What is the Boxall assessment?

The Boxall Profile is a two-part assessment tool designed to track the progress of cognitive development and behavioural traits of children and young people through their education. Many children in school are insecure about their worth and often may not be able to articulate their feelings.

What age is the Boxall Profile for?

The Boxall Profile for Young People to assess young people aged 11 to 19, attending a secondary setting or college. The tool was standardised in 2010.

What are the Boxall strands?

It is divided in two parts: Developmental Strands, that measure aspects of cognitive, social and emotional development essential for pupils to engage with learning and peers. Diagnostic Profile, that measures the challenging behaviours that prevent the child from being successful in class and with peers.

Who completes a Boxall Profile?

The Boxall Profile can be, and should be, completed by whoever knows the child best, e.g., teacher, teacher-aide, social worker, Special Education Needs Coordinator (SENCO). The Boxall Profile consists of two sections; the Developmental Strands, and the Diagnostic Profile, each consisting of 34 items and a histogram.

Who invented the Boxall Profile?

Marjorie Boxall
approach was developed by Marjorie Boxall, at the end of the 1960s, and is based on an understanding of early childhood development that draws on Bowlby’s attachment theory for its conceptual coherence (Bennathan and Boxall 2000).

What are the nurture principles?

The Six Principles Of Nurture

• Children’s learning is understood developmentally.
• The classroom offers a safe base.
• The importance of nurture for the development of wellbeing.
• Language is a vital means of communication.
• All behaviour is communication.
• The importance of transition in children’s lives.

What are the 7 principles of nurture?

What does a nurture teacher do?

Nurture groups assess learning and social and emotional needs and give help that is needed to remove the barriers to learning.

Who invented nurture school?

psychologist Marjorie Boxall
Nurture groups were the brainchild of educational psychologist Marjorie Boxall in 1969.

What is a nurturing classroom?

Nurture groups are a short-term, focused intervention for children with particular social, emotional and behavioural difficulties which are creating a barrier to learning within a mainstream class. The relationship between the two nurture staff is always nurturing and supportive, providing a role model for children.

What kind of test do you do on Boxall?

There are two Boxall Profile Tests – one for children (nursery/primary school pupils), and the other for young people (secondary school students), which the Online Boxall Profile automatically sets according to the date of birth inputted by the member of staff.

Why do children have anxiety about standardized tests?

Test anxiety in children, on the other hand, is often related to a fear of failure. Childhood test anxiety can continue into adulthood and take other forms of performance anxiety. Other causes of test anxiety in school children include: Lack of preparation.

What kind of anxiety does a child have at school?

School anxiety in children is very common. School anxiety typically takes one of three forms: School refusal –refusing to go to school. Test anxiety. Social anxiety – may be a precursor to agoraphobia.

Can a Boxall profile be used for all pupils?

Many practitioners and teachers believe the Boxall Profile is an assessment tool that should only be used with a few children in a school, usually with the most challenging ones. But you can learn a lot from assessing all your pupils!