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Practical guides for the people who build school and college timetables. We write about the constraints that make timetabling hard, how to plan option blocks and staffing, how to fit part-time and flexible working into a timetable, and how automatic timetable generators like Timez find a clash-free solution.
How to build a school timetable: a step-by-step guide
A practical, step-by-step guide to building a secondary school timetable, from the curriculum plan and staffing to scheduling, checking and publishing.
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Hard and soft constraints in school timetabling, explained
Every school timetable balances rules that can never break against goals that make it work well. Here's how to tell them apart and why it matters.
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