Educational Visits UK
Educational Visits UK approached TIG to redesign and rebuild their website, which had become outdated, slow, and difficult to manage. The existing site no longer reflected the scale of the platform or the value it provides to both schools and educational visit providers. The goal was to create a modern, fun and user-friendly website that could handle a large amount of content while delivering a seamless experience. Performance, scalability and SEO were all key priorities, alongside a refreshed brand feel that would appeal to teachers, schools and businesses alike.
Educational Visits UK is an online platform connecting schools and teachers with educational visit providers across the UK. They make school trips simple, inspiring and safe. For over 30 years, they’ve helped schools across the UK organise memorable educational travel experiences. From day trips to multi-day residentials. From museums and attractions to workshops and activity centres, the site helps educators easily discover, compare and book school trips.
They provide fully tailor made itineraries for all school trips for students of all ages. Which means they take care of the logistics, such as: transport, risk assessments, meals, evening entertainment, and support, every step of the way.
Alongside supporting schools, the platform also provides a valuable advertising opportunity for businesses, helping them showcase their offerings to a highly targeted audience actively planning educational visits.
Educational Visits UK needed a website that could support a large and growing directory of listings while remaining informative and enjoyable to use. The previous site was slow, visually dated, and lacked clear user journeys, making it difficult for both schools and advertisers to quickly find what they needed.
The new website needed to:
- Feel modern, engaging and trustworthy
- Be easy to navigate despite its size and complexity
- Clearly serve two core audiences: schools and teachers booking trips, and businesses advertising their services
- Improve performance, usability and scalability
- Be built with SEO best practices at its core
- Allow for ongoing management, updates and growth
UX and UI played a crucial role in this project, with careful consideration given to site structure, page layouts and calls to action to make sure users could move effortlessly through the platform and reach the destination they wanted.
We designed and built a completely new website with a focus on clarity, speed and usability. A refreshed visual identity was introduced to make the site feel approachable and fun, while still maintaining a professional and credible tone.
The site architecture was carefully planned to support a large volume of content without overwhelming users. Clear navigation, structured templates and consistent layouts help guide both schools and businesses to the right information quickly.
