School timetabling guides
Step-by-step answers to what timetable teachers and deputies ask most: building the timetable, fair loads, cover lessons, duties, Ramadan and exams.
How to make a school timetable, step by step
A practical guide to building a school timetable: preparing data, teacher loads, constraints, clash-free generation, then review, printing and publishing — with common mistakes to avoid.
Distributing lessons fairly among teachers
How to share teaching loads fairly: loads by job title, reductions, spreading lessons over the week and avoiding long runs of back-to-back lessons.
Organising daily cover lessons
How to cover lessons when teachers are absent: who is available, fair distribution, same-subject or same-class teachers first, and notifying teachers on WhatsApp in minutes.
School duty rota
How to build a duty rota: duty areas, breaks, arrival and dismissal, fair sharing among teachers, and leaving out those with reductions or admin roles.
The Ramadan school timetable
How to set up the Ramadan timetable: a shorter bell schedule, the same lesson layout, adjusted breaks, and telling teachers and parents the new times.
Exam timetable and invigilation
How to build the exam timetable and share invigilation fairly: exam rooms, no teacher invigilating their own subject, and a balanced number of sessions per teacher.
Free blank timetable to print
A printable blank school timetable: choose the week, periods and color, then print or save as PDF.