Educational Website With Discussion Forum

I’m launching an informational site dedicated to sharing high-quality educational content and I need a full website design that looks clean, loads quickly, and is effortless to navigate. The heart of the project is a well-structured content hub—articles, guides, and resources—supported by an integrated discussion forum where visitors can ask questions, swap ideas, and build a learning community.

Key deliverables:
• Modern, responsive layout that works smoothly on desktop, tablet, and mobile
• Intuitive navigation and content hierarchy optimised for reading and search
• Seamless discussion-forum setup (single sign-on with the main site, moderation tools, user profiles)
• CMS implementation so I can publish new lessons without touching code
• Basic on-page SEO and performance tuning to keep load times low

I’m open to popular stacks such as WordPress with a reliable forum plugin, a headless CMS paired with Discourse, or another solution you’re confident will scale. Code must be clean, documented, and easy for a non-technical editor to maintain. If you have live examples of educational or community sites you’ve built, that will help me gauge fit.

Please outline your proposed tech, timeline, and any milestones you recommend for design sign-off, development, and final hand-over.