The normal school day was heavily disrupted during 2020 . Many pupils had to stay at home and receive their lessons remotely . Some pupils were in school but in different class groups . The school day ’ s start and finish times were staggered to alleviate groups of children arriving and leaving at the same time . With the usual school day so significantly changed , teaching timetables previously in place were unworkable .

Schools worked tirelessly to rapidly develop new timetables to fit the changed circumstances of an unfamiliar teaching schedule and amended year groups . As schools now needed atypical timetables that did not conform to the templates generally in use , ONTO looked at how it could provide support by creating new documents that drew on data in a completely different way .

“ As education specialists , we use technology to help schools achieve their goals ,” said Neil Gregory , Co-founder at The ONTO Group .

The ONTO Group is an education technology company supporting schools in their use of data . Among other services , it provides data management tools , including those used in exam and assessment processes and for the delivery and distribution of documents , such as timetables . Based in Manchester , ONTO provides services across the UK and worldwide with clients in Dubai , Malawi and South Africa . The ONTO Group worked with Quadient to harvest the right data to deliver clear , comprehensive timetables that can be rapidly and easily sent to parents by email or SMS text . Neil Gregory , Co-founder at The ONTO Group , told Intelligent SME . tech more about the solution .

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