Nibbler SEO audit for sparkschools.co.za
Summary
Overall9.4
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility9.9
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
The following tests contribute to this score:
Experience9.0
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
The following tests contribute to this score:
Marketing9.5
How well marketed, and popular the website is.
The following tests contribute to this score:
Technology9.2
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 10:37 on 17 Apr 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Add printable stylesheets for all pages, wherever possible. In most cases, websites can share printable stylesheets over many or all pages, as with screen-based stylesheets. (read more)
- Add width and height attributes to all image tags. The width and height you specify should be the same as the source image. If you want to resize an image in the browser, use CSS. (read more)
- Add meaningful anchor text that describes the link's destination. If the link contains an image, ensure you have provided alt text. (read more)
Printability0.0
0% of pages are optimised for printing
- 5 pages of this website do not appear to be optimised for printing (using CSS).
- Add printable stylesheets for all pages, wherever possible. In most cases, websites can share printable stylesheets over many or all pages, as with screen-based stylesheets.
Print optimised pages
Page Print sparkschools.co.za/ Not detected sparkschools.co.za/our-story/ Not detected sparkschools.co.za/scholar-core-values/ Not detected sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-model/ Not detected sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-locations/ Not detected
- Add printable stylesheets for all pages, wherever possible. In most cases, websites can share printable stylesheets over many or all pages, as with screen-based stylesheets.
Media specific CSS detected
Images8.6
71% of images have a clearly defined size
52 images are being resized by the browser
- Some images (29.0%) don't have defined sizes using width and height attributes in the HTML. These attributes are optional, but strongly recommended as they help the browser arrange the page more quickly.
- Add width and height attributes to all image tags. The width and height you specify should be the same as the source image. If you want to resize an image in the browser, use CSS.
Non Explicitly Sized Images
- Add width and height attributes to all image tags. The width and height you specify should be the same as the source image. If you want to resize an image in the browser, use CSS.
- 52 images are being stretched in the browser.
- The width and height you specify in an image tag should be the same as the source image. If you want to resize an image in the browser, use the CSS width and height properties.
Stretched Images
- The width and height you specify in an image tag should be the same as the source image. If you want to resize an image in the browser, use the CSS width and height properties.
Amount of content8.9
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 880 words per page. The amount of content on a website has been shown to correlate with its search engine ranking.
Amount of content discovered
| Page | Characters | Words |
| sparkschools.co.za/ | 14199 | 2334 |
| sparkschools.co.za/our-story/ | 3291 | 459 |
| sparkschools.co.za/scholar-core-values/ | 2433 | 319 |
| sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-model/ | 6265 | 896 |
| sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-locations/ | 3629 | 394 |
Internal links9.2
- 15 links have no text describing their destination. Links on a page should describe their destination for the benefit of both screen readers and search engine spiders.
- Add meaningful anchor text that describes the link's destination. If the link contains an image, ensure you have provided alt text.
Empty link text
- Add meaningful anchor text that describes the link's destination. If the link contains an image, ensure you have provided alt text.
Mobile10.0
- All of this website appears to be optimised for viewing on a mobile phone or a tablet.
Media specific CSS detected
Server behaviour10.0
404 page
Compression
- This website handles missing pages correctly by sending a 404 HTTP status code.
- This website was served with GZIP encoding. This is very good because it reduces the loading time of a web page.
- This website follows the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect between URLs with/without trailing slashes. This is ideal.
- This website follows the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect from http://www.sparkschools.co.za to http://sparkschools.co.za. This is ideal.
Analytics10.0
100% of pages use analytics
Multiple Analytics Solutions
- Every page in this website is using some form of analytics software. This is excellent and should allow for a complete analysis of visitor behaviour.
Analytics Software Found
| Software Name |
| Google Analytics |
| Google Tag Manager |
Page titles10.0
100% of pages have defined titles
0% of page titles are weak
- All pages were found to use page titles appropriately. Page titles appear in search results and at the top of the browser's window when visiting the site. Appropriate page titles are particularly important for search engine optimisation.
Page titles
Headings10.0
- All pages were found to use defined headings. This is excellent as it allows visitors and search engines to summarise the content of webpages quickly. Correctly defined headings aid accessibility and are particularly important for search engine optimisation.
Page headings detail
Meta tags10.0
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
Home - SPARK Schools
sparkschools.co.za/
SPARK Schools is a network of private schools offering affordable, globally competitive education.
- All pages were found to include a meta description. This is good because search engines (like Google) show this text in search result pages.
