A modern school data and analytics platform turns student data from multiple data sources – assessments, assessment scores, behaviour, and attendance – into actionable insights in just a few clicks. This means clearer student progress, sharper teaching decisions, and less time wrangling spreadsheets. The result? Real school improvement and better learner outcomes, with simple features that save time, improve classroom effectiveness, and help teachers focus on what matters.
With Compass Pulse – our analytics software – you have a feature that surfaces trends, supports feedback and intervention, and helps your whole school system develop, engage, and improve performance with accessible, visual analysis.
What is Pulse?
Compass Pulse is a school analytics platform that integrates data from attendance, behaviour, wellbeing and learning into clear, visual dashboards – surfacing actionable insights in a few clicks. It does the heavy lifting on analysis so teams spend less time crunching numbers and more time improving student outcomes.
Build the views you need (whole-school to cohort/class), track trends over time, and benchmark results against national data or cognitive ability tests like CAT4 to see who’s on track and who needs support.
How Pulse Helps Schools
Here’s how Pulse turns your integrated school data into clear, decision-ready information, so your team saves time and moves faster:
- Gaining instant insights to identify trends and inform decision-making.
- Configuring repeatable and personalisable reports, saving masses of data-crunching time.
- Converting data into meaningful and easy-to-dissect reports.
- Avoiding costly 3rd party data solutions.
This module is the result of over $1m of funding and several months of work guided by the requirements of school stakeholders and Compass champions.
Pulse Dashboard
Every school works differently, so the Pulse Dashboard Builder lets you configure bespoke dashboards that surface the data each role needs. A principal may want whole-school trends, while an attendance lead, year head or class tutor might focus on specific cohorts or classes.
With 100+ widgets, you can build dashboards for Primary or Post-Primary, and track custom groups such as SEN/AEN, DEIS cohorts, or EAL learners.
Prefer to start fast? Choose an out-of-the-box dashboard and hit the ground running. Need something tailored at user or school level? Build a bespoke view in minutes.
Pulse Analytics
Drill deeper with Pulse Analytics – the intuitive layer that lets you explore dashboards, create custom filters, and manage cohorts in seconds. Slice results by term or date range, track dynamic sets (e.g., students under 95% attendance or with 5+ negative behaviour events), and overlay assessments/tests to see what’s driving progress and where development is needed. It’s the fastest way to turn complex elements of education data into clear trends and decisions that deliver real value.
Comparing Leaving Cert. results to National Averages
Pulse Reports
Build repeatable report templates that track exactly what you need with Pulse Reports – whether it’s a recurring attendance export, summaries for your Board of Management/Trustees, ETB returns, or submissions to Ireland’s Department of Education (including TUSLA attendance reporting). Export to PDF or CSV so data is clear and ready for staff meetings, parent-teacher meetings, and termly reporting cycles. Reports can also feed straight back into Compass via Chronicle, instantly updating student records or sending communications to parents.
Wrapping Up
Compass Pulse turns scattered school data into clear, ready-to-use insights, enabling quicker decisions ahead of your next staff meeting or parents evenings, and giving leaders a consistent view across key stages. Want to see it in action? Get in touch.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a school data & analytics platform?
It’s software that brings together data from attendance, behaviour, wellbeing and assessments, then visualises trends so staff can make faster, better decisions.
How does Compass Pulse help Irish schools day to day?
Pulse does the heavy lifting on analysis, giving leaders clear dashboards, quick filters, and exportable reports, so teams spend less time on spreadsheets and more time supporting students.
Can we customise dashboards and reports for different roles?
Yes. Build role-specific views for principals, year heads, class tutors or attendance leads, and create repeatable report templates for staff meetings and parent-teacher meetings.
Does Pulse support Irish reporting and compliance?
Pulse enables exports (PDF/CSV) for Board of Management/Trustees, ETB returns and Department of Education needs (incl. TUSLA attendance reporting), with GDPR-aligned data handling.
