Parents look up a school online before they visit it. A school website needs to do four jobs: show the levels you offer, publish fees, take applications and make it easy to call. You can build one yourself, hire a general web agency, or use a provider that builds only for schools. This page compares those routes and explains why Anademy Sites is our pick for most Kenyan private schools.
Anademy Sites are school websites built and hosted by Ananke Digital, with admissions, a fee structure, news and an online application form already planned in, because those are the pages parents actually use.
About the name: Anademy = Ananke + Academy. It is the family of school systems made by Ananke Digital, a Kenyan software team. Each Anademy tool is set up for the individual school on order.
What Anademy Sites does
- Admissions, fees, academics, news, gallery and contact pages, written for parents
- An online application and enquiry form that saves each enquiry to a list
- Mobile-first and light, so pages load on ordinary data bundles
- Local SEO set-up: page titles with your town, plus Google Business Profile guidance
- Help with .sc.ke, .ac.ke or .co.ke domains and official email
- Photo-consent reminders built into the gallery workflow
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The options compared
Our order reflects how well each option fits a typical Kenyan private CBC school wanting a tailored set-up. Every alternative listed is a real product. Descriptions summarise each vendor's own published information as of 2026; check current features and prices with the vendor.
- Anademy Sites (our pick)Built to order around your school's workflow by Ananke Digital, with full data export. Book a demo to see it set up for your school.
- WordPress (self-built)Free software and very flexible. You or a staff member handle hosting, security updates and design.
- Wix / SquarespaceEasy drag-and-drop builders with monthly subscriptions billed in dollars. School-specific forms and local payments need extra work.
- Local web agenciesGood for custom design. Ask whether admissions forms, fee pages and ongoing updates are included.
- Website add-ons in school ERPsSome school management platforms include a basic public page. Check how much you can customise it.
How to choose
- Check the site on a cheap phone over mobile data before you pay.
- Make sure you own the domain in the school's name.
- Ask who updates fees and news each term, and what that costs.
- Never claim "fully registered" during provisional registration (Basic Education Act, s.50(4)).
Questions schools ask
How fast can an Anademy site go live?
Usually one to two weeks once the photos, fee structure and admission requirements are ready.
Do we need online payments on the site?
Not at first. Clear Paybill instructions are enough. Online payment fits later through Anademy Fees.
More for school owners: School Owners hub · all Anademy systems.