12 class website project ideas that fit the curriculum

A website project works best when the content comes from something pupils already know. These twelve briefs each give a real audience, a clear page structure and a finish line you can assess in a single marking session. They suit upper primary through to Key Stage 4, and most run comfortably in four to six lessons.

Computing and digital literacy

1. A guide to staying safe online

Audience: younger pupils in school. Home page explains why it matters, second page lists five rules with an example for each. Strong cross-over with your e-safety curriculum, and an easy assembly showcase.

2. Review site for an app or game

Pupils write a structured review with sections for what it does, what is good, what is not and who it suits. Teaches the difference between opinion and evidence.

3. A how-to site

Numbered steps for something pupils can genuinely teach: a card trick, a recipe, a skateboard trick. The numbered-rows layout makes the sequencing visible.

Topic and humanities

4. Our local area

Pages for history, landmarks and things to do. Works as a real tourist guide, and pairs well with a walk or a local studies unit.

5. A museum exhibition

Each pupil curates five objects from a period you are studying, with a caption and a reason for including each one.

6. A historical figure

Home page for the headline story, second page for a timeline and a third for why they still matter. Good practice at summarising.

7. Country study

Geography, climate, food and culture across sections, written for a visitor who knows nothing about the place.

Science and maths

8. Report an investigation

Method, results and conclusion as three sections, with photographs from the practical. Pupils quickly notice that a method has to be precise enough for a stranger to repeat.

9. Explain one big idea

The water cycle, gravity, electrical circuits. One page to explain it, one page of three questions with answers below.

10. Maths help site

Pupils explain a method they have just learned to next year's class. Explaining is the strongest test of understanding you have.

Enterprise and whole-school

11. A school club or team

Real audience, real content: when the club meets, what happens, how to join. Several of these can become genuine pages for the school.

12. A business pitch

Pupils invent a product, then build a site with a headline, three selling points and a contact section. Fits enterprise weeks and careers work neatly.

Making any of these assessable

Whichever brief you choose, keep the criteria the same so pupils know what good looks like.

• Two or more pages linked by the menu
• A heading that tells a visitor what the site is for
• Sections in a sensible order, each with a heading
• Images that support the text rather than decorate it
• Readable colour choices and correct spelling
• No personal details published anywhere

Running it with a class

Set the brief in lesson one, plan on paper in lesson two and build from lesson three. Pupils submit their finished site for you to read, and you either send a note back or approve it. In PagePal, every pupil has a simple username and password, work saves as they type and nothing goes online without your approval. See how it works or start free with 10 pupil accounts.