Comparison
Bell Path vs Daily Organiser
Choose Bell Path when you want cover, yard duty and wet day plans in the same place as the timetable, whether Bell Path builds it or loads the one you have. Choose Daily Organiser when your timetable is already built in Timetabling Solutions.
Daily Organiser is Timetabling Solutions’ relief product. It manages teacher absences, replacements and daily changes on top of a timetable built in the company’s separate timetabling program.
Already run one? Send the file and it is in Bell Path within 48 hours, with Daily Cover free for two weeks.
This comparison is based on the public pages of Timetabling Solutions, which makes Daily Organiser. When we checked, the Daily Organiser page did not mention yard duty rosters or primary planning time. That describes what the page says, not what the product can do.
Sources checked · 3 October 2026
Which product fits which school.
Choose Bell Path if
- You want the timetable, cover, yard duty and wet day plans in one place instead of in separate products
- You already have a timetable from another program and want cover and yard duty running on it. Bell Path loads it from your file within 48 hours
- Yard duty rosters with a fairness record are part of what you are solving
- You are a primary school and want planning time checked in the same system that builds the cover plan
Choose Daily Organiser if
- Your school already builds its timetable in Timetabling Solutions and wants the matching relief product from the same long-established vendor
- You want a training day and support time included in the purchase, as the product page describes
- An ST4S assessment (Safer Technologies 4 Schools, the national security assessment for school software) carries weight in your procurement. The Daily Organiser page says it has been assessed. Bell Path has not
What the decision usually comes down to.
What it is
Daily cover, yard duty, wet day plans, events and a staff portal, on a timetable Bell Path builds or loads from your file
A relief product: teacher absences, replacements, cancellations and daily changes on top of an existing timetable. Building the timetable is a separate Timetabling Solutions product
Yard duty
Built in: rosters balanced for fairness, built from the current timetable
Not mentioned on the Daily Organiser page. Timetabling Solutions’ separate timetable product places yard duties automatically
Staff views
A staff portal with each person’s own timetable, duties and cover
The web version includes a teacher portal for timetables, class lists, daily changes and bulletins
Primary-school fit
Primary only. Planning time, specialist rotations and job-shares are built in
Used across school types. The vendor’s primary-school training course features it, but the public pages describe general relief features rather than primary planning time
Evaluation and pricing
Send the timetable you already run and it is in Bell Path within 48 hours, with Daily Cover free for two weeks. Or set up and build a free preview of your real timetable. Prices are published, $679 a year for up to 100 students and $1,349 for 101 to 300, rising with school size, with no GST added
A yearly subscription priced by student numbers: $1,698 in the first year for up to 500 students, then $839 a year, with a training day and support time included. No trial is published
FAQ
Questions schools ask when comparing Bell Path and Daily Organiser.
Is Daily Organiser the same as Timetabling Solutions?
Daily Organiser is one product in the Timetabling Solutions range, for relief and daily changes. Building the timetable is a separate product in that range. If you are comparing full timetabling systems, read the Bell Path vs Timetabling Solutions comparison alongside this one.
Can Daily Organiser build a yard duty roster?
Its public page describes absence and replacement management and does not mention yard duty rosters, though Timetabling Solutions’ separate timetable product places yard duties automatically. Bell Path builds yard duty rosters from the current timetable and balances them across the term. Confirm current capability with each vendor.
Can Bell Path run cover on a timetable built somewhere else?
Yes. Send Bell Path the timetable you already run, as a spreadsheet, a Word table, a PDF or a photo, and it is loaded within 48 hours. Daily Cover is free on it for two weeks, and building a new timetable in Bell Path is something you can grow into later.
Other comparisons.
Bell Path vs Timetabling Solutions
Choose Timetabling Solutions for a deep, long-established timetabling program with training courses, especially if you also timetable secondary.
Bell Path vs Tes Timetable, powered by Edval
Choose Tes Timetable for an established suite that also covers secondary, connections to other school systems, and a Tes timetabler who can run it for you.
Bell Path vs DayGrid
Choose DayGrid when building class lists matters as much as the timetable, or you want a 30-day full trial and phone support.
Bell Path vs the spreadsheet
Keep the spreadsheet while your week rarely changes and checking it by eye is still manageable.
See the timetable before you decide.
Send us the timetable you already run and it is in Bell Path within 48 hours, or see a week Bell Path built for a sample school first.
Bell Path publishes its prices: $679 a year for up to 100 students and $1,349 for 101 to 300, rising with school size, with no per-user add-ons. See the full price list.