Holy Cross’s Journey

2055 students on roll

A levels and Level 3 BTECs

GCSEs and Level 2 BTECs

Contact time: 4hrs 10 mins / subject

15 Senior Tutors

50 minute weekly Tutorial

How did we end up piloting Kloodle?

Curriculum Pastoral

Enrichment

How do we satisfy Ofsted’s criteria?

How do we record skill acquisition?How do we measure impact?

Identified

gap in how

we recorded

skills

2013 20172014 2015 2016

Appointed a

team to look

at cross-

college

delivery and

raise the

profile of

employability

skills

Consulted

with all

departments

and created a

skills’

inventory

Focused on

top ten

employability

skills

Ascertained

college

strengths and

areas for

improvement

Created own

in-house

college skills’

passport

Piloted

Kloodle with

75 students -

extended to

1000+

Rolled Kloodle

out with full

cohort

(2000+)

Introduced

targeted skills

weeks

Classroom

behaviour

informed use

Fully

embedded

Kloodle into

pastoral

programme

Wanted to

monitor extra-

curricular

activities

So, what have been the challenges?

Not lack of student interest.

Not student misuse.

Not privacy issues.

Not rolling out with such large numbers.

Not access to IT facilities.

The main challenge has been …

“So, how can we measure impact?”

“The specification is already too packed,

I’ve not got time.”

“How do I set up a group?”

“Do I have to

upload a

profile picture?”

“Can they see everything

on someone’s profile if

they make a connection?”

“Can they not just do it themselves?”

Main concerns

Familiarising staff

Packed syllabus

Top down approach - support of CLT.

Promoted Kloodle in full staff meeting.

Trained staff in small staff teams.

Solutions

Support of CLT - college agenda - SoW.

Introduced dedicated cross-curricular

skills’ weeks.

No extra burden - just a change of

language.

How to ensure students are

uploading quality evidence

Admin checks newsfeed once a week.

Scaffolds discussion during 1-2-1 reviews

and for mock interviews.

Continuing data developments.

Has it been a success?

Students can discuss and evidence their skill-

set with growing confidence.

UCAS and post 18 employment or apprenticeship

preparation now begins from day 1.

Informative and holistic work experience

diaries are maintained and regularly updated.

Students preparing for interviews

all year round.

Skills’ weeks have raised the awareness of both staff

and students to preparing students to be ‘work ready’.

Profiles provide a rich source of information to

prompt 1-2-1 reviews and careers’ interviews.

Students have used the quick look CV to

successfully apply for part-time and weekend jobs.

Student wide groups create a network for

aspirational students to compete nationally.

2017 and beyond

HoD will report back after each skills’

week detailing their subject’s involvement.

Each curricular area to trial use of

Kloodle tasks

Continuation of numeracy

and literacy as core focuses

of T&L team

All departments will

have a noticeboard

dedicated to employability

skills in their subject.

Continue to engage

students with

Opportunities on the site -

both locally and nationally

Using students as

Kloodle ambassadors