Texting for schools & colleges

Keep your school connected with texting

Reach more shoppers and drive sales with personalized SMS campaigns, timely alerts, and exceptional customer service.

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Build community

Foster school engagement

Keep your school community informed and engaged. Share important updates, coordinate events, and send timely reminders so you can always reach students, families, and staff.

  • Send personalized texts to students, parents, prospects, and faculty  

  • Make sure your message is seen with an average 98% open rate

  • Automate recurring messages and questions to free up admin time

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Communicate efficiently

Keep everyone in the know

Instantly contact and relay information to everyone on your list: students, families, or staff. Send mass texts in seconds.

  • Easily segment lists to message specific grades, classes, or groups.

  • Send instant updates that get read: 90% of SMS texts are read within 3 minutes. 

  • Schedule messages in advance for hands-off efficiency. 

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Promote events 

Simplify event promotion and coordination

Make organizing events effortless with Sinch’s targeted texting tools. Promote key dates, confirm attendance, send reminders, and quickly blast last-minute changes.

  • Fill event seats with engaging text invitations and reminders 

  • Reduce planning time with text-based attendee management

  • Easily update plans by texting event groups and lists with reusable templates

Use cases

When to use education texting

Event notifications

Send real-time updates for events to staff, families, and prospects to keep everyone in the loop.

Scheduling reminders

Schedule and automate reminders for important dates and deadlines.

Stakeholder updates

Update stakeholders on changes and news and stay connected and informed.

Two-way messaging

Facilitate open dialogue between educators and families to foster better school-community ties.
It’s a good position to be in: We can reach students instantly, and they actually respond. SMS and RCS through Sinch Engage, integrated directly with our HubSpot workflows, have completely changed how we communicate.
Miles Porton Website Coordinator, Shrewsbury College
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Your entire messaging platform in one place

Connect messaging to your tech stack seamlessly in just a few clicks – no developers needed. 

  • ERP and CRM systems: Sync with platforms like HubSpot or Salesforce to maintain a unified customer view and automate messaging workflows.

  • Marketing platforms: Message your contacts where they hang out across WhatsApp Support or HubSpot.

  • API Connectivity: Fully customizable API integrations for advanced workflows.  

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A Complete texting platform

All the features you need to to education texting right

Schedule important reminders

Automate timely notifications for events and deadlines, or schedule changes and keep everyone informed.

Deliver updates instantly

Share urgent announcements or emergency alerts to communicate critical information quickly.

Send & respond ASAP

Enable recipients to reply, RSVP, or provide feedback through two-way messaging.

Send targeted messages

Reach specific groups with tailored messages based on grade level, location, or interests.

Easily manage messages

Send your first text in minutes on our intuitive, easy-to-use platform. Share with your whole team. No coding necessary.

Track message performance

Monitor open rates, click-throughs, and responses to measure campaign effectiveness.

Integrate with your systems

Connect Sinch Engage with your CRM or ERP for automated data syncing.

Manage user permissions

Control access levels for administrators, teachers, and staff to maintain data privacy.
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Reliable multichannel communication

Communicate better with Sinch Engage

Coordinate events, send essential reminders, and keep staff, families, prospects, and students in the know.

  • Send timely reminders that bolster engagement and reduce operational burden. 

  • Integrate messaging with your entire tech stack, with direct integrations with top CRMs and business software.

  • Keep interactions secure with two-factor authentication, opt-in and opt-out SMS compliance and industry-leading deliverability thanks to our Tier 1 network.  

5 Billion+

Messages sent yearly

2 Minutes

Average text response time

98%

Customer satisfaction

99.9%

System reliability

FAQs

Questions about education texting

Education texting keeps your staff, families & students informed. Send event updates, reminders & alerts to boost engagement.

Plans start at just $49/month for up to 1,000 messages. Only pay for what you need, with no long-term contracts. Simple!

Getting started is easy. Just sign up online for a free 14-day trial, upload your contacts & create your first message. You’ll be texting in minutes!

Use our library of pre-made templates to get started. Segment audiences, personalize texts, and automate campaigns for best results.

Our friendly team is here to help 24/7. From onboarding to optimization, we’ll make sure you get the most from education texting.

Absolutely! Sign up for a free trial to see education texting in action. No credit card needed. Start connecting today!

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