Efficient · Accurate · Secure

The AI marking platform for teachers

Assessment, marking and feedback tool designed to reduce teacher workload, increase marking consistency and remove bias. Manages your marking workflow end to end.

Built for the British curriculum - GCSE and A-Level
Efficient · Accurate · Secure

The AI marking platform for teachers

Assessment, marking and feedback tool designed to reduce teacher workload, increase marking consistency and remove bias. Manages your marking workflow end to end.

Sample class
Sample class
AssessmentsEmma Richardson
32/40 · 80%
QuestionsSection A - Physical18/22Section B - Human14/18Total32/40
Question 1.35/6Marking guide
This one is your call. Good answer but rock type specificity is borderline against mark scheme.
QuestionDescribe the formation of a headland and bay. Include reference to rock type.Student answerTextPDFHeadlands and bays form because of differential erosion. Where there are alternating bands of hard and soft rock along the coast, the softer rock is eroded more quickly by wave action, forming bays. The harder, more resistant rock is left jutting out into the sea as headlands. Over time this contrast becomes more pronounced as the bays are further eroded while the headlands remain.Marko - Name a specific rock type here (e.g. chalk vs clay) to secure the final mark.
StrengthsCorrect explanation of differential erosion as the driving process.Clear contrast between hard and soft rock behaviour.Areas for improvement·Should name specific rock types (e.g., chalk, clay, granite) rather than just 'hard' and 'soft'.·Could reference a real UK example such as the Dorset coastline.
Mark breakdown5 of 6 marks. The process is well explained, but the mark scheme expects at least one named rock type example. 'Hard and soft rock' alone is borderline - one specific example (e.g., chalk vs clay) would have secured full marks.
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Measured 21 August 2026

Institutions with teachers marking
700+
Teachers marking with it
1,500+
Pieces of work marked
51,000+

What is Marking.ai?

Marking.ai is an AI marking platform for schools. It reads typed and handwritten student work, marks it against criteria taken from the marking guidelines you upload, and quotes the words that earned each mark. It drafts feedback for you to edit, and nothing reaches a student until a teacher approves it.

How it works

Your marking workflow, end to end

The teacher is the decision-maker at every stage.

New batch · GCSE English Language

8700-mark-scheme.pdf

Mark scheme

year11-paper1-scans.pdf

28 scripts · handwritten

Drop more scripts, or browse

Marks to your criteria

Your mark scheme, enhanced by our proven strategies

You can upload a mark scheme and provide additional context such as an examiner's report, model answers and source material. We then utilise that in line with a series of proven marking strategies based on a question's metadata.

  • Reads the mark scheme or guidelines you already use
  • Criterion by criterion, not an overall impression
  • The same standard on every script in the class
Sample class
GCSE Geography - Coastal Landscapes · Emma Richardson
32/40
Questions
Section A - Physical18/22Question 1.14/4Question 1.25/6Question 1.35/6Question 1.44/6
Section B - Human14/18Question 2.14/4Question 2.25/8Question 2.35/6
Total32/40
Question 1.44/6Review suggestedMarking guide
QuestionUsing a named example, explain how coastal management strategies have been used to protect an area from erosion.Student answer

In Holderness on the East Yorkshire coast, several coastal management strategies have been used. Hard engineering approaches include sea walls at Bridlington and Hornsea, which reflect wave energy to protect the towns behind them. Rock armour has been placed at Mappleton to absorb wave energy. However, these defences have caused problems further down the coast because they interrupt sediment movement, leading to increased erosion at places like Cowden.

StrengthsExcellent use of a named case study with specific locations.Mentions knock-on effects of hard engineering - shows evaluation skills.
Areas for improvement·Evaluation could be more balanced - soft engineering and managed retreat deserve more depth.
Mark breakdown

4 of 6 marks. Strong case study use with specific place names and strategies. The mark scheme awards up to 4 for description and 2 for evaluation - soft engineering and cost-benefit analysis are underdeveloped for full evaluation marks.

Handwriting

Reads handwritten work

Students write on paper. Scan or photograph the scripts and Marking.ai reads them directly - handwriting, typed text and diagrams on the same page.

  • Scans and photographs of handwritten scripts
  • Several pages per answer, kept in order
  • No transcription step

Q12 · Why did the Weimar Republic fail?

The Treaty of Versailles imposed harsh repara reparations on Germany - about £6.6 bn in 1921 - which the Weimar government could not realistically pay. This caused hyperinflation by 1923 and bred deep resentment, fuelling the rise of extremist parties through the late 1920s.

Reading handwriting

The Treaty of Versailles imposed harsh repara reparations on Germany - about £6.6 bn in 1921 - which the Weimar government could not realistically pay.

The crossed-out false start is shown struck. The caret-inserted word is resolved into place.

Page 1 of 3 · Daniel Hughes · GCSE HistorySample class
Feedback

Feedback designed to help your students improve

Every answer comes with high-quality, personalised feedback for each student. Annotated comments, answer based feedback, and student summaries. You're always in control of the feedback structure and tone.

  • Drafted from the criteria the work was marked against
  • Refers to what the answer did and did not do
  • Every comment editable before it goes out
  • Nothing reaches a student until a teacher approves it
Sample class
10B/Gg1 · GCSE Geography - Coastal Landscapes
1.2Explain how longshore drift transports material along the coastline. You may use a diagram.
5/6High confidence
Mark breakdown
5 of 6 marks.
The explanation is accurate and well-structured.
The missing mark is for the diagram, which the question explicitly invited - the mark scheme awards 1 mark for a clear labelled diagram.
Feedback
Strengths

Clear step-by-step explanation of the longshore drift process.

