Twenty years of excellence,Online for the first time.
Foursquare International Secondary School has certified teachers, a JAMB-accredited testing centre, and decades of results but nothing online to show for it. We designed and built their first website, start to finish.
Nothing to find, nothing to click
Before this project, FISS had no website, not an old one, not a broken one, none at all. A parent searching for the school online would find nothing: no admissions information, no photos of the campus, no way to confirm the school was even real beyond word of mouth.
That's a strange gap for a school with this record:
Four steps, no shortcuts
Discover
We started with who actually opens this site: parents, mostly on their phones, comparing schools and looking for reassurance as much as information. That set the priority list — admissions, academics, location, and proof the school is the real deal.
Direction
We mapped parent user flows to design an admissions-first hierarchy. We designed clear paths for registrations and admissions inquiries that are simple, clean, and focus on reassuring parents.
Build
Six pages — Home, About, Admissions, Academics, Gallery, and Contact — plus a standalone section for the school's CBT/JAMB centre, and a login point for the existing parent and student portal.
Handoff
Built mobile-first, since that's how most parents would actually land on it. Fast to load, simple to navigate, and structured so the school's own team can update content without needing a developer for every small change.
Mobile Experience
A+Works whenever parents actually look at their phone, first.
Visual Trust
A+Real photos, real testimonials — no stock filler.
Navigation
A+Six pages, zero confusion.
Load Speed
A+No spinner, even on slow connections.
A strong, well-rounded result. The school's first website is now its first impression and it shows.
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