Free classroom tool
Seating plan generator, seat your class in two minutes
Paste your class list, choose rows, a horseshoe, group tables or a custom layout, then seat pupils by hand, at random or by your rules. One printout for the classroom, one for supply teachers. Free, no account, and pupil names never leave your browser.
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Seating plan generator
Paste your class list, pick a layout, then seat pupils by hand, at random or by your own rules. Two printouts: one for the classroom, one for the supply teacher.
- Free
- No account
- Names never sent
Paste your class list: one name per line, or separated by commas.
Student names stay in this browser, on this device: they are never sent to our servers. The current chart is kept here until you reset it.
24 seats for 0 students.
0 / 0 students seated · 24 seats
Drag a name onto a seat. With a keyboard: Enter on a student, arrow keys to the seat, Enter. Delete puts the student back in the list.
On a touch screen: tap a student, then the seat. Tap two seated students to swap them.
Drag the chart to see the whole room.
Every student is seated
Paste a class list to start.
Students, groups and needs0
Paste a class list to start.
Rules0
Keep apart two students who chat, seat a peer tutor next to a classmate. Automatic seating follows your rules.
No rules yet.
Keep apart: not side by side, not directly in front or behind, not across the aisle. Seat together: at the same desk or at two desks that touch.
How it works
A seating plan in four steps
Paste your class list
One name per line, copied from your spreadsheet or your MIS. Names stay in your browser.
Choose the layout
Rows of 1 to 3 seats, a horseshoe open towards the board, group tables of 4 or 6, or desks placed freely to match your room.
Seat your pupils
Drag a name onto a seat, or let the tool seat the class: at random, or keeping pupils apart, seating them together and putting pupils who need it at the front.
Print both versions
The classroom version, board at the top, and the supply teacher version, seen from the teacher’s desk, with the alphabetical class list and each seat number.
Privacy
Pupil names never leave your browser
The class list, the plan and your saved classes stay in this browser, on this device. No name is sent to our servers, with or without an account, and the PDF is built on your computer: no pupil data is shared with us.
FAQ
Seating plan questions
- Are pupil names sent anywhere?
No. The class list, the plan and your saved classes stay in your browser, on this device. No name is sent to our servers, with or without an account. The PDF is built on your computer. Clearing the site’s data in your browser deletes the plan.
- How does seating by rules work?
Choose pupils to keep apart or to seat together, and tick “Front” for a pupil with a SEND need, such as a visual or hearing impairment or a seat set in their EHC plan. The tool looks for a plan that meets every rule. Keep apart means: not side by side, not directly in front or behind, not across the aisle. A rule that can’t be met is listed under the plan.
- What’s in the supply teacher version?
A first page with the plan seen from the teacher’s desk (board at the bottom), names and seat numbers, then a second page with the alphabetical class list, each pupil’s seat and group, and lines for the day’s notes. “Front” is only printed if you choose to.
- Can a pupil keep their seat when I reseat the class?
Yes: tick “Locked” in the pupil list. The pupil keeps their seat when you seat the class again at random or by your rules, and “Clear all seats” leaves them in place.
- Do I need an account?
No. The plan, seating, printing and PDF are free and need no account, and the current plan is kept in your browser. A free account lets you save several classes and reopen them in one click.
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