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Compared with other programs SIMS - Nova :"The comparison between the usage and learning curve of your software and of Nova-T6 is just amazing. "I have just completed the transfer of the finished timetable from directly into SIMS .net. Your documentation was clear and logical, and I had no problems completing the transfer." - Timetabler in Yorkshire "Our current timetable exported first time into Sims.Net with your excellent Export Wizard. That was brilliant!" - Somerset "On the course were some very experienced Nova-T timetablers. They were stunned when I told them what could do." - Newcastle upon Tyne "...the transfer into SIMS .net was a dream this year." - Hertfordshire "The transfer into SIMS is *so* much easier and more straightforward than that into Nova." - Kent "Having used Nova for three years and then changed to when Nova struggled with our new curriculum structures, I would never go back. It's from now on." - Greater Manchester "The export to SIMS was problem free." - London "Last year was supposed to have been my last as a timetabler, but the two colleagues who were supposed to do the job with Nova-T made no progress. Eventually I "went away" for 5 days and did the timetable on . Just shows. is without doubt the best! "I have used both NovaT and . I prefer simply because the process it uses is transparent and it is always under my control. Working with seems like a real partnership. When I worked with Nova I felt like a spectator whose main function was to swap a teacher whenever Nova hit a problem." - Cumbria "Your timetabling programme is outstanding and I cannot understand why my predecessor used NOVA." "I am an enthusiastic Timetabler only because I have such confidence in your software !! It is absolutely wonderful and should the management ever insist that I use NOVA T they would have to find another mad hatter to do the job at this school!!" - Kent "I have recommended to a number of colleagues in other schools who have been struggling with Nova-T6 this year, so you should receive some more orders!" - Hants "The software is brilliant, and much more user friendly than Nova in SIMS." - Nottinghamshire "Thank you for the help you gave me. Your program is superb and much better than the SIMS one given to us by the LEA" - Timetabler in Tyne & Wear ". . . needless to say I will not be using Nova-T again. I will use the very user-friendly . The latest version is money well spent and certainly a bargain. Add to this the friendly expert advice of Keith Johnson and what more could you ask for?" - Newcastle upon Tyne "Your software is definitely easier to use than Nova!!" - London "Many thanks Keith. We are so pleased we took the plunge and changed from Nova to . We really feel we are being kept in touch and your Help desk is second to none!" - Isle of Man "I used Nova-T in the past ...but is a quality piece of software - I would recommend it to anybody wishing to timetable effectively." - Kent "Having had previous experience of doing a timetable using SIMS's kit, I used yours for the first time last year and didn't have any problems, and didn't even have to refer to the Manual!" - Surrey "I have managed to resist the pressure from my Head to use nova T6 - because as a free- standing tool with such excellent tutorial information and support is far more useful." - Malayasia "This is an outstanding program - the new version seems to be much faster, I was finding solutions at Level 6 in a matter of seconds - colleagues using Nova-T with "auto-scheduler!!??" will need another 2 weeks to get the first version printed." - Belfast "From my point of view I can say that colleagues using Nova T will spend on average two weeks on the timetable, whereas I can now do mine in a weekend." - Lincolnshire "As always, the intuition factor in your software is incredible. Whenever using your software I find that if I am not sure how to do something I go ahead and do what seems sensible. Always works! A wonderful antidote to SIMS **##!?*" - Birmingham "After having used Nova, this is so much better!" - Sussex Serco-CMIS-Facility :"After 5 weeks struggling with CMIS Facility , I achieved a timetable with in 5 days! "My school switched to using last year for our timetable - and it was a very good decision, after 6 years with Facility Scheduler." - Gloucestershire "After trying to grapple with CMIS Facility Timetable Module, I am just delighted I still have . Why? It's in colour. You can understand it. It's quick. It's easy. It can deal with complex issues. It can be used creatively. It works! And when I contact the HelpLine, someone answers!" - Derbyshire "After 4 days training on Serco's Facility CMIS I'm not a happy bunny, so I'm sticking with . "After another attempt (this time by someone else) to do our timetable on Serco Facility has failed, it comes to me to use again (to my great relief I have to say, as I have come to enjoy using your program)." - Gloucestershire "...even if I have to enter the result into CMIS-Facility by hand it will be easier than having used CMIS to write the timetable." - London "Many thanks for TimeTabler. After fighting against Serco Scheduler it is a delight to have a program that feels like it's trying to help instead of hinder!" - South Yorks "You ought to make people aware of how much better your program is than programs with a similar name (which are also much more expensive)." - Cumbria |
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TimeTabler Users in Scotland "Many thanks for your help, and for the untold hours which the program has saved me during 4 years of timetabling. I don't know where I'd be without it." - Timetabler in Scotland "I have been using for many years with great success - an excellent resource!" - Scotland
