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Teacher Planners

A single planning system that works the same way for every teacher

Teacher planners should reduce workload, not create another system to maintain. Used daily, they should reflect how your school actually operates and remove duplication rather than adding admin.

  • Stay organised keep lessons, marks and key information in one place.
  • Save time reduce admin with clear structure and ready-to-use layouts.
  • Align planning and tracking across departments.
  • Help teachers manage workload and priorities clearly.

Teacher planners are working systems, not personal notebooks

A teacher planner shapes how staff plan lessons, record assessment, reflect on practice and manage professional responsibilities across the year.

When it is designed as a shared system rather than a personal diary, it reduces duplication, improves consistency and supports real workload reduction. When it is not, it becomes optional and gets dropped.

The Problem

Why most teacher planners fail in schools

Most teacher planners do not fail because teachers do not care. They fail because the planner is not built around how schools actually operate.

Generic structure

Pages are forced into layouts that do not match the school’s planning model or expectations.

Policy duplication

Policies are copied out repeatedly or ignored entirely, creating extra admin rather than clarity.

Misaligned space

Too much space is given to low-value tasks, and not enough where real planning happens.

Short-term use

Planners are used for a term, then dropped when they stop being useful.

When a planner does not align with expectations, it becomes optional. Optional tools do not reduce workload.
Our Solutions

Two ways to create a teacher planner that fits your school

Both approaches result in the same fully custom teacher planner. The difference is how much of the setup and decision-making you want to handle internally.

Best for schools that want clarity, reassurance and minimal internal workload.

How it works:

  • You share your planning routines, priorities and expectations
  • We design the structure, layout and ordering around how your school works
  • We manage page setup, refinement and print checks
  • You review and approve with us before print

This approach reduces risk and ensures the planner aligns with leadership expectations from the start

Best for schools that already know exactly what they want.

How it works:

  • You choose from proven page layouts and structures
  • You build and refine the planner internally
  • You review and approve before print

This approach offers speed and control for experienced teams.

Pages designed to reduce workload and duplication

Create a teacher planner that reflects how your school plans, assesses and supports professional practice across the year.

Lesson and forward planning

Clear planning without unnecessary repetition

These pages support weekly and forward planning in a consistent format that reflects how teachers actually plan lessons across the year. They provide enough structure to support shared expectations, without forcing rigid formats or extra rewriting.

Common pages schools use for planning:

  • Weekly lesson planning templates
  • Forward and medium-term planning pages
  • Weekly timetables

What these pages support:

  • Consistent planning approaches across staff
  • Reduced duplication between weeks and subjects
  • Clear expectations without micromanagement
  • Planning that remains usable throughout the year

Marking Policies

Purposeful marking without extra admin

These pages are designed around the school’s marking approach, embedding expectations clearly rather than relying on separate policy documents. They help keep marking focused and consistent, without adding additional paperwork.

Common pages schools use for marking:

  • Marking and feedback records
  • Assessment notes aligned to marking policy
  • Reflection and review pages

What these pages support:

  • Consistent application of marking expectations
  • Reduced need to rewrite or reference policy documents
  • Clear evidence without performative workload
  • Marking that remains manageable over time

Meeting Planning and Recording

Clear records without scattered notes

These pages keep meeting notes, actions and follow-up in one structured place, rather than spread across diaries, notebooks and loose documents. They support continuity and accountability without increasing admin.

Common pages schools use for meetings:

  • Staff and department meeting notes
  • Action and follow-up records
  • Planning and review notes

What these pages support:

  • Clear records of decisions and actions
  • Improved continuity between meetings
  • Less duplication across notebooks and documents
  • Easier reference without additional admin

Professional Growth

Development without duplication

These pages support appraisal, professional development and reflection across the year, without creating additional systems for staff to maintain. They bring development records into one consistent place that stays usable over time.

Common pages schools use for professional growth:

  • Appraisal and target-setting pages
  • CPD and training logs
  • Reflection and review records
  • Coaching and mentoring notes

What these pages support:

  • Clear visibility of professional development over time
  • Fewer separate appraisal folders or systems
  • More focused development conversations
  • Alignment with school priorities and expectations
Lesson planning pages inside a custom printed teacher planner
Marking policy pages inside a custom printed teacher planner
Meeting pages inside a custom printed teacher planner
Personal growth pages inside a custom printed teacher planner
School planners - Plastic coil binding
School planners - square back binding
School planners - wiro binding

Built for Busy Classrooms

From durable bindings to professional finishes, every teacher planner is made to last. Choose the style that best fits your day-to-day use.

Most popular and highly flexible, it retains its shape and will not cut or tear the paper.
Square back planners feature a squared-off spine, created by precision stapling for a neat, modern look.
Durable metal binding style made of heavy gauge steel wire; an alternative to the plastic coil option.

How to order teacher planners

Our process takes the stress out of creating planners that help staff stay organised, manage lessons, and keep everything in one place.

Get Started

Share a few details about your school to kick things off quickly.

Select A Service

Pick our fully managed design service or self-serve tools for full control.

Create Your Planners

Include marking policies, meetings, and communication notes, and more.

Print & Deliver

Once approved, we’ll print, bind, and ship your planners directly to your school.

What real schools say

Join thousands of UK schools already using our planners to support their staff. We’re trusted for our expertise, service, and flexible design process.

We have received our school planners and just wanted to say a big thank you. They looked great and the delivery time was outstanding. Thank you again for all your help.

The St Lawrence Academy
School Planners
Scunthorpe

The planners arrived and I have had a look at them properly this morning whilst my team gets them in year/tutor group sizes. They look absolutely brilliant, so much better than our previous ones.

Hessle Academy
School Planners
Hull

It has been an absolute pleasure working with Caillen who has simply been phenomenal.
I look forward to working with SPC on delivering an excellent service to our academies.

Harris Federation
School Planners
Croydon

I would highly recommend the Student Planner company. The product quality is excellent and we have a fantastic working relationship with the team really appreciating the nature of schools and timeframes.

Tavistock College
Planners
Tavistock College

Just to touch base to say that we are really pleased with the planners, they are fabulous! Thank you for all your help.

Trinity Catholic High
Planners
Woodford Green

We love the planners, thank you! They are really beautiful and have been a welcome step up from what we had last year! Thank you for all your help throughout the process.

Wirral Grammar School for Girls
Planners
Bebington

Frequently asked questions

We’re here to make things easy. Whether you’re ordering for the first time or coming back for a reprint, here’s what you might want to know.

Explore Support Centre

It depends on how many custom pages you need, but most planners go from proof approval to delivery in 10–15 working days.

You’ll receive printed examples of layout types, paper quality, cover styles, and binding options.

We recommend weekly planning pages, meeting notes, policies, rotas, and CPD logs—but it’s fully flexible.

Yes—we’ll design the layout based on your content and feedback, and provide proofs for approval.

We work with both. Each planner is designed around your teaching level, department, or whole-school needs.

Get a teacher planner sample pack

Receive printed teacher planner samples, content examples, and material options, giving you a clear view of layouts, finishes, and print quality before ordering.

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