Satchel

Satchel is a warm, playful website template for independent primary and prep schools for children aged 4 to 11. Bright colour blocks, rounded cards, hand-drawn doodles and a friendly serif give it the feel of a happy school day, while the structure gives parents everything they need to choose a school.

The home page opens with a full-screen block grid and a scroll-driven photo sequence, followed by a welcome from the Head, a day-in-the-life timeline, year groups, clubs, news, upcoming events and a wall of parent reviews that scrolls on its own.

Pages included:

- Home, About, Learning, Admissions, School Life, Staff, Parents, Contact, Privacy and a custom 404

- Learning detail pages for each year group

- Club pages with filters for sport, music, arts and outdoors

- News with full articles, Events with dates and details

- Term Dates with every term and holiday

Everything is easy to edit:

- 9 CMS collections: Settings, Year Groups, Clubs, Staff, News, Events, Term Dates, Testimonials and FAQ

- Change the school name, address, phone, photos, videos and statement in one Settings item, and they update across the whole site

- Add a club, teacher, story or event in seconds

Built for real schools:

- Admissions enquiry form and contact form

- Parents' hub with quick links, policies and term dates

- UK date formats and British spelling throughout

- Four school houses, values cards, history timeline and inspection banner

- FAQ accordion and a book-a-visit call to action

Design and motion:

- Character-flip headings, image reveals, sticky sections and gentle parallax

- A scrolling announcement ticker and looping background videos

- Fully responsive layouts for desktop, tablet and phone

- Accessible colour contrast, keyboard-friendly menus and alt text on every image

- SEO titles, descriptions and social images on every page

Satchel is free. Remix it, swap in your own photos and words, and your school website can be live in an afternoon.