Web Design
School website designers for Australian schools: one site that wins enrolments, keeps families informed and keeps students safe.
Part of Education MarketingSchool websites
Rock Solid Marketing’s school website designers build sites for primary and secondary schools across Australia, planned around the three groups who use them: families choosing a school, families already enrolled, and people applying to work with you. Most school sites serve one group well. A parent comparing schools hunts for the tour booking, while a current parent can’t find this week’s newsletter.
We give each group its own clear path, build child safety into every photo and page, and make the site easy for your office staff to update. This page is part of our education marketing work.
Website packages start from $5,000 + GST, built to WCAG 2.2 AA. If a refresh of your current site will do the job, we’ll tell you before we quote.
9+
Years serving Sunraysia and the Mallee
10+
Years’ minimum experience for every specialist
10
Marketing specialists on your team
6
Core digital channels, one joined-up strategy
Common problems
An enrolment path from the home page: why your school, what a day looks like, fees where you publish them and a tour booking form.
We build on WordPress with simple templates for newsletters, notices and events, and train several staff to use them.
We set up photo consent checks, no student surnames with images, and image guidance that follows the Child Safe Standards.
What we build
Each audience gets its own path, so nobody has to dig through someone else’s information to find their own.
Prospective families see why your school, what a day looks like, the next open day and a tour booking form, all within a couple of taps from the home page.
Term dates, the calendar, newsletters, notices, uniform shop and payment links in one place, so families stop asking the office where things are.
Photo consent checks, no student surnames beside images and clear rules for staff, in line with the Child Safe Standards and the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations.
Readable text, strong contrast, captions and keyboard navigation, so students, parents and carers with disability can use the site too.
WordPress templates for newsletters, events and notices mean your staff publish in minutes, without waiting on us or one person who knows the system.
A careers page that shows what it’s like to work at your school, with current vacancies and how to apply, because good teachers compare schools too.
Who it’s for
Your specialists
Saimul IslamDeveloper & AI expertBendigo VIC
Rachel EhratCreator Of All Things Amazing!Tasmania
Lindsay BuckleyDigital MastermindSydney NSWHow it works
Four stages, with your feedback built in before anything goes live.
A free 30-minute call to scope your pages, features and budget against our website packages.
We design the site around your brand and content, with rounds of feedback along the way. Essentials includes three rounds.
We build on a content management system you can update yourself, set up the search basics and test the site on phones and desktops.
Keep the site secure and up to date with Australian hosting from $400 + GST a year and a care plan from $275 + GST a month (minimum 6 months).
School website development
We start by meeting your principal, business manager and the office staff who answer the phone, because they know what families keep asking. Together we map the three paths and agree what moves across from your current site.
Our designer builds the look around your school’s colours and crest, and our developer builds the site on WordPress with accessibility checked as we go. Before launch we train your staff, test every form and set up redirects from old pages, so families’ bookmarks keep working.
A site your families use and your staff can keep current.
What’s included
Most schools fit our Standard (10 to 25 pages) or Advanced (25 to 50 pages) packages. Copywriting and photography are quoted on top when you need them.
Packages
Our school website designers build every package responsive, secure and to WCAG 2.2 AA. Care plans keep the site updated, backed up and secure after launch.
Essentials
From
$5,000+ GST
Up to 5 pages for a complete website design. Theme designed based on your industry. 3 rounds of feedback revisions.
Enquire NowStandard
From
$6,500+ GST
Design a comprehensive website, themed to suit your industry with all the necessary plug-ins to ensure security and SEO.
Enquire NowAdvanced
From
$12,000+ GST
Design a bespoke industry specific website, with all necessary plug-ins to ensure security and SEO.
Enquire NowWebsite maintenance
From
$275+ GST a month
We’ll keep your plugins and certificates up to date, monitor your website activity, fix any bugs or breaks that may arise, and keep your website backed up and secure.
Basic care for 3 to 5 page sites. Larger sites: Essentials $395 + GST a month; e-commerce and complex sites: Premium $549 + GST a month (minimum 6 months).
Enquire NowWork in this industry
Illawarra Shoalhaven NSWRock Solid Marketing helped the Illawarra Shoalhaven Joint Organisation (ISJO) refine its messaging, redesign its website and run community campaigns to show its regional impact to councils, partners and residents.
Broken Hill NSWRock Solid Marketing supported the relaunch of Southern Cross Care in Broken Hill and its transition to Southern Cross Care QLD, with consistent messaging that helped ease community concerns about service continuity.
Helped ease community concerns and made service continuity clear
Mildura VICRock Solid Marketing designed the website and runs the marketing partnership for Princes Court, a community-owned aged care provider in Mildura, with social media, storytelling and community campaigns across its three services.
Strengthened Princes Court’s reputation as a community-first organisation
Working with Janine and the Rock Solid team was wonderful. No matter the idea I had, Janine and the team brought it to life and always exceeded expectations. It was a joy and pleasure working and I learnt so much along the way too.
Resources
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FAQ
Can’t find what you’re after? Call us on 1800 842 022 or browse every answer on our FAQ page.
All FAQsOur website packages start from $5,000 + GST for up to 5 pages, or 6 monthly payments of $833 + GST. Most schools need Standard at $6,500 + GST (10 to 25 pages) or Advanced at $12,000 + GST (25 to 50 pages), depending on campuses, enrolment forms and how much content moves across.
Most school websites run on a content management system such as WordPress, or on a platform supplied by an education department or a school software provider. The best school websites aren’t defined by the platform. They make enrolment easy, keep families informed and let staff update them without help.
An educational website is any site run by a school or education provider to inform and enrol students. For a school it usually serves prospective families, current families, students and job applicants. Websites for schools differ from business sites because they must protect children’s privacy and serve a whole community at once.
Start by listing your audiences and what each needs to do: book a tour, find term dates, read a newsletter, apply for a job. Then plan a path for each, write clear pages, design around your brand and build accessible templates staff can update. Test it with parents before launch. Our designing school websites process follows those steps.
Yes. Primary school website design leans on parents more than students: tour bookings, before and after school care details, uniform and term dates. We design for parents first and keep the language friendly, while secondary school sites also speak to students choosing subjects and pathways.
We set clear rules before launch: photos only with consent, no student surnames beside images, no details that place a child at a time and place, and limited staff access. These follow the Child Safe Standards in your state and the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations. Your school stays responsible for its own policies.
Yes. We build on WordPress with templates for newsletters, events and notices, and train several staff before launch. Most updates take minutes. For bigger changes, our care plans start at $275 + GST a month (Basic, 6-month minimum), or we can do one-off work at $175 + GST an hour.
Your school does: the domain, the content and the WordPress site. If you move to another provider later, you take everything with you, and we help hand it over. There are no licence fees for the site itself.
Let’s start by scheduling a free discovery call so we can get to know each other and see if we’re a good fit for your marketing needs.
