What is Mega Seating Plan?
Mega Seating Plan was created by UK school teacher Rob Cowen in 2015 to help fellow teachers focus on teaching and learning by generating their data-rich seating plans instantly.
It synchronises directly with your school's MIS using Wonde to import student data, photos, assessments and more. Mega Seating Plan uses machine learning to arrange students automatically, based on your requirements and student behaviour. It is compatible with all MIS/SIS systems in all countries.
A typical school with a Mega Seating Plan subscription saves over £16,000 per year in teacher time and is 52% more likely to be graded Ofsted Outstanding.
Behaviour management tools allow student conduct events to be viewed, added and analysed, right from your seating plans.
Mega Seating Plan's pricing is open and transparent: from £7.03 per teacher per year for a Platinum whole-school subscription.
All subscriptions begin with a fully-featured, no obligation 30 day free trial, so that your teachers can discover how great Mega Seating Plan is. Or, try the live demo right now to instantly see the benefits of Mega Seating Plan.
Book a call with Rob to find out how Mega Seating Plan can help your school.
Educational Impact
 Company | Business Name: Mega Seating Plan Ltd HQ Location: United Kingdom Founded: 2015 |
| Age Range | 0-4, 5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-16, 17-18, 19+ |
 Features | DataPhotosManual ImportAutomatic Syncing With Mis/sisSeating Plan GenerationReport WriterName Learning ToolDrag And DropAutomatic Seating LayoutsBehaviour ManagementBehaviour AnalysisSims Writebacks |
 Languages | English |
 Accessibility | Robust features |
 Policies |  Terms of ServicePrivacy PolicyGDPR |
 Requirements | Internet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookDesktop - LinuxMobile - iPad Works on any device, but a larger screen is more suitable than a phone. |
 Set Up | Whole school subscriptions are usually up and running within 24 hours of placing an order, including generation of all teacher accounts and import of all student data (via Wonde) |
 Training | Live OnlineDocumentation Step-by-step guides to almost every feature are available at https://help.seatingplan.com |
 Support | EmailFAQs/ForumKnowledge Base24/7 Live Rep All support requests are dealt with same day, most within hours, some instantly. Support is available via live chat and email, supported by a comprehensive online knowledge base. |
| Home Learning | School must create the account. Coming very soon: Parent access to students' achievement and behaviour analysis. |
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Mega Seating Plan PricingPricing Plans Free TrialPaid Subscription Mega Seating Plan pricing starts from £5.63 / per-user * Platinum plan (automatic data import via Wonde): £12.50/teacher/year 25% discount for government-funded schools. 25% discount for three year commitment. Further discounts are available for multi-school purchases (e.g. academy chains).  Optimised for a quick response | |
 Special Offer | Use voucher code EDTECHIMPACT to save 10% off your first year |
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Mega Seating Plan Reviews
from 32 Verified Reviews
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DANIELLE
Teacher
Used Mega Seating Plan daily for 1-2 years
Jul 2024
All the features at the free level give teachers an advantage in organizing where students sit. I wish that the seating chart can collect daily data, such as learning targets, that can be transferred to a learning management system.
DANIELLE found Mega Seating Plan:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Easily sort students 1) by quickly switching students 2)by organizing students into meaningful small instruction groups using the color features.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Students spend less time waiting for me to call them one by one to tell them where to sit. Instead, I post the Mega Seating Chart and students find their seat by using the provided land marks such as door, window, teacher's desk, etc.”
- Slightly improves school processes
- Significantly improves behaviour or wellbeing“Students become worried when I open the Mega Seating website because they know how fast I can visually show them that their seats will be changed if their behavior is not adjusted.”
Jun 2024
It's so easy to use. I've already got the other members of my department using it
Tim found Mega Seating Plan:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Can create a seating plan in a matter of minutes and then it's extremely easy to adjust it. The transfer of pupil data is quite easy; just copy and paste. Really like the facility to colour code and also flip perspectives.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“I can just show the seating plan on the projector at the beginning of any lesson.”
- Moderately improves school processes“We share seating plans with cover supervisors and teaching assistants”
- Significantly improves behaviour or wellbeing“We have school policies on seating plans. I can also use the "avoid" mode to keep pupils apart.”
Jun 2024
It saves hours of report writing as I am dyslexia and saves so much time structuring my phrases
Kirsti found Mega Seating Plan:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“report writing is reduced with magic reports”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency“report writing”
- Slightly improves school processes“I cant think of any as we use adifferent seating plan software for lessons in the school”
- Slightly improves behaviour or wellbeing“my wellbeing in helping structure reports”
Jun 2024
Marcus found Mega Seating Plan:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Det tar tid att göra placeringslistor för hand”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency
- Slightly improves school processes
- Does not significantly improve behaviour or wellbeing
Lora
Teacher
Used Mega Seating Plan monthly for 3-4 years
Jun 2024
Mega seating is excellent for most of my needs. I would like some more flexibility/options for printing (i.e. format, shading), but it's great overall.
