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Use case

Certificates for teachers

End-of-term awards, reading challenges, sports day, the child who finally cracked long division. Made in a browser, printed on the staff room printer.

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The problem

Thirty certificates, the last week of term

Classroom certificates are always needed in a batch, always at the busiest point of the year, and always with names that have to be exactly right.

  • Clip-art templates look like clip art

    The free printables floating around are mostly 2009-era Word documents. Children notice the difference between something made for them and something photocopied.

  • Names are the whole point

    A child whose name is misspelled on their certificate remembers that instead of the award. Long names, accents, and hyphens all have to survive the layout.

  • No budget and no software

    Design tools are locked down on school machines, and a subscription for two weeks of certificate-making a year is a hard ask.

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The generator is right here. Pick a design, fill in the details, download the file.

Best on a screen at least 900px wide. Certificates render at print resolution and are yours to use commercially. Fair-use limit: 10 downloads an hour, 40 a day.

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What you get

What this gives a classroom

  • Designs children actually like

    Bright, modern layouts alongside formal ones, so a Year 2 reading award doesn't have to look like a diploma.

  • Nothing to install or log into

    It runs in the browser on a school laptop, an iPad, or a home machine on a Sunday evening. No account, no email address.

  • Prints on the paper you already have

    Sized for A4 and prints cleanly on US Letter too. Fine on plain paper, better on 160 gsm.

  • No watermark, ever

    Nothing on the certificate advertises the tool that made it, so it looks like it came from the school.

  • Live preview as you type

    You see whether a long name fits before you print thirty copies, not after.

  • Free for school use

    Including for fee-paying schools, tutoring, and paid clubs. There's no personal-use-only restriction.

Templates

Designs that fit

A starting point. Every design in the library is available in the generator.

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Frequently asked questions

Questions

Is it free for schools?
Yes, with no watermark and no account. There's a fair-use cap of 10 downloads an hour and 40 a day, which covers a class but not a whole year group in one sitting.
Can I make one certificate per child for a whole class?
Yes, one at a time — the form clears between certificates so you can work through a register. Above roughly 40 a day you'll hit the fair-use limit, and a bulk import becomes the sensible route.
Will it work on a school laptop or iPad?
It runs in any modern browser with nothing to install. The editor wants a screen of at least 900px wide, so a tablet in landscape is fine but a phone is cramped.
Can I add the school crest?
Not in the free tool — logo upload is part of a CertSeal account. Everything else on the design is editable.
What paper should I use?
Plain paper is fine for everyday awards. For end-of-year certificates, 160 gsm makes an obvious difference for very little money.

Other use cases

Somebody else's problem

Need more than one at a time?

When the whole year group needs one and you're typing the thirty-first name, a spreadsheet import is the thing you actually want.

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