Correct use of geographical terms: swash, backwash, prevailing wind.

Areas for improvement

No diagram included - a labelled diagram would have secured the final mark.

Reporting and insights

Data, insights and reporting built in

Teachers can now see which students need support, which questions were the most difficult and where general misconceptions exist. Departments can see the top performing classes and why. Schools can see performance by subject or year group.

  • Question-level results, by student and by class
  • Median, mean, pass rate and spread on the class you are looking at
  • Common misconceptions grouped from the scripts already marked - and not attempted below ten of them
  • Built out of the marking itself, rather than entered again somewhere else
Sample class
10B/Gg1 · Insights
Median
74%
Middle mark in the class.
Mean
74%
Average of all marked submissions.
Pass rate
87%
At or above the pass threshold.
Std dev
10.8pp
Spread of marks around the mean.
Mark distribution
00–20%
020–40%
440–60%
1760–80%
980–100%
Question difficulty
Easy (≥70%)Medium (40–70%)Hard (<40%)
85%1.1
72%1.2
52%1.3
38%1.4
88%2.1
37%2.2
57%2.3
What it does

Let us take care of your marking flow

An overview of the main features of Marking.ai, and how they help you streamline your marking flow.

Marks to your guidelines

Your marking guide becomes per-question criteria, and every mark quotes the words that earned it.

Sample class
AssessmentsGCSE Geography - Coastal LandscapesEmma Richardson
32/40 · 80%
Question 1.44/6
QuestionUsing a named example, explain how coastal management strategies have been used to protect an area from erosion.Student answerTextPDFIn Holderness on the East Yorkshire coast, several coastal management strategies have been used. Hard engineering approaches include sea walls at Bridlington and Hornsea, which reflect wave energy to protect the towns behind them. Rock armour has been placed at Mappleton to absorb wave energy. However, these defences have caused problems further down the coast because they interrupt sediment movement, leading to increased erosion at places like Cowden.
4 of 6 marks.Select a line to see the words it rests on.

Reads handwriting

Scans and photographs read directly, with no transcription step.

Drafts feedback

Per question and per student, and editable before anyone sees it.

Holds one standard

One configured assessment reused across classes, so a department marks the same way by construction.

Shows where marks were lost

Question-level results by student and by class, built from the marking you approved.

Who it is for

Built for the way marking actually works

  • Teachers

    Your evening back, without giving up control

    Hand over the repetitive first pass and spend your attention on the judgement calls.

  • Departments

    One standard across every class

    Configure an assessment once and reuse it, so a department marks the same way by construction.

  • School leaders

    One licence, and the answers procurement asks for

    Unlimited teacher seats on a pooled annual allowance, with usage visible and attainment private.

Try it on one class set tonight

Upload a set you would have marked anyway and see what comes back. No card required to start.

Built for how schools handle data

  • Data stored in the EU
  • No training on student work
  • A teacher approves every mark
How we handle school data

What teachers told us

Don't take our word for it - hear from the teachers loving using Marking.ai

5 out of 5
Before Marking.ai, feedback often took 5–10 days to reach students - evenings and weekends disappeared into marking. … Turnaround is now days faster, feedback quality is richer and more consistent, and I've been able to set more varied assessment - homework checks, spot tests - without the marking backlog piling up.
Illustrated avatar

Emmanuel Selvarajah

Mathematics teacher, St Albans Secondary College
5 out of 5
With 120+ ESL essays weekly, I was drowning. The game-changer? It was able to decipher my students' illegible scrawl, handwriting I'd previously needed a Rosetta Stone for. What took countless hours now takes ninety minutes. I've reclaimed my evenings, my sanity, and given proper feedback instead of panic-scribbled “good effort!”
Illustrated avatar

Robert Morrison

English teacher, St Rose of Lima's College
5 out of 5
My biggest marking challenge was providing meaningful, individualized feedback to large numbers of students while still meeting deadlines. … What surprised me most was not just the time saved, but the quality of the feedback. Students have commented on how helpful and detailed it is.
Illustrated avatar

Rudi Olivier

Head of Campus Music, Redhill School

Key takeaways

Everything you would need to explain it to someone else.

  • Marking.ai marks typed and handwritten work against the mark scheme a teacher already uses.
  • Every mark quotes the words in the answer that earned it, and names the criterion.
  • A teacher reviews and approves every mark before a student sees it.
  • Reporting covers the individual student and the class.
  • 20 free submissions to start, one time, with the full Pro feature set.
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Answers

Frequently asked questions

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Will it replace or deskill teachers?

No. Marking.ai drafts; teachers decide. Nothing is released until a teacher approves it. It removes the repetitive first pass so teachers spend more time teaching and on the judgement only they can make.

Isn't AI marking inaccurate?

Marking.ai marks to your marking guidelines and mark scheme criterion by criterion, and shows the evidence behind every mark - so it's accurate and auditable, not a black box. It stays consistent across a whole class, and a teacher reviews and approves every mark before it reaches a student: a faster first pass, not an unchecked final mark.

Can it mark handwritten work?

Yes. Handwritten scripts are read directly from an uploaded scan or photograph, so work does not need to be typed up first. A single answer can run across several pages.

What does it cost to try?

Every new account gets 20 free submissions, one time - not per month. The trial exposes the full Pro feature set rather than a cut-down version.

Try it on one class set tonight

Upload a set you would have marked anyway and see what comes back. No card required to start.