Firefly Learning Integration

Integrate your edtech solution with Firefly Learning using 6B’s secure, scalable integration services. We deliver robust API, data-sync, and single sign-on integrations that connect your application to one of the most widely used learning platforms in independent and international schools. Our integrations enhance teaching and learning workflows, streamline communication, and support personalised digital experiences for students, teachers, and parents.

Get in touch

6B is an experienced Firefly integration partner, supporting connectivity through the Firefly API, webhooks, SSO, and secure data-exchange patterns aligned with school governance and data-protection standards. Whether your solution focuses on homework management, safeguarding, analytics, assessment, parental engagement, or resource delivery, we ensure reliable, compliant, and high-performance integration across diverse school environments.

As a dedicated digital engineering partner for education, we enable safe, efficient, and future-ready data exchange between your platform and Firefly to support richer learning ecosystems.

Understanding Firefly Learning Integration

Firefly Learning is a modern learning platform widely adopted across independent schools, international schools, and multi-campus institutions. It provides a central hub for teaching resources, homework workflows, parent communication, student progress tracking, and cross-platform content sharing. Firefly integrates deeply into school IT environments, often connecting with MIS platforms, cloud services, and curriculum tools.

Integration with Firefly is primarily enabled through its REST API, which provides secure access to core data entities such as users, groups, classes, tasks, submissions, resources, timetables, and announcements. Firefly also supports SSO via OAuth, SAML, or Microsoft/Google identity providers, enabling seamless login experiences for students, staff, and parents. Webhooks can be used to detect events such as task updates, new submissions, or changes in class membership, enabling near real-time synchronisation.

Because Firefly deployments vary between schools—depending on MIS integrations, authentication providers, and local configuration—successful integration must account for permissions, user roles, safeguarding policies, and the school’s chosen digital ecosystem.

Our Firefly Learning Integration Process

We begin with a detailed discovery phase to understand your integration objectives, such as syncing homework, automating communication, enhancing analytics, supporting safeguarding workflows, or enabling seamless SSO user experiences.

Our architects design an integration blueprint that identifies the appropriate Firefly API endpoints, webhooks, authentication flows, and synchronisation models. We define data mapping, error-handling logic, monitoring, and role-based access requirements to ensure accurate and secure data exchange.

Development is accelerated using 6B’s reusable Firefly integration components — including API handlers, webhook processors, synchronisation engines, and SSO modules. These ensure consistent performance, faster delivery, and long-term maintainability.

Testing is completed using representative Firefly environments and staged datasets to validate behaviour across teacher, student, and parent roles. We simulate real-world scenarios such as homework cycles, timetable changes, and parental communication events to ensure smooth operation.

Deployment is coordinated with school or group IT teams to ensure alignment with authentication, data governance, and platform-configuration policies. After go-live, 6B provides ongoing monitoring, maintenance, and optimisation to keep your integration aligned with Firefly platform updates and school requirements.

Benefits of Firefly Learning Integration

Firefly integration helps schools deliver better learning outcomes through enhanced visibility, streamlined workflows, and consistent digital experiences. Automated data exchange reduces manual tasks, ensures up-to-date information across systems, and improves communication between teachers, students, and parents.

Integrations can support homework management, assessment workflows, resource sharing, attendance insights, analytics, parental engagement, and multi-campus reporting. For independent and international schools, interoperability ensures that Firefly fits seamlessly into complex digital ecosystems.

For edtech vendors, Firefly interoperability expands market opportunities and provides deep alignment with schools that prioritise premium digital learning experiences.

Why Choose 6B for Firefly Learning Integration?

We have direct experience integrating education platforms with Firefly’s REST API, webhooks, and authentication services.

Our reusable integration modules — including API handlers, sync pipelines, and SSO components — accelerate delivery and improve reliability.

We understand the operational and academic workflows of independent and international schools, ensuring integrations are practical and aligned with real-world usage.

All integrations include secure authentication, encryption, permissions management, and full auditability aligned with UK GDPR, safeguarding requirements, and international data standards.

We offer complete end-to-end delivery — from discovery and architecture through development, testing, deployment, optimisation, and long-term support.

Firefly Learning Integration FAQs

Can the integration sync homework or task data between my platform and Firefly?

Yes. Firefly’s API allows secure access to tasks, deadlines, submissions, and feedback. We can sync tasks bi-directionally or push tasks from your platform into Firefly, depending on your required workflow.

Does Firefly support parent-specific data for communication or engagement features?

Yes. Firefly stores parent accounts, linked students, communication preferences, and notification settings. We can integrate these into your platform to enhance parental engagement or provide personalised experiences.

How do you handle schools using Firefly alongside other platforms like Microsoft Teams or Google Classroom?

Many independent schools operate hybrid digital environments. We design integration logic that ensures Firefly remains aligned with other learning tools, preventing data conflicts and maintaining consistency across platforms.

Can the integration support timetable or group changes during the school year?

Absolutely. Firefly provides class, group, and timetable endpoints. When timetables or groups change, our sync engine updates your platform automatically to keep users enrolled in the correct classes.

Does Firefly integration help support safeguarding workflows?

Yes — indirectly. While Firefly is not a safeguarding system, integrations can surface key signals such as missed deadlines, reduced engagement, or behavioural notes that can be forwarded into a safeguarding or pastoral platform.

Can 6B develop custom plugins or extensions for Firefly?

Yes. In addition to API integrations, we can build custom connectors or lightweight middleware services that extend Firefly functionality, enhance workflows, or consolidate data from multiple systems.

How do you ensure the integration respects Firefly’s permission and role hierarchies?

We map user roles (e.g. teacher, student, parent, admin) to Firefly’s permission model and ensure all API calls respect institutional boundaries. This prevents data exposure and maintains compliance with safeguarding standards.

Can Firefly integration support multiple campuses or international school locations?

Yes. Firefly is widely used across multi-campus and international school groups. We design integrations that understand campus identifiers, local configurations, and region-specific workflows.