Guides
Guides
How each tool is built, where its information comes from, and how to use it well. Everything runs in your browser — your pupils' data never leaves your device.
How the Report Writer works — and how to write end-of-year reports faster
How SpudSchool's Report Writer turns National Curriculum statements into editable, teacher-written report drafts for KS1 to KS4 — and how to get the most out of it.
Report Writer · 5 min read
How the Class Mixer builds balanced groups (and keeps friendships)
How SpudSchool's Class Mixer splits a class into balanced, fair groups — spreading ability, behaviour, gender and PP/EAL/SEN while keeping friendships where it can.
Class Mixer · 5 min read
Making a classroom seating plan that actually helps
How the SpudSchool Seating Plan works — rows, pairs or group tables, plus an auto-assign that spreads PP/SEN, mixes ability and balances tables on the guidance schools follow.
Seating Plan · 5 min read
Building a weekly class timetable you can print for the wall
How the SpudSchool Timetable Maker works — paint subjects onto a weekly grid, colour-code them, add rooms and teachers, handle Week A/B, and print to PDF.
Timetable Maker · 4 min read
Set up your class once, use it in every tool
How the Classes feature in SpudSchool lets you save a class list once and reuse it across the Report Writer, Seating Plan, Name Picker and more — with pupil data kept minimal.
Classes · 3 min read
Sorting school trip groups with helpers in seconds
How the SpudSchool Trip Mixer splits a class into trip groups with named adult helpers, spreads pupils with medical needs, and links helpers to their own children.
Trip Mixer · 3 min read
Planning PGL and residential trip rooms without the friendship fallout
How the Trip Mixer's residential mode divides a class into single-sex dorms by bed capacity, keeps each child with a friend where it can, and spreads medical needs across rooms.
Trip Mixer · 4 min read
A fair random name picker for cold-calling
How the SpudSchool Random Name Picker keeps questioning fair — no repeats until everyone has been picked, absent pupils skipped, with a professional default and optional fun mode.
Random Name Picker · 3 min read