---
title: "Batch"
description: "A batch is a group of students an academy teaches together under a recurring plan, with an assigned coach and a roster. A batch can meet on one day or several days a week. Academies group students by teaching needs, using rating, age and a placement lesson, and batch size sets how much feedback each student gets."
canonical: "https://chesscore.io/glossary/batch"
author: "Abhishek Tiwari"
datePublished: "2026-07-20"
dateModified: "2026-10-16"
---

Written by Abhishek Tiwari. Drafted with AI, fact-checked and approved by a human before publishing. Editorial standards: https://chesscore.io/editorial

## Batch

A batch is a group of students an academy teaches together under a recurring plan, with an assigned coach and a roster. A batch can meet on one day or several days a week. Academies group students by teaching needs, using rating, age and a placement lesson, and batch size sets how much feedback each student gets.

## Context

Batch is the unit other scheduling terms hang off: coach load is counted from the batches a coach teaches, an attendance register is kept per batch, and a make-up credit exists because a student missed one specific batch session. Academy owners meet the word when setting up a first term timetable, deciding how many batches a level needs, and again whenever a batch outgrows its room or its coach's week. In ChessCore a batch is a record with its own roster, recurring schedule and assigned coach, and attendance is marked against that roster. For the mechanics of grouping students, sizing each batch and building the weekly timetable, read the linked guide on how to form and schedule chess batches.

## Read next

- [The full guide](https://chesscore.io/blog/chess-academy-batch-scheduling)

## Related terms

- https://chesscore.io/glossary/coach-load
- https://chesscore.io/glossary/make-up-credit
- https://chesscore.io/glossary/attendance-register