Motional

The Whole-School Approach to Wellbeing

Understand Wellbeing Needs.
Act Early.
Improve Outcomes.

Motional® helps schools, trusts and local authorities identify emotional wellbeing needs earlier, coordinate effective support and evidence impact over time.

From individual pupils to whole settings, Motional turns understanding into practical action.

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From £2 per pupil per year

Built for sustainable school budgets

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Around 1 hour per class each term

Whole-school and pupil-level insight

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Easy to embed in practice

Guidance and support built in

Supporting schools, trusts and local authorities
to improve emotional wellbeing, inclusion, attendance, behaviour and engagement.

Barnsley
Bosvigo
Heronsbridge School
Pembrokeshire County Council
Wild and Free Therapy

Who we work with

Understand children early. Support them confidently. Help them thrive.

Young children rarely tell us exactly what they need. Instead, those needs are often communicated through behaviour, relationships, regulation and engagement.

Motional helps class teams identify emotional wellbeing needs earlier, respond with confidence and review progress over time.

Understand children early. Support them confidently. Help them thrive — emotional wellbeing for schools

Shared understanding. Early intervention. Better outcomes.

Young people do not always ask for help when they need it. Emerging wellbeing needs are often expressed through attendance, behaviour, relationships and engagement long before they become visible through traditional measures.

Motional helps secondary schools build a shared understanding of emotional wellbeing across pastoral, SEND and teaching teams – enabling earlier conversations, more consistent support and a clearer view of what is changing over time.

Shared understanding. Early intervention. Better outcomes — emotional wellbeing for schools

Clearer understanding. Consistent support. Meaningful progress.

Every child communicates their needs differently. Understanding emotional wellbeing requires a shared picture built from relationships, observation and professional insight.

Motional helps specialist settings create a shared understanding of strengths, needs and wellbeing across classrooms, therapies and support teams – supporting collaborative planning, consistent responses and meaningful reviews of progress over time.

Clearer understanding. Consistent support. Meaningful progress — emotional wellbeing for schools

Shared understanding. Local ownership. Trust-wide impact.

Every school is different. Yet trust leaders need a consistent way to understand wellbeing, support improvement and evidence impact across multiple settings.

Motional helps trusts create a shared framework for understanding emotional wellbeing while preserving the unique context of each school – enabling more informed decisions, targeted support and stronger trust-wide narratives.

Shared understanding. Local ownership. Trust-wide impact — emotional wellbeing for schools

Early insight. Coordinated action. System-wide impact.

Emotional wellbeing needs rarely emerge evenly across a local area. Understanding where need is growing helps local authorities target support, allocate resources effectively and strengthen outcomes across schools and communities.

Motional helps local authorities build a clearer picture of emotional wellbeing across settings, identify emerging patterns and evidence the impact of investment and support over time.

Early insight. Coordinated action. System-wide impact — emotional wellbeing for schools

One approach. Any setting. Clear impact.

Motional supports organisations working with children and young people beyond school – from community projects and charities to youth services and wider provision.

Bring the same structured insight to charities, youth services and community teams – without forcing a school-shaped workflow.

One approach. Any setting. Clear impact — emotional wellbeing for schools

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Understand need. Support action. Lead with confidence.

Motional helps you understand what’s happening across your school, support consistent practice across staff, and evidence the impact of your approach.

Build a shared understanding across staff and lead improvement with confidence.

Understand need. Support action. Lead with confidence — emotional wellbeing for schools

Build consistency. Support staff. Improve outcomes.

Motional helps leadership teams identify emerging wellbeing patterns, support consistent responses across staff, and track the impact of support over time – across year groups, cohorts and the whole school.

Not just understanding wellbeing trends – but turning insight into coordinated action.

Build consistency. Support staff. Improve outcomes — emotional wellbeing for schools

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. Coordinate support. Build confidence — emotional wellbeing for schools

Understand pupils. Respond with confidence. Support wellbeing.

Motional helps teachers understand emotional wellbeing needs, recognise patterns behind behaviour and identify practical ways to support pupils in the classroom.

Not just noticing behaviour – but understanding what pupils may need underneath it.

Understand pupils. Respond with confidence. Support wellbeing — emotional wellbeing for schools

Understand vulnerability. Coordinate support. Evidence impact.

Motional helps Virtual School Heads build a clearer understanding of Emotional Wellbeing across pupils, settings and cohorts – supporting earlier identification, more joined-up responses and clearer oversight over time.

More than measuring wellbeing, Motional helps coordinate consistent support across the wider system, keeping children at the centre of every decision.

Understand vulnerability. Coordinate support. Evidence impact — emotional wellbeing for schools
Latest Case Study
Barnsley: A joined-up approach to emotional wellbeing across an entire local authority

Barnsley: A joined-up approach to emotional wellbeing across an entire local authority

How Barnsley Virtual School, education services and schools are using Motional to improve attendance, reduce exclusions and strengthen support across the authority.

Barnsley: A joined-up approach to emotional wellbeing across an entire local authority