AI exam marking against your own mark scheme
Upload a student's paper, handwritten or typed, and The Learning Mate marks every question against your mark scheme and writes feedback for each answer. You check the marks and publish when you're ready.
No account needed. Try it on a paper you've already marked and compare.
How AI marking works, in three steps
Upload the paper and your mark scheme
Add a student’s answers as a PDF or phone photos, with your question paper and mark scheme or rubric. Handwritten and typed work both work.
The AI marks every question
Each answer is checked against your mark scheme, question by question, with a mark and a short piece of feedback for the student.
You check it and publish
Change any mark or comment you disagree with, then publish. Students and parents see the marks and feedback in their own accounts.
Everything the AI marker does for a class set
- Mark handwritten and typed work from PDFs and phone photos
- Mark against the teacher's own exam paper, mark scheme or rubric
- Give question-by-question marks and personal feedback to every student
- Return an annotated PDF of each marked paper
- Let the teacher change any mark or comment and publish results to students and parents when ready
- Let students ask the teacher to review a mark
- Have a person on our review team check any paper that needs a closer look
Marks any exam that has a mark scheme
Use it for past papers, mock exams, class tests and homework. Supports grading in any subject through teacher-provided mark schemes and custom rubrics.
- IGCSE
- IB
- A Level
- AP
- American high school diploma
- National curricula
- Accounting
- Arabic
- Biology
- Business Studies
- Chemistry
- Combined Science
- Computer Science
- Economics
- English
- English Literature
- Environmental Management
- Finance
- French
- Geography
- German
- History
- Human Biology
- ICT
- Italian
- Mathematics
- Philosophy
- Physical Education
- Physics
- Psychology
- Religious Education
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Travel & Tourism
AI marking questions, answered
What is AI marking?
AI marking uses an AI model to read a student’s answers and award marks against a mark scheme, the way a teacher would. The Learning Mate gives a mark and feedback for every question and an annotated copy of the paper, and the teacher reviews the result before students see it.
How does the AI exam marker use my mark scheme?
You upload your own question paper and mark scheme, or a rubric for essays and projects. The AI marks each answer against those criteria, so the marks follow your standards rather than a generic answer key.
Can it mark handwritten answers?
Yes. Upload a scanned PDF or take photos of the pages with your phone, and the AI reads handwritten answers, including working in maths and science. Typed work is supported too.
Which exams and subjects can it mark?
Teachers use it for IGCSE, IB, A Level, AP, American high school diploma, National curricula papers, and for any test, homework or assignment that has a mark scheme or rubric. Subjects include Accounting, Arabic, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Combined Science, Computer Science, Economics and more.
How accurate is AI marking?
Every question comes with feedback that explains the mark, so you can see how the AI read each answer. You can change any mark or comment before publishing. The quickest way to judge it is to try it on a paper you have already marked yourself and compare.
How long does marking take?
With Instant marking a paper is usually marked in about 10 minutes. Standard marking returns results within 24 hours. You choose the mode for each exam.
Do I stay in control of the grades?
Yes. Nothing reaches students or parents until you publish. You can edit any mark or comment first, and students can ask you to review a mark afterwards.
Is it free to try?
You can mark one paper free without creating an account. The free plan then includes 10 marked papers, with every feature included.
Is student work used to train AI models?
No. Student work is encrypted in transit and at rest and is never used to train public models.
Want to go deeper? Read our guides to AI marking
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