{"id":2500,"date":"2018-07-16T15:35:40","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T14:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2500"},"modified":"2018-07-23T12:06:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T11:06:18","slug":"village-academy-trust-school-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/07\/village-academy-trust-school-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"The Village Academy Trust: A beautiful group of Trust school websites"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>School Websites for Trusts<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2550 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/village-academy-feature-1-300x142.png\" alt=\"The Village Academy Trust: A beautiful group of Trust school websites\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/village-academy-feature-1-300x142.png 300w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/village-academy-feature-1-520x245.png 520w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/village-academy-feature-1.png 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Trust school websites can present unique school website design challenges and there are extra considerations throughout the process. In this article we run through the most important things to\u00a0consider.<\/p>\n<h2>Consider<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Would you like each Trust school website to be unique, or to share a common theme? This is recommended because it helps create a strong branded look.<\/li>\n<li>Which Trust school website is the most important to be completed first.<\/li>\n<li>Would you like the Trust website to <em>also<\/em> reflect the look and theme of the group.\u00a0Bear in mind, it will likely have different requirements (more on this later).<\/li>\n<li>How would you like the Trust school website overall theme to reflect the identity of the Trust?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>The Village Academy Trust<\/h1>\n<p>The Village Academey\u00a0Trust joined Greenhouse back in 2014. We helped them create an engaging website for the Trust, followed by Trust school websites that used the group look as a cohesive theme. The Trust school websites used a blend of traditional layout, with attractive illustrations:<\/p>\n<h2>The original Village Academy Trust school websites<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2500 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"747\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Lydd-1024x747.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Lydd Primary Trust School Websites 2014 by Greenhouse School Websites\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2504\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Lydd-1024x747.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Lydd-300x219.png 300w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Lydd-768x560.png 768w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Lydd.png 1454w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2504'>\n\t\t\t\tLydd Primary\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"750\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Lynsted-and-Norton-1024x750.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Lynsted and Norton Primary Trust School Websites Design 2014 by Greenhouse School Websites\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2505\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Lynsted-and-Norton-1024x750.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Lynsted-and-Norton-300x220.png 300w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Lynsted-and-Norton-768x562.png 768w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Lynsted-and-Norton.png 1452w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2505'>\n\t\t\t\tLynsted and Norton Primary\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Milstead-and-Frinsted-Design-1024x735.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Milstead and Frinsted Primary Trust School Websites Design 2014 by Greenhouse School Websites\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2506\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Milstead-and-Frinsted-Design-1024x735.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Milstead-and-Frinsted-Design-300x215.png 300w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Milstead-and-Frinsted-Design-768x552.png 768w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Milstead-and-Frinsted-Design.png 1480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2506'>\n\t\t\t\tMilstead and Frinsted Primary\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Petham-Design-1024x712.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Petham Primary Trust School Websites 2014 by Greenhouse School Websites\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2507\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Petham-Design-1024x712.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Petham-Design-300x209.png 300w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Petham-Design-768x534.png 768w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Petham-Design.png 1517w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2507'>\n\t\t\t\tPetham Primary\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Selling-Design-1024x735.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Selling Primary Trust School Websites Design 2014 by Greenhouse School Websites\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2508\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Selling-Design-1024x735.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Selling-Design-300x215.png 300w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Selling-Design-768x551.png 768w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Selling-Design.png 1484w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2508'>\n\t\t\t\tSelling Primary\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Village-Academy-Site-1024x723.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Village Academy Trust Website Design 2014 by Greenhouse School Websites\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2524\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Village-Academy-Site-1024x723.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Village-Academy-Site-300x212.png 300w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Village-Academy-Site-768x542.png 768w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Village-Academy-Site.png 1489w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2524'>\n\t\t\t\tVillage Academy Trust\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3>A few points to note:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The design of these\u00a0Trust school websites is a little dated, because they were designed a few years ago now.<\/li>\n<li>But, they each succeed in using a common look, while retaining their own identity. The colour highlight on the leaf motif\u00a0is a nice touch.<\/li>\n<li>As previously mentioned, Trust school websites might all share a common theme, while their trust site is a little\u00a0different because trust websites themselves often have different requirements.<\/li>\n<li>This is a good example, because there is much less need for the trust website to publish diary\u00a0dates for example. The Village Academy Trust website is still clearly part of the family though.<\/li>\n<li>Sometimes, a Multi Academy Trust may wish for their website to look a little more corporate\/business than the associated Trust school websites because their target audience is often different to that of schools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>The redesign for The Village Academy Trust School Websites.<\/h1>\n<p>Earlier this year, in 2018 The Village Academy Trust contacted us with good news; Dymchurch Primary school would be joining the Trust. With that addition, they thought it would be a good time to consider a fresh new look for all the Trust school websites because design trends and standards had moved on considerably over the past five years.<\/p>\n<p>This time, we started with the design for the new Trust school website for Dymchurch as a pathfinder.<\/p>\n<p>Some points of note, from discussing how they&#8217;d like the new website to look:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They really liked the website we provide for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cranmer.merton.sch.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cranmer Primary School<\/a> in Merton, which is a bit of a Greenhouse School Websites classic.<\/li>\n<li>They liked the welcome with a photo at the\u00a0bottom.<\/li>\n<li>Dymchurch needed an attractive link to their prospectus<\/li>\n<li>A panel for news items<\/li>\n<li>A panel for their twitter feed<\/li>\n<li>A diary dates panel<\/li>\n<li>A split map and &#8220;contact us&#8221; panel<\/li>\n<li>Also important of course was a link to the main Trust website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Greenhouse School Websites design team then set to work on creating something beautiful. We think it turned out wonderfully:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2512\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dymchurch.kent.sch.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2512\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2512\" title=\"Dymchurch Primary School Trust School Websites Design 2014 by Greenhouse School Websites\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dymchurch-e1531758550825.jpg\" alt=\"Dymchurch Primary School Trust School Websites Design 2014 by Greenhouse School Websites\" width=\"550\" height=\"424\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dymchurch.kent.sch.