Seatbay guide
Exam seating plan
An exam seating plan gives each candidate a single desk, set well apart from the next, all facing the front. Seatbay opens the layout with 30 desks in spaced rows. Paste the names, place each candidate, and print the plan for the door and the invigilator.
Open the exam rows layoutOpens Seatbay with this layout ready to fill. If you have a plan started already, it opens that: pick the layout under Layouts.
Setting out the room
The layout is drawn with wider gaps between desks than the ordinary rows layout. How far apart desks must be is set by your exam board or school, so check their requirements and move the desks to suit: the plan is a picture of your room, not a measurement of it.
Many schools seat candidates in a set order, such as by candidate number or by surname. Paste the list in that order and seat the names desk by desk.
Fill it in
Paste the candidates’ names, one on each line, then drag each to a desk. Keep apart is there for any two candidates who should not sit next to each other, and a candidate who needs to be near the door or somewhere step-free can be marked.
Shuffle gives the room a new arrangement in one tap. The plan prints on one sheet.
Questions
Does the plan meet exam regulations?
The app draws the room and keeps the names in their seats. Whether the spacing and the arrangement meet your exam board’s requirements is for you to check against their published instructions.
Where do my pupils’ names go?
Nowhere. There is no account, and the class stays in your browser on your own device. A class is never shared in a link: you print the plan, or save a backup file.