Free school planning tool

School timetable generator for classes, teachers, subjects, and periods.

Build a clean starting point for your school timetable before refining it with your academic team. This page supports schools searching for timetable planning, school schedule generation, subject allocation, teacher workload planning, and academic administration support.

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What to plan firstList classes, subjects, teachers, rooms, break periods, assembly days, practical lessons, and subjects that need double periods.Open advanced generator

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Quick timetable draft.

Use this fast preview to test your subject spread. For multiple classes, teacher conflict checks, PDF export, Excel export, and deeper rules, open the full timetable app.

Timetable planning checklist

A good timetable balances learning, staff load, and real school constraints.

Teacher availabilityAvoid assigning one teacher to two classes at the same time.

Subject rhythmSpread demanding subjects across the week instead of crowding them into one day.

Breaks and assemblyLock non-teaching blocks before placing normal subject periods.

Review before publishingLet class teachers and administrators review the timetable before printing or sending to parents.

Worked planning example

How should a school allocate 35 teaching periods?

Suppose JSS 1A has five school days, eight periods each day and one fixed break every day. The timetable contains 40 visible period positions, but five of them are breaks, leaving 35 teaching periods. Before generating a draft, the academic team should agree how many weekly periods each subject receives.

Subject	Weekly periods	Planning note
Mathematics	5	Spread across all five days where staffing permits.
English Studies	5	Avoid placing every lesson late in the day.
Basic Science	4	Reserve a double period only when practical work requires it.
Social Studies	3	Distribute rather than placing all periods together.
Agricultural Science	3	Check access to any shared practical space.
Computer Studies	3	Confirm the computer room is not assigned elsewhere.
Business Studies	3	Check the subject teacher's other classes.
Christian or Islamic Studies	3	Use the subject offered by the school.
Civic Education	2	Place in separate parts of the week.
Physical and Health Education	2	Consider weather, field access and changing time.
Creative Arts	2	Allow enough time for materials and practical work.
Total	35	Matches the available teaching-period total.

This allocation is an illustration, not an official curriculum prescription. Replace it with the approved curriculum, school calendar and subject requirements that apply to your school.

Turn the allocation into a reviewable timetable

Lock fixed events first. Enter assembly, breaks, clubs, worship, laboratory sessions and periods when part-time teachers are available.
Enter weekly lesson requirements. The sum for each class should equal the available teaching periods unless the school intentionally leaves supervised study periods.
Map shared resources. Record teachers, laboratories, halls and specialist rooms so one resource is not assigned twice.
Generate a draft. Treat the result as a proposal. Automated placement cannot know an unentered rule.
Review by class and by teacher. Check subject totals, difficult-subject distribution, teacher clashes, workload, room use and unusual gaps.
Approve and version the timetable. Publish one dated version and record later changes so staff and learners do not follow different copies.

Troubleshooting

Fix the cause, then generate again.

Most poor drafts come from missing or conflicting inputs. Use this table before rearranging periods manually.

Problem	Likely cause	Practical correction
A teacher appears in two classes at once	The same teacher was entered without a shared availability constraint.	Assign a unique teacher record and block every period already used by that teacher.
A subject appears too many or too few times	The weekly requirement does not match the intended allocation.	Check the subject total for that class before generating another draft.
Demanding subjects are crowded into one day	The draft has no spacing rule.	Set a daily maximum and require lessons to be distributed across the week.
A laboratory is double-booked	The room was treated as free text rather than a shared resource.	Create one laboratory resource and prevent simultaneous assignments.
The timetable has unexplained empty periods	Weekly subject totals are lower than available teaching slots or constraints are too strict.	Compare totals first, then identify which constraint prevented placement.
The timetable looks valid but is impractical	Travel time, learner fatigue or local routines were not entered.	Ask teachers and administrators to review the draft before approval.