Free, and it works with no signal
Put it on the board and get on with the lesson.
The things you'd otherwise draw on the whiteboard, up on the projector before the bell goes — starting with a timer the back row can actually read.
Live — have a go
That's the actual product running, not a picture of one. Have a poke at it.
Depends who's reading
For your classroom
You teach this class every day.
You know them. You just want the timer up and the instructions somewhere other than your own voice for once.
What's on the boardFor relief teachers
You've never met this class.
You got the room number this morning. Relief hands you the lesson and the seating before you open the door — your school sets it up, not you.
See what a reliever getsFor schools
You're the one booking the cover.
Give every reliever the same brief instead of a photocopied sheet and a hopeful conversation in the corridor.
Talk to us about ReliefWhy it's built this way
Most classroom tools assume a fast connection and a teacher who stays put
Staffroom doesn't. It works offline from the ground up, because the moments it's most needed are usually the ones where the wifi isn't.
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The reliever
Walks in cold on a guest network that won't let them on, four minutes before a class they've never met.
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The teacher who isn't in a classroom
PE on the far field, the workshop, the school camp. Anywhere the signal quietly drops out and the tool stops being a tool.
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The school where it's just slow
Rural and remote schools, where anything that needs the network to load is something that doesn't load.
This isn't a hunch. The connectivity gap in schools is well documented — it just doesn't often get designed for.
The Board
Everything that usually ends up on the whiteboard
Drag on what you need and size it to the room. Any widget goes full-screen when it's the only thing that matters.
Twenty-two of them, so far:
- Countdown
- Station timers
- Stopwatch
- Clock
- Work mode
- Stoplight
- Noise meter
- Whisper count
- Sound cues
- Ambient sound
- Random picker
- Random teams
- Dice
- Spin wheel
- Learning intention
- Announcement
- Date & week
- Join code
- QR link
- Days until
- Whose turn
- Scoreboard
Beyond the widgets
Two tools that don't fit on a tile
Put the desks where they actually are, not into a grid somebody else designed. Name them, save the layout, and print it for whoever's covering you on Thursday.
10:42
48:00 remaining
Ten minutes left
A clock and a countdown on the board, synced, so nobody has to ask. The reminders are yours to write, and they go up when you want them to.
Watch it work
Ninety seconds, one real lesson
A board going up before the bell, and a reliever opening a brief in the corridor.
Product demo — coming shortly
Staffroom Relief
Four minutes, and a room you've never taught in.
Relief is the cover teacher's side of Staffroom. The school fills in the brief, and you open it on your phone on the way to the room.
- Every period you're covering, and which room is next.
- The lesson, in the order they're doing it.
- Where the books live and the rule for leaving the room.
- The fire route out of that room, and who to call.
- It works with no signal. School wifi rarely lets guests on.
Get in touch about Relief
Schools buy Relief for their staff, so there's nothing for a reliever to pay for. If you're covering classes and want this, the link above is the one to forward.
← Today
Room 14
Starts in 8 minDaily brief
Mid-way through persuasive writing. They have drafts already — today is work-and-feedback, not new content. The class settles quickly if the warm-up is on the board before the bell.
- Drafts are in the blue tray by the door.
- Assembly at 11:20, so this period runs five short.
Lesson plan 50 min
Warm-up 10 min
Workshop 30 min
Wrap-up 10 min
Emergency & contacts
Out the door, left, down the north stairwell. Assembly point is the top field.
Mr Levi · buddy teacher · Room 16
Students never log in
Staffroom is only ever used by teachers. There is no student app and no student account.
Seating charts
Names a teacher typed in for one period. We don't store them, and a reliever can switch the chart to initials or seat numbers.
Handover notes
A reliever can leave one line for the regular teacher, up to 140 characters. It's a message between colleagues, not a record.
What it costs
Cheap enough that you don't have to ask anyone
Free
$0
Genuinely free. No card needed.
- The board and twenty-one widgets, forever
- Full-screen presenting on every one
- Your layout saved in your browser
Pro Pro
$3/month
Or $36 a year, which is two months off.
- A saved board per class, switch between them
- Save a seating plan and reuse it next term
- Four one-tap presets, including test mode and group work
- Four board themes, including one for a dark room
- The scoreboard widget
Relief
Per school
Priced on the size of your staff.
- Board Pro included for every teacher on staff
- Every reliever gets the same brief
- Room logistics and emergency info per room
- Works offline, on their own phone
- Nothing for your relievers to install
Not ready yet
Leave an address and we'll come back to you
Relief is being built with a handful of schools first. Tell us who you are and we'll be in touch when there's something worth your time. If you're a reliever, say so — we'll send you something you can forward to the school that books you.