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Website Access Rules to Watch over your content!
We all know how important it is to keep things fresh and up-to-date, especially when it comes to the content on your school’s website. But let’s face it, managing all […]
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Nurturing relationships: A Guide to Onboarding new Parents to Your School
With primary school placements now confirmed, the countdown to the first day of school in September begins for many families. As educators, it’s not just about welcoming new students but […]
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Going Green with iTCHYROBOT
At iTCHYROBOT we are passionate about the environment and creating sustainable solutions. From using eco friendly data centres that employ carbon offsetting through to reducing the amount of paper we […]
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How to use your school website to promote reading and literacy.
In today’s digital age, technology plays a crucial role in education, offering innovative solutions to enhance learning experiences. As we celebrate World Book Day, it’s essential to reflect on how […]
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Why iTCHYROBOT Schools? Making the Move for a Seamless School Website Transition
Schools are realising the benefits of improving their current school website. Simply having an “Ofsted compliant” website that just exists is no longer enough and schools are expressing a desire […]
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WordPress 6.4 Updates and Changes
WordPress 6.4 has recently been released which holds many updates and upgrades for the platform we use. Top Toolbar One of the main ones we have seen that may impact […]
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Harnessing the Power of QR Codes: Streamlining Access to School Information
In our fast-paced digital age, QR codes are emerging as a popular and efficient means for communities to access information seamlessly. Gone are the days of burdening materials with lengthy […]
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New Options for Training
We’re on a mission to make our training sessions as tailor-made for you as possible, and guess what? Now you have the power to shape our training plans! Introducing the […]
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Baltic Live and Apprentices
Last week, our esteemed Technical Manager, Scott, undertook a reflective journey to the beginning of his 15-year career in the realm of Information Technology. With minimal IT knowledge but backed […]
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A new way to communicate (for us)
iTCHYROBOT are now on YouTube! Here’s the link over to our channel iTCHYROBOT Schools – YouTube We will be using the channel in the coming weeks and months as an […]
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Tips for Welcoming New Parents to Your School and Boosting Engagement
This time of year is an exciting but also a worrying time for parents whose children may be entering Year 7 and the start of their secondary school journey, or […]
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Adobe Photoshop: When Art Meets AI
We absolutely love the Adobe Creative Suite at iTCHYROBOT. Our team use it extensively and the tools are industry leading when it comes to creating digital art. That covers everything […]
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LEVEL UP WITH MICROSOFT POWER APPS AND POWER AUTOMATE
It’s important to future proof your plans and use technology to your advantage! Whether that’s for digital marketing purposes, customer management or processing orders, there’s plenty of tech out there to […]
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WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON MISTAKES WE SEE WHEN TAKING ON WORDPRESS SITES?
At iTCHYROBOT, we have been developing and hosting WordPress themes and plugins for over a decade now. Our skilled team has provided solutions for a wide range of clients implementing […]
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Our platform keeps evolving in 2023
As a follow on to our mini update blog in 2022 we thought we should add a round up to the school year with what we have been up too. […]
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We have achieved Cyber Essentials Certification
As all our customers know, we take security seriously and are always looking to improve our systems and processes. Having had a gap year from being Cyber Essentials Certified, we […]
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How often does your school get feedback from parents/carers?
If you don’t know how you’re doing, how do you know it’s working? Many people deliberately avoid getting feedback in the fear that they are going to get negative comments […]
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In Time-Sensitive Situations, How Does Your School Manage Comms?
Kids love it, adults loathe it, but at this time of year, extreme weather conditions are often unavoidable! With weather forecasters predicting freezing temperatures across the northeast, accompanied by up […]
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Options For Creating Your School Site
When it comes to creating your school website, there are plenty of options and none of them are wrong. That said, making some informed decisions upfront may help save you […]
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New Website Requirements from Ofsted
Ensuring your website is up to date with the most recent requirements from Ofsted can be a tedious, but necessary task. We love keeping our schools up to date on […]
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Wix or WordPress: Which Option is Best for my New School Website?
If you are considering a new school website then you may be looking to build this in house and with many options to choose from currently in the marketplace, this […]
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Educational Games for the Summer Holidays!
With the Summer Hols in full swing, hopefully the kids are out enjoying the weather while it’s nice! However, we all know what a British summer is like and it’s […]
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Multi-Academy Trusts & You
With the most recent Schools White Paper released by the DfE a few months ago, which mainly focused on multi-academy trusts, the dust has started to settle and the information […]
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What’s New With WordPress 6.0
On Tuesday 24th of May, WordPress released their second major version of the year. 6.0 contains a swathe of updates designed to improve how users build and edit websites. Some […]
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What Does Ofsted’s Latest Computing Research Report Mean For Schools
On the 16th of May, Ofsted released a report with the findings of their latest research into how computing topics are positioned and taught across key stages 1 to 4. […]
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Our platform keeps evolving in 2022
It is long overdue that we start writing about all the exciting developments we have on our project backlog and those complete or nearing completion. After final testing over the […]
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The Recipe For An Outstanding School Website
When approaching your school website, you need to look at it as if you are preparing a meal for your school community. Prepare your ingredients, sourced from quality suppliers, providing […]
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7 Step Guide to Social Media Planning
Social Media, if used and planned correctly, can create an effective marketing tool for you to share everything that is amazing about your school. This involves publishing great content on […]
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The Importance of Clarity
Whether you’re sharing a policy with members of staff, sending a newsletter to parents or just having a conversation with a stakeholder, it’s important to maintain a high level of […]
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The Importance of High Quality School Photography
School photography is key to sharing what exactly your organisation is about. Whether it’s to populate your website, use on marketing materials or post on your social media, it’s vital […]