Meta Tags (name attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| sparkschools.co.za/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, viewport-fit=cover |
| sparkschools.co.za/ | robots | index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1 |
| sparkschools.co.za/ | description | SPARK Schools is a network of private schools offering affordable, globally competitive education. |
| sparkschools.co.za/ | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| sparkschools.co.za/ | generator | WordPress 6.5.2 |
| sparkschools.co.za/ | generator | Elementor 3.19.2; features: e_optimized_assets_loading, e_optimized_css_loading, additional_custom_breakpoints, block_editor_assets_optimize, e_image_loading_optimization; settings: css_print_method-external, google_font-enabled, font_display-auto |
| sparkschools.co.za/ | msapplication-tileimage | https://sparkschools.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-sparksschoollogo-270x270.png |
| sparkschools.co.za/our-story/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, viewport-fit=cover |
| sparkschools.co.za/our-story/ | robots | index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1 |
| sparkschools.co.za/our-story/ | description | SPARK Schools is a network of private schools offering affordable, globally competitive education. |
| sparkschools.co.za/our-story/ | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| sparkschools.co.za/our-story/ | twitter:label1 | Est. reading time |
| sparkschools.co.za/our-story/ | twitter:data1 | 3 minutes |
| sparkschools.co.za/our-story/ | generator | WordPress 6.5.2 |
| sparkschools.co.za/our-story/ | generator | Elementor 3.19.2; features: e_optimized_assets_loading, e_optimized_css_loading, additional_custom_breakpoints, block_editor_assets_optimize, e_image_loading_optimization; settings: css_print_method-external, google_font-enabled, font_display-auto |
| sparkschools.co.za/our-story/ | msapplication-tileimage | https://sparkschools.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-sparksschoollogo-270x270.png |
| sparkschools.co.za/scholar-core-values/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, viewport-fit=cover |
| sparkschools.co.za/scholar-core-values/ | robots | index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1 |
| sparkschools.co.za/scholar-core-values/ | description | SPARK Schools emphasise the core values of Service, Persistence, Achievement, Responsibility, and Kindness. |
| sparkschools.co.za/scholar-core-values/ | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| sparkschools.co.za/scholar-core-values/ | twitter:label1 | Est. reading time |
| sparkschools.co.za/scholar-core-values/ | twitter:data1 | 3 minutes |
| sparkschools.co.za/scholar-core-values/ | generator | WordPress 6.5.2 |
| sparkschools.co.za/scholar-core-values/ | generator | Elementor 3.19.2; features: e_optimized_assets_loading, e_optimized_css_loading, additional_custom_breakpoints, block_editor_assets_optimize, e_image_loading_optimization; settings: css_print_method-external, google_font-enabled, font_display-auto |
| sparkschools.co.za/scholar-core-values/ | msapplication-tileimage | https://sparkschools.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-sparksschoollogo-270x270.png |
| sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-model/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, viewport-fit=cover |
| sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-model/ | robots | index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1 |
| sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-model/ | description | The SPARK Schools education model ensures that every child develops a love of learning and makes great academic progress. SPARK Schools offers a unique individualised educational opportunity for students because of the focus on each student’s needs in the classroom and using online learning. |
| sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-model/ | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-model/ | twitter:label1 | Est. reading time |
| sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-model/ | twitter:data1 | 5 minutes |
| sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-model/ | generator | WordPress 6.5.2 |
| sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-model/ | generator | Elementor 3.19.2; features: e_optimized_assets_loading, e_optimized_css_loading, additional_custom_breakpoints, block_editor_assets_optimize, e_image_loading_optimization; settings: css_print_method-external, google_font-enabled, font_display-auto |
| sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-model/ | msapplication-tileimage | https://sparkschools.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-sparksschoollogo-270x270.png |
| sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-locations/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, viewport-fit=cover |
| sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-locations/ | robots | index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1 |
| sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-locations/ | description | View the locations of all our Primary Schools across Gauteng & The Western Cape. |
| sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-locations/ | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-locations/ | twitter:label1 | Est. reading time |
| sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-locations/ | twitter:data1 | 1 minute |
| sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-locations/ | generator | WordPress 6.5.2 |
| sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-locations/ | generator | Elementor 3.19.2; features: e_optimized_assets_loading, e_optimized_css_loading, additional_custom_breakpoints, block_editor_assets_optimize, e_image_loading_optimization; settings: css_print_method-external, google_font-enabled, font_display-auto |
| sparkschools.co.za/primary-school-locations/ | msapplication-tileimage | https://sparkschools.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-sparksschoollogo-270x270.png |
URL format10.0
Every URL is well written
- This website uses appropriate web addresses (URLs) throughout. This is excellent and will help search engine placement, usability and the marketability of this website.
Freshness10.0
Last updated April 16, 2024
- It looks like this website was last updated on Tuesday, 16 April 2024. This is good because visitors perceive up-to-date websites as more credible. Websites that are updated regularly are also spidered by search engines more often.
- To find this information we used the last modified dates reported by this website's server in addition to looking for dates written on each page.
All dates found
Twitteri
This website does not appear to be associated with a Twitter account.
- There was a problem checking the Twitter accounts associated with this website.
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