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Description

School Spider

Everything your school needs in order to succeed online with a website, a parent payment system, mobile app and loads...
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Message Ninja

School communication software with a simple, powerful administration portal. Market leading and completely free.
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Educational Impact

School Spider

improve school processes85%
save school money63%
reduce teacher workload60%
improve parent engagement88%
increase student collaboration54%
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Message Ninja

improve school processes100%
save school money75%
reduce teacher workload100%
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provide school data75%
 
Recommended Usage

Parent communication + other features: 2.5 hours per week. If being used just for website updating: 1 hour

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Most Helpful Reviews

School Spider

Kath Markham: the website is continually growing, the support is excellent and the website is easy to use
Rachel Battersby: Very good value for money, easy to edit
Andy Brady: I think School Spider is THE benchmark for what a high-quality, low-maintenance school website should be. The incredible customer service - including responding to our requests for a bespoke and tailored design - is above and beyond the call of duty. Our website has helped us to develop so many areas of our practice and has increased our awareness of the importance of branding and projecting an image which is consistent with our values. We would urge other schools to explore the tools and quality of the service School Spider offer - they will not be disappointed!
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Message Ninja

Kathryn, School Business Manager: Message Ninja is very easy for parents to use, we had good feedback about the app. The support I had in setting up the app was brilliant. Would recommend.
Lucy Rodrigues, Daycare Manager/Admin: Since using the app I feel that the two way communication between parents and school is much faster/better
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Age Range

School Spider

5-7, 8-10, 11-13 

Message Ninja

0-4, 5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-16, 17-18, 19+ 
Features

School Spider

Vendor has not supplied this information 

Message Ninja

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Accessibility

School Spider

Vendor has not supplied this information 

Message Ninja

Vendor has not supplied this information 
Policies

School Spider

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 

Message Ninja

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 
Requirements

School Spider

We aim to make the School Spider software as easy to use as possible so only a basic computer knowledge is needed of both administrative staff and students.

  • Users will be given a username and password and access to the schools new testing website. From here they will be able to login and perform tasks.
  • All training is given by School Spider at time of trial period setup,
  • School administrators and teachers would need a computer connected to the internet.
  • Parents can either access parents' area through the school website or by downloading the School Spider mobile app on Android or iOS
 

Message Ninja

Internet access and basic computer literacy. An email address is required to be registered to use the app.
 
Training

School Spider

School Spider will provide a 90 minute demonstration of software to staff, who can then feed this information to their pupils and to the parents user testing group.

  • We have a vast amount of online tutorials also to help schools.
 

Message Ninja

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Set Up

School Spider

We work with you to plan your system and set it up to match your requirements, e.g. recreating lesson observation forms, determining check-in dates, agree your strategic goals and outcomes, etc. This is done in an session which usually lasts around an hour. We then aim to have you up and running within one working day.

Message Ninja

Vendor has not supplied this information
Support

School Spider

24/7 Live RepPhone SupportEmail/Help DeskFAQs/ForumKnowledge Base 

Message Ninja

24/7 Live RepPhone SupportEmail/Help DeskFAQs/ForumKnowledge Base 
Home Learning

School Spider

Not available To parents 

Message Ninja

Not available To parents 
Screenshots

School Spider

Vendor has not supplied any screenshots

Message Ninja

Vendor has not supplied any screenshots
Video

School Spider

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Message Ninja

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Pricing

School Spider

Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate