School Year Planner · Free · No account
A school year planner for parents, from September to September.
The family setup has six categories, each in its own colour: Term, Holiday, Exam, Trip, Club and Parents’ evening. Each date goes on one Events sheet. The overview shades each day, and the Upcoming sheet counts down to the next 20 dates.
- Excel 2016 and later
- Calculations checked in LibreOffice and Google Sheets
- Choose the school yearPick the year, such as 2026 to 2027, and set the first month. September is the default. Choose 12 or 13 months.
- Name your categoriesWrite up to seven, such as Term, Exam or Trip. Each gets a colour, and a key explaining the colours prints on the pages.
- Download and add datesType one row per date on the Events sheet. The overview, month pages and Upcoming sheet update from the entries on the Events sheet.
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Preview: School year planner for parents. Change the selected dates, categories or layout to update the preview.
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What you get
What is different in this setup
Parents with one or more children at school who want term dates, trips and evenings out on one printed overview.
- Categories for Term, Holiday, Exam, Trip, Club and Parents’ evening.
- Clubs and parents’ evenings get their own colours.
- Starts in September with thirteen months.
Sheets included (19)
- Start HereHow the workbook works, what each sheet is for and the settings used.
- YearEvery month on one page. Days with events are shaded; month names open their pages.
- 13 month pagesSeptember 2026: day boxes with events and room to write.
- EventsOne row per event. Each event appears on the calendar pages.
- UpcomingThe next 20 events and the days left until each.
- ListsEdit the white lists to change dropdown choices. Shaded lists are fixed because formulas use those names.
- SettingsValues used by the workbook, such as reminder windows. Change them here.
File details
- Made for
- Excel 2016 and laterThe download is an .xlsx workbook.
- LibreOffice
- No calculation errors in our testLibreOffice recalculated every formula in the workbook with no error values, such as #VALUE! or #N/A.
- Google Sheets
- Calculations matched Excel in our testGoogle Sheets removes sheet protection and repeated print headings.
- Apple Numbers
- Most calculations match ExcelSome calculations on the Upcoming sheet and the Events sheet do not work in Apple Numbers. Numbers converts list-based dropdowns to plain cells and removes colour markers, sheet protection, frozen headings and number and date validation. Use Excel for all calculations and features.
- Calculations
- The Start Here sheet lists the calculations used in this workbook. Results update from the entries you add.
- Builder privacy
- The builder runs in your browser. The entries used to make the workbook stay on your device. How the utilities work
Questions
Are my builder entries sent to Due Form?
No. The builder uses them in your browser to make the workbook on your device.
Information is sent to Due Form when you submit a form or use another service described on the How it works page.
Can I use it for more than one child?
Yes. Add an extra column such as Child on the Events sheet, or rename categories to use each child’s name, so the colours show whose date it is.
Can I add bank holidays?
Yes. Choose England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland in the builder and the bank holidays for your dates are added. Later announcements are not included.
Related Due Form edition
The Week Book
An undated thirteen-week planner for commitments, available time, chosen work and what changed.
Use it to plan each week of a term around the dates in this planner.
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