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Period grids, feasibility checks, and substitute coverage

Timetable builder

Build period grids, assign teachers to classes, run clash checks, and publish timetables staff and students can trust, tied to the same calendar attendance and exams use. Timetable changes ripple across the whole school. Schoolyi connects teacher staffing, room and lab assignments, auto-generation drafts, and substitute workflows so coordinators publish once and every module inherits the live schedule.

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Outcomes

What changes when timetable builder is live

Practical results schools report after rolling out timetable builder inside teaching & timetable.

  • Teacher-class-subject staffing matrix

    Teachers open one hub for their weekly periods

  • Period grid editor with clash detection

    Substitutes see class context without hallway handoffs

  • Auto-generate draft timetables

    Exam and attendance modules reference the published grid

  • Publish and unpublish gates for staff

    Coordinators catch staffing gaps before term starts

Product truth

What to verify before rollout

Good school software copy should answer who owns the work, what the handoff produces, and which parts still depend on deployment decisions.

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Capability status

This page describes the supported workflow boundary. Confirm configuration, integrations, data, and policy requirements in a representative pilot before committing to production.

Teams in the workflow

  • Timetable coordinators
  • Academic heads
  • Teachers

Deep dive

Decisions, handoffs, and boundaries

Use these details to turn a product page into an implementation conversation.

Why schools upgrade timetable builder

Timetable changes ripple across the whole school. Schoolyi connects teacher staffing, room and lab assignments, auto-generation drafts, and substitute workflows so coordinators publish once and every module inherits the live schedule.

Connected to teaching & timetable

Build period grids, assign teachers to classes, run clash checks, and publish timetables staff and students can trust, tied to the same calendar attendance and exams use. Because timetable builder lives inside teaching & timetable on Schoolyi, teams stop reconciling exports between spreadsheets and the parent portal.

Evidence layer

Read the supporting product and implementation material before making a capability claim.

Key capabilities

Everything included in this capability, from daily workflows to exports your team relies on.

  • Teacher-class-subject staffing matrix
  • Period grid editor with clash detection
  • Auto-generate draft timetables
  • Publish and unpublish gates for staff
  • Substitute teacher assignment workflow
  • Room and laboratory period links

Who uses this

Role-scoped workspaces so each team sees only the tasks they own.

  • Timetable coordinators
  • Academic heads
  • Teachers

Full module

Teaching & timetable

Define who teaches what, build and publish timetables, handle substitutes, and plan lessons against the same calendar your exams and attendance use, so teachers spend time teaching, not chasing schedules.

Explore Teaching & timetable

Workflow

How teams run timetable builder week to week

A typical path from setup through daily use on Schoolyi.

  1. 01

    Teacher-class-subject staffing matrix

    Part of the Timetable builder workflow on Schoolyi, connected to roster, calendar, and role permissions.

  2. 02

    Period grid editor with clash detection

    Part of the Timetable builder workflow on Schoolyi, connected to roster, calendar, and role permissions.

  3. 03

    Auto-generate draft timetables

    Part of the Timetable builder workflow on Schoolyi, connected to roster, calendar, and role permissions.

  4. 04

    Publish and unpublish gates for staff

    Part of the Timetable builder workflow on Schoolyi, connected to roster, calendar, and role permissions.

Deep dive

Built for school operations, not generic ERP

Long-form context for evaluators comparing capabilities during an SMS rollout.

Teacher leading a class with timetable visible on screen

Why schools upgrade timetable builder

Timetable changes ripple across the whole school. Schoolyi connects teacher staffing, room and lab assignments, auto-generation drafts, and substitute workflows so coordinators publish once and every module inherits the live schedule.

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Connected to teaching & timetable

Build period grids, assign teachers to classes, run clash checks, and publish timetables staff and students can trust, tied to the same calendar attendance and exams use. Because timetable builder lives inside teaching & timetable on Schoolyi, teams stop reconciling exports between spreadsheets and the parent portal.

Related capabilities

These areas work closely with timetable builder inside teaching & timetable.

Questions, answered

Straightforward answers for visitors evaluating the product.

How does the timetable builder catch scheduling problems?+

The period grid checks teacher and room conflicts before a coordinator publishes the timetable to staff and students.

Run a representative class through draft, review, and publish states before relying on the output for a reporting deadline. Check which role owns corrections after the result becomes visible to families.

Can Schoolyi draft a timetable automatically?+

Yes. Coordinators can auto-generate draft timetables, inspect feasibility, and publish only the grid that has passed their review.

Run a representative class through draft, review, and publish states before relying on the output for a reporting deadline. Check which role owns corrections after the result becomes visible to families.

What happens when a teacher is absent?+

The substitute workflow assigns coverage with the relevant class, period, room, and subject context from the published timetable.

Run a representative class through draft, review, and publish states before relying on the output for a reporting deadline. Check which role owns corrections after the result becomes visible to families.

Does the timetable share dates with attendance and exams?+

Published timetable periods use the same academic calendar that attendance and exam workflows reference, including configured working days.

Set the academic calendar before enabling dependent workflows, then test one holiday and one working-day exception against the resulting attendance or exam view. Keep the school’s local policy as the authority for edge cases.

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See Timetable builder in a live walkthrough

We'll show how timetable builder fits your school's teaching & timetable workflows and which teams benefit first.

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