Is Bell Path a Griddle alternative for primary schools?

For Australian primary schools, yes. Griddle is a strong fit for Compass schools, and its public pages target secondary problems like course selection and exams. Bell Path only does primary schools: planning time, specialist rotations, job-shares, yard duty and daily cover are the core of the product.

Does Griddle do daily cover?

Its features page describes a Daily Organisation module for changes to teachers and rooms, substitutions, and events synced from Compass. Bell Path’s daily cover also suggests who should cover from a fairness count across the term, and texts the booked relief teacher a day sheet.

Does Bell Path integrate with Compass?

No. Bell Path runs alongside Compass rather than inside it. It produces PDFs and a staff portal that staff use directly, whatever administration system the school runs.

Which is better for a P-12 school, Bell Path or Griddle?

A P-12 school timetabling secondary courses and electives needs a secondary tool, which Bell Path is not. Griddle or another secondary product would carry the secondary campus. Some P-12 schools plan their primary campus separately, and that is where Bell Path fits.

Comparison

Bell Path vs Griddle

Choose Bell Path when you are a primary school and planning time, specialist rotations, job-shares and yard duty are the hard part. Choose Griddle when your school runs on Compass and wants its timetabling, secondary included, inside Compass.

Griddle is Compass Education’s cloud timetabling product, built with Deakin University for schools that run on Compass. Its public pages and case studies are aimed at secondary and P-12 schools.

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This comparison is based on the public pages of Griddle and Compass Education. When we checked, Griddle’s pages did not describe planning time, specialist rotation or job-share features. That describes what the pages say, not what the product can do.

Sources checked · 3 October 2026

Which product fits which school.

Choose Bell Path if

You are a primary school and want software designed around planning time, specialist rotations, job-shares, yard duty and wet days
You want yard duty rosters with a fairness record and wet day plans to come from the same timetable as daily cover
You want setup in plain language that a leadership team can run without a timetabling specialist
You want published pricing and a preview of your own timetable before any payment is taken

Choose Griddle if

Your school already runs on Compass and wants its timetabling in the same place
You are a secondary or P-12 school, and course selection, electives and exam scheduling are the problem
You want the vendor to cover your subscription until your current timetabling licence runs out, which Griddle publicly offers

What the decision usually comes down to.

Core audience

Australian primary schools only

Compass’s launch material describes the product as most relevant to secondary schools, and its case studies are P-12, K-12 and secondary colleges

Fit for a primary school

Planning time, specialist rotations, job-shares, yard duty and wet day plans are built in

Public pages do not describe planning time, specialist rotation or job-share features. They centre on course selection, class lists, multiple bell structures and exam scheduling

Daily changes

Daily cover, yard duty and wet day plans, all from the current timetable

A Daily Organisation module for teacher and room changes, substitutions and events synced from Compass

Connection to other systems

Runs alongside Compass, Sentral and CASES21 without replacing them

Built by Compass Education to sync with Compass

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

No published pricing. The public offer covers your Griddle subscription until your current licence expires

FAQ

Questions schools ask when comparing Bell Path and Griddle.

Is Bell Path a Griddle alternative for primary schools?
For Australian primary schools, yes. Griddle is a strong fit for Compass schools, and its public pages target secondary problems like course selection and exams. Bell Path only does primary schools: planning time, specialist rotations, job-shares, yard duty and daily cover are the core of the product.
Does Griddle do daily cover?
Its features page describes a Daily Organisation module for changes to teachers and rooms, substitutions, and events synced from Compass. Bell Path’s daily cover also suggests who should cover from a fairness count across the term, and texts the booked relief teacher a day sheet.
Does Bell Path integrate with Compass?
No. Bell Path runs alongside Compass rather than inside it. It produces PDFs and a staff portal that staff use directly, whatever administration system the school runs.
Which is better for a P-12 school, Bell Path or Griddle?
A P-12 school timetabling secondary courses and electives needs a secondary tool, which Bell Path is not. Griddle or another secondary product would carry the secondary campus. Some P-12 schools plan their primary campus separately, and that is where Bell Path fits.

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See the timetable before you decide.

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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.