Staff in a school or tutoring company share resources, cover arrangements and event planning, but are rarely free at the same time. Information sent by email gets missed between lessons, and resources live on individual laptops.

How schools and tutoring companies set up Tandem App

  1. Create department channels such as #maths and #english, plus #cover for absence and cover arrangements.
  2. Keep lesson plans, worksheets and schemes of work in Docs folders by year group.
  3. Plan events such as parents' evening on the task board, with a checklist for rooms, letters and timetable.
  4. Use email summaries so part-time staff catch up on mentions they missed.

Clients and outside people

Visiting tutors or exam invigilators can join specific channels as Chat only guests with an end date at the end of term. Pupil records stay in your management information system.

What it costs

Tandem App is free for up to 3 users. Paid plans are charged per user (owners, admins and members) from $1.99 a month, and guests are free: 5 for every paid user. Every feature is on every plan. See pricing.