Preparing for timetabling

• Transferring option Blocks from Options to TimeTabler

  Transferring Blocks of subjects from Options to TimeTabler When you have finished creating your Option Blocks in Options, you may wish to then:   A   export the Group Populations (students' names) of ...

• Consistent Grouping

  Consistent Grouping can be used to timetable consistently-setted groups or sets. Example: if your students are setted the same for Science as for Technology and Geography: It can be used as a better (...

• Devising a timetable for your school exams / exam invigilation

  Exam Timetables Different schools have different expectations and different organisations for exam timetables and invigilation rotas ... but the following may be useful in giving an idea of what is po...

• Staff Planning Tools

  The Staff/Teacher Planning Tools can be accessed via “Basic Data -> Teacher Planning Tools” or via 'Dashboard -> Staffing'. They are optional, but if you have the time to set them up, then they are us...

• Staggered lunches

  Using staggered lunch periods (also called split-lunches or multiple-sittings or just 'sittings') can help if you are short of rooms and/or dining space, and/or have a large number of students who nee...

• Senior & Junior timetables - Timings

  How can I schedule if different 'Parts' of my school have different period times ? Suppose you wish to timetable: -- a Senior School, years 7 to 13, with a 6-period day, starting at 9.00 AM, and: -- t...

• Starting a New timetable structure while keeping the old one(s)

  Start a new Timetable, while keeping the old one:   Q.    I have been tasked to setup a New timetable, with entirely new lengths of day/ periods etc. I'm not sure of the best way to create a new timet...

• Starting GCSE a Year early

  Starting GCSE in Year 9 / Revamping the timetable so that Year 9 can start their 2-year GCSE courses early  Q.   I am being asked to do an amendment of the current timetable for the start of term 6 – ...

• Adding 'Scholarship classes'

  Scholarship Classes    Q.    I want to be able to schedule some lessons with 'scholarship' pupils only [and some with non-scholarship pupils only], and some lessons with all the pupils in Year 8.   We...

• Extra lessons after school

  After School (Twilight) Lessons:  Q .  Our school is now offering Law, Psychology and Italian after school for the sixth form / older students. Is there any way of recording this by extending the scho...