Why does my school need a website?
Websites have many benefits, these are mainly, but not limited to:
- A method of communication between teachers, parents and pupils
- An online resource available 24 hours a day
- A marketing tool for your school
My school already has a website, can you re-design it?
We are able to design your school or establishment a website entirely from scratch, but in the event that you already have some form of web presence and want to retain it in one form or another we are able to redesign it and port across your existing content.
What is the process?
Basic Website Package
- Completion of questionnaire
- Provide relevant content and imagery etc
- Choose a new preferred domain name, unless you already have one you wish to use
- Have a discussion with our designers regarding the school colours and design preferences
- Initial design is submitted for approval
- Amendments made
- Final design is submitted for approval and sign off
- Site created and pages created as per questionnaire
- Site launch
- Completion of questionnaire
- Provide relevant content and imagery etc
- Choose a new preferred domain name, unless you already have one you wish to use
- Have a discussion with our designers regarding the school colours and design preferences
- Initial design is submitted for approval
- Amendments made
- Final design is submitted for approval and sign off
- Site created and pages / page titles created as per questionnaire
- Training session booked
- Once training is completed a period of time is given before site is made live to give the school chance to insert or edit any remaining content
- Site launched
What will you need from us?
We will provide you with a questionnaire, and we would require you to complete the relevant sections of the questionnaire and send it across together with the following items in a digital format, and then we will be in a position to start building your new website:
- School photos for use on the website. For example, 10 per subject e.g. School Building and Grounds, Sports Day 2005 etc; we then resize and upload to your allocated webspace
- School logo
- Several preferred photographs to be included within the design of the actual site (Top navigation section)
- School Prospectus
- Any relevant content you want us to include on the site....such as parent handbooks and policies etc
What support do I get after the production of my website is complete?
EYE Focused Ltd offer continuing bespoke support and maintenance packages for your school website. These will be discussed as no one schools requirements are the same.
If you have a problem with your site then email us and we will do our best to resolve the issue, but please note that technical support is not the same as maintenance.
Should you want us to make content alterations or site modifications we can quote on an individual basis, or negotiate as part of an ongoing maintenance service.
What are eLearning credits (eLC's)?
eLearning Credits are ring-fenced funds supplied by the Government that can only be spent with Curriculum Online Registered Retailers on digital content linked to the National Curriculum, and a ll maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools up to and including Key Stage 4 receive eLearning Credits.
The money is distributed from central Government via Local Education Authorities to individual schools, which decide locally how to spend it.
For the year 2003/2004, £100million eLC's were issued to eligible schools , which amounted to £1,000 to each school and approximately a further £ 10 per pupil, so for example, a school with 1000 pupils would receive £1,000.00 plus £10,000.00, that means the school has £11,000.00 to spend on digital content such as Software, CD-Roms, the School Website package we offer etc.
EYE Focused Ltd are Registered Retailers and Registered Content Providers with Curriculum Online which means you can spend your e-Learning Credits with us.
Do our eLearning credits last forever?
The simple answer is no. You need to have spent your 2003/2004 allocation by the 31st August this year. USE THEM OR LOSE THEM. A ll the e-Credits that you have remaining will be lost, however, they have just anounced another allocation for the year 2004/2005, but that is not a good reason to let the eLC's you have left over this year to go to waste.
In short, if you have e LC's remaining by July or August, you need to be looking to spend them, or you will lose them.
How does it work?
The money should have been passed directly from your LEA to your Headteacher , however all teachers are invited to recommend resources for purchase.
You buy through your traditional routes such as catalogues and shows. Just look out for the 'approved' logo.
How can your schools spend them?
Spending your e-Learning Credits is a simple as 1 - 2 - 3
1: Contact your accounts department to find out your allocation of eLCs.
2: Decide on which product/s you wish to buy/part buy with your credits.
3: Then simply contact us to place an order and pay with funding from Standards Fund Grant 618, which is your eLC allocation. We will just require an official purchase order that states that the materials are to be paid for using eLearning credits.
Visit Curriculum Online for more information: www.curriculumonline.gov.uk
How can I create my own PDF's?
Please click on the link desk PDF to download software.
What happens if I choose a non-recognised company?
The diagram below show how the process works.
Mouse over the image below to see what would happen if you decided to use a company that was not registered as a Curriculum Online Registered Retailer / Content Provider
