Boxall Profiling

Boxall Profile is an evidence-based tool supporting a whole school approach to assessing and addressing children and young people’s social, emotional and behavioural development to positively impact learning, behaviour, attendance and wellbeing.

For more information please CLICK HERE to read the guide for parents/carers.

How do we use Boxall Profile?

We complete a Boxall Profile three times a year for all of our learners. This means that the class team completes a series of questions broken down into two sections:

Section 1: The Developmental Strands:

 o These measure different aspects of the children and young people’s cognitive, social and emotional development that influence how well they are able to learn and function in the classroom.

Section 2: The Diagnostic Profile:   

 o These measure children and young people’s challenging behaviours that prevent successful social and academic performance. These behaviours are directly or indirectly the result of impaired development in the early years and can be resolved once the social and emotional needs are identified and the necessary skills are developed.

How does it help?

Once the class team has answered the questions they are presented with scores for each area and a report, which will highlight any areas of support that the child may need. They can then access resources, strategies and create a learning plan to support the child or young person.

As a school we will then develop approaches to address needs that have been identified, either at an individual level or at a class/provision level.

What do we report on?

We report three times a year on the number of Development and Diagnostic strands for each child that are outside of the norm.  The targets generated by Boxall Profiling will be discussed with parents/carers at the Pupil Progress Days and in reports.

What we would hope to see?

Through carefully planned interventions and support packages, we would hope that over time the number of areas of support for each child will decrease.  However, there are many factors (such as puberty, relationships, family, peers, and transitions) that can affect a child over time, so progress is often not linear.

Further information

If you require further information, please talk to your child’s teacher or visit: https://www.boxallprofile.org/.