Flexible seating charts
for every teacher
and every school
Simple by default
Powerful when you need it
According to independent reviewers at EdTech Impact.
Your Seating Plan Done in 141 Seconds*
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Import your class roster
Paste from any spreadsheet, import from Google Classroom or Microsoft Teams, or synchronise with your school's MIS/SIS
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Create your classroom layout
Drop, resize and rotate furniture to match your classroom.
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Seat your students
Generate a seating plan by combining the class roster with your classroom layout.
*Average time to generate, perfect and save a seating plan, based on 248,981 seating plans
Simple by default. Powerful when you need it.
Optional features for every teacher. Control for every school.
Data-Rich Seating Plans
- Display key data about your students, including SEND status, target grades and assessments.
- Colour-code students based on their data for quick visual identification.
- Smart Sorting – automatically group or separate students based on their data.
- Attach downloadable student documents to seating plans.
- Annotate seating plans with notes and comments.
Behavior and Achievement
- Add, view and analyse student conduct in a few clicks.
- Optional integration with compatible school systems.
- Seating plan recommendations based on school-wide behavior data.
Attendance
- Record student attendance directly from your seating plan.
- Optional integration with compatible school systems.
- Tutor group dashboards for fast intervention. Preview
- Attendance reports based on school-wide data.
Magic Reports
- Write personalised student reports in a few seconds.
- Safely uses AI to generate reports based on student data and teacher input.
- No personally-identifiable data is submitted to third parties.
Preferences
- Accommodate your students' preferences for where they sit and who they work with.
- Add your own preferences or override your students.
- Seating Plan's intelligent algorithm takes your requirements and preferences, generates thousands of seating plans and picks the best one. All in about two seconds.
Homework
- Record homework completion directly on your seating plan.
- Track homework progress in a color-coded markbook.
- Assign tasks to students online or offline.
Name Learning
- Learn your students' names before you meet them for your first lesson.
- Use the Seating Plan companion apps for iOS and Android to learn names anywhere, any time.
Teacher Tools
- Pick a random student with the Wheel of Names.
- Assign students to groups with the Group Maker.
- Set a timer for assessments and activities with the Exam Clock.
Compatible with every MIS/SIS
Every system. Every country. Every school.
SIMS, iSAMS, Arbor, Bromcom, Databridge, Engage, Facility, Integris, Cloud School, Pupil Asset, ScholarPack, Teacher Centre, WCBS, SchoolBase and SchoolPod via Wonde, and all others via Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams or CSV upload
PowerSchool, Gradelink, Teachmint, Wisenet, QuickSchools, Education Cloud, Alma, Workday, FACTS, Parchment, Oracle HE Cloud, Orah, Camu, iGradePlus, Sycamore, Rediker, Aeries, Ellevation Skyward, Illuminate, Infinite Campus, Academia, Synergy, Tyler, Aspen Instructional, Camu, iPass and Veracross via Clever or ClassLink, and all others via Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams or CSV upload
Any system compatible with Skolon, and all others by CSV upload
Synergetic, TASS, SchoolPro, SchoolEdge, SAS2000, PCSchool, Civica, Sentral, NSW 3PI, Classe 365, EduMate, Civica, DayMap, ICON, SIMON, Xuno, Zunia, Edval, Timetabling Solutions and EDSAS via Wonde, and all others via Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams or CSV upload
Kamar and LINC Tech/Hero via Wonde, and all others by CSV upload
All systems supported via Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams or CSV upload
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Secure and Safe
- Data protection is at the core of Seating Plan, keeping your information - and that of your students - private and secure.
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Synchronised
- Your class rosters imported automatically from your school's MIS/SIS.
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You're in Control
- Schools decide which data to import and display.
America's Favorite Seating Chart Generator
- US Teachers
- 40,376
- US Schools
- 6,300
Why do schools love Seating Plan?
Teachers love the simplicity
Leaders love the outstanding support
Budget holders love the price
Time saving
Letting teachers be teachers since 2015
- Hours saved per teacher this year
- 3.6
- Plans per school
- 181
- Teacher-time saved per school this year
- £5,160
Pricing
Plans for teachers. Plans for schools.
The Seating Plan Man
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Rob Cowen
Founder
For 14 years, Rob taught science at high schools in London, San Francisco and Manchester. In October 2015, he got so fed up with making seating plans by hand that he decided to build a better way. 160,935 teachers around the world liked what he built.
Since 2025, Rob has run Seating Plan full-time from Malmö, Sweden, focusing on outstanding customer service and continually improving the platform to meet the needs of teachers.
Rob also created the popular GCSE and A Level revision app BRaiN Glue, the YouTube channel Cowen Physics, and tutors A Level and IB Physics students.
Frequently asked questions
If your question isn't answered here, please get in touch via email, live chat or book a call with Rob.


