MAT Pain-Points
- As trusts grow, they end up with multiple different website suppliers across the MAT.
- No economy of scale.
- Lack of central control.
- Makes staff training difficult and costly.
- Creates duplication of work.
- No central support contract – lots of different contracts with different renewal dates / costs and terms / also number of different contacts.
- No one company has a strategic handle on TRUST goals and needs from their sites – lack of strategic development.
- Difficult to manage the Trust brand presence across all school sites and maintain a consistent appearance.
- Some schools may have excellent sites and others have very poor sites.
- Sites become out of date, especially as staff members leave and update costs mount.
- Frustration with having to go through the process of building a new site every 5 years.
- This is very time consuming and costly.
- Leads to need for retraining and duplication of previous work.
- Pressure to “get it right” or suffer additional costs to amend and develop in future. Lack of flexibility to meet changing needs and requirements – amending the site is seen by suppliers as an opportunity to charge for additional work!
- Lack of marketing on websites to drive enquiries for admissions / school staff.
What’s Included?
- A new Multi-Website system developed specifically with MAT growth in mind.
- Allows for an unlimited number of school sites managed centrally from the Trust.
- Central policy uploads and distribution across sites.
- Central job posting.
- Master site-map template for trust wide consistency.
- Individual visual designs for each school with photography and video support as required.
- Staff user logins with fully controllable access rights.
- NO UPFRONT BUILD COSTS.
- Simple monthly rental.
- Add schools at any time.
- No long contracts (12 months).
- Annual site review and free amendments.
- Online training support videos can be accessed 24/7.
- Easy to update and maintain.
- Constantly developed – grows with the Trust and with the schools so no need to replace your sites every 5 years!
- Functionality can be easily turned on and off (also allows for different specifications for different schools).
- Strategic planning from our experienced school marketing team.
- Full compliancy testing available.
Pricing
Plato Multi-Website System
| School with up to 450 pupils | Central MAT site School with over 450 pupils |
£100 month £125 month |
School with up to 450 pupils | Central MAT site
£100 month
School with over 450 pupils
£125 month
Add-Ons
Homepage
Hero Slider
Video
Integration
Booking
System
(Simply
Book)
- Sell tickets through the site.
- Booking onto extra-curricular clubs.
- Parents evening bookings.
- Online facilities bookings | reservations.
Document
Auto Listing
- Documents uploaded to a folder will be automatically listed on a page.
Digitised
Forms
(Aplicaa)
- Forms can be digitised for automatic processing.
- Allows for parental sign up to News notifications with options to specify year groups | classes | interests.
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