schools & training bodies
The class timetable, delivered.
Your institute's rules are written once, in a guided form. I calculate and deliver the timetable, in a few days, and when staffing changes it regenerates in hours, not weeks.
The problem
In many institutes the timetable still costs weeks of by-hand puzzling to one of the Head's collaborators, between split posts, part-time staff, shared labs, preferences, different sites. Then in October a new post arrives, and it starts over.
The software for this has existed for twenty years, but it remains a licence: the school pays, and the work stays its own. Here it works the other way round.
How it works
The rules, written once.
A guided form collects everything that makes your timetable unique: teaching posts and co-teaching, part-time and free days, labs and priorities, afternoon returns, movement between sites, preferences with the priorities set by the Head. Filling it in is office work, not technical work, and it stays yours.
The timetable, delivered.
I do the calculation, with acceptance criteria put in writing before starting: if the draft doesn't meet them, you stop without the bulk of the spend. Grids per class, per teacher and per room, ready for the register and for print.
Updates, in hours.
A new teaching post, a year-long substitute, a part-time change: the form is updated, the timetable regenerates. With the Sistema formula, in the following years the school fills in only what changed and receives the new timetable in 48 hours.
Why it's different
It's a service, not a licence.
You don't have to learn any software: I deliver a timetable that respects your rules.
The criteria are signed first.
What the timetable must respect to be accepted is decided together, in writing, before the engagement.
The data stays yours.
No cloud platforms, no accounts: the institute's data travels in files that stay with the school, and the written rules are reused every year, with or without me.
The amount fits direct procurement.
One resolution, one CIG, one invoice.
The two formulas
| What's included | One year | Sistema — three years |
|---|---|---|
| Rules collected in the guided form | ||
| Complete timetable + provisional September one | ||
| Regenerations until the end of October | ||
| Yearly update (only what changed) and a new timetable in 48h | for three school years |
The quote depends on the institute's size (classes, sites, complexity) and is defined after a fifteen-minute phone call. One-off payment, no recurring fee, an amount in the range of direct procurement.
Frequently asked questions
We already have timetable software.
Good, and you can keep it: here you pay for a result, not a licence. Many schools have the licence and still do the timetable by hand, because the software has to be tamed every year.
Who fills in the rules form?
The office staff, or whoever does the timetable today, guided step by step. It's the only work asked of the school, and from there it's reused every year.
What if we don't like the timetable?
The acceptance criteria are written first. If the draft doesn't meet them, you stop there, without the bulk of the spend.
Where does the teachers' data end up?
In files that stay with the school. No cloud, no external accounts; the data-processor appointment, if needed, is signed with the engagement, as the GDPR requires.
How long does it take?
Collecting the rules takes one-two calendar weeks (the school's live work is much less), then the calculation is a matter of days. In September, regenerations take hours.
We are an independent school / a primary-and-middle institute.
The service is the same, the size changes: for comprehensive institutes what counts is sites, afternoon returns and canteens more than labs; for independent schools the signature is simpler.
If the topic is alive, fifteen minutes on the phone with whoever materially does your timetable are enough to see whether it makes sense.
connect@slemball.comAfter the timetable
The timetable is the way in. The same method, rules written once and tools that enforce them, covers the rest of the school machine: the day-to-day (absences, cover, room changes, with a variations sheet and noticeboard), office paperwork, minutes, safety. And for those who want to learn to do it themselves, the courses are on their way — the one dedicated to schools will be free.