Social intelligence helps students in ensuring that they remain positive even in times of challenges and difficulties while being in a group setting. This study investigates the relationship between social Intelligence, English anxiety, and academic motivation amongst grade 7 English-medium SSC board school students. The study collected the data using standardised tools for social intelligence, English anxiety and academic motivation. The sample consisted of 95 grade 7 students (53 males and 42 females). The data was analysed using t-test and Pearson correlation. Results revealed that there is no significant difference in the social intelligence (t = -0.52), a significant difference in the academic motivation (t = -3.31) and a significant difference in the English anxiety (t = 2.23) of the students based on gender. The study also revealed that there is a significant positive correlation between social intelligence and academic motivation, a significant negative correlation between social intelligence and English anxiety and a significant negative correlation between English anxiety and academic motivation. From these findings, it is concluded that a higher social intelligence would cause a decrease in English anxiety and an increase in academic motivation. Thus, these findings show that social intelligence plays an important role in managing English anxiety and thus positively contributes to the increase of academic motivation. Hence, social intelligence should be an important part of the curriculum in order to decrease English anxiety and boost social intelligence.