"Often I read exaggerated claims for various pieces of software, "Without I could not have coped." - Scotland " . . . great respect for a marvellous piece of programming" - Scotland "Thanks for a super program" - Scotland "Most satisfying" - Scotland "Many thanks for an excellent package" - Scotland "The program's problem-solving ability is impressive. "...the Headteacher was told by a timetable guru that it would be impossible to timetable the curriculum structure that the school was planning. Needless to say, the “impossible” was achieved using with little or no more effort than before, much to his amazement." - Scotland "What can I say. This time last year I was clue-less as to how to write a timetable. Now due to your excellent software, not only have I written a senior school timetable but I managed to seriously amend this in late June when we had an influx of pupils (a local school went bust) meaning new sets, new classes, and 4 new teachers!!" - Scotland "The help available from you is not just good, it is absolutely excellent." - Edinburgh "Just a note to say that was accurate to suit all the complexity of Curriculum for Excellence in the lower school and the 'traditional' model in the upper school. This year's timetable was fiendishly complex and would have been utterly impossible without your superb software." - Scotland |
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TimeTabler Users in Northern England In the North-West : "You have improved further what was already an excellent product" - Timetabler in Derbyshire "Many thanks. I must say that Options and are a wonderful pair of programs" - Lancashire "How pleased I am with both the software and the backup offered by yourselves." - Greater Manchester "A brief note to say how good your program turned out to be - a first-time user and another satisfied customer!" - Cumbria " really does what it says on the tin - it actually makes the process of timetabling quite enjoyable ...and whilst it is a job that is never stress free, gives you the confidence that a solution can be found, and the program will do most of the work for you" - Cheshire "Thank you for such an excellent product and for all the help over the last few years." - Liverpool "The new version of the program is absolutely superb. Many thanks for such a superb product." - Stockport "Having used for 7 years now, this latest version is by far the best and maintains the high standards you have set in terms of software that really does the job that schools want and need." - Cheshire "Keith Johnson's stuff has been around for a long time and it is very highly regarded by timetablers ...would recommend it to anyone." - Rochdale "We were highly impressed with the speed and error-tracking capacity . . . probably saved a week overall . . . and benefited from a better timetable. Excellent documentation . . . more than worth the cost." - Merseyside
"Fantastic support - thanks very much - very much appreciated." - Liverpool "A very powerful and useful set of programs." - Lancashire "The FIT function is a life saver." - Merseyside "We now find the program invaluable . . . excellent. " - Lancashire "A powerful and very valuable aid." - Cheshire "Thank you for the timetable programme. It is brilliant!! Worth every penny. It has made what seemed impossible to me - possible. And it has given me a summer holiday free of timetable problems." - Merseyside "Excellent ... I was able to finish my timetable in just four days" - Lancashire Click here for longer testimonials by named Users In the North-East : "An excellent programme, and the online tutorial and the manual which accompanies it are wonderfully clear" ". . . a big thank you for all your work. I have no doubt that countless students and teachers over the past 14 years here have benefitted from a quality timetable because of ." - Sheffield "We are delighted with the outcome." - Yorkshire "A wonderful piece of work, worth every penny. I am truly impressed with the upgrade. Well done and sincere thanks. I doubt if I could ever do the job without your program." - Derbyshire "I would not wish to revert to the manual method . . . your programs have been an excellent investment." "Sheer genius! The update worked perfectly. Thanks once again. I have let all the senior management team know what an excellent product yours is but more importantly how fantastic the help is." - West Yorks " . . . delighted with the program . . . particularly pleased with the support and assistance of your Helpline service . . . I congratulate you on your program and your willingness to ensure its success after sales" - Tyneside |
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TimeTabler Users in Central England, Wales, Ireland "I was delighted with the results I got from using . As someone who had not timetabled before, it was a God send." - Timetabler in Nottinghamshire "Thanks again. Your customer services are just as good as your software." - West Midlands "As usual (this is the 12th year I have used your software now) turned up trumps. Thanks again for your amazing software." - South Wales "Thanks for the first-rate service ...again!" - Lincolnshire "Your software is superb by the way!" - West Midlands "You people are wonderful!" - Birmingham "Thanks again for a fantastic product, the upgrade saved a huge amount of time this summer." - Shropshire "...but without the help of your fantastic program it would not have been possible." - South Wales "I have enjoyed