Larwood.herts.sch.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
66% 
Page structure
40% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
54% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.49 s
File size
41.50 kB
Words
520
Media files
19
Number of links
52 internal / 8 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Larwood School - Home
The length of the page title is perfect. (215 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
http://www.larwood.herts.sch.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Ireland
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
(Somewhat important)
There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
(Somewhat important)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
(Somewhat important)
No parameters were found in the URL.
No session ID was found in the URL.
The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
(Somewhat important)
The character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
(Nice to have)
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

NameValue
mobile-web-app-capableyes
apple-mobile-web-app-capableyes
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, maximum-scale=1
langen
twitter:cardsummary
og:site_nameLarwood School
og:titleHome
og:imagehttp://www.larwood.herts.sch.uk/_site/images/design/thumbnail.jpg
og:typewebsite
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
This page contains 520 words. That's ok.
18.7% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 24.67 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 19 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, maximum-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 10 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
This page uses Google authorship information without an image.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
The HTTPS protocol for secure data transmission is not used.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Larwood School
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (14 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
There are 38 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Larwood School
H1 Cookie Policy
H2 Part of Brighter Futures Educational Trust
H2 Achieve, Believe, Expect and Enjoy
H2 Welcome
H2 28 Jul
H2 29 Jul
H2 30 Jul
H2 31 Jul
H2 01 Aug
H2 02 Aug
H2 03 Aug
H2 04 Aug
H2 05 Aug
H2 06 Aug
H2 07 Aug
H2 08 Aug
H2 09 Aug
H2 10 Aug
H2 11 Aug
H2 12 Aug
H2 13 Aug
H2 14 Aug
H2 15 Aug
H2 16 Aug
H3 Mrs Osobu's Blog
H3 17 July 2025
H3 Upcoming Events
H3 Latest News
H3 Trent
H3 Lords
H3 Trafford
H3 Headingley
H3 Headteacher
H3 Address
H3 Contact Kelly in reception
H3 Phone
H3 Email
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 1 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 8 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
http://www.larwood.herts.sch.uk/Anchor Skip to content ↓
http://www.larwood.herts.sch.uk/IMG-ALT Logo
http://www.larwood.herts.sch.uk/Home
/page/?title=About+Us&pid=9About Us
/page/?title=AMO+-+Adaptive+Me...AMO - Adaptive Meaningful Opportunities
/page/?title=The+Curriculum&pi...The Curriculum
/page/?title=Parent+Zone&pid=30Parent Zone
/page/?title=Pupil+Zone&pid=50Pupil Zone
/page/?title=Outreach&pid=100Outreach
/page/?title=News+&+Events...News & Events
/page/?title=How+Effective+Are...How Effective Are We?
/page/?title=Academy+Informati...Academy Information
/page/?title=Contact+Us&pid=2Contact Us
/page/?title=Staff+Zone&pid=26Staff Zone
/page/?title=About+Us&pid=9Learn more about our ethos and offering
/blog/?pid=3&nid=2&storyid=211Trivial anchor text
Read more
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4&pid=3&v...View All Full Calendar
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4,5,6&pid...Summer Holidays 18/7/205 finish 1pm 13:00 – 15:20
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4,5,6&pid...Text duplicate Summer Holidays 18/7/205 finish 1pm 13:00 – 15:20
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4,5,6&pid...Text duplicate Summer Holidays 18/7/205 finish 1pm 13:00 – 15:20
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4,5,6&pid...Text duplicate Summer Holidays 18/7/205 finish 1pm 13:00 – 15:20
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4,5,6&pid...Text duplicate Summer Holidays 18/7/205 finish 1pm 13:00 – 15:20
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4,5,6&pid...Text duplicate Summer Holidays 18/7/205 finish 1pm 13:00 – 15:20
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4,5,6&pid...Text duplicate Summer Holidays 18/7/205 finish 1pm 13:00 – 15:20
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4,5,6&pid...Text duplicate Summer Holidays 18/7/205 finish 1pm 13:00 – 15:20
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4,5,6&pid...Text duplicate Summer Holidays 18/7/205 finish 1pm 13:00 – 15:20
