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Our partnership with Hamilton Trust has helped transform this charity working with Oxfordshire teachers into one of the foremost educational resources in the UK, and the Teachers site is now used by 40% of primary school teachers. Whilst the newly launched Hamilton Parents enables parents to support their children with learning and development.

Hamilton Trust Teachers - key features:

  • Friends of Hamilton membership allows individual users to pay for membership online and gain access to restricted resources 
  • Subscription function allows schools to purchase high value group membership and in conjunction with the Friends scheme brings in significant income for the charity
  • Powerful search feature enables teachers to search lesson plans, resources and other documents by school year, subject or keyword to build lesson plans
  • Sitemanager CMS system enables the organisation of a large library of content on the site
  • A Data Management Tool is used to organise the vast amount of data required for this site

Hamilton Trust Parents - key features:

  • A content-rich extensive library of educational resources enables parents to support their children's education 
  • The bright, colourful, paint-brush design of site appeals to parents and children
  • The feature-rich site includes embedded flash video, audio and a variety of static and easy to use flash games
  • Parents have three ways to search the site: How2Help, Things2Do and Topics
  • A variety of resources can be downloaded, including word games and colouring-in templates

Results

  • Over 70% total income via online
  • Over 200,000 sessions per month
  • Over 500,000 downloads per month
  • Over 90,000 registered site users
  • Recent research found that 40% of primary school teachers use the site

Baigent’s solution meets our objectives perfectly. From a very complex database and code that generates the plans, we have an easy user interface that allows teachers to choose exactly what they want in a few clicks of a mouse. The power behind the technology is remarkable! We have many, many happy teachers as a result and it’s also easy to manage from our end – a crucial factor!

Deidre Holes, Project Manager, Hamilton Trust