using your program ...delighted ...although no experience of using a computer before" - West Midlands "Thanks for all your help . . . a superb suite of programs" - Dyfed "I have just updated the program to the latest version, it has been fantastic and a great time saver!" - Shropshire " . . . very powerful features" - Staffordshire "Plus your programme is brilliant!" - Lincolnshire "Many thanks . . . we are delighted . . . you are saving us hours" - Shropshire " . . . your excellent timetabling programs" - Northern Ireland "Like your book on 'Timetabling', we have found it invaluable in our school" - Eire "Brilliant program ! Its power far exceeds any other timetabling software I’ve tried" - Wales "You will be pleased to know that your fabulous program has allowed me to finish next year's timetable with time to spare. I'm in awe of the program's capability." - South Wales |
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TimeTabler users in Southern England and Anglia In the South-West : "I would like to take this opportunity to thank you Keith, Chris, and your staff for their support when I timetabled using and also . It makes timetabling so much easier. Superb!" "Using has allowed me to do in a week what it took a team of three to do in 4 weeks. So thanks for such a great product!" - Devon "Thank you for your prompt and very helpful replies to my queries. I found the program wonderful and could strongly recommend it to anyone." - Gloucestershire "I love the new version of the program . . . keep up the good work." - Wiltshire "Many thanks for all your hard work. The new version certainly makes life easier." - Gloucestershire "...and I have to say what good programmes they all are!" - Oxfordshire "I have found to be a superb tool in creating timetables over the past two years. Many thanks for your excellent work." - Wiltshire ". . . and the speed with which it did the timetable rather took me by surprise." - Oxfordshire "Thanks! Timetable basically finished! And in only a few days!" - Wiltshire "I have already completed next year's timetable, which I would not have done using my traditional method. It has saved me a vast amount of time, so I feel it was well worth the money." - Oxfordshire "Thank you for your wonderful products, they make my life as a secondary school timetabler so much easier and less time consuming - it all makes sense!" - Plymouth
In the South-East: "Thank you again, I really do feel this is now like my right arm as an essential tool. I cannot recommend it highly enough to anyone who has to write timetables." - Timetabler in Essex "I have been very grateful for your help. It's been very reassuring knowing how quickly you respond if there is ever a problem." - Berkshire "Just wanted to say that your Help Movies are a god-send." - Berkshire "You are such a good man. Thank you! Having just finished the timetable I have to say again what a wonderful program it is. It is a joy to work with, and the addition of your friendly and helpful service makes it 300% perfect." - East Sussex "A huge thank you, both for your wonderful software and for all the help and advice you have given me over the last few months." - Kent
" is a wonderful piece of software - thank you." - London "You are, without doubt, a star. It is hugely appreciated." - Suffolk "Brilliant! Thanks Keith - you and Chris are stars!" - Kent "Your software has been a godsend." - Oxfordshire "It is fantastic - incredibly useful -and very professional." - London "Thank you for giving me back my summer holidays!" - Suffolk "Thanks for another brilliant Upgrade." - Surrey "Timetable finished, in record time. Thanks for your help." - Surrey "Marvellous! I'm very grateful to you, yet again, for your prompt attention." - Suffolk "...tried your 'HelpMovies' ...I do have to say that I think they are brilliant." - Guernsey "The Visual Builder has made the whole process so much easier. This is the 4th year I have used your software and I have found it amazingly helpful and powerful, so thank you!" - London "Brilliant! Thank you for providing such an excellent, responsive service." - London "Wonderful! ....Great news ....Well done ...Going to make my life so much better!!!!!!!" - London "I must say I am more than impressed with the Manual, it is so user friendly!" - London "Thank you for producing such a brilliant piece of software ...that has made timetabling so much more straightforward, and produce far superior timetables for our school." - Essex "This is the best program on the market ...and the backup service is excellent." - Berkshire " has saved me weeks and weeks of work." - Suffolk "I'm glad that I use the software, it saves me hours and hours!" - Surrey "Apart from being much faster, and unfailingly accurate, it has allowed me to prepare a really good quality timetable for the first time." - London "My fellow scheduler is now a huge fan and agrees our schedule is so complex that we couldn't do it without your program." - Suffolk "Excellent support as always. Would that other suppliers were as good as you." - Oxfordshire "Congratulations on creating another extremely helpful Upgrade." - Kent "It is a brilliant and flexible program for any size school, with an excellent HelpLine. Designed by a teacher! "Once again I have found superb." - Surrey "Yours is a truly great product. Congratulations to you and Chris." - Kent "Many thanks for your prompt reply. What a service!!" - London "...would recommend it to anyone - it is excellent." - Hampshire "For 20 years I had been preparing timetables manually. 's effectiveness is so much beyond my expectations that I feel it is like a dream come true!" - Middlesex "Thanks Keith, what great support - you deserve an OBE!" - Kent "I sent the Plain English Campaign a recommendation for an award for your handbooks." - Middlesex "I have found this program amazingly helpful, and the helpline second to none. It is designed by a teacher and timetabler, and although it was created with mainstream schools in mind it works beautifully for ours too." - East Sussex "I have found it an excellent piece of software, easy to use, and with really good support giving prompt replies." - Kent "Your program coped without difficulty with a particular point that Nor-Data couldn’t manage" - Norfolk "It's a great resource and very powerful, and I'd be pleased to recommend it." - Surrey "Thanks so much for your usual incredibly speedy reply service!" - Berkshire "I'm glad was available in this new school as I would not have coped constructing on NOVA T." - West Sussex "Just to let you know that my timetable has now successfully imported into SIMS .net ! This has been my first experience of timetabling and I don't think I would have been able to do it without your programme and back up, which have been excellent." - Hampshire "The program has been faultless." - Kent "The clarity of your handbooks puts other software producers to shame." - Middlesex "I would have no hesitation in recommending - it's proved invaluable." - Kent "An excellent tool . . . I would be completely lost without it." - Surrey "Very many thanks for your helpful hints and advice." - Hampshire "Easy to use . . . . extremely valuable . . . . produced a better timetable" - Sussex "Many thanks for your assistance. The first year I did our timetable I did it by hand. Now I spend less than half the time, and get a far better timetable. I would be lost without ." - Bedfordshire "I have found the HelpLine a particularly valuable part of the package." - Bedfordshire " is a delight to work with." - Sussex " . . . it halved the time to prepare our timetable." - London " . . . it worked beautifully . . . " - Somerset " . . . very grateful to you for all your help." - Surrey "After 12 years of manual timetabling I used for the first time and it really is a superb piece of software, very easy to use and extremely powerful . . . . the FIT routine is particularly valuable . . . . a first class tool, saving hours." - Kent "My first timetable is now complete . . . most enjoyable . . . your programs are excellent." - Hampshire "Many thanks to you all the help you've given me with using your software over the last 10 years or so. They are very good products!" - Surrey "The instruction Manual and online support are second to none. The price was certainly worth the investment." - West Sussex "I finished my first timetable this afternoon. I have got to say that I couldn't have done it without your software. Thanks very much for the programme, and for your help." - London "Once I had the classes set up the whole timetable package was so easy to use. My first time writing a timetable, 1500 students, far too many courses including a large sixth form, not enough science teachers (or RE) etc ...the job was complete earlier than any year in memory ... So many thanks for providing such an awesome package!" - Middlesex |
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Australia and the Rest of the World "Many thanks . . . The email support you have offered has been great" - Timetabler in NSW, Australia "We've a very complicated K-12 timetable. The flexibility and friendliness of TimeTabler allows the construction of our timetable in a fraction of the time it would take using other methods" - Australia "This is the best timetable package that I've come across and I will continue to advocate it." - Australia " . . . a godsend . . . your program is far better than others costing considerably more" - Australia "Thanks for the quick reply. The program is very intuitive." - Australia "Your efficiency and professionalism are highly valued." - Australia "Thank you for the wonderful programme, which has made timetabling in our very complex school SO much easier!" - South Africa "I am most impressed with the program, and ease of use, and would highly recommend it to anyone." - Canada "This program is really excellent. Thanks again, your after-sales service cannot be faulted." - U.S.A. "Thank you again for the excellent software" - Cyprus "Only a fellow timetabler can fully appreciate the importance of receiving the support you have given me at this time of year, and for that I am most grateful." - Cyprus "Having used for the second year running, I have to say that I got a quality solution in less than a week. Previously it took my predecessor the whole of the last term, and then the presentation was always messy." - Saudi Arabia "I am delighted . . . most impressed . . . thanking you for a wonderful programme." - South Africa
"Congratulations on a very impressive programme." - Southern Africa "I am most impressed with your program." - Southern Africa "As ever, the speed of your response amazes me." - Thailand "Many thanks Keith, great service." - Bermuda "Thank you for the excellent service I received with ." - Japan "I can certainly recommend this software." - Japan "Great ...thanks. I think your software is brilliant." - Czech Republic "Thanks for all the help . . . an invaluable program." - Italy "Congratulations on a great piece of software - keep up the innovations." - Malaysia "I have enjoyed using your software, and for clarity and ease of use I think it's first rate." - Cyprus "One of the reasons I purchased this package was on the reputation you have for efficiency and effectiveness of the Help desk." - China "The program has removed a great deal of stress from my job - it is a great boon." - Israel "I found your software most intuitive and, to be honest, a God-Send." - Germany "Thanks for your wonderful program which has proved invaluable to us in our college." - Spain "Many thanks again for a great product. We have been delighted with it." - Sweden "First of all a big thank you for your wonderful program and your excellent support. I have just survived my first round of timetabling ever, and I don't think I would have managed without your program and help. Without the FIT function and the Visual Builder it would have been next to impossible. So thank you for doing a great job." - Denmark "Wonderful. I just wish other software people were as helpful and efficient as you." - West Africa "Thank you for designing such excellent timetable software. I have been very impressed by all it can do - and by the clarity of the manual." - Singapore "Keith, it's beautiful. I am very impressed with the software and super-impressed with the speed you responded to my query." - South America " worked a treat as always this year . . . also enabled me to work out the best plan quickly." - Indonesia "I must thank you for the quality of your "after care service". You are very patient and very considerate." - Oman "We are very impressed by the programme and by the HelpLine Support." - Mauritius "Congratulations on the new software, which handled the situation extremely well - I am very pleased with it." - Quatar "Yours is a company that is rarely matched by other companies in education, and you have saved my life on several occasions." - Oman "I am already a firm fan!" - Quatar "Every time I contact anyone at TimeTabler I am so impressed with the support I receive." - Dubai "Your is indeed a marvel." - Pakistan "I'm delighted with how it's gone ...really helpful, and saved me what would have been countless hours." "I used TimeTabler for the first time in the Summer which was a tremendous success - our pegboard is now consigned to storage! I shall be using TimeTabler for as long as I need timetabling software - I have become quite evangelical about it! - Malaysia "Over the years we must have looked at a dozen timetabling programs, and yours is far and away the best." "What a fantastic piece of software is! Our curriculum plan is getting more complex each year, and each year I think we have eroded the linear groups too much, and every year comes up with the goods." - Malaysia |
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Options " is working really well, and it very easy to use." - Scotland ". Superb!! What a time-saver!! Curriculum for Excellence!" - Scotland "You did an amazing job ...You have a great product." - United States of America "Excellent software. And the Handbook really is first class, though the software is so intuitive that I rarely had to refer to it." - West Midlands "Congratulations on an excellent program [Options]. It has certainly done the job vastly better than the Serco equivalent, and a lot lot quicker than Options for SIMS which relies heavily on the User to guess which subjects will go best in which columns" - South Yorkshire "Your software is terrific. The program is clearly laid out; user-friendly; fast and efficient. It saved me hours, and the students that I was counselling loved to see their details come up on screen in colour." "By contrast ...SIMS Options looks incomprehensible to me" - Birmingham "I very much enjoyed using your software for the first time . . . it produced some excellent solutions. I can't imagine how long it would have taken me without it!" - Bristol "You are a star. Really appreciated ." - Norfolk " continues to provide a real solution to an annual issue. We are delighted with the flexibility and adaptability of the software." - London "Thank you very much for being willing to prove that your software does find a best solution. This is certainly what the routine within Serco Facility CMIS could not do!!" - Cambridge "I use because Serco-Facility-options cannot handle pupils in U6 taking AS subjects as well as A2 well." - Birmingham "We would now like to purchase the Options program for use with the TimeTabler program purchased last year – which is brilliant!" - Bermuda "I am really pleased with the package, it has saved me hours of work." - Middlesex "Many thanks. Your excellent software solved my problem in minutes." - Hong Kong "Using your software I got 100% satisfaction for student choices for both GCSE options and A-Level options; something this school hadn't achieved before!" - Cumbria "Can I just say Brilliant!!!!!!! So easy to use, so easy to follow. I can't thank you enough. - Northumberland "Our existing columns only gave them 50% pupil satisfaction, whilst with I was very quickly able to improve that to only 1 pupil not getting exactly what he wanted." - Oxfordshire " has done a marvellous job of finding a good fit for my students (100% satisfied)." - Thailand "The new TOOLS feature is an excellent development. It certainly puts you ahead of anything that SIMS seems to offer." - Birmingham |
StaffCover "Thanks again for the half-hour or so each morning that the program saves me." - Oxfordshire "The latest StaffCover is excellent, the extra features are very useful indeed." - Indonesia " and StaffCover are working an absolute treat." - West Africa "I love your StaffCover software." - London "StaffCover is a daily life-saver." - Hong Kong "I am very impressed. StaffCover is of the same excellent quality as ." - South Wales |
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