Plenty of teachers start the year with a new planner app and have quietly dropped it by half term. The best one isn't the planner with the most features; it's the one that fits the shape of a school year. Below is what to look for, and how Teacher Task Manager measures up.
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These are the criteria that matter once you are working in a school.
The app should understand term time: INSET days, holidays and the way a school year is split up. Deadlines should be colour-coded to match.
Marking is a unique type of task. It involves multiple classes, return dates and progress tracking. A good teacher planner tracks all three properly.
Your planner should know when you're teaching. Bell schedules, class groups and free periods matter when you're scheduling tasks around your week.
School Wi-Fi is unpredictable. The best teacher planner app works offline as a PWA so you can add tasks and check your schedule anywhere, any time.
Teachers don't have big software budgets. A good planner should be free to start, with an affordable Pro plan. Teacher Task Manager is £3.49 a month.
AI features should earn their place. An assistant is only worth having if it can see your real task list and answer from it.
A complete digital teacher planner: free plan and Pro plan.
Natural language quick-add, six task views (cards, list, Kanban board, calendar, weekly and workload), priority scoring and school-calendar-aware deadlines.
Set up your bell schedule and term dates once. The app knows your school's rhythm. Every feature is aware of when you're in school and when you're not.
A private scratchpad always one tap away: lesson ideas, meeting notes, observations. No account needed for offline access.
Install to your phone's home screen. Fully functional with no internet connection once installed.
Add a curated routine such as parents' evening, reports season or start of term, and the prep and follow-up tasks spread across your calendar in one step.
Log marking by class, set return dates, track progress and get deadline reminders.
Context-aware AI that knows your task list: daily briefings, priority help, deadline conflict warnings.
AI-assisted lesson plans tied to your timetable: objectives, activities, adaptations and assessment, plus standalone plans for one-off lessons.
Draft and refine pupil report comments with tone and length control, plus a reusable comment bank. First names or initials only.
Create a team, assign tasks to staff and talk to them in real time, free for up to three people. Pro lifts the limit and adds the shared team calendar.
Two-way sync with Google Calendar: your tasks appear in your calendar and vice versa.
Other ways Teacher Task Manager fits your school week.
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