How to make a school timetable in London

making a school timetable in London

A pretty grid that teachers retype into attendance is not a timetable.

A pretty grid that teachers retype into attendance is not a timetable. London still has to do this against Ofsted, DfE, Independent Schools Council, A-level. September term with half-terms that must drive attendance, not a US-style quarter overlay. Named facts: Ofsted, DfE, Independent Schools Council, September term.

GBP independent fees; VAT treatment is a school-and-policy matter to itemise, not a software claim about UK tax law. Named facts: Ofsted, DfE, Independent Schools Council, September term. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.

Building in Excel, publishing in PDF, marking in a third tool.
Northern-hemisphere defaults on an April campus.
GBP independent fees; VAT treatment is a school-and-policy matter to itemise, not a software claim about UK tax law. Named facts: Ofsted, DfE, Independent Schools Council, September term.

Fix the year first

Working days, board weeks, INSET.

In London: September term with half-terms that must drive attendance, not a US-style quarter overlay. GBP independent fees; VAT treatment is a school-and-policy matter to itemise, not a software claim about UK tax law. Named facts: Ofsted, DfE, Independent Schools Council, September term.

A pretty grid that teachers retype into attendance is not a timetable. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.

Working days, board weeks, INSET.
Schoolyi period assignments sit on the same calendar attendance already uses.
Named facts: Ofsted, DfE, Independent Schools Council, September term.

Assign people to classes

The solver does not own clashes. A coordinator does.

The solver does not own clashes. A coordinator does.
Schoolyi period assignments sit on the same calendar attendance already uses.
Named facts: Ofsted, DfE, Independent Schools Council, September term.

Publish one grid

Teachers and students see the same periods.

Teachers and students see the same periods.
Schoolyi period assignments sit on the same calendar attendance already uses.
Named facts: Ofsted, DfE, Independent Schools Council, September term.

Overlay exams

Do not hide younger classes unless policy says the whole campus is off.

Do not hide younger classes unless policy says the whole campus is off.
Schoolyi period assignments sit on the same calendar attendance already uses.
Named facts: Ofsted, DfE, Independent Schools Council, September term.

Where this usually breaks

Building in Excel, publishing in PDF, marking in a third tool. Northern-hemisphere defaults on an April campus.

London is not exempt. Ofsted, DfE, Independent Schools Council, A-level. Named facts: Ofsted, DfE, Independent Schools Council, September term.

Schoolyi period assignments sit on the same calendar attendance already uses. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.

Building in Excel, publishing in PDF, marking in a third tool.
Northern-hemisphere defaults on an April campus.
Schoolyi period assignments sit on the same calendar attendance already uses.

How Schoolyi fits

Schoolyi period assignments sit on the same calendar attendance already uses.

Open /features/teaching after you can describe the awkward case. This page is a playbook, not a feature grid. Named facts: Ofsted, DfE, Independent Schools Council, September term.

No. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.

Playbook: /how-to/make-a-school-timetable
Product: /features/teaching
Book a demo with your awkward case, not a slide deck

Questions

Will a solver replace the coordinator? No.

Primary and secondary together? Yes, same year, different shapes. September term with half-terms that must drive attendance, not a US-style quarter overlay.

Same-morning attendance updates? Test with your holiday list. Do not take a slogan. Named facts: Ofsted, DfE, Independent Schools Council, September term. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.

Will a solver replace the coordinator? No.
Primary and secondary together? Yes, same year, different shapes.
Same-morning attendance updates? Test with your holiday list. Do not take a slogan.

Bring this playbook to a demo in London

Write the awkward case before you watch slides: a mid-year joiner, a concession after invoicing, or a working-day exception. Schoolyi period assignments sit on the same calendar attendance already uses. Named facts: Ofsted, DfE, Independent Schools Council, September term. September term with half-terms that must drive attendance, not a US-style quarter overlay.

Schoolyi is the operations system for that walkthrough — one student record, one academic calendar, publish gates on results, receipts that match finance. Score statutory filing and hardware as not met unless the deployment actually has them. GBP independent fees; VAT treatment is a school-and-policy matter to itemise, not a software claim about UK tax law. Ofsted, DfE, Independent Schools Council, A-level

A pretty grid that teachers retype into attendance is not a timetable. Working days, board weeks, INSET. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.

Open /features/teaching
Book a demo with the awkward case
Named facts: Ofsted, DfE, Independent Schools Council, September term.