When it comes to your Nursery School, Primary School or Secondary School Website, it needs to be reliable, secure and easy to update.

Parents, Carers and even staff use your School website to check newsletter updates, term times, school policies, contact details, admission information and urgent updates. Your school staff will utilise your website to update this content frequently, upload and share documents and keep statutory information up to date.

That’s why its important that you have good website hosting. Good website hosting helps keep your school website online, protected and running smoothly. Poor hosting for your website can lead to pages loading slowly, update issues, security risks and extra pressure on staff that are already busy keeping the school running efficiently.

We’ll explain the main website hosting options for schools, and why the right support matters for making website management much easier.

What is website hosting?

Website hosting is the service that allows your school website to be available online. Your website needs a secure place to live. Hosting providers, such as North East Schools, provide the space and technical setup for your website, allowing parents, carers, staff and other website visitors access to view your site from their phone, tablet or computer.

Hosting for schools shouldn’t just mean “the website is online”. It should also support:

• Website security
• Reliable access
• Regular updates
• Backups
• Website speed
• Support when something goes wrong
• Simple day-to-day management 

A school website is not a one-off project. It needs to be maintained throughout the year.

Why website hosting matters for schools

 School websites hold important information that needs to be accessed and updated all year round.

Information such as:

• Term dates
• Newsletters
• Policies
• Safeguarding information
• Admissions details
• Curriculum information
• Staff contacts
• School meals information and more

If the website is slow or difficult to update, it can cause frustration to people viewing it. It also creates more work for the staff involved in the updates of the site, especially when families can’t find what they need.

Reliable website hosting helps make sure important information is available when people need it. This includes, parents, carers, staff, families looking to start or move school, and even Ofsted. This is also important during busy periods such as admissions, bad weather updates, school events, policy reviews, Ofsted preparation or the start of a new term.

The main website hosting options for schools

Not all hosting is the same. The right option depends on how much support your school needs and how confident your team feels managing the website.

Other basic hosting packages are usually suited to smaller or very simple websites. However, this often leaves the school responsible for the majority of ongoing work.

Schools may still need to manage:

• Security checks
• Backups
• Plugin or system updates
• Content issues
• Technical problems
• Support requests

This can become difficult if the school does not have dedicated technical support or a confident website administrator. Basic hosting may look cheaper at first, but it is important to check what is actually included.

Managed website hosting can include more support. Instead of simply providing space for your website, a managed hosting provider helps look after the technical side too.

Other Managed hosting providers may include:

• Secure WordPress hosting
• Regular maintenance
• Security updates
• Performance monitoring
• Plugin updates
• Website backups
• Content updates
• Support with issues
• Training resources
• Guidance on website improvements

For many schools, managed hosting is the more practical option. It gives staff a clearer route for support and reduces pressure on office teams, business managers and IT coordinators.

We only provide managed website hosting and support for schools. Instead of simply providing space for your website, our managed hosting packages help look after the technical side too, and we can help you keep your school website up to date.

Why choose North East Schools for school website hosting? 

Not all website hosting is designed for schools. Our hosting and support packages are built around the way schools actually work.

Our support can include:

• Secure WordPress hosting
• Regular maintenance
• Security patches
• Plugin updates
• Website updates
• Content changes for staff pages, newsletters and photos
• Documentation and training videos
• Guidance to help improve your school website
• Support with web standards, GDPR and Ofsted-related updates

Your school is not just paying for a place to host the website. You’re getting practical support from a team that understands education, parent communication and the pressures on busy school teams.

Some schools only need light-touch support. Others need more regular help with updates, layout changes or full website management. With flexible support options, your school can choose what fits best.

We also make sure to plan ahead with any school that are wanting to be in control of updating their own site. We provide website training to your staff through a video call. We share screens and go through the process step by step. Our team also has a knowledge base with in depth articles that you can refer back to.

Download our Hosting and Support SLA

Download our Website Design SLA

The right hosting should make life easier for school staff, not create more work.

At North East Schools, we provide school website hosting, support and website design services for nurseries, primary schools, secondary schools and academies across the North East.

You can view our school hosting and support options or contact our team to talk about the right level of support for your school.

Why choose North East Schools for school website hosting?

Not all website hosting is designed for schools.

A standard hosting provider may keep your website online, but they may not understand how often school websites need to change. Schools regularly update newsletters, staff pages, policies, photos, events and parent information. They also need support that is responsive, practical and easy to access.

North East Schools’ hosting and support is built around the way schools actually work.

Our support can include:

• Secure WordPress hosting
• Regular maintenance
• Security patches
• Plugin updates
• Website updates
• Content changes for staff pages, newsletters and photos
• Documentation and training videos
• Guidance to help improve your school website
• Support with web standards, GDPR and Ofsted-related updates

This means your school is not just paying for a place to host the website. You are getting practical support from a team that understands education, parent communication and the pressures on busy school teams.

Some schools only need light-touch support. Others need more regular help with updates, layout changes or full website management. With flexible support options, your school can choose what fits best.

For schools planning a new website, hosting can also be considered from the start. Our school website design service is designed for nurseries, primary schools, secondary schools and academies, with hosting and support available to help keep the website secure, maintained and easy to update after launch.

Final thoughts

Website hosting for schools is about more than keeping a website online.

It supports reliability, security, parent communication and day-to-day website management. The right hosting should make life easier for school staff, not create more work.

At North East Schools, we provide school website hosting, support and website design services for nurseries, primary schools, secondary schools and academies across the North East.

You can view our school hosting and support options or contact our team to talk about the right level of support for your school.

Frequently Asked Questions About Website Hosting for Schools