protemporis
Scropton
ProTemporis is an outsourcing and consultancy service to provide schools with
specialist support for their timetable provision. Having worked at management
level for almost 20 years in independent schools, and having been responsible
for timetabling in various roles throughout that time, it has often occurred to
me that it was a pity that more schools were not able to benefit from real
expertise in this area. The timetable is such an important part of the effective
functioning of a school, and yet time and time again I have been aware of
schools which have struggled in some way with this aspect of their management.
After 10 years as Deputy Head at my last school, I saw an opportunity to go and
do something different and to set about establishing a service to schools that
would fill a gap in the support that has been available to them in the past. And
so an idea that has spent many years fermenting became a reality, and
ProTemporis was born. In describing within these pages what ProTemporis has to
offer, and the circumstances in which you might find our services useful, it is
in no way my wish to denigrate what is already happening in schools or to
undermine the fine work that many timetablers and Academic Deputies up and down
the country are doing. For many schools, this area of management will not be a
current problem. However, circumstances change and sometimes the situation can
develop where a school may benefit from outside support. The purpose of this
website is, therefore, to outline for you how the services of ProTemporis could
be useful to you should your circumstances require them.
