website features a modern design and updated content to reflect their refreshed name, values, and student-focused mission.
GWSPS are getting a new building and wanted to update their website to highlight the new build and better match how they've grown over the years.
We built them a new site using professional images, their school colours, and easy navigation.
Lalor North Primary School needed a website that would showcase their Greek & Macedonian billingual programs.
Ainslie Parklands Primary School needed a new website that was easy to navigate, gave parents an overview of the school, and encouraged parents to enrol their children.
What our clients have to say about us
Working with Web Ideas has been an absolute pleasure for Lalor North Primary School.
Their team is not only highly professional but also incredibly supportive and responsive to our requests. They consistently go above and beyond to incorporate our content seamlessly, ensuring our website truly reflects our school’s values and community spirit. Communication is always clear and timely, making collaboration smooth and efficient.
We highly recommend Web Ideas to any organisation looking for a dedicated and creative website team that genuinely cares about delivering the best results.
Elizabeth - Lalor North Primary School
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School Website Packages
Basic Package
School Starter
Website
A clean simple site to get your school online.
This package includes:
- Custom-designed 10-page website
- Styled with your school colours and logo
- Mobile-friendly and responsive design
- Core features (Publications & Policies, Principal's Message, Curriculum overview, Links to external resources)
- Contact form for quick enquiries
- You supply the content
Ideal for schools who just need a solid, professional web presence.
Essentials Package
Professional School Website
Build trust and show off your school with extra pages and more features.
Includes everything in the Basic Package PLUS:
- Custom-designed 20-page website
- In-depth curriculum pages
- Newsletters
- Basic School Tour page with links to book
- Basic Enrolment information
- OSHC page
- Key Dates OR Staff listed
Ideal for schools looking to highlight their community and improve their presence in local areas.
Boost Package
Growth-Focused
Website
For schools who want to go a step further to grow their presence.
Includes everything in the Essentials Package PLUS:
- Professional content writing for all pages
- Up to 2 extra page designs
- Keyword research and SEO-optimised copy
- Option to add a dynamic events calendar OR More in-depth enrolment process
- Information Ribbon
- Staff listed
Perfect for schools who want to rank higher, generate leads, and grow their community.
Website Features That Benefit Schools
From years of experience building websites for schools there are some features that we have developed to make it easy to meet your needs.
Publications & Policies
The Victorian Government mandates that many school policies must be communicated to students and their families. The best way to ensure students, parents, and guardians can access these policies is to include a dedicated page on your website containing them all.
You can also separate policy categories and display them on additional pages – for example, Child Safety Policies.
The Publications and Policies page on Heidelberg Primary School.
Child Safety page on Heidelberg Primary School with the relevant policies displayed.
Thinking about adding Publications & Policies to your site?
Principal's Message
A well-written message from the principal is a warm and inviting welcome to the school’s website. It sets the tone for how people can expect interactions with the school to feel and gives you an opportunity to share the school’s ethos, vision, and values.
For a more personal connection, you can also include a photo of the principal, as people respond positively to faces.
Page with a welcome message from the school principal, signed with their name and title at the bottom.
Page with the principal's welcome message and a photo.
Thinking about adding a Principal's Message to your site?
Curriculum
Show potential parents, guardians, and students your approach to teaching and learning by providing an overview of your curriculum. This can include a detailed explanation with pages for each subject, or a single overview page outlining all subjects.
If your curriculum includes a point of difference or an area of focus, we recommend creating dedicated pages for those subjects to support improved SEO.
Displaying the curriculum point of difference on the homepage with links to the bilingual programs.
Overview page of the curriculum for Heidelberg Primary School. There are also more specific pages on subjects.
Thinking about adding Curriculum Pages to your site?
Links to External Resources
Providing easy access to external resources that parents, guardians, and students use regularly is highly beneficial. The most common example is a School Management System such as Compass Education, where the dashboard shares student information with parents or guardians.
We recommend placing important links in the website footer so they’re available on every page. You can also display one or two key links in the header for immediate access.
Useful links to external pages and dashboards displayed in the footer of the website.
Links to Compass and social media in the header of the website.
Thinking about adding External Resource Links to your site?
Book a School Tour
Many parents, guardians, and students benefit from seeing a school before deciding to enrol. Make it easy for them to book a tour by adding a booking module or linking to an external event booking system such as TryBooking. This works well for pre-arranged tours at set dates and times.
You can also include a contact form so families can request a personalised tour at a time that suits them.
School tour dates displayed on the page with a link to book into them.
Contact form designed to request an individual school tour.
Thinking about adding School Tour Bookings to your site?
Enrolment
Make it easy for families to enrol students by explaining the process and requirements, as well as providing any necessary links.
If you don’t need to use government enrolment forms – for example, if you’re a private school – we can set up detailed contact forms to collect all relevant information.
Another option is to have a simple contact form for initial enquiries about enrolment, allowing you to work directly with the parent, guardian, or student to complete the process offline.
Page providing information and links to the government enrolment forms.
Enquiry form to collect initial information to follow up with about enrolment at the school.
Thinking about adding Enrolments to your site?
Newsletters
Newsletters are a great way to communicate with parents and guardians by sharing updates directly with them. You can also display them publicly on your website to show prospective families the types of activities, events, and community engagement your school offers.
List of newsletters archived on the website for parent and guardians to access.
Display the first page of your newsletter for a more visual approach.
Thinking about adding Newsletters to your site?
Events Calendar
Providing a page with key dates gives parents, guardians, and students an easy place to find information about what’s happening at your school. This can be displayed as a simple list for a quick overview or as a full events calendar for more detail about each event.
Good events to list are:
- Term commencement and end dates
- Public holidays
- Pupil free days
- Dress-up days (e.g. Crazy Hair Day, uniform-free days)
- Incursions and excursions
- School Camps
Important dates listed on a page organised by term.
Key dates put in a dynamic events calendar organised by month.
Thinking about adding an Events Calendar to your site?
Outside School Hours Care (OSHC)
If your school offers Outside School Hours Care (OSHC), it’s helpful to provide information about the program for current and prospective families. Include details such as when the program runs – before school, after school, or on pupil-free days – and whether it’s run in-house or by an external provider.
If an external provider operates the program, include their website link, contact details, and access to the booking portal (if applicable).
Thinking about adding an OSHC Page to your site?
Information Ribbon
A ribbon directly under the header with a short line of text is a great way to immediately communicate important information to users. It can be used to promote upcoming dates or events, such as when enrolments open.
Thinking about adding an Information Ribbon to your site?
Listing Staff
Having a way to list and display staff and teachers on your school website is beneficial for both you and parents – current and prospective.
It allows you to showcase the different teams within your school, as well as provide names that parents and students can familiarise themselves with.
Page listing the names and positions of the staff.
You can make a more personal connection by displaying photos of the staff.
Thinking about adding Staff Listings to your site?
Why build your website with WEB IDEAS
Working with the team at WEB IDEAS gives you the knowledge and support that you need to ensure your online presence best reflects who you are to your target market. With years of experience working with schools we have the knowledge to guide you through the creation of your website ensuring that the design, images, and content all match the message you want to give and meet your goals. We will continue to be there to help with any changes or updates you need for years to come so that even as your needs grow and evolve, you can be sure that your online presence can grow with you.
If you want to maintain a school website that accurately portrays your community Contact Us today to find out how we can help you make the most of your online presence.
