About ScottishSchools.Info

Introduction

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Many schools have developed their own websites, usually through the efforts of an interested teacher or upper school pupil. However, these sites often become out-of-date, both in ter of content and functionality – particularly if the teacher or pupil moves on.

To allow schools to have and maintain a current and professional presence on the World Wide Web, Gateway has now developed ScottishSchools.info.

Principally, there are three elements to ScottishSchools.info –

1. Firstly, there is a powerful database, which is accessed securely through the Internet by the school’s Site Manager, who can edit all of the content using web forms, providing complete control of the content to the school
2. Secondly, there is a web interface, which publishes the information from the database to the Internet in real time (i.e. as soon as any database content is updated) by way of a website
   that is unique to each school.
3. Thirdly, Gateway will provide a complete management service to ensure that each school’s website is -
   • customised to meet the Council’s requirements (corporate identity, features, links to appropriate sites etc.)
   • appropriately linked to Education Service’s Intranet
   • populated by relevant information from Gateway’s own databases
   • continually developed by skilled programmers and web developers to take advantage of technical developments and account of feedback from user
   • monitored to make sure that the content is being updated
   • available 24/7 through the Internet, using very fast and powerful servers

ScottishSchools.info will provide a highly professional, corporate image to pupils, parents, staff and the wider community.

Site Map

• Areas including News and Events / About Our School / Year Groups / School Subjects / Our Community / Clubs & Groups / Former Pupils / Useful Web Links
• Discrete zones for Parents and Staff - can be password protected
• A direct input facility (DIPIN) for the Site Manager which provides each
school with complete control over content using only word-processing skills
• Embedded data from Gateway’s database PlanIT

Benefits

• Professionally designed and supported by Gateway’s web developers
• Hosted and managed to provide 24/7 support if required
• Easy to keep up-to-date, no programming knowledge necessary – site accuracy and currency assured by school
• Sustainable presence on the Internet for the whole school community – students, former students, parents, staff, employers, community, prospective staff and students
• Will link into the Council’s Intranet