Mark a full set of Year 10 or 11 essays in the time it takes to mark two by hand. Detailed feedback aligned to your exam board's criteria — AQA, Edexcel, or OCR.
A typical GCSE English teacher marks 30 students × 3 drafts per term × 5 classes. That is over 450 essays a term — each one needing detailed, meaningful feedback. No wonder marking eats weekends.
GradingPen does not replace your professional judgement. It handles the first-pass marking, generates structured feedback, and gives you a clean, editable result to review in minutes.
Build your rubric once to match AQA, Edexcel, or OCR criteria. Reuse it across every class and every term.
AI identifies whether each paragraph follows PEE/PEA structure and gives specific, actionable feedback on each section.
Every essay gets a structured What Went Well and Even Better If summary — the format UK marking policies expect.
Upload 30 essays at once as Word, PDF, or plain text. Grade the whole class in one go, not one at a time.
Analytical essays, creative writing assessments, unseen text responses, and coursework pieces.
Source analysis, extended answers, fieldwork write-ups, and comparative essays.
Evaluate-and-discuss responses, 12-mark and 15-mark extended writing answers.
If it involves written argument and evidence, GradingPen can mark it.
| Task | By Hand | With GradingPen |
|---|---|---|
| Mark 30 GCSE essays | ~5–8 hours | ~10 minutes |
| Consistency across papers | Varies (fatigue, time) | Always consistent |
| Feedback depth | Limited by time | Detailed on every paper |
| WWW/EBI comments | Written manually | Auto-generated |
| Draft-cycle turnaround | Days or weeks | Same day |
Free to start. No credit card. Works with your existing tools.
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