Choosing a teacher planning app in Ireland
A planning app earns its place in an Irish primary classroom by doing three things: carrying the Irish curriculum so you never copy learning outcomes by hand, matching how Irish schools actually plan (fortnightly or monthly short-term plans against a scheme of work), and producing the Cuntas Míosúil without a separate write-up. Generic international planners and word-processor templates each miss at least one of the three.
Questions worth asking
Does it hold the learning outcomes for your class band, or do you paste them in? Does the plan become the record, or do you write the month up separately? What happens on the busy days: can you log a taught lesson in seconds from a phone? And does it suggest rather than dictate: you should be able to accept, edit or ignore anything it proposes.
Templates versus a system
A template gives you a blank structure to fill twenty times a year. A system remembers your timetable, sequences the curriculum, and turns daily teaching into the monthly record. The difference shows up in February, when the template is still blank every fortnight and the system already knows where every subject is up to.
Less admin, same teaching
Rang360 is built only for Irish primary teachers. The curriculum's learning outcomes are inside for every class band and subject, plans are fortnightly or monthly against a term-long scheme of work, each lesson is marked taught with a tap, and the Cuntas Míosúil assembles itself for a Word export at month end. Your planning notes are your own. It suggests, you decide.
Free until January 2027, or for 90 days, whichever is later, with no card required.
Set up my class (10 minutes)Common questions
Does Rang360 work on a phone?
Yes. It runs in the browser on your phone, laptop and the classroom PC, with nothing to install.
What does it cost?
Free until January 2027, or for 90 days, whichever is later, with no card required. After that it is €9.99 a month, or €99.99 a year, per teacher.