Tes Timetable
Tes Timetable is school scheduling software for creating and adjusting timetables, including complex schedules.
What Tes Timetable is
Tes Timetable is school scheduling software for creating and adjusting timetables, including complex schedules. Schools can automate schedules or make manual allocations, identify teacher and room clashes, adapt to staffing changes, and assign student subject choices. It also supports customized working arrangements and supplementary timetables for student groups whose needs fall outside regular activities. Premium and Premium Plus include Choice, an online class-selection portal for students, and Daily, which provides temporary timetabling for staff absences, automated communications, and SMS and email notifications. Choice can handle elective prerequisites and multiple streams, using room and staffing data to balance lines. Tes says the product integrates with more than 70 systems, including Compass, Sentral, Arbor, and iSams. It is available on web and Windows, but the E10 desktop application requires a native 64-bit Windows 10 or later PC; macOS and virtual environments are not supported for E10. Pricing is on request, and a free demo is offered on the Australian product page.
Good
- Supports automated schedules and manual allocations.
- Detects teacher and room clashes.
- Choice provides an online class-selection portal.
- Integrates with more than 70 systems.
- Supports supplementary timetables for student subsets.
Watch out
- Pricing is on request.
- E10 requires 64-bit Windows 10 or later.
- E10 does not support macOS or virtual environments.
Who it suits
Tes Timetable is aimed at schools that need to build complex schedules, manage student subject selections, or account for staffing and room constraints. Its Choice and Daily features may suit schools wanting class-selection and absence-cover workflows alongside timetabling.
Verdict
Tes Timetable combines schedule creation with tools for clashes, student choices, and staff absences. Schools should check which features are included in their package and whether E10's Windows requirements fit their setup.
The facts
Each one read from Tes Timetable's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Additional timetable support
- Schools can add a Timetabler in Residence to any package for access to a dedicated Tes timetabler for the year.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Choice
- Choice provides an online student portal for submitting subject preferences and supports rules, prerequisites, multiple streams, sports selections, prefect voting, and permissions.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Cloud requirements
- Tes Daily, Interviews, and Choice work on systems that support web browsers, with Google Chrome and Safari listed as recommended browsers.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Daily
- Daily supports temporary timetabling for staff absences and automated communications, including SMS and email notifications; it is included in Premium and Premium Plus packages.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Data storage
- Tes recommends storing Timetable software and files on the school's local network.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Downloads and updates
- Tes support says the E10 and Edval Staff applications are downloaded or updated through its updates website or within the software, and require a Tes username and password.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Elective scheduling
- Choice supports complex prerequisites, multiple streams, and balanced line generation using room and staffing data.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Tes says Timetable integrates with over 70 systems, including Compass, Sentral, Arbor, and iSams.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The product is designed for schools and says it was created with school staff and students in mind.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Limit
- Tes says it does not test E10 in virtual environments and does not support users who attempt to run it that way.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Package inclusion
- Choice is included in Premium and Premium Plus packages.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Pricing information
- The Australian product page offers a free demo and names Premium and Premium Plus packages, but shows no prices.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Tes Timetable creates customised school timetables, including complex schedules, with automated scheduling features.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Scheduling
- The software can create automated schedules or manual allocations, identify and fix teacher and room clashes, adapt to staffing changes, and assign student subject choices.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Security
- Choice provides a secure online student interface, and students use webcodes to view timetables or access subject choice forms.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Supplementary timetables
- The product can create dedicated timetables for specific student subsets with requirements outside regular activities.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- Tes provides a help and support portal and a ticket submission option for product support.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Timetable flexibility
- Schools can create and fine-tune timetables to their requirements and manage flexible working requests with customised schedules.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Timetable options
- Tes says its algorithm can explore up to 30,000 alternate timetables per second.checked 5 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Sheffield, England, United Kingdomchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- Tes says it acquired Edval, the school timetabling software provider, in 2019.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Maker history
- Tes's corporate history says it acquired Edval, a school timetabling software provider, in 2019.checked 5 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Windows requirements
- The E10 desktop application is designed for native Windows PCs and requires Windows 10 64-bit or later; Tes says macOS is not supported for E10.checked 5 Oct 2026
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