Anyone's school using Class Charts software

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When we go back we will be expected to use Class Charts. Apparently at first will just be for seating plans but eventually they will adding more features (Whatever that means).

If people have used Class Charts software before or using it now can you tell me what it is like? Does it help or is it just more time wasting? Anything else you think I should know about it?

I’ve used it. It’s fine. It makes it easy to see anyone else’s seating plan if you are covering a lesson or if you share a class. We used it to log positive and negative behaviour events instead of on the MIS and we had some data including reading ages and student passports for SEND pupils uploaded. Like any seating plan you have to be very careful with printouts for GDPR reasons.

I found it very easy to use. Nothing to worry about.

I moved to a school without Classcharts in September and I miss it. I find it v intuitive and it's particularly good for seating plans.

Thank you both for your replies

That all sounds very reassuring. I don't teach but will still have to use it when I get roped into doing cover or occasional in my own job.

It’s great, i was really sad to move to a school without it. Easy to use too.

Supply teacher here. I was apprehensive when one school introduced it. Having used SIMS, PARS and MINT I’d say it’s the easiest (as long as there isn’t a ridiculously long login username).

I must admit though, my best experience with it was at an Indy which had touchscreens. Still, it’s a lot easier to reward or do attendance, seating plans are easier and more visible, can be adjusted quicker…

We have it for seating plans, behaviour points, analytics and timetables.

It's easy to use and intuitive. But please turn off the sound when you give out points...

We use it. I'm a technophobe and find it's easy to use, you can hide the SEN info so can display it on the screen, cover teachers find it useful and you can award behaviour and achievement points through it.

I like it. We use it for seating plans and behaviour and it's very user friendly. Unfortunately, for financial savings, we're moving to using our current MIS, Arbor, for these thing next year and I find Arbor very unintuitive.

@angelcake20 arbor is shit, never mind unintuitive
get ready to start lobbying for a return to classcharts after a few months of arbor hell ( doesn’t mean they have to surrender to the outrageous financial demands of SIMS)

We use it too and I really like it. So easy to use. I’m moving to a school that uses Synergy and from what I can see so far it’s nowhere near as good.

Well you have all been right about class charts. Introducing it this term has gone smoothly and we have not found it more hassle or work, which is a relief.

Also using class charts more positive behaviour points seem to be handed out. I think we were not rewarding or praising enough those students that come in every day and consistently do what is expected of them. So this looks like a step in the right direction. SLT are currently reviewing the rewards we give out for good behaviour too.