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What makes a good timetable?<\/h1>\n

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\u00a0Any thoughts or comments are welcome \u2013 just email mist@mistservices.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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I love this question!<\/p>\n

Ask 10 timetablers, get 10 different answers. Ask all the subject leaders in a school and again get different answers! Put it simply there is no-real consensus of what a \u2018Good\u2019 timetable is. Please don\u2019t get me wrong there are common traits to what is deemed a \u2018Good\u2019 timetable but even within these different schools around the world they may have a different take! As they say no one size fits all.<\/p>\n

Although when I pose this question to people I train, human instinct almost by default gives \u2018negative\u2019 or \u2018bad\u2019 traits of a timetable. I trust it\u2019s is the glass half-empty or half-full viewpoint!<\/p>\n

Take 10-minutes and compete the table below of Good or Bad \u2018traits\u2019 of a timetable (if unsure look further down for a few ideas). Think of it from different viewpoints \u2013 the student, the teachers, a subject area.<\/p>\n

Good traits<\/strong> of a timetable are:<\/p>\n

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Bad traits<\/strong> of a timetable are:<\/p>\n

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Good trait examples<\/p>\n