Is the lesson planner free?

The lesson planner is a Pro feature, from £3.49 a month or £34.99 a year. The rest of the app is free to use, with no card needed to start.

Does it know my timetable?

Yes. You plan from a slot in your own timetable, so the class, subject and lesson length are already filled in. That means less typing and a plan that fits the lesson you actually teach.

Can I plan a cover or one-off lesson?

Yes, in two ways. For a one-off that is not on your timetable, such as form time or an assembly, write a standalone plan with its own subject and length. For a lesson you will be away for, click it in your timetable and choose Set cover work: you get a sheet a non-specialist can run, with a mark scheme included.

Does it replace my planning?

No. It drafts the structure to save you time, then you edit every word and keep the professional judgement. The plan is yours.

AI Lesson Plan Generator | Teacher Task Manager

A lesson plan generator tied to your real timetable

Most AI lesson planners start from a blank box and know nothing about your week. This one plans from a slot in your timetable, so it already knows the class, the subject and how long the lesson is. It drafts the structure; you keep the professional judgement.

Lesson Planner is available on the Pro plan · £3.49/month or £34.99/year

Why generic AI lesson planners miss the mark

A plan is only useful if it fits the lesson you actually teach.

Generic AI tools have no idea what you teach. Every time, you retype the class, the year group, the subject and how long the lesson is, then translate the output out of American phrasing and into the language your school uses. It is faster than a blank page, but not by much.

The Teacher Task Manager lesson planner starts from your timetable instead. Open any teaching slot and the subject, class and lesson length are already there. Ask for a plan and you get objectives, a timed sequence of activities, adaptations and assessment in British English, pitched for the year group and the time you actually have. For cover lessons, form time and one-off sessions that are not on your timetable, you can write a standalone plan in the same editor.

What the lesson planner does

Drafts the structure in seconds, then hands it to you to refine.

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Plan from a timetable slot

Open a lesson from your week and the subject, class and length are already filled in. Add a topic and generate, with no context to retype.

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Timed activity sequence

Turn on detailed activities for a step-by-step plan with timings, saying what the teacher does and what pupils do, that adds up to the lesson length.

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Adaptations and assessment

Every plan includes support and stretch, plus assessment for learning, so the basics of adaptive teaching are there to build on.

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Carry over from last lesson

Pull the objectives from your previous saved lesson for that class so the next plan follows on, rather than starting from scratch.

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Standalone plans

Plan a cover lesson, form time, an assembly or any one-off that is not on your timetable, in the same editor with its own subject and length.

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Add prep tasks

Turn a plan's resources into a prep task in your task list with a due date, so what you need is ready before the lesson.

Off tomorrow? Set the cover work

The same planner drafts a lesson a non-specialist can actually run, with the answers included.

Being off is the expensive kind of absence. You still owe the class a lesson, the person covering it may teach a different subject entirely, and whatever you leave has to work without you in the room. Click a lesson in your timetable and, instead of planning it, choose Set cover work.

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Written for a non-specialist

The activity is spelled out so a cover supervisor or a teacher of another subject can hand it over and run it, using pen and paper rather than your resources.

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Answers always included

Every cover sheet has a mark scheme covering every question, so the work can be checked in the room instead of waiting on your desk until you are back.

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Continue or standalone

Ask it to fit your scheme of work so the class keeps moving, or to write a self-contained task that assumes nothing about where the class has got to.

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Add your spec

Paste your syllabus notes, or upload a spec PDF you already have. The file is read in your browser and never uploaded, so only the text you end up with is used.

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Print the whole day

Once every lesson has a plan or cover work, Day covered prints the lot as one pack, ready to leave with the cover supervisor or the office.

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No pupil data

Cover work is drafted from the subject, year group, topic and lesson length. No pupil names or pupil information are involved at any point.

From a slot to a plan

A real example, generated and ready to edit.

You give it: Year 9 Science · Photosynthesis: inputs and outputs · 50 minutes · detailed activities

Lesson plan

Photosynthesis: inputs and outputs

Draft

Class: Year 9
Subject: Science
Length: 50 minutes
Detail: Timed activities

Learning objectives

Identify the inputs and outputs of photosynthesis.
Explain where in the plant photosynthesis happens.

Activities

5 min
Starter
Pupils list what a plant needs to grow, then share answers as a class.
10 min
Main: teacher exposition
Inputs and outputs explained using a labelled diagram of a leaf.
10 min
Main: paired task
Pupils complete a matching task in pairs, sorting inputs from outputs.
5 min
Main: review
Class reviews the answers together and corrects the common mix-ups.
10 min
Main: video
Short clip of oxygen bubbles from pondweed; pupils note what it shows.
10 min
Plenary
Exit question checking the word equation for photosynthesis.

Adaptations

Sentence starters for pupils who need support.
A "why" extension question for the most able.

Assessment

Questioning during the main activity.
The exit task at the end of the lesson.

Generated in seconds. Every line is yours to edit before you teach it.

Your data and the AI

To draft a plan, the assistant uses the subject, class, topic, lesson length and any constraints you give it, plus a short summary of your previous saved lesson for that class. That is all it needs, and it is sent only when you ask for a plan.

Plans are generated in real time and are not stored beyond the request, your data is never used to train AI models, and the finished plan is yours to edit and keep. You can see exactly what is sent and what is returned on our AI & Data transparency page.

Frequently asked questions

Is the lesson planner free?: The lesson planner is a Pro feature, from £3.49 a month or £34.99 a year. The rest of the app is free to use, with no card needed to start.
Does it know my timetable?: Yes. You plan from a slot in your own timetable, so the class, subject and lesson length are already filled in. That means less typing and a plan that fits the lesson you actually teach.
Can I plan a cover or one-off lesson?: Yes, in two ways. For a one-off that is not on your timetable, such as form time or an assembly, write a standalone plan with its own subject and length. For a lesson you will be away for, click it in your timetable and choose Set cover work: you get a sheet a non-specialist can run, with a mark scheme included.
Does it replace my planning?: No. It drafts the structure to save you time, then you edit every word and keep the professional judgement. The plan is yours.