"School leaders are pragmatic. They don’t want wishy-washy. Motional fits with that - it gives you steps to take, data, and progress."
Thomas Oates, Virtual School Head, Barnsley MBC
LEADING SEND AND INCLUSION
SENCO / ALNCo
Understand need. Coordinate support. Build confidence.
Motional helps you understand Emotional Wellbeing across different neurotypes, coordinate consistent support across staff, evidence the impact of provision over time, and feel confident that the right children are getting the right support.
Build a shared understanding across teachers, families and external professionals, so every decision starts from the same picture of need.
Understand need in context
Children with similar observed behaviours do not always have the same underlying needs.
Motional’s differentiated descriptors support adults to interpret Emotional Wellbeing across different neurotypes, helping to build a more accurate understanding before deciding what support is needed
Whether you’re supporting a child with autism, SEMH, SLD/PMLD or a neurotypical presentation, every conversation starts from context rather than assumption.
- Descriptors designed to reflect different neurotypes
- More accurate conversations about underlying need
- Greater confidence that support starts in the right place
Understanding behaviour starts with understanding the child.
See need. Monitor change.
Teachers and support staff often notice when something doesn’t feel quite right. Motional helps confirm that professional judgement, identify children whose Emotional Wellbeing is changing, and reveal patterns that can otherwise go unnoticed.
By bringing emerging need and meaningful change together, you can prioritise support and the conversations that matter most.
- Confirm professional judgement with structured insight
- Identify meaningful change between snapshots
- Prioritise the right conversations at the right time
Earlier understanding leads to earlier support.
Turn understanding into coordinated support
Understanding need is only valuable if it changes what happens next. Motional connects identified Emotional Wellbeing needs to practical Advice and Activities, helping teachers respond with greater confidence and consistency.
Whether support happens in the classroom, through targeted intervention or alongside external professionals, everyone begins with the same understanding and the same evidence.
- Advice linked directly to identified need
- Practical activities that fit everyday classroom practice
- Greater consistency across teachers, teaching assistants and SEND staff
Shared understanding creates consistent support.
Bring everyone around the same understanding
The best support happens when teachers, teaching assistants, families and external professionals share the same understanding of need. Motional gives everyone a common language for Emotional Wellbeing, making conversations clearer and support more consistent.
Whether you’re reviewing provision, discussing classroom strategies or preparing for an EHCP meeting, everyone begins with the same evidence and understanding.
- More consistent conversations across school
- Stronger collaboration with families and professionals
- Support plans grounded in everyday classroom experience
Better conversations begin with a shared understanding.
Review support with confidence
Children’s needs change, and good support changes with them. Motional helps you review Emotional Wellbeing over time, understand what is changing and adapt support with greater confidence.
Instead of relying on memory or isolated observations, review conversations begin with evidence everyone can see and understand.
- Track progress across individual pupils and groups
- Review meaningful change over time
- Adapt provision as children’s needs develop
Good support is reviewed, not assumed.
Ready to see Motional in practice?
See how SENCOs and ALNCos use Motional to identify need early, coordinate support and review impact with confidence.
From understanding need to coordinated support – in under five minutes.
Understand children earlier. Support them confidently. Help them thrive.
Shared understanding. Earlier intervention. Better outcomes.
Clearer understanding. Consistent support. Meaningful progress
Shared understanding. Local ownership. Trust-wide impact.
"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.
