Your .sch.uk domain name
"The "School Names on the Net" project allocated every school in England with a unique Domain Name in a logical, coherent and transparent way. Every school in England has been allocated a domain name corresponding to the standard format: <school name>.<geographical area>.sch.uk (Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have simalar naming schemes). To activate your school's .sch.uk domain name or change your ISP, the school (or LEA where the school is state-maintained) will need to confirm to Nominet UK which ISP they intend to use as a host for the domain. No fee is charged for activation a .sch.uk domain and you will not be made to pay a renewal fee."
http://www.nominet.org.uk/registrants/schools/england/
A domain name is the part of your address that looks like YourSchool.sch.uk
So what is the process for changing over to Usable Schools:
- We usually register you a new domain name such as www.yourschoolname.org
- We talk to you and Nominet about who presently controls your domain name and how we can transfer hosting to us
- We make sure that aspects such as email are respected and transferred over to ensure no loss of significant mail, or services ensues.
Usually the above process is very smooth - however from time to time we do encounter problems with getting control of your domain - this is often mitigated by using a temporary domain and redirecting through to your alternative domain.
Links
- English School domain names | FAQs
- Scottish School domain names
Nominet UK have been instructed by the DfEE in conjunction with the Scottish Executive to rationalise the Scottish .sch.uk Domain Name register. - Welsh school domain names
Nominet UK has been instructed by the British Educational Communications and Technology agency (BECTa) in conjunction with the National Assembly for Wales Department for Training and Education (DfTE) to rationalise the Welsh .sch.uk