Council’s Schools Twitter account re-launch

Following a period of inactivity, we are pleased to be re-energising Warwickshire County Council’s Schools Twitter account - @wcc_schools. 

Heads Up is still the key digital communication channel with schools and education settings in Warwickshire, however we know it is important that we utilise other channels that are available to us to improve our digital presence with schools and in our communities and to be more active and engaged in our relationships with our residents, partners and stakeholders on all things education-related.  

The Schools Twitter account, currently with just under 4,300 followers, has the potential to add significant value to our residents. By adding value, we can help parents and carers to find the information they need quicker, empower people to help themselves, build trust between communities and efficiently answer service-related questions. 

We are really keen to work with schools and settings to do this, and would encourage any of you who don’t already follow our account to do so - @wcc_schools and to like and share our messages with your audiences, as this will help us to have maximum impact and help our communities access the information they need.  

When it comes to sharing important messages from a national or local perspective, we can help to make your job easier, if you follow us you can simply retweet our content rather than creating your own, for example details of the school admissions process and deadlines or the latest Public Health messages about Covid vaccinations. 

It’s also important for us that we can help to share all the excellent things going on across all of our schools and settings in Warwickshire with a wider audience so we will be regularly checking our feeds to like and retweet your content too. If there’s something you’d specifically like us to share please tag us in your tweet (@wcc_schools) and use our hashtag #BestWarwickshire to shout about the excellent things you are doing and help to raise the profile of education in Warwickshire.  

We have carried out an audit of who we follow on our account and think we are following you, but if that’s not the case please send us a message on Twitter and we’ll add you.