Every lesson on
the grid, and covered.
Build the timetable, run it day to day, and keep every lesson covered.
Automatic builder · In-house first, then your relief pool · Email · WhatsApp · SMS
Plan with departments
HODs prepare and submit their plan; the timetabler approves and locks it.
Build automatically
One click places every lesson, teacher and room against your rules.
Publish & run
The principal signs off; timetables go live and everyone sees the change.
Cover every lesson
Leave, relief and duties handled day to day, in-house first then the pool.
Reach your whole relief pool — automatically
RELAY keeps a directory of your on-call relief teachers. If no in-house teacher can cover, it messages the pool over email, WhatsApp and SMS, collects who is available, and lets you assign them without a phone call.
Reaches the external pool only after in-house cover is exhausted. Replies land as available or busy against the exact slot — you just confirm.
Everything in RELAY
Timetable structure
Your cycle — weekly, A/B, rotating Day 1–6 or block — with bell times per day type.
Curriculum
What each level studies: periods, theory and practical parts, group sizes, rooms and equipment.
Teaching groups
Whole classes, half-classes for labs, or groups drawn from several classes by band.
Sets, bands & option blocks
Groups that must run at the same time — banded maths, languages, electives.
Capability matrix
Who can teach what — subject, level, band, theory or practical.
Teacher assignment
HODs choose a teacher for each group from qualified staff, with current load shown.
Department planning
HODs submit their plan; the timetabler approves or returns it, then it locks.
Teacher load rules
Max periods, back-to-back limits, free periods and reduced loads.
Rules & priorities
The must-haves and the nice-to-haves you can weight to taste.
Automatic builder
One click places every lesson, teacher and room against your rules.
Drafts & comparison
Keep several draft timetables and compare them side by side.
Locks
Pin lessons you want kept; the builder works around them.
Plain-language explanations
When something can't fit, see why and what to change.
Manual editor
Drag and drop lessons, with every move checked as you go.
Approval & publishing
The principal signs off, then you publish from a chosen date and tell everyone affected.
Timetable views
See the timetable by class, teacher or room.
My timetable
Each staff member's own timetable on the web, with a PDF download.
Staff & classes away
Training days, sports day and exam weeks flag lessons for cover.
Lesson swaps
Teachers trade lessons; the swap is checked and approved.
Daily cover sheet
Today's cover, room changes and moved lessons in one printable list.
Printable timetables
Print-ready PDFs for every teacher, class and room.
Leave requests, approvals & balances
Staff apply by type; requests route to the reporting officer or HR.
Relief requests
A cover request is created automatically for every lesson affected by leave.
Relief matching
Suggests the best cover — qualified teachers first, then supervision-only.
Relief offers — Email · WhatsApp · SMS
Offers go out one at a time or to all; first to accept gets it.
Relief pool & fairness
Who can be offered cover, shared evenly and capped per teacher.
External relief teachers
An outside pool, offered only after in-house options run out.
Reply by link
External teachers accept or decline from the message — no login.
Duty rosters
Recess, gate and bus duties, shared fairly and checked against the timetable.
Combine with another module. These get activated for free
When your school has both modules, these features turn on automatically at no extra cost.
Teacher + room co-planning
Plan teachers and rooms together on one grid, with capacity and equipment checks.
RELAY + SPACERoom-aware timetable builder
The builder places lessons in rooms of the right type, with the right equipment.
RELAY + SPACERoom outages & lessons
When a room goes out of service, affected lessons are flagged and moved.
RELAY + SPACEExam venues
Exam rooms are booked straight from the exam timetable.
TREKS + RELAYTrip cover
Staff on trips get cover automatically, and teachers whose classes are away join the relief list.
SPARK + RELAYCCA commitments
Teachers running a CCA session aren't offered relief or duties at the same time.
Ask for your day, or fill a gap
Teachers ask the helper in plain language. It works only within what a teacher is allowed to do, shows what it will do, and asks before acting.
$100 = 5,000 tokens · 1 token = 1 task or 2 lookups- “Show my timetable tomorrow”
- “Who's covering my 3A lesson?”
- “Apply for leave on Friday”
See RELAY on your school
A 20-minute walkthrough with your own data — no obligation.