Lora found Mega Seating Plan:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Easier to plan/manipulate seating charts than other options.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Quickly see student data on seating charts”
- Slightly improves school processes“Meaning of "school processes" is unclear”
- Moderately improves behaviour or wellbeing“If I make a good seating chart!”
Stephanie
Mathematics Teacher
Used Mega Seating Plan monthly for 1-2 years
Jun 2024
Now that it is not free it is harder to use. The grid is very faint and hard to see sometimes for the seating.
Stephanie found Mega Seating Plan:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Nice to be able to paste names into a spread sheet and then be able to assign seats. Nice to print out sheet for record, quick to move students around if the information is saved.”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency
- Does not significantly improve school processes
- Does not improve behaviour or wellbeing
Jay
Science Teacher
Used Mega Seating Plan daily for 0–3 months
Jun 2024
Have already spoken to IT about this software. She was very much interested. Unfortunately, she resigned before the end of the school year. With her, she asked me to give workshops on this. I am not sure of the new leader now, and if Mega will be embraced by the school as a whole. Individually, I will still support this.
Jay found Mega Seating Plan:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“No.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Student attention increased significantly. I change seats every class time they walk into class. It is funny to see them to watch the screens to see where they will be seating that day.”
- Slightly improves school processes“No.”
- Significantly improves behaviour or wellbeing“Student attention focused. They are away from their friends or friends that will distract them.”
Paul
Teacher
Used Mega Seating Plan weekly for 4-6 months
Jun 2024
Easy to use, good value
Paul found Mega Seating Plan:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Rapidly change seating arrangements and print/share seating charts”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Better seating improves student engagement”
- Significantly improves school processes“Faster attendance recording, better attention to announcements”
- Significantly improves behaviour or wellbeing“Less arguments between students because they are easily separated”
Jun 2024
It does what it needs to do. Saves us time and is easy to use.
Julie found Mega Seating Plan:
- Does not significantly reduce teacher workload“Not having to draw seating plans and then having to update them. Mega seating plan is much quicker.”
- Does not significantly improve teaching efficiency“No”
- Does not improve school processes
- Moderately improves behaviour or wellbeing“Can move students apart easily on plan. Can separate students who want to be apart.”
Hayley
Head of Computer Science
Used Mega Seating Plan weekly for 3-4 years
Jun 2024
I have tried different only seating plan generators and this ticks all the boxes.
Hayley found Mega Seating Plan:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Data is prepopulated, allows easy creation of Data Rich Seating Plan. Can save templates for room layout and reuse every year. Easy to move students around, by just dragging them.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“I use it to random name generation when questioning students.”
- Slightly improves school processes
- Slightly improves behaviour or wellbeing
Jun 2024
fantastic tool - it is just a shame that they have severely curtailed the usability of it by limiting free usage. Get sponsorship. By limiting the number of classes that you can plan you are limiting the number of people that are going to use it - it becomes a pain in the backside to build, save, delete, build, save delete, etc. People aren't going to sign up for something that has limited short term use.
Kevin found Mega Seating Plan:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“time making seating plans”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“time saving”
- Moderately improves school processes“saves time”
- Does not improve behaviour or wellbeing
Meghan
Teacher
Used Mega Seating Plan occasionally for 1-2 years
Jun 2024
Meghan found Mega Seating Plan:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“I use to need to make paper maps or create moveable boxes to figure out seating plans. Now I can just move students with a mouse click.”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency“Other than allowing me to move students to spaces more appropriate for their own focus, I haven't noticed”
- Does not significantly improve school processes
- Moderately improves behaviour or wellbeing“Though I can't program it so it avoids placing certain students together, it does allow me to easily move students to reduce disruptions”
Garry
Educator
Used Mega Seating Plan daily for 7–12 months
Jun 2024
Because Mega Seating Plan makes classroom management very effective and efficient
Garry found Mega Seating Plan:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Student are assigned seating by their performance”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency
- Significantly improves school processes“Students are more engaged”
- Significantly improves behaviour or wellbeing“Students are seated where they are less distracted”
Tanya
Teacher
Used Mega Seating Plan monthly for 1-2 years
Jun 2024
It’s easy to use and intuitive
Tanya found Mega Seating Plan:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Easy way to group students”
- Significantly improves school processes“Easy way to manage behaviors”
- Slightly improves behaviour or wellbeing
Jun 2024
A well designed and implemented solution to a crucial part of classroom management
Kieran found Mega Seating Plan:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“The ease at which a seating plan can be made or modified”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Ability to display a teacher or a student perspective seating plan”
- Significantly improves school processes“When seating plans need to change for new intakes/interventions”
- Significantly improves behaviour or wellbeing“Clearly displayed without any ambiguity”
Jun 2024
I have been recommending it to anyone who mentions the word seating plan but the 9 is due to the new free version vs paid version so for free you can only have 1 seating plan saved
Myrto found Mega Seating Plan:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“The ease of creating the seating plans especially with the 'avoid' mode or boy/girl or even random; being able to save the classroom plan for different classrooms and the different classes.”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency“The fact that it can be displayed either from the teacher's perspective or the students it helps a lot when display on the projector”
- Slightly improves school processes“seating plans are sometimes needed to hep with behaviour management”
- Moderately improves behaviour or wellbeing“seating plans help with classroom management but also with students feeling safe and provide consistency”
Carolyn
Teacher
Used Mega Seating Plan monthly for 4-6 months
Jun 2024
It really reduces my workload considerably. I wish I could indicate which students should not sit next to each other ever, and to distribute students throughout the room.
