Measure Emotional Wellbeing
Every effective response begins with understanding. Measure Emotional Wellbeing through a consistent, evidence-informed process.
LEADERSHIP
Evaluate impact
Motional brings evidence together over time, helping leaders understand where change is happening, where further attention may be needed and whether support is making a meaningful difference.
By connecting ongoing insight with the actions taken, leadership teams can review progress, refine their response and make informed decisions about what comes next.
See the difference your actions are making.
See change in context
Impact is more than whether a score has gone up or down.
Motional brings together insight over time, helping leaders see how Emotional Wellbeing is changing across individuals, groups, cohorts and the wider setting.
By comparing insight across different points in time, leaders can recognise meaningful patterns, explore where change is occurring and identify areas where progress may be slower or further attention is needed.
This gives leadership teams a clearer picture of change in context – helping them move beyond isolated results to understand what the evidence is telling them over time.
See what is changing, where it is changing and where to look more closely.
Understand what is changing. See where it matters. Know where to look next.
Evaluate the impact of support
Understanding change matters most when it can be connected to what happened before it.
Motional keeps assessment insight, Programs and progress connected over time, helping leaders consider how learners and groups are changing over time alongside the support being provided.
Repeated Snapshots and Groupshots provide new evidence, making it possible to compare progress, recognise where positive change is emerging and identify where needs remain or have shifted.
This gives leadership teams a stronger basis for reviewing what is working, where support may need to continue or adapt and what should happen next.
Connect support with what happens next – and use the evidence to inform the next decision.
See what’s changing. Review what’s working. Refine what comes next.
Review what is working
Change becomes most useful when it informs the next decision.
Motional helps leadership teams review the evidence alongside the support that has been put in place, creating opportunities to consider what appears to be working, where progress is less clear and where the response may need to change.
Patterns over time can help leaders ask better questions. Is improvement being sustained? Are some groups responding differently from others? Does support need to continue, adapt or be reconsidered?
Rather than treating evaluation as an end point, Motional helps make it part of an ongoing cycle of understanding, action and review.
Use what you learn to strengthen what happens next.
Review the evidence. Refine the response. Keep moving forward.
Leadership Insight
Effective leadership is not only about identifying priorities and taking action. Leaders also need to understand the difference those actions are making and use that evidence to shape what happens next.
“Leaders use their detailed and insightful analysis of school performance to evaluate the effectiveness of their provision.”
Ofsted, State-funded school inspection toolkit
Ofsted’s wider inspection guidance reinforces this emphasis on impact. Inspectors consider what leaders are trying to achieve, how well they are doing it and how they know it is working, with evidence-based decisions focused on the impact of leaders’ choices and actions on pupils.
Explore how Motional supports inspection and self-evaluation →
Estyn places a similar emphasis on impact-led evaluation. Its guidance describes effective self-evaluation as focusing on “the actual outcomes of activity, not just the processes or intentions behind it”, with evidence used to understand what has changed and to inform future improvement.
Across both approaches, evaluation is not simply about demonstrating that something has been done. It is about understanding what has changed, for whom, and whether the evidence suggests that the response should continue, adapt or change.
See what is changing. Understand the impact. Use the evidence to decide what comes next.
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Thomas Oates, Virtual School Head, Barnsley MBC
"How lucky to have had the opportunity to work alongside a company which is open to, in fact embraces, the lived professional experiences of teachers to explore and modify a wellbeing assessment tool to meet the needs of neurodiverse young people." "How lucky to have had the opportunity to work alongside a company which is open to, in fact embraces, the lived professional experiences of teachers to explore and modify a wellbeing assessment tool to meet the needs of neurodiverse young people. 'Equity' is a word much quoted but not always acted on. Having spent time with the Motional Team and array of teachers from special schools engaging in professional discussions regarding our diverse learners I truly feel we have created a system where we can truly identify our pupils to meet their unique needs to build strategies that nurture and support their emotional and social development and wellbeing."
Lisa James-Smith, Deputy Headteacher – Heronsbridge School
""We have been delighted to be able to fund a Motional licence for schools across Pembrokeshire for the past four years, and feel that it has been a very worthwhile investment. School feedback on Motional has been very positive." ""We have been delighted to be able to fund a Motional licence for schools across Pembrokeshire for the past four years, and feel that it has been a very worthwhile investment. School feedback on Motional has been very positive. It has been a pleasure working with Rich, who is always available to offer advice and guidance to schools. We look forward to our continued work with Motional.""
Dr Emma Emanuel, Pembrokeshire County Council
Supporting schools, trusts and local authorities
to improve emotional wellbeing, inclusion, attendance, behaviour and engagement.
