PAGS VS BOXALL PROFILE

A behaviour checklist tells you there's a need.
‍PAGS tells you what to do about it.

Boxall Profile is a well-established staff checklist for assessing social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs. PAGS picks up where a checklist stops, turning observations into a full assessment, EHCP-ready evidence, targets and provision mapping.

↗The checklist flags the need. PAGS builds the evidence, the targets and the provision plan that follow it.

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FIVE REASONS SCHOOLS PAIR PAGS WITH BOXALL PROFILE

A checklist starts the conversation. PAGS finishes it.

Boxall Profile is a trusted first step for flagging SEMH needs. Here's what happens after a school runs PAGS alongside it.

What does the assessment actually cover?

Boxall Profile: a two-part staff checklist (Developmental Strand and Diagnostic Profile) focused on social, emotional and mental health needs.

PAGS adds:Full assessment across 7 developmental areas, going beyond SEMH into cognition, communication and learning too.

What happens after the checklist is completed?

Boxall Profile: produces a diagnostic profile of underlying difficulties. Next steps are left to the SENCo.

PAGS adds:Targets, provision mapping and costed interventions generated automatically from the results.

Does it produce EHCP-ready evidence?

Boxall Profile: a useful diagnostic picture, but not designed as standalone EHCP evidence.

PAGS adds:Structured, EHCP-ready reports generated straight from assessment data.

How is pricing structured?

Boxall Profile: tiered annual licence (roughly £325-700/yr by school phase), plus pay-as-you-go tokens from £35.

PAGS adds:One flat annual fee for unlimited assessments across the whole cohort.

Can results be tracked and reviewed over time?

Boxall Profile: each checklist is completed by staff at a point in time, then re-scored periodically.

PAGS adds:One shared platform tracking progress and evidence trust-wide, review after review.

FEATURE COMPARISON

PAGS vs Boxall Profile, feature by feature

Feature

Boxall

What PAGS adds

Purpose

Staff checklist for SEMH needs

Full assessment across 7 developmental areas

Assessment scope

SEMH only (social, emotional, mental health)

Whole-child profile: self-regulation, cognition and learning

After the profile

Result reviewed manually by the SENCo, next steps decided case by case

Targets and provision generated automatically from results

Provision mapping

Not included

Provision maps and costed interventions built in

EHCP evidence

Diagnostic picture only, not standalone evidence

Structured, EHCP-ready reports generated from assessment data

Target-setting

Not included

Individual targets generated directly from assessment results

Ongoing tracking

Re-scored periodically by staff, no automated tracking

One shared platform tracking progress and evidence trust-wide

Pricing

Tiered annual licence (£325-700/yr) plus PAYG tokens from £35

One flat annual fee, unlimited assessments

WHAT PAGS ADDS ON TOP OF BOXALL PROFILE

A great checklist deserves a proper follow-through.

Boxall Profile is a well-regarded staff checklist for assessing SEMH needs, a trusted first step for many SENCos.
PAGS is a full assessment and evidence platform. It takes the picture Boxall Profile surfaces and turns it into a complete profile, targets, provision and EHCP-ready evidence.

BOXALL PROFILE

Staff-scored SEMH checklist

Two-part checklist (Developmental Strand + Diagnostic Profile) for SEMH needs
Well-established, used across 5,000+ settings and 359,000+ children
Completed by staff who know the child, no specialist training required
Tiered annual licence by school phase, plus PAYG tokens
Re-scored periodically, but no automated tracking across the cohort

Great for capturing SEMH need through staff observation. Doesn't cover cognition, communication or learning, and isn't designed to generate targets, provision plans or EHCP evidence on its own.

PAGS ADDS

Full assessment, evidence and provision - built from the results

Complete profile across 7 developmental areas, not just SEMH
Targets and provision maps generated automatically from results
EHCP-ready reports built directly from assessment data
One shared platform tracking progress trust-wide, review after review
AI-assisted insight to flag escalating need early

Flat annual fee, unlimited assessments, the natural next step after a Boxall Profile checklist.

FROM CHECKLIST TO EVIDENCE

SENCos use PAGS to take checklist results the rest of the way

Instead of seeing three children a day because of all the different hurdles we used to go through, I can now see up to five students a day. Before, interventions were not being recorded. Now the whole school is doing them.

Michelle Bramhall · SEND Lead, Stone Soup Academy

Ofsted Outstanding (June 2025), third consecutive

A behaviour checklist tells you there's a need. ‍PAGS tells you what to do about it.