Carolyn found Mega Seating Plan:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“It used to take several days to get seating charts arranged for my junior high classes. Mega Seating, after initial setup, reduces that to maybe two hours, usually less.”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency“Helps me quickly identify which students need accommodations.”
- Does not significantly improve school processes“So far as I’m aware, I’m the only teacher in the school who uses it.”
- Moderately improves behaviour or wellbeing“Improves my wellbeing, since o can use time more efficiently. Also helps with student behavior as it’s easier to have students rotate teams more often.”
Glenn Wilkinson
Coordinator Media Studies
Used Mega Seating Plan weekly for 7–12 months
Mar 2024
Great customer service, excellent report generation and helps me keep organised.
Glenn Wilkinson found Mega Seating Plan:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Organizing seating plans and generating reports.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Reports learning student names at start of year.”
- Moderately improves school processes“N/A”
- Moderately improves behaviour or wellbeing“It helps when you can quickly learn students names and arrange places in the room.”
Mar 2023
The software is easy to use and has all the features we need. Customer support is excellent; we get rapid responses to any queries, including the addition of features that make it easier to use the system.
Phil Marshall found Mega Seating Plan:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency
- Significantly improves school processes“Centralised seating plans for use by cover supervisors.”
- Significantly improves behaviour or wellbeing
Feb 2023
Would highly recommend this, it is the best piece of software I have used in 12 years of teaching.
Aisha found Mega Seating Plan:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Includes up to date student data which is updated regularly. Takes less than 5 minutes to complete a seating plan with students pictures and data and can be tweaked at any time, in seconds.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“I use the random name generator feature regularly for questioning purposes”
- Significantly improves school processes“All student data is collated in once place, meaning teachers are always aware of average point scores and additional student needs.”
- Significantly improves behaviour or wellbeing“Less teacher time spent on collating data and putting together seating plans/admin. Thus, less stressful and workload for teachers.”
Feb 2023
Terna found Mega Seating Plan:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“I do not have to make my own seating plans”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency“Learn names quicker”
- Significantly improves school processes
- Significantly improves behaviour or wellbeing
Feb 2023
The cost is great value for money. If there are issues or suggestions, Rob is easily contactable and is quick to respond.
Karis Rundle found Mega Seating Plan:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Seating plans can be easily created and shared within minutes.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Using the data shown on each tile allows for teaching to be targetted to individual students quickly and easily for teachers who aren't familiar with the students.”
- Significantly improves school processes“Communication between teacher and assistant teachers in terms of seating arrangements and sharing of information in case of absence becomes easier.”
- Moderately improves behaviour or wellbeing“Teachers can identify easily where behaviour challenges lie and amend the plan easily to adapt for this.”
Feb 2023
Catherine found Mega Seating Plan:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency
- Significantly improves school processes“Easy to provide up to date seating plans for lesson observations”
- Moderately improves behaviour or wellbeing
Reuben
Teacher and Edtech lead
Used Mega Seating Plan weekly for 1-2 years
Feb 2023
Reuben found Mega Seating Plan:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Just the time consumption, lowered massively”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency“NA”
- Significantly improves school processes
- Slightly improves behaviour or wellbeing
Feb 2023
it would save time if there was an easier way of designing classroom initially. pre programmed classroom formats e.g., horse shoe, rows etc.
Khamis found Mega Seating Plan:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“when covering a class I do not know it helps me to behaviour manage. It helps me to remember which students can not sit next to each other and easier to adapt seating plan when things come up.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“When changing the seating plan. I can put it up on the board and get students seated quickly which reduces the amount of lesson time lost.”
- Slightly improves school processes
- Slightly improves behaviour or wellbeing
