Ofsted School Website Requirements – 2021

Ofsted inspections can happen at any time so ensure you’re not making simple mistakes that could prevent the ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’ that your school is aiming for.

School Spider builds brand new government app for parents

Over the past 6 months School Spider has been working alongside School Toolkit in order to create a brand new app delivering useful resources to parents in the Derby area. The app has been released today and is available to download on both Android and iOS and has already had great feedback from parents and […]

Free E-safety Guide – Keep Children Safe Online

The online world is a wonderful thing, with learning resources, research, games and more. But with all the great things that the internet gives us, comes lots of risks. So, how do we make sure we do our best to keep children and vulnerable people safe online? Schools play a vital role in keeping children […]

How to Manage Parents’ Evening’s Through School Spider!

The parents area in School Spider has lots of tools to communicate quickly and effectively with your parents. Not only are the tools useful, but they’re completely free! If you’re already using School Spider, everything in the parents area is all inclusive of your website package. One tool is your parents’ evening booking system, if […]

4 Reason’s Why An App Could Benefit Your School!

More schools are choosing to ditch the paper and use a school app for their parental engagement and more. There is so much technology around and seemingly more is finding its way into the classroom, mobile devices being one of them. Considering nowadays 4/5 adults own a smartphone in the UK, there’s no surprise more […]

5 Ways To Inspire Children to Read for Fun!

The challenge may not be to encourage children to read in school, but how you can inspire a love of reading outside the classroom?  Research shows that motivation to read decreases with age, especially when pupils’ attitude to reading becomes less positive. Home is also said to be a massive influence but if parents aren’t […]

Free Ofsted Checklist – Is your school website compliant?

Don’t get marked down on your school website! Ofsted inspections can happen at any time so ensure you’re not making simple mistakes that could prevent the ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’ that your school is aiming for. Using an Ofsted Checklist is great place to start and find out what is required of your school.  Your website is […]