Peter Knights-Branch

This is an on-site service aimed at reviewing the current timetable and determining and creating a curriculum plan for the next academic year.
Audience - members of the SMT who are responsible for curriculum planning and timetabling.
Outcomes - detailed spreadsheets summarising curriculum plan, structures required, teaching groups requirements and full curriculum analysis. An additional service will be offered to present curriculum plan to senior managers/governors etc.

This will be an on-site service and will cover aspects such as initial year-end (roll forward of data), setting up of teaching groups, creation of sources, event specifications and all things that are necessary for successful timetable delivery to staff and individual pupils.
Audience- Office staff who are responsible for entry of timetable-related data and the person(s) responsible for the timetable construction.
Outcomes - the creation of a new dataset that is fully prepared for the timetabling process.

This is an off-site service for those who have purchased services 1 or 2. All data in the curriculum plan will be entered in Scheduler so that the school will then be in a position to use this for timetable cosntruction
Outcomes: A .ttd(Schdeuler file) ready for timetable construction.

This is a combination of off and on-site consultancy. The aim is to work with the timetabler to construct the school timetable. The decision making will be done by the timetabler. CTC consultants will offer suggestions and do much of the actual processing of the timetable.
Audience - the school timetabler(s)
Outcome - a completed timetable.

This is an on-site service aimed at finalising the essential aspects of the timetabling process that will ensure that individual staff and students have accurate timetables. It will include assistance in the population of teaching groups, printing timetables, and updating teaching groups with staff information. Checks will also be made on things that need to be done in preparation for the final year-end process. Audience - Data input staff responsible for the maintenance of teaching group information. Outcome - confidence that everything is in place for the start of the academic year as far as timetabling and teaching group information is concerned.

This is an on-site service to integrate the timetable from Scheduler and produce all the files for import into third-party systems. It does not include the import of the data into third-party software.
Audience - Data base administrators
Outcome - full set of export files.

This can be an off-site or on-site service and is aimed at helping schools to keep their timetables up-to-date throughout the year.
Outcomes - accurate and up-to-date timetable

Situations in schools can change very rapidly and if key timetabling personnel leave suddenly or experience difficulty with the processes, the construction of the timetable can be at risk. CTC offer an on-site service to help in these situations. The exact nature of the problems will vary from school to school and hence it is difficult to determine the extent of help that may be required. The minimum requirement would be a single on-site consultancy. This initial consultancy would be aimed at determining the extent of the problem, creating a recovery plan and doing as much initial work as possible.
Audience - staff who will be involved in the recovery plan.
Outcomes - a detailed recovery plan with associated documentation.

This a 2-day on-site course for new timetablers. The course is for up to 5 people/schools. It covers the principles of timetabling. It will include the following aspects:
- reviewing your current curriculum
- the management of curriculum modelling
- setting out and costing the curriculum model
- Implementation of the model
Audience - staff who are new to timetabling and who will have responsibility for timetable construction.
Outcomes - a good understanding of the principles of timetabling and the curriculum in your school.

This is a 4 day on-site course for up to 5 people/schools and covers all aspects of timetabling from the creation of the curriculum plan through to validation of data and timetable construction.
Audience - staff who are responsible for timetable construction or data entry.
Outcomes - the aim is to move as far as possible to the completion of the school timetable. Much will depend of the size of the school, the preparation that has been undertaken by the course participants and the complexity of the curriculum.

This on-site consultancy is aimed at helping schools who have constructed their timetable on a board, on paper or using some other timetabling package. This can also be offered as an off-site service.
Audience - staff who are responsible for the entry of the timetable into a MIS.
Outcomes - a good understanding of all the steps that need to be followed to ensure that a timetable is accurately entered into the MIS and can be changed at any time in the year. With small to medium size schools a large proportion of the timetable should be entered within a day.

This on-site consultancy is aimed at those who have used scheduler to construct their timetable but want to get more out of the system. It is designed to be a bespoke course to suit the needs of individual schools but will typically include aspects of curriculum planning, auto-scheduling, assignment of teaching groups and printouts.
Audience - existing timetablers who have used Scheduler.
Outcomes - a thorough understanding of the scope and flexibility of Scheduler.

Curriculum and Timetabling Consultants

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