GC Education Analytics K–12 Master Scheduler vs Tes Timetable

GC Education Analytics K–12 Master Scheduler is a browser-based tool for building and refining master schedules, from elementary cohorts to high school block schedules. It supports elementary, middle, high, K–8, and 6–12 configurations. Scheduling models include self-contained, departmentalized, partner/platooning, split-band, traditional daily, A/B block, 4x4 semester, trimester, team-based, modified block, rotating drop, and multiple-variant schedules. Users can place sections by cohort and automatically generate elementary Art, Music, and PE rotations for homerooms. Constraints include teacher-period locks, unavailable times, room requirements, and course priorities. Real-time conflict counts and placement logs show where sections landed or why placement was not possible. Teachers and courses can be imported from CSV, and schedules exported as CSV for an SIS or printing. The scheduler runs in the browser without accounts or servers, keeps school data on the user’s machine, and saves work in browser IndexedDB. It uses a background Web Worker and offers teacher, room, and master-grid review views. The page describes it as a free beta with no sign-up, installation, or cost.

Tes Timetable creates and adjusts school schedules, including complex timetables, using automated scheduling or manual allocations. It can identify teacher and room clashes, help resolve them, adapt to staffing changes, and assign student subject choices. Schools can fine-tune schedules to their requirements, manage flexible working requests, and make supplementary timetables for student groups with needs outside regular activities. Premium and Premium Plus include Choice, an online class-selection portal that supports electives with prerequisites and multiple streams, balancing lines with room and staffing data. Those packages also include Daily, which provides temporary timetabling for staff absences, automated communications, and SMS and email notifications. Tes says the product integrates with more than 70 systems, including Compass, Sentral, Arbor, and iSams. The product is available on web and Windows. The E10 desktop application requires a native 64-bit Windows 10 or later PC; macOS is not supported for E10. Pricing is on request, and the Australian product page offers a free demo.