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Attracting the right candidates to your school or trust For some schools this can be challenging. Teachers and schools all want to find the best candidate possible. You want teachers and support staff who fit with your ethos and values and who will become an integral part of your school community. Any headteacher of any school can tell you how difficult that can be to find \u2013 and you may know that yourself already! Smart School Websites can help to solve that. Well, a big part of finding the right person is about how easily they can find you! If…<\/p>\n\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n<\/div>

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On September 5th, the DfE published updates to their guidance on what maintained schools must publish on their websites. We\u2019ve highlighted the main changes below. We also offer compliance audits of your website, please contact us to discuss an audit New requirement \u2013 Uniforms New requirement \u2013 Opening hours Removed requirement \u2013 Year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up premium Removed requirement \u2013 Coronavirus (COVID-19) catch-up premium Clarifications \u2013 Test, exam and assessment results Clarifications \u2013 Curriculum Clarifications \u2013 Remote education Clarifications \u2013 Pupil premium New requirements School uniforms The department produces statutory guidance on the cost of school uniforms which…<\/p>\n\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n<\/div>

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Ofsted is to inspect all of England’s schools and colleges in an attempt to gauge how well the education system is recovering after the pandemic. All the more than 24,000 schools and 335 further-education providers will be inspected at least once, including last term’s inspections, by summer 2025. The education secretary says this will give parents an “up-to-date picture”. But the head teachers’ union said the government had some strange ideas about the priorities for education recovery. “It is not Ofsted inspections that will help children to catch up with lost learning caused by the pandemic but ensuring that schools…<\/p>\n\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n<\/div>

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It\u2019s no secret that the Coronavirus pandemic has completely shifted the way schools operate and function. However, it\u2019s not just in the corridors and in the classrooms where schools need to have a rethink; the school marketing strategy also needs a complete overhaul to keep up with the ever-changing world we\u2019re living in. In the past, you\u2019d connect with students and their parents via open evenings, parents evenings or prospectus\u2019. Even before COVID-19, the digital age had come on so much that some forward thinking institutions had already realised they were much more likely to communicate with students and parents…<\/p>\n\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n<\/div>

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Refresh\u00a0 Whether you\u2019re looking for a new school website design, wanting to improve your school newsletter frequency or finally getting round to filming that virtual tour, the new year provides schools and trusts with the perfect opportunity to put these plans into action. Upgrading your website Perhaps you\u2019ve got a new headteacher starting or your existing website is old, non-responsive and difficult to use? Whatever the reason for the upgrade, a new school website can often help to showcase your school to prospective parents and employees, encourage new applications and raise your profile in your local area. Alongside the option…<\/p>\n\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n<\/div>

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Can\u00a0your school\u00a0communicate to parents\u00a0effectively during a potential school closure?   The\u00a0Smart School Website Parent App, is a unique and innovative way in which schools can communicate with parents. The App can be integrated with a school MIS. Communicate important information to parents, including home studying. Send any information via push notification. The App is\u00a0designed to save costs on texts, paper and\u00a0printing, whilst\u00a0reducing\u00a0admin for\u00a0staff. \u00a0Integrate\u00a0with the school MIS or used as a stand alone system. Parents can easily download the app to their iOS or Android device. Parents can even pay for school trips, events and lunch via our\u00a0links to any\u00a0school…<\/p>\n\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n<\/div>

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Many parents rely on schools to help keep them up to speed and help deal with any online issues. Using a Smart School Parent App, regular information can be sent as push notifications so you can encourage parents to discover information they need. The internet matters website is full or resources for parents, and schools can communication this directly to parents. They have a a “Hub’ section full of all the latest, and this is used across many of school and sent as a push notification to parents every month.<\/p>\n\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n<\/div>

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Climate Change is high on the agenda and schools have been using the Smart School Parent App for Surveys. Schools have sent out the form with a push notification to parents encouraging discussion around Climate Change and sharing opinion with their children. Smart School Websites have shared this form with other schools, who have also embraced the Smart School Parent App survey. There has been over 3500 submissions from parents. Schools have also provided the BBC link below showing where we are in 7 charts, and what we can start doing to help. Climate change: Where we are in seven…<\/p>\n\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n<\/div>

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Our best school websites for 2019 are already well underway, with no less than 9 new school websites launched already in 2019!   With unrivalled experience working in schools, Smart School Websites is led by our Two Directors, with over 10 years of working in schools before launching the business in 2011. \u00a0Sitting on three Trust boards and an active member of a local School Forum. Add this to our design and customer experience team, and we have the perfect ingredients to support Schools across the UK and abroad with communication and marketing services. Developing the most creative and fluid…<\/p>\n\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n<\/div>

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Schools and academies that take an active marketing approach for their services can see growth in pupil numbers. As the budgets tighten, more and more schools, maintained as well as academies, understand that increasing intake is essential to addressing the challenges of reduced budgets. During many of our school visits, we see lots of schools have gaps in pupil numbers. Reduced revenue has resulted in cancelling extra-curricular activities, and reducing staff. A proactive approach to pupil recruitment will help address some of the burden on the budget. In Darlington for example, in 2017 each secondary pupil generates an additional \u00a34,300…<\/p>\n\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n<\/div>

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\r\r\n [vc_custom_heading text=\"Parent App Cost Saving Analysis\" use_theme_fonts=\"yes\"] We undertook a parent app cost saving case study with one of our schools in June 2017 to identify some of the costs they had spent without using a website efficiently, including having no parent app in place. In September 2017, the school implemented a new website drive, and installed the Smart School Parent App. The info graph below demonstrates some of the savings made through using the website and parent app. [vc_custom_heading text=\"Further Cost Savings\" use_theme_fonts=\"yes\"] Our Parent App also reduces the need for redundant text messaging servicing costs and other additional...\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n<\/div>
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\r\r\n Smart School Websites are Recruiting! Due to rapid expansion we are looking at recruiting both senior and junior designers and developers to work out of our Knaresborough office in North Yorkshire. If you think you have the required skills and want to be part of an exciting growing business, working in a fun and hard working team, please submit your details below.   Name* Email Address* Role* Select Senior Junior Experience and Skills* Please tell us more about yourself* I consent to providing this information*:\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n <\/div>\r\r\n<\/div>","max_pages":6}