Understand behaviour. Support every pupil. Improve outcomes.
The whole-school assessment and planning platform, used by thousands of schools to identify need early, target support effectively, and demonstrate impact – improving behaviour, attendance and engagement.
- Identify needs early and accurately
- Take targeted, effective action
- Track progress and demonstrate impact
Spot underlying social and emotional needs before they escalate, giving staff the insight to support pupils sooner, reduce disruption, and improve readiness to learn.
Create meaningful, achievable support plans that improve behaviour, build key skills, and help pupils engage more positively in the classroom.
Measure change over time with clear data, helping you evidence impact, inform decisions, and show progress to leaders, inspectors and stakeholders.
97% of schools agreed that the Boxall Profile® helped their setting to identify and respond to the needs of their children and young people – Read report
Championing nurture in education
We help to unlock pupils’ potential, by removing barriers to learning. In the last year we’ve reached over:
From understanding behaviour to nurturing wellbeing
Immediate insight, long-term impact
In every classroom, there are children facing invisible barriers. You see the behaviour, but how do you uncover the needs behind it? Research suggests that over a third of pupils have some social, emotional, or mental health (SEMH) need, and our Time to Nurture report found that at least a quarter have moderate needs that are even harder for educators to identify. These hidden challenges can have a significant impact on learning, but the Boxall Profile® Online moves beyond guesswork, providing a clear framework to understand a child’s inner world and give them the support they need.
The tool provides both immediate insights and long-term impact. From your very first assessment, you’ll gain a clear understanding of a child’s needs, allowing for immediate, targeted support. This value then compounds over time; as you consistently assess, apply strategies, and embed the tool across your school, you build a sustainable, whole-school approach to wellbeing that grows more effective with every term.
Start with understanding
The award-winning Boxall Profile® Online is the first step along the graduated approach to nurture and is the best way to identify and address hidden issues, ensuring that every child and young person gets the support they need to unlock their ability to learn. The combination of the assessment tool and the graduated approach helps to build a nurturing and supportive environment, ensuring that children and young peoples emotional and social wellbeing is addressed effectively throughout the different levels of support.
Boxall Profile® assessments are not designed as a diagnostic tool for specific mental health conditions, learning difficulties or developmental difficulties. Instead it provides the professional insight needed to identify true barriers to learning. It empowers staff to support every child’s unique social and emotional needs with sensitivity and precision.
Identify barriers to learning
The two-part checklist, which is completed by staff who know the child and young person best, is quick, and, very importantly, identifies the levels of skills that children and young people possess to access learning. Start your free trial today.
Benefits the whole-school community
- Children and Young People
- Practitioners and Teaching Staff
- Schools and Education Settings
- Local Authorities, Trusts and Governments
The Boxall Profile® helps schools to
Identify needs early and accurately
Spot underlying social and emotional needs before they escalate, giving staff the insight to support pupils sooner, reduce disruption, and improve readiness to learn.
Take targeted, effective action
Create meaningful, achievable support plans that improve behaviour, build key skills, and help pupils engage more positively in the classroom.
Track progress and demonstrate impact
Measure change over time with clear data, helping you evidence impact, inform decisions, and show progress to leaders, inspectors and stakeholders.
Loved by leaders, trusted by teachers
Schools involved in the Surrey Nurturing Schools Programme have identified the Boxall Profile as the 'jewel in the crown' of their nurtureuk training. It is such a a valuable tool.
Emma Johnston
Programme Lead - Educational Equity
The Boxall Profile® is a cornerstone of our school’s practice. It has “helped us to reflect and review,” transforming the way staff understand children’s emotional development. Boxall data informs targeted interventions, group work, and referrals to NELFT and other partners, ensuring that support is joined up and proactive. The process itself has become a reflective tool for staff — an opportunity to pause, think, and connect around a child’s story rather than react to their behaviour.
Headteacher
Kent Primary School
The Boxall Profile® plays a central role in identifying patterns and triggers, helping staff to respond to need rather than symptom.
Headteacher
Kent Primary School
“A key component of our nurturing approach is the Boxall Profile® Online... [helping] us identify those who may otherwise go under the radar, enabling us to address gaps in their development and improve their life chances. While academic performance and financial accountability remain crucial priorities, the impact of this approach is evident in the significant improvements we’ve seen in attendance, behaviour, and a reduction in exclusions. Attendance rates have risen, persistent absenteeism has dropped substantially below national averages, and exclusions have decreased dramatically."
James Roach
CEO Inclusive MAT
"The Boxall has helped direct our training, teaching and support offer but its true power is that it has enabled us to capture some children we would have previously missed."
National Nurturing Awarded School
"The implementation of the Boxall Profile® has been a transformative initiative, enabling the school to take a proactive and holistic approach to supporting its pupils' wellbeing. By identifying needs early and providing targeted interventions, the school has seen improvements in overall emotional and social development. The project's success highlights the value of using robust assessment tools to inform tailored support, and the school's commitment to prioritising the wellbeing of its community."
Primary Teacher
“As a headteacher, I found this system so easy to use, quick to run and powerful to share with stakeholders. It had some great impact. The biggest differences we saw were around self-esteem which supported regulation which supported attendance. The reports were also super useful to share with parents and carers. The most helpful thing about using the online programme was being given the interventions to run which in most cases didn’t need to be run as such – they could be managed in class.”
Kirsty Fitzscott
Former Headteacher
"I wish it could have been delivered to our whole school. A well thought out assessment and support tool for all children and for teachers."
Theory and Practice of the Boxall Profile® Course Delegate
“The Boxall gives you ownership, you can unpick the child’s behaviour and put strategies in place in class. It improves your understanding and your relationship with the child.”
Primary Teacher
“You do a Boxall Profile and realise that there is so much more you need to work on, it’s crazy you think you know your children, then you complete a profile and realise how much more there is to learn about them.”
Teacher
Latest News, Evidence & Impact
How the Boxall Profile® Online supports staff and students through the final term
As the academic year approaches its final stretch, school corridors face a shift in pressure. The "Spring spike" in complex behaviours often evolves into the unique challenges of the Summer term: the high stakes of exam season, the anxiety of "moving up" days, and the logistical weight of transition planning.
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Proven impact: New research highlights the power of nurture and the Boxall Profile®
This comprehensive study confirms that the combination of nurture provision and the Boxall Profile® assessment leads to "substantial improvements" for children and young people's social, behavioural, emotional, and academic outcomes.
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Meet the New Boxall Profile® training toolkit: Flexible, affordable, and built for you
We know that "one size fits all" doesn't work for pupils, and it certainly doesn't work for professional development. Between timetabling clashes, budget constraints, and the sheer pace of school life, finding the time to upskill your team can feel like an impossible task.
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Evidence & Impact
Analysis of the Boxall Profile® data gathered by BCP primary schools during the academic year 2017/18 revealed high levels of SEMH needs in schools that
assessed the whole school or whole-year groups of children.