Plan & Deliver
1-to-1s
Every 1-to-1 in three stages: a cue card before the pupil sits down, notes typed, dictated or photographed in the meeting, and agreed actions after it - each with an owner and a date. Pupils can ask for one from their app, and a finished meeting writes its Benchmark 8 evidence.
- stages: before · meeting · after
- 3stages: before · meeting · after
- adviser check against CDI
- L6+adviser check against CDI
- evidence when it's done
- BM8evidence when it's done
Calendar › 1-to-1sA 1-to-1 across its three stages: the cue card before, the notes in the meeting, the agreed actions after.
Why it matters
What changes
The honest version of the before, and what it looks like once this is running.
- Notes in a notebook that nobody else can read
- Action points agreed in the room and forgotten by Friday
- No way to prove the adviser was qualified when it mattered
- Pupils with no route to ask for a session
- A cue card before you sit down, built from that pupil's record
- Notes dictated, photographed or typed - shorthand is fine
- Agreed actions pulled out for you, each with an owner and a date
- Benchmark 8 evidence written the moment the meeting is done
How it works
Up and running in minutes
Three steps, in the order you'd actually do them.
Read the cue card
Talking points and questions worth asking, built from that pupil's record - before they sit down.
Capture however you can
Type it, dictate it, or photograph handwritten notes. Shorthand is fine.
Agree the actions
Tidy up & pull out actions writes a clean summary and the actions you agreed, each with an owner and a due date.
In detail
How it actually works
The mechanics behind the screenshot.
Before, in the meeting, after - in that order
The page follows the actual shape of a 1-to-1. Before, a cue card gives you talking points and questions worth asking. In the meeting, your notes go down in whatever form you can capture them. After, they become a clean summary and the actions you agreed, each with an owner and a date.
- Cue card from the pupil's history, or from a session template
- Capture by typing, dictation or a photo of your handwritten notes
- Tidy up & pull out actions writes a clean summary and up to three actions
- Each action has an owner, a due date and a ten-minute first step
Benchmark 8 has conditions - so they're on screen
Personal guidance only counts if the adviser is qualified and the meeting actually produces something. Chapter checks the first by reading uploaded certificates and cross-referencing the CDI professional register, and asks for the second by putting agreed actions on the page before the meeting closes. Each meeting also says what kind it is, and whether that kind counts for Benchmark 8.
- Certificates read automatically for qualification, level and awarding body
- Name cross-checked against the CDI register
- School-level status: qualified Level 6+ adviser met, or not yet
- Pupils can ask for a 1-to-1; you book it, propose a time or decline
What you get
Everything included
No add-ons, no per-seat pricing - it's all in the platform.
Before, in the meeting and after - one page per 1-to-1
A cue card with talking points and questions from the pupil's record
Notes typed, dictated or photographed, then tidied into a summary
Agreed actions with an owner, a due date and a first step
Requests from pupils: book, propose another time or decline
Benchmark 8 evidence written when the meeting is marked done
Evidence & integrations
What it proves, and what it plugs into
Benchmark 8 is the reason this surface exists - and Benchmark 3, because a 1-to-1 is where individual need gets addressed.
- 3Addressing the Needs of Each Young Person
- 8Personal Guidance
CDI register
Adviser qualification cross-check
Chapter student app
Pupils ask for a 1-to-1 and see their actions
Students
Agreed actions carried on the profile
Questions
The things schools ask
Yes. A 1-to-1 does not have to be booked in advance - you can record a conversation after the fact, which is how most corridor guidance actually happens.
Type it, dictate it, or photograph handwritten notes. Shorthand is fine - Tidy up & pull out actions turns whatever you captured into a clean summary and the actions you agreed.
Chapter reads the certificate you upload to extract the qualification, its level and the awarding body, then cross-references the adviser's name against the CDI professional register. The school-level status then shows whether Benchmark 8's Level 6+ requirement is met.
Yes. Requests arrive with a topic, an optional message and the pupil's preferred slots. You can accept and book, propose a different time, or decline.
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