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dymchurch Primary School<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2>The rest of the websites<\/h2>\n<p>Then, while retaining the layout and key design aspects of the Dymchurch website, Greenhouse then set about re-designing the rest of the Trust school websites. Each school kept it&#8217;s branding, colours, logo, photographs and content.<\/p>\n<p>The result was of course, a beautiful group of Trust school websites:<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-2500 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"219\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Lydd-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-300x219.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Lydd Primary Trust School Websites Design 2018 by Greenhouse School Websites\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-2515\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Lydd-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-300x219.png 300w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Lydd-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-768x560.png 768w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Lydd-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-1024x746.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Lydd-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-e1531822070542.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-2515'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyddprimary.org.uk\/\">Lydd Primary<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"219\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Lynsted-and-Norton-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-300x219.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Lynsted and Norton Primary Trust School Websites Design 2018 by Greenhouse School Websites\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-2516\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Lynsted-and-Norton-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-300x219.png 300w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Lynsted-and-Norton-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-768x561.png 768w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Lynsted-and-Norton-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-1024x747.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Lynsted-and-Norton-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-e1531822090726.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-2516'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lynsted-norton.kent.sch.uk\">Lynsted and Norton Primary<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"216\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Milstead-and-Frinsted-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-300x216.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Milstead and Frinsted Primary Trust School Websites Design 2018 by Greenhouse School Websites\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-2517\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Milstead-and-Frinsted-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-300x216.png 300w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Milstead-and-Frinsted-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-768x554.png 768w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Milstead-and-Frinsted-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-1024x739.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Milstead-and-Frinsted-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-e1531822109728.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-2517'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.milstead-kent.org.uk\">Milstead and Frinsted Primary<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"216\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Petham-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-300x216.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Petham Primary Trust School Websites Design 2018 by Greenhouse School Websites\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-2518\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Petham-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-300x216.png 300w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Petham-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-768x552.png 768w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Petham-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-1024x736.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Petham-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-e1531822122755.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-2518'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.petham.kent.sch.uk\/\">Petham Primary<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"216\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Selling-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-300x216.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Selling Primary Trust School Websites Design 2018 by Greenhouse School Websites\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-2519\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Selling-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-300x216.png 300w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Selling-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-768x553.png 768w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Selling-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-1024x738.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Selling-Primary-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-e1531822140976.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-2519'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sellingcofeprimary.org.uk\">Selling Primary<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2>The Trust site<\/h2>\n<p>Finally, we applied the new look to the Village Academy Trust website. When doing this, the first place to start is by working out what you&#8217;d like to\u00a0<em>remove or replace<\/em> from the trust school website design. For example, the news and diary dates panels were removed because the Village Academy Trust did not have a need for them. Also, because the Village Academy Trust school websites all feature a prospectus link, this was replaced with a noticeboard for the trust website, as this is much more useful. Next, is to work out what you&#8217;d like to\u00a0<em>add.\u00a0<\/em>Often, visitors to a Trust website would like to have a direct, easy link to the trust school websites. So, with the Village Academy Trust, we placed a panel with thumbnail links to each school. We did something similar for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehowardpartnership.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Howard Partnership Trust<\/a>\u00a0in one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/02\/multi-academy-trust-websites-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previous posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, the result is attractive and engaging:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2522\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevillageacademy.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2522\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Village-Academy-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-1.png\" alt=\"Village Academy Trust School Websites Design 2018 by Greenhouse School Websites\" width=\"550\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Village-Academy-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-1.png 904w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Village-Academy-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-1-283x300.png 283w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Village-Academy-Trust-School-Websites-Design-2018-by-Greenhouse-School-Websites-1-768x814.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2522\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevillageacademy.co.uk\">Village Academy Trust<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Greenhouse Redesigns<\/h2>\n<p>Not only are there cost savings associated with a group look for Trust school websites. There are further savings when redesigning websites already with Greenhouse. The Village Academy also benefited from some new CMS features. Another benefit of a redesign is that all your content stays in place, while the new design is applied as a new skin. So there&#8217;s no need to repopulate the content from all your hard work!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not with Greenhouse School Websites already and would like to see more of our beautiful designs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/school-website-design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> is our portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>For another example of group look Trust school websites, have a look at our\u00a0blog post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/01\/websites-for-schools-in-academy-trusts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clevedon Learning Trust<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trust school websites can present unique school website design challenges and there are a few extra considerations throughout the process. 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