MindSprout vs youHQ

youHQ is a broad wellbeing toolkit. MindSprout is a focused daily-signal product.

The short version

youHQ is a broader wellbeing toolkit for schools and colleges, combining an app, training, workshops and resources. It tracks mood but is wider in scope than a focused daily check-in product.

What youHQ does

youHQ bundles a mood-tracking app with training, workshops and broader wellbeing resources for schools and colleges.

Side-by-side

Feature

MindSprout

youHQ

Check-in cadence

Daily — one short question, every school day

Mood tracking alongside broader resources

Teacher workload

Minimal — runs in the background; assigned-staff queue, sparkline trends and a calendar strip surface what matters

Typically requires staff to launch surveys and review reports

Notifications when a child needs attention

Real-time alerts routed to the assigned pastoral staff or school admin

Insights via dashboard or scheduled report

School-wide snapshot

Whole-school view with calendar strip, per-staff and per-question sparklines, drill-down to year, class and child

Dashboards vary; depth depends on plan

Pastoral framing

Built around UK & US pastoral structures, year-group-scoped staff access and safeguarding workflows

Wellbeing toolkit — app, training, workshops, resources

Data security

Salted SHA-256 PINs · school-isolated row-level security · audit-logged exports

Not publicly documented

Staff onboarding

Secure single-use invite links with expiry, usage cap, revocation and role allow-list

Email invite or admin-provisioned account

Region

UK & US schools

International

Age range

Primary and secondary

Varies

Format

Mobile app for students, web dashboard for staff

App + training + content library

Where MindSprout is different

Focused on the daily signal

MindSprout doesn't try to be a content library or a training provider. It does one thing exceptionally well: a daily check-in that turns into pastoral action.

A daily signal, not a termly snapshot

MindSprout asks one short question every school day. A child's mood can change in a single morning — a termly or weekly survey will miss it. Daily check-ins create the early signal pastoral teams actually need to act.

Designed around teacher workload

Nothing for staff to launch. No survey to schedule. MindSprout runs quietly in the background and only surfaces a child when something has shifted. Teachers stay focused on teaching; pastoral leads see what matters.

Real-time notifications to the right adult

When a child's check-in changes meaningfully, the right pastoral lead is notified the same day. Insight that lives only inside a dashboard is insight that often arrives too late.

Whole-school view with hierarchy drill-down

Headteachers see the school. Heads of year see their year group. Form tutors see their class. Pastoral leads see individual children. One source of truth — appropriate depth for every role.

In one paragraph

youHQ suits schools wanting a wider wellbeing toolkit with training and content. MindSprout suits schools that already have those resources but lack a consistent daily signal and pastoral data layer.

See MindSprout in your school

A daily 60-second check-in, real-time pastoral alerts to assigned staff, and a whole-school dashboard with per-staff and per-question insight — built for UK and US schools.