In pilot

Howay for Secondary English: marking for GCSE and KS3, with the teacher deciding.

We are piloting it now, starting with Pearson Edexcel English Language mock papers. It is not open to sign up yet.

We will email you as places open. Nothing else.

What we can tell you today

What it marks: GCSE and KS3 English. The pilot starts with Pearson Edexcel English Language mock papers.
Who uses it: Teachers only. Students never log in and do not have accounts.
Who decides: You do. You review every mark and comment, and can change any of them, before anything goes back to the class.
What it works from: The exam board's own mark scheme, so it returns marks and levels as well as written feedback.
Whether you can use it today: No. It is in pilot and is not open to sign up.

What we are not telling you yet

How accurate it is. The pilot has not reported, so we are not quoting a figure, a price or a date. We would rather say that than give you a number we cannot stand behind.

If you are weighing AI marking for English now, our guide to what the published evidence on accuracy does and does not show is a fair place to start. Most of that evidence is from secondary.

It is a separate product from primary

Howay for primary is live. It gives feedback against the National Curriculum for England and does not put a numeric grade on a child’s work. That is not changing.

Secondary English works to a mark scheme, because that is what a GCSE paper is marked against. If you teach primary, start here instead.

Join early access

Tell us where you teach and which exam board and papers you mark. We will email you as early-access places open.

We read every message ourselves. If your board is not Pearson Edexcel, say so: it tells us what to build next.