A school website
you can
keep up to date.
A professional rebuild, and you make changes yourself by typing what you want. No developer, no waiting, no invoice for a five-word change. I built Carraragarmungee Primary's new site, and I can build yours.
Your website hasn't changed since it launched. You know it.
Every school site starts strong. Then a new event needs adding, a policy changes, or a staff photo needs replacing. Someone has to log a ticket, wait for a developer, or fight a template that won't cooperate.
So the edit doesn't happen. The old newsletter stays up. The enrolment page still shows last year's dates. Families notice before staff do.
The ease of a website builder. The freedom of a site you can pick up and move.
A drag-and-drop builder is easy to edit but locks you into its platform. Custom code gives you freedom but needs a developer for every change. Your school gets both.
Change anything yourself, in plain English.
Type what you want changed, the way you'd text someone. The edit gets made for you. It goes live on the real site on its own, in about half a minute. No developer, no waiting, no invoice for a five-word change.
A real edit on the Carra site, typed in plain English, live in about half a minute.
Hosted for you. Never locked in.
I host the site and look after it. That's what the yearly fee covers. It's built on standard, portable technology. If you ever want to take it elsewhere, it can move to any host. No platform you can't leave.
Built for a real school: Carraragarmungee Primary.
A full rebuild. Real content, written with the school. Local SEO and schema built in from day one.
Homepage. Introduces the school and points new families straight to enrolment.
Playgroup page. Answers the questions a new parent asks, and captures the enquiry.
Gallery. Every photo checked for consent before it went live.
Mobile. Most parents check the site from their phone, so it had to work there first.
What went into the build
- A full 13-page rebuild, structured around how a parent decides on a school
- Real content written with the school, not filler text
- Professional photography instead of stock images
- Local SEO and schema built in from day one
- Playgroup and After-School-Care pages built to capture enrolment enquiries
- The Connecting to Country page, written and signed off with the local Elder
Carraragarmungee trusted us with 150 years of history and culturally sensitive material. We got it right, with the local Elder signing off the Connecting to Country page before it went live.
Visit the live site (coming soon)Everything a school website needs. Nothing it doesn't.
One build, one price. Real content, real photos, and a site built to work the way your school runs.
A complete rebuild
10 to 15 pages, built from scratch around your school and how families use it.
Content written with you
We start from what you already have and turn it into clear, well-structured pages.
Mobile-first and fast
Built for a parent scrolling on their phone. Lighthouse 90+ on mobile, checked before launch.
Local SEO and schema
We set it up so Google and AI tools describe your school correctly.
Enquiry forms
Enrolment and contact enquiries land straight in your inbox, ready to action.
Works with Department hosting
Built to fit around your existing Department hosting and domain arrangements.
Self-serve editing
Set up and ready from day one, so you can make changes yourself.
Ongoing hosting and care
I look after hosting, security, and uptime, all year round.
What it costs.
A school website build costs $3,500 + GST for the full build. Then it's $210 a year (inc GST) for hosting and care. There's no monthly retainer. Bigger changes later, like a batch of new pages, are quoted separately.
School Website Build
One website. One price. Content, photos, local SEO and self-serve editing all included.
- 10 to 15 pages, built around your school
- Content written with you from what you already have
- Mobile-first, fast, Lighthouse 90+ on mobile
- Local SEO and schema built in
- Enquiry and enrolment forms
- Self-serve editing set up and ready to use
- Works with your Department hosting and domain
Hosting & Care
Fast, secure hosting, kept running and current, so the site keeps doing its job.
- Hosting, security certificate, and uptime
- Behind-the-scenes updates
- A couple of small content changes a year, if you'd like me to make them
- Email support when you need a hand
Hosting & Care keeps the site live, fast, and current. It's also why you're never locked into a platform you can't leave. No lock-in contracts.
Five steps. Most of the work is mine.
You're busy running a school. This is built to take almost nothing from your day.
Book a free Digital Review
No cost and no pressure. We talk about your school and what the site needs to do.
We gather your content
Newsletters, your current site, photos, whatever you've already got. I turn it into clear pages.
I build it
Your new site takes shape while you keep running the school.
You sign off
You review everything and ask for changes before anything goes live.
It launches, and it's yours
From here, you make changes yourself, in plain English, whenever you need to.
Quick answers to the questions every school asks.
How do we make changes to the site ourselves?
You type what you want in plain English, the way you'd text someone. The change is made for you and it goes live on the real website by itself in about half a minute. No code, no waiting on a developer, and no invoice for a small change.
Do we own the site, or are we locked in?
You're never locked into a platform. The site is built on standard, open web technology, so it can be packaged up and moved to another host if you ever want to take it elsewhere. I host and look after it for you, which is what the yearly fee covers.
Where is it hosted, and what does the yearly fee cover?
I host it on fast, secure infrastructure and keep it running. The $210 a year (inc GST) covers hosting, the security certificate, uptime, behind-the-scenes updates, and a couple of small content changes a year if you'd like me to make them.
Do we have to write all the content ourselves?
No. I write it with you. We start from what you already have, like your newsletters, your current site, or a quick chat, and I turn it into clear, well-structured pages. You review and adjust everything before it goes live.
Does it work with our Department hosting and domain?
Yes. Government schools have specific hosting and domain arrangements, and the site is built to fit around them. We sort out pointing your domain at the new site together as part of launch.
What about photos of students and privacy?
You stay in control of every image. I only publish photos you confirm you have consent for. Anything culturally sensitive is handled carefully and signed off before it goes live, the way we did Carra's Connecting to Country page with the local Elder.
How long does it take to build?
Usually three to four weeks once you've confirmed your content and photos. The main thing that slows a build down is waiting on photos, so I send a simple list of what I need up front.
What does it cost?
$3,500 + GST for the full build, then $210 a year (inc GST) for hosting and care. There's no monthly retainer. Bigger changes later, like a batch of new pages, are quoted separately.
Got a question I haven't answered? Tell me about your school and I'll get back to you personally.
A school website your staff can keep up to date.
$3,500 + GST one-off, $210 a year (inc GST) for hosting and care. Tell me about your school and I'll show you what yours could look like.