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Smarter school management starts with Impulse

Join the dots across your education services to better understand every child’s journey - and improve outcomes at every stage. 

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What is Impulse?

Impulse is a powerful, modular school management system designed to unify data, improve communication, and ensure statutory compliance across local authority and school services. It helps you manage, coordinate and act on information - all to support better outcomes for children and young people.

 

The school management system trusted by Local Authorities

Impulse is trusted by education leaders to improve pupil outcomes, support joined-up working, reduce admin for busy teams, and drive smarter decisions with data.

 

Read our Newham Council case study

Built around the needs of Local Authorities:

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A modular school management system 

Use only what you need  -  Impulse is flexible by design. Whether you're managing admissions, SEND, or child protection, the platform scales with your requirements.
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Better communication with schools & parents

Dedicated portals for schools, parents, professionals, and providers help you share updates, documents and decisions securely and instantly.
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Compliant by
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Impulse keeps your school management process GDPR-compliant and aligned with statutory education requirements - so you can focus on outcomes, not paperwork.

 

See how Impulse can transform your school management

Whether you’re upgrading your education management system or looking to streamline your operations, Impulse is here to help.

Impulse's core functionality

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Certa's Core functionality

Admissions and transfers

  • Simplify school admissions with an easy, accurate, and efficient system

  • Evidence your decision making 

  • Easily configure to your oversubscription criteria

Appeals

  • Seamlessly handle appeals for parents, guardians and schools

  • Maintain an evidence-based, fair and transparent appeals process

  • Covers admissions and exclusions, keeping everyone in the loop

ALN/SEND

  • Support early identification of needs and plan interventions for the right support

  • Accurate information sharing between parents, schools and professionals

  • Easily create and contribute to EHCPs

Child protection

  • Local authorities and schools are informed of every child’s situation

  • Tracks allegations and ensures proper teacher training on child protection policies

  • Ensures schools are aware of and meet child protection standards

Core

  • Serves as the central database for every child in your services

  • Stores all details, documents, records and achievements with every touchpoint recorded

  • Unifies data from parents, schools and professionals into one comprehensive record

Educational psychology

  • Assists relevant parties in accessing behavioural support

  • Stores management referrals and work records

  • Maintains detailed and accurate records for each student

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