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4,5,6&pid...Text duplicate Summer Holidays 18/7/205 finish 1pm 13:00 – 15:20
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4,5,6&pid...Text duplicate Summer Holidays 18/7/205 finish 1pm 13:00 – 15:20
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4,5,6&pid...Text duplicate Summer Holidays 18/7/205 finish 1pm 13:00 – 15:20
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4,5,6&pid...Text duplicate Summer Holidays 18/7/205 finish 1pm 13:00 – 15:20
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4,5,6&pid...Text duplicate Summer Holidays 18/7/205 finish 1pm 13:00 – 15:20
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4,5,6&pid...Text duplicate Summer Holidays 18/7/205 finish 1pm 13:00 – 15:20
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4,5,6&pid...Text duplicate Summer Holidays 18/7/205 finish 1pm 13:00 – 15:20
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4,5,6&pid...Text duplicate Summer Holidays 18/7/205 finish 1pm 13:00 – 15:20
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4,5,6&pid...Text duplicate Summer Holidays 18/7/205 finish 1pm 13:00 – 15:20
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4,5,6&pid...Text duplicate Summer Holidays 18/7/205 finish 1pm 13:00 – 15:20
/calendar/?calid=1,3,4,5,6&pid...Text duplicate Summer Holidays 18/7/205 finish 1pm 13:00 – 15:20
/news/?pid=3&nid=4View All
/news/?pid=3&nid=4&storyid=207Funding Agreement
IMG-ALT thumbnail
/news/?pid=3&nid=4&storyid=206Easter Fete
IMG-ALT thumbnail
/news/?pid=3&nid=4&storyid=205The March Newsletter
IMG-ALT thumbnail
/news/?pid=3&nid=4&storyid=199​Oooops... We did it AGAIN! GOOD, with OUTSTANDING qualities!
IMG-ALT thumbnail
/news/?pid=3&nid=4&storyid=196Local Support Groups
IMG-ALT thumbnail
/news/?pid=3&nid=4&storyid=195Emotionally Based School Avoidance
IMG-ALT thumbnail
/news/?pid=3&nid=4&storyid=194Facebook link to Hertfordshire SEND local offer
IMG-ALT thumbnail
/news/?pid=3&nid=4&storyid=191Larwood will be closed on Monday 19th September 2022 due to the passing of HRH Queen Elizabeth II
IMG-ALT thumbnail
/news/?pid=3&nid=4&storyid=178Our Chair of Governors has been inaugurated as The Mayor of Stevenage!
IMG-ALT thumbnail
/accessibility.asp?level=high-...High Visibility Version
A-TITLE This link will display the current page in high visibility mode, suitable for screen reader software
/accessibility-statement/Accessibility Statement
/sitemap/?pid=0Sitemap
https://websites.junipereducat...New window External Subdomain e4education
/privacy-cookies/Privacy Policy
https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Ofsted Good
http://stevenagesportingfuture...New window External IMG-ALT Sporting Futures Team
http://www.sportengland.org/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Sport England
https://www.sportengland.org/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Active Mark
http://www.healthyschools.org.uk/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Healthy School
https://www.bluewavemosaic.com...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Award Winning School Improvement Software. Build your picture of school improvement with Mosaic by Bluewave
https://www.chrisquigley.co.uk/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Chris Quigley Curriculum
/privacy-cookiesClick here for more information
A-TITLE See cookie policy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "http://www.larwood.herts.sch.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.49 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
This page loads 14 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 19 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (42 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
cache-controlprivate, no-cache, must-revalidate,private, no-cache, must-revalidate,private
pragmano-cache,no-cache
content-typetext/html
content-encodinggzip
content-languageen-gb
x-cookiemodifiedtrue
wOVW3
providere4education
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
content-security-policyframe-ancestors 'self'
referrer-policyorigin-when-cross-origin
dateMon, 28 Jul 2025 05:40:26 GMT
content-length10227
x-cachesovc3
age0
vary
x-cacheM
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000 ; includeSubDomains
accept-rangesbytes
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 850 referring domains.
This page has 1,023 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 126 different ip addresses.

Search preview

www.larwood.herts.sch.uk
Larwood School - Home

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
Larwood78%Check
Larwood School73%Check
School68%Check
Contact43%Check
News40%Check
Futures40%Check
Brighter Futures39%Check
Pierre39%Check
Merwe39%Check
Latest News39%Check

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