Build a more inclusive school

Identify hidden social and emotional needs early, remove barriers to learning, and target support where it can make the greatest difference.

Boxall Profile® Online is the evidence-based assessment and planning platform that helps primary and secondary schools strengthen provision and demonstrate impact.

Supporting measurable progress towards more inclusive schools

SEND & inclusion

Identify needs and barriers earlier.

Pupil wellbeing

Understand what pupils need to thrive.

Behaviour

Understand underlying needs.

Attendance

Understand the barriers behind absence.

Staff confidence

Give staff clearer insight and direction.

Whole-school impact

Turn individual insight into strategic evidence.

The scale of unmet need

Inclusion starts with understanding who needs what.

Today’s pupils face growing social and emotional challenges
that can affect behaviour, attendance, wellbeing and learning.

40%+

of schoolchildren are estimated to need help with social-emotional developmental gaps and barriers to learning. That’s over 3 million pupils.

*Time to Nurture report, 2025
60%
increase

in the proportion of pupils with high social-emotional needs between 2018 and 2024.

*Time to Nurture report, 2025

Waiting until difficulties become visible isn't enough. Understanding need earlier gives schools the opportunity to respond earlier.

Supporting inclusive practice

Turn inclusion requirements into evidence-led action.

Schools are being asked to understand the needs and barriers across their cohort, plan how they will respond and demonstrate the impact of their approach. Boxall can help provide the insight and evidence to support that process.

01

Understand your cohort

See commonly occurring needs, including those that may go unnoticed.

02

Identify barriers

Build a clearer picture of factors affecting engagement with learning.

03

Plan your response

Use assessment data to inform targets, support and interventions.

04

Track progress

Reassess over time and see where needs are changing.

05

Evidence impact

Use snapshots and comparison reporting to support decisions.

From assessment to action
- see how Boxall Profile® Online works.

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.

In every classroom, there are children facing invisible challenges. You see the external behaviour, but how do you uncover the precise 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 of students have moderate needs that are even harder for educators to identify.

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.

Start with understanding

The Boxall Profile® Online removes the guesswork, providing a clear, structured framework to understand a child’s inner world and deliver the precise support they need.

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.

Boxall Profile® assessments are not designed as a diagnostic tool for specific mental health conditions, learning difficulties or developmental difficulties. Instead, they provide the professional insight needed to identify true barriers to learning. They empower staff to support every child’s unique social and emotional needs with sensitivity and precision.

Immediate insight

From your very first assessment, you will gain a clear, actionable understanding of a child’s specific developmental gaps, allowing for instant, targeted intervention.

Take targeted, effective action

Create meaningful, achievable support plans that improve behaviour, build key skills, and help pupils engage more positively in the classroom.

The combination of the assessment tool and the graduated approach helps to build a nurturing and supportive environment, ensuring that children and young people’s emotional and social wellbeing is addressed effectively throughout the different levels of support.

Measure change over time

Measure change over time with clear data, helping you inform decisions and show progress to leaders, inspectors and stakeholders.

Demonstrate impact

Clear data helps you evidence impact and show progress to leaders, inspectors and stakeholders.

Immediate insight, long-term impact

The platform delivers both immediate insights and compounding, long-term impact.

As you consistently assess, apply tailored strategies, and embed the tool across your setting, you build a sustainable, proactive whole-school approach to wellbeing that grows more effective with every term.

Benefits the whole-school community

  • Children and Young People
  • Practitioners and Teaching Staff
  • Schools and Education Settings
  • Local Authorities, Trusts and Governments

Start supporting pupils today

See how the Boxall Profile® Online can help you identify needs, plan targeted support and track progress across your setting.

Start 30 day free trial
Supporting inclusive practice

Understanding changes the response

See how the Boxall Profile® helps turn insight into meaningful, child-centred support.

Trusted by schools, backed by evidence

““Overall, the Boxall Profile Online® has become much more than an assessment tool. It is central to the school's graduated approach to identifying need, informing intervention, developing staff expertise and embedding nurturing practice across the whole school community.””
Caroline Mallett Headteacher at St Mark and All Saints C of E Primary School
““The Boxall Profile Online® is absolutely the gold in it all!””
Horley Infant School Surrey Nurturing Schools Programme
“The Boxall Profile Online® 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 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
“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
“"Schools involved in the Surrey Nurturing Schools Programme have identified The Boxall Profile Online® as the 'jewel in the crown' of their nurtureuk training. It is such a valuable tool."”
Emma Johnston Programme Lead - Education Equity
“"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 School
“"The Boxall Profile Online® plays a central role in identifying patterns and triggers, helping staff to respond to need rather than symptom."”
Headteacher Kent Primary School
““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

One platform. Different perspectives. A shared goal.

Teachers & Support Staff

Understand what sits behind behaviour and turn insight into practical support.

SENCOs & Inclusion Leads

Identify need earlier and build a clearer whole-school picture.

Senior Leaders & Headteachers

Use insight to inform strategy and evidence impact.

MATs & Local Authorities

Create a consistent evidence-led approach across settings.

How Boxall supports you

See how Boxall Profile® Online supports different roles across education.

Championing nurture in education

We help to unlock pupils’ potential, by removing barriers to learning. In the last year we’ve reached over:

359,000

children and young people

5,000

education settings