Carnalridge Primary School

A website that feels like the school parents want for their child

Proposal prepared by Lowe Design

Pupils from Carnalridge Primary School together by the Christmas tree
Pupils in their classroom at Carnalridge Primary School
Pupils at Carnalridge Primary School enjoying a class treat afternoon
Pupils at Carnalridge Primary School sharing treats together

Contents.

  1. 1. About Carnalridge First impressions, values, what you told us
  2. 2. The website Structure, staff logins, Google, accessibility, design
  3. 3. Our school websites Millington Primary, Sandelford School
  4. 4. Timeline and success Live in 5 weeks, measuring what works
  5. 5. About Lowe Design and investment Who we are, the cost, next steps

First impressions start online

Choosing a primary school is one of the first big decisions a parent makes, and these days it usually starts on a phone, late at night, scrolling through school websites. Your website is often the first impression, long before an open day or a visit to the Atlantic Road.

Carnalridge already has a lot to say. A warm, trauma-informed approach, a specialist provision class, and a proud history on the North Coast. You've also got a professional look that sets you apart from school sites that feel childish or cluttered. This project keeps that confidence and makes the site easier to use, easier to find on Google, and easy for your own staff to keep up to date.

The new site will show families exactly what these words look like in school life, every day.

What you told us

From your discovery form

A clear, parent-first structure

Every page is planned around the questions parents actually ask. Here's a starting point we'll refine together at kick-off.

    • Welcome
    • Latest news
    • Key dates
    • Quick links
    • Principal's welcome
    • Mission and ethos
    • Staff
    • School council
    • History
    • Why choose us
    • Year 1 applications
    • Admission criteria
    • The school day
    • Prospectus
    • FAQs
    • Term dates
    • Letters home
    • Meals menu
    • Policies
    • Breakfast club
    • Ridge Club
    • After school clubs
    • PTA
    • Our classes
    • Specialist provision
    • Mental health and well-being
    • Internet safety
    • Stories, photos and videos from school life
    • Map
    • Phone
    • Email
    • Enquiry form
A pupil carrying out a science experiment in class at Carnalridge Primary School
The entrance hall at Carnalridge Primary School

Your team, in control

Your staff get their own secure logins to a simple editing dashboard. No code and no technical knowledge needed. We can set different levels of access, so the principal or office can manage the whole site while teachers update news or their own class pages. We'll run a training session before launch so everyone feels confident from day one.

Schools we've built for

Carnalridge wouldn't be our first school. Here are two we're proud of.

Case study

Millington Primary School

School
Millington Primary School, Portadown
Type
Custom designed and built school website
Overview
A fully custom website with its own login for every staff member. The principal has a private section for sensitive documents and reports. Every class, teacher and year group has its own class page and notice board for parents and pupils, and teachers can password protect these whenever they need to. Important class announcements are sent straight to parents' email from the website. Fully responsive and lightning fast.
Visit the site
Screenshot of the millingtonps.com homepage
Every class Own page and notice board
Instant alerts Announcements emailed to parents
Case study

Sandelford School

School
Sandelford School, Coleraine
Type
Fully accessible school website
Overview
A website designed so that every child and adult can browse it with ease, whatever their disability. Multiple staff logins let the team keep it up to date themselves. Fully responsive and lightning fast.
Visit the site
Screenshot of the sandelfordschool.co.uk homepage
Accessible to all Built for every ability
Staff logins Updated by the school team

Features like these can be added to Carnalridge's site too. We'll talk through which ones suit you at kick-off.

Built to be found, built for everyone

The site is structured from day one so Google understands it: proper headings, page titles and descriptions, fast load times and local search basics, including your Google Business Profile. We'll also set it up so AI tools like ChatGPT and Google's AI answers can pick up clear facts about Carnalridge, which is quickly becoming how parents search for schools.

Grown up, warm and unmistakably Carnalridge

We'll take your existing logo and colour scheme and build a modern design around them. Clean layouts, real photography of your school and plenty of space, so the site feels trustworthy and welcoming rather than busy. You'll see the homepage and one inner page first, share your feedback, and we'll refine from there before building the rest.

Live in 0 weeks

The launch date is tight but very achievable if we start the week of 21 September.

  1. Week 1 w/c 21 Sep

    Kick-off meeting, sitemap agreed, content and photos gathered

  2. Week 2 w/c 28 Sep

    Homepage and inner page designs, your feedback

  3. Week 3 w/c 5 Oct

    Full build begins, staff logins set up

  4. Week 4 w/c 12 Oct

    Build complete, content added

  5. Week 5 w/c 19 Oct

    Testing and staff training

  6. Launch

    Friday 23 October

To hit this date we'll need content (text, photos, documents) by the end of week 1 and design feedback within two working days.

Seeing what's working

You mentioned parental engagement, which is a great place to start. We'll set up simple analytics so you can see:

We'll share a short report one month after launch so you can see how it's performing.

Meet Lowe Design

Lowe Design is a web and brand agency based in Coleraine, on the North Coast. It started as Johnny Lowe Design, a freelance studio, and has grown into a full agency. Founder Johnny Lowe is an award winning, fully qualified UX and UI designer with a masters in user interaction and web design, and over the years has worked with some of the biggest companies in the world.

lowedesign.io
  • 0+ Years in business
  • Global brands Adobe, Jack Daniel's, Maker's Mark, Whiskas and more
  • Award winning UX and UI design
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The investment

Total £0 50% deposit to begin, 50% on completion.

After launch

Next steps

  1. Confirm you're happy with the scope and investment
  2. We send over the contract and deposit invoice
  3. Book the kick-off meeting for the week of 21 September
  4. Start gathering your logo files, photos and key documents

Let's show families why Carnalridge is the one

Happy to talk any of this through, just get in touch.

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