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    Balgreen Primary School

    A school website that captures the vibrant and unique ethos of which they are so proud

    CASE STUDY
    Balgreen Primary needed a new website that reflected the personality and ethos of the school.

    With an old WordPress website that was out of date and not providing parents with the information they needed, Balgreen Primary approached us and asked us to create a new website that was super simple to update and reflected the vibrant and unique ethos of which they are so proud.

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    The Project
    An easy to maintain website that gives parents the key information they need
    As well as standing out visually, the website needed to show parents what they really wanted to see such as school communications, key dates/events and updates on what their kids were doing - things that were all missing from the old website.
    • Concept
    • Research

      Our first stage in the process was to speak to both teachers and parents to truly understand what the limitations of the old website were and understand any constraints and the capabilities within the school to make sure the new website would work for them.

    • Key information

      We spoke to parents to understand what the key information was that they needed to see and were able to create the site structure around this.

    • Design
    • Unique Illustrations

      The design features a blend of custom illustrations alongside photos of the school and pupils. Using the "be all you can be" motto as inspiration, we asked the kids what they wanted to be, with their answers reflected in fun doodles overlaid on their picture.

    • Brand Colours

      We used the colours of the school uniform as our theme throughout the website, which provided a great contrast between the jade green and the darker greys.

    • Development
    • Umbraco 8

      We built the site using our latest Umbraco 8 framework, which allows for super simple updating of pages, to make sure relevant information can be updated when needed.

    • Social Integration

      Instead of creating 100s of pages for the teachers to update, we integrated Twitter onto the homepage to provide a quick and visual way to show parents what their children were up to during their days at school.

    • Content Support

      We also helped the school populate and update the content on the site, ensuring consistency in the page layouts throughout the site. Key staff were trained to update the website, they tell us that "this is an easy and straightforward process which we can now manage".

    • Services
      • Design
      • Development
      • Content Support
    Streamlining communication and connecting a community
    A website that meets the demands of a busy school
    The Results
    An easy to update website with unique illustrations that parents and teachers are raving about
    "From the outset, the Gecko Team were committed and really took the time to listen to our needs and wants. The result is a website that is better than we ever could have imagined - it captures the essence of the school - and strikes a great balance between informative and fun. Updating the website is no longer a chore, and the training and support we received have empowered us to regain control of our online communications."
    Stephanie Palmer
    Depute Head, Balgreen Primary

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