Services
Bespoke software for schools, organisations and businesses.
We're a small studio in Sheffield. We build websites, web apps, mobile apps and desktop tools for schools, charities, councils and businesses. You get a fixed price before any work starts, something working to try within a few weeks, and the code is yours.
What we build
Most projects are a mix of these.
Each one links to something we've built, or a demo you can try.
Web applications.
Logins, roles, dashboards, payments, email. We've built school billing by card and purchase order, and marking that handles 250,000+ answers.
Seen in SubjectHub, BrightWorks, CityQuest
Websites.
Built to load in under two seconds on a phone and pass an accessibility check. You edit the words and pictures yourself.
Mobile apps.
iPhone and Android from one codebase, published to both stores in your organisation's name.
Seen in BrightWorks, CityQuest
Desktop tools and automation.
Windows programs for bulk jobs, and scripts that connect the systems you already pay for.
Seen in Publisher Converter, EAL Translate
AI features, with limits.
We decide with you what the AI may and may not do, test it on your real cases, and give staff a way to correct it.
Seen in SubjectHub, EAL Translate
Website reviews.
A written report on the site you have, in order of what matters most.
Seen in a school website review
From £195See prices
Try working demos of things we build
What we build with Next.js and React, React Native, C# and .NET, Python, Firebase, PostgreSQL, Azure, Render, Stripe, Microsoft and Google sign-in, and AI model APIs.
Who we work with
Schools, charities, councils and businesses.
Mostly small teams without a developer of their own.
Schools and trusts
Steve teaches, so we know how schools work and how they buy: purchase orders, termly budgets and sign-off from the business manager. Booking for parents' evenings and trips, cover rotas, dashboards from your MIS exports, tools for one department, school websites.
Charities, councils and membership bodies
Member and volunteer portals, event booking, referral and case tracking, and tools that replace a shared spreadsheet. We sign a data processing agreement, keep your data in the UK or EU, and help with your DPIA.
Businesses
Booking and quoting systems, customer portals, job and stock tracking, and websites that turn up in search. You deal with the same person from the first call to launch, and after it.
Prices
Every project gets a fixed quote before work starts.
These are the ranges most projects fall into.
Website reviews
A fixed price for a look at the site you already have. If you want the fixes done, we quote for them separately.
School website health check
Statutory information and Ofsted-readiness checklist, accessibility scan, mobile and speed check. A written report with the fixes in order.
£195
Full website review
For schools, organisations and businesses. The health check, plus a walk through the tasks your visitors come to do, search basics, security and cookie checks, and a 30-minute call on the findings.
£395
Builds
Every build starts with a free conversation and a fixed quote. You see working software early, and the code, the domain and the accounts are yours.
A website or a single tool
A website you can edit yourself, a booking form with an admin view, a desktop utility, a set of automations. Publisher Converter is this size.
£1,500 to £4,000
A web or mobile app
Several kinds of user, logins, dashboards and payments, on the web or on iPhone and Android. BrightWorks and CityQuest are this size.
£4,000 to £12,000
A platform
Subscriptions, AI features, content management and analytics. SubjectHub is this size.
£12,000 and up
Support
Optional, after launch. Or we hand over and step back.
Hosting and upkeep
Hosting, security certificates, backups, updates and uptime monitoring. The price depends on the size of the build.
£40 to £60 a month
Supported
Hosting and upkeep, plus content changes and small fixes, up to about two hours a month.
£95 to £150 a month
Advice
Help with the systems you already have.
Consultancy
AI in school, Google Classroom and Microsoft 365 set-up.
£250 half day, £450 day
Purchase orders welcome.We're not VAT registered, so these are the prices you pay.
How a project runs
We build quickly and put working software in front of you early.
Decisions get made on something real, not a document.
- 01
A conversation, then a fixed quote.
We talk through what you need, then send a written scope and a fixed price. Purchase orders are fine.
- 02
Something you can use, early.
A working prototype at a real web address, so you react to software you can click, not a specification.
- 03
Built in short rounds.
You see progress as it happens and can change direction while it's still cheap to.
- 04
Launch and handover.
You own the code, the domain and the accounts. We write the guide for whoever will use it.
- 05
Support, if you want it.
A monthly plan covers hosting, updates and small changes. Or we hand over and step back.
- 01
A conversation, then a fixed quote.
We talk through what you need, then send a written scope and a fixed price. Purchase orders are fine.
- 02
Something you can use, early.
A working prototype at a real web address, so you react to software you can click, not a specification.
- 03
Built in short rounds.
You see progress as it happens and can change direction while it's still cheap to.
- 04
Launch and handover.
You own the code, the domain and the accounts. We write the guide for whoever will use it.
- 05
Support, if you want it.
A monthly plan covers hosting, updates and small changes. Or we hand over and step back.
What every project gets
- A fixed price before we start. If the scope changes, we agree the new price before doing the extra work.
- Something working to try early, not a long document first.
- The code, the domain and the accounts in your name.
- Documentation in plain English.
- A reply within one working day.
Questions people ask
Do you take purchase orders?
Who owns what you build?
Where is our data kept?
Can you work with the systems we already use?
Can you take over a project someone else started?
What if we only need something small?
Start a project
Tell us what you're trying to do.
A few lines is plenty. We reply within one working day, and the first call is free.