One of my first tasks when I became Assistant Principal was to create the timetable. Nobody ‘teaches’ you how to do a timetable or what you need to think about when you do it, so for me, it was initially a steep learning curve on top of everything else I was trying to get my head around. I hope that this post and the resources below help you if you are taking on the challenge of timetabling for the first time.

In earlier posts, I wrote about the challenges our school was facing as we continue to grow in size and deal with the issue of timetables and our response to this by moving towards a 7 day timetable. One of the issues I encounted was around the use of calendars (specifically Microsoft Outlook and the Ultranet) to schedule events and create my work program: