Tes Timetable review
A flexible scheduling system for schools managing complex staffing, rooms, subjects, and campuses.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Tes Timetable is school scheduling software for primary and secondary schools that need to coordinate teachers, rooms, student subject choices, and campus requirements. It combines automated timetable generation with manual drag-and-drop adjustment, giving scheduling teams control over both initial planning and later changes. Teacher and room allocation, clash detection and resolution, flexible working requirements, option-block generation, duty rosters, study classes, and staff meetings extend its use beyond a basic class timetable.
Pricing is handled through contact with sales, so schools should evaluate the commercial fit around their own timetable requirements. The product’s scope is broad for schools with complex scheduling rules: it supports teacher constraints, room constraints, student group scheduling, multi-campus timetable lines, reporting, and exports. That breadth makes it more suitable for operational scheduling teams than for schools seeking only a simple calendar or lightweight lesson planner.
Its ecosystem includes Compass, Sentral, Arbor, iSams, Wonde, Bromcom, and Engage, which can help connect timetable work with school information systems. The established Tes Timetable product is an on-premise Windows application, while Tes Daily and Tes Choice provide browser-based cloud components. Schools that prefer a Windows-based core and detailed control over staffing, rooms, subject options, and campus lines should consider Tes Timetable. Those seeking a purely browser-based scheduling product should examine how the separate cloud components fit their requirements before choosing it.
Tes Timetable pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Automates timetable generation, teacher allocation, and room allocation
- Handles clashes, flexible working, subject choices, and option blocks
- Supports multi-campus lines, operational rosters, reports, and exports
- Where it doesn't
- Pricing requires contact with sales
- The established product is an on-premise Windows application
- Browser-based capabilities are provided through Tes Daily and Tes Choice
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