The Trusted Choice for School Website

Schudio is a dedicated school website provider, built by former educators, support experts, and designers who understand the realities of school life. Our expertise lies entirely in helping schools create, manage, and evolve their online presence — across a wide range of school types and sizes.

SchoolSpider, while also focused on education, provides a broader suite of tools, including communications, payments, and one-staff login features. However, many schools tell us that while the platform is convenient, it sometimes lacks the depth and flexibility of a pure CMS built for long-term teaching and learning needs.

Both platforms offer attractive designs and responsive layouts, but their approach varies:

• SchoolSpider offers templated designs with limited customisation. While sufficient for standard pages and basic design needs, schools sometimes find themselves restricted when they want to add curriculum content or design customised provision pages for children and key stages.
• Schudio offers flexible templates and bespoke designs aligned to your school ethos. Our proprietary CMS enables your staff to add curriculum sections, class galleries, learning links, and event banners effortlessly. You can develop and update content at a pace that works for your school — and your whole team can learn to use it quickly.

We include a full redesign every three years, without extra charges, to keep your site fresh and impactful without needing a new development budget.

Support is where schools often feel the difference most clearly:

• With SchoolSpider, support is generally via email and knowledge base articles. Some schools report needing help for more complex tasks or delays in response when support requirements go beyond basic use.
• With Schudio, support is truly unlimited and included. You can reach real people by email, phone, or video chat. Whether you need help embedding a video, updating class pages, or fixing broken links, we’re here — often in minutes — to help your teachers and staff feel confident.

We also provide regular training sessions, workshops, and access to CPD-accredited resources. Our aim is not just to help you fix a problem, but to empower your team to manage your site with growing confidence.

Your school website isn’t an advertising landing page — it’s the central resource for your school community:

• Schudio includes parental engagement tools, embedded social media feeds, built-in compliance checklists, analytics dashboards, and governance pages — all ready at launch.
• SchoolSpider offers several of these tools but may charge extra or limit access depending on the contract level. Before committing, it's worth checking what core tools are included and what might require extra permissions or paid add-ons.

Schudio's approach ensures your school site supports pupils, parents, carers, governors — and supports your school priorities over years, not just days.

Managing websites across multiple schools introduces complexity — templates, policies, compliance, branding.

• SchoolSpider supports Trusts with sharing features and some central tools. But certain updates or designs may still require individual site work or manual sync.
• Schudio’s MAT Portal enables full content deployment across all schools, central policy publishing, site updates, and aggregated analytics. It’s designed so that Trust-level teams can ensure consistent presentation and compliance — while giving school teams appropriate autonomy.

This approach has become essential for Trusts looking to streamline development, support, and oversight across their community.

With Schudio, everything you need is included in one clear annual cost: CMS access, full website design, content migration, unlimited support, training, compliance tools, parental app, analytics, and a Year 3 redesign. No hidden fees or sudden increases.

In contrast, SchoolSpider pricing often appears low at first glance. But many schools report incremental costs when adding blocks of content, expanding features, or requesting design changes — or learning that certain support styles or training are chargeable.

The key difference lies in transparency. Schudio publishes its structure upfront and sticks to it, while with SchoolSpider, it’s important to review exactly what you're receiving within your contract.

When schools move from SchoolSpider to Schudio, they frequently say:

• “It just works better for our teachers — with fewer delays and fewer rules.”
• “We can update class pages, staff bios, or gallery links ourselves.”
• “Our pupils and parents comment that the site just feels easier to use.”
• “We never surprise our governors with an extra bill just to publish news.”

We’ve supported hundreds of schools through the transition, helping them gain more control, reduce frustration, and gain meaningful results with less effort.