Secondary Schools
Unlock student potential: The Boxall Profile® Online for Secondary Schools
The Boxall Profile® Online is a universal assessment tool that helps you understand the complex social and emotional needs of adolescents. By taking a whole-school approach, you can move beyond reacting to behaviour and start building a culture of nurture that supports all students.
Why a universal approach is critical in secondary education
Disengagement, attendance issues, and challenging behaviour in secondary school are often symptoms of deeper unmet needs. To address these root causes effectively, you need a clear understanding not just of individuals, but of your entire student body.
Universally assessing your students with the Boxall Profile® empowers your team to:
- Support successful transitions: Provide crucial support for Year 7s and mid-year transfers. Sharing a student’s profile ensures continuity of care and helps them settle into secondary life from day one.
- Implement targeted, data-driven support: Move beyond guesswork. The profile provides precise insights into the social, emotional and developmental needs of each student, allowing you to allocate resources—like pastoral time and specialist support—for maximum impact on wellbeing and academic outcomes.
- Develop a whole-school culture of nurture: Consistent use of the profile reveals broader trends across year groups. This evidence base is invaluable for shaping school-wide policies and embedding a trauma-informed, supportive environment that enhances the resilience of all students.
- Align with inspection frameworks: The data from the Boxall Profile® Online directly supports the “Personal Development” and “Behaviour and Attitudes” aspects of inspection, showcasing a robust, data-informed approach to student wellbeing.
Making it work in your secondary school
The Boxall Profile® Online is designed to integrate with your existing systems, not add to your workload.
- Who should assess? In a secondary setting, a collaborative approach is key. Form tutors, pastoral leads, and subject teachers can contribute to building a well-rounded view of a student.
- How does it work? Our easy-to-use import function ensures efficient data transfer. You can even integrate numeracy and literacy goals into individual learning plans, creating a truly holistic support system.
- What is the impact? Reduce administrative burden on pastoral teams, free up time for direct student support, and empower your entire staff with the confidence and skills to improve student outcomes.
Replace guesswork with a clear framework that:
- Pinpoints unmet needs: Accurately assesses all pupil’s social and emotional developmental needs, giving you a clear picture of what’s driving their behaviour.
- Guides targeted intervention: Generates clear reports and learning plans, empowering you to implement effective individual, group and whole class support that directly addresses the identified challenges.
- Tracks progress over time: Allows you to monitor the impact of your interventions and make data-informed decisions, ensuring every pupil has the best possible chance to engage with learning and thrive.
Experience the benefits yourself: Start your free trial
We invite you to start a 30-day free trial of the Boxall Profile® Online to see how it can enhance the outcomes and pupil wellbeing in your setting. This trial offers a hands-on opportunity to explore its features and understand how it can be customised to meet the diverse needs of your students.
Join thousands of professionals who are making a tangible difference in the lives of children, supporting the social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH) of all children and young people, to positively impact their learning, behaviour, attendance, and wellbeing.
Start your free trial now and unlock the potential in every child with the Boxall Profile® Online.
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.
Loved by educators and schools
“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
“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
“This year was my first time doing Boxalls and I found it incredibly insightful. I found that it made me think more deeply about individuals and the results were interesting. For some children, choosing an answer was immediate, for others it took a little bit of thinking time. Conversations after the completion of the Boxalls were helpful and allowed me to understand why children are the way they are and what we can do to support them best. I was initially worried about doing the Boxalls as it was my first time, but I enjoyed the process and found the questions clear and understandable. I feel that I have a better understanding of how to support my pupils with their social and emotional wellbeing.”
Tiffany Dunworth
Teacher at Laurance Haines School
"The Boxall Profile helped us gain a positive language. To identify where a child is in different areas in their development... It helped staff to look more perceptively, to think where does this behaviour come from?"
Primary School Headteacher
"When we [assessed] the whole school, there were children that were highlighted that… we’d never done any work with because they present as quiet and calm within school. But actually, they had more of a deep-rooted problem."
