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A-Level essay feedback, marked against the assessment objectives

Upload your essay and the assessment objectives (AOs) or mark scheme your exam board uses — AQA, Edexcel, OCR or WJEC. Mark scores each objective and quotes the lines that earned, or cost, you marks, so every redraft climbs the levels.

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A-Level essays are marked against published assessment objectives — exactly the criterion-referenced marking Mark was built for.

One thing before we start: I never write a word for you. I mark your draft against your rubric — like a teacher's first pass — so youdo the improving. Check your school's policy on AI feedback, and acknowledge your use of it where required.

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How it works

1

Add your rubric

Upload or paste the criteria your work will actually be marked against — e.g. your board's mark scheme, or the assessment objectives for the paper.

2

Upload your draft

Drop in the PDF (or paste the text). Mark reads it against every criterion and scores it, quoting the exact lines that earned the marks.

3

Improve and re-mark

Fix what he flagged, run it again, and watch the mark move. That loop is how essays climb to the top grades.

New — chat with Mark about your essay

Not sure why you lost marks? Just ask him.

Every marked essay now has a chat. Ask Mark why a criterion landed where it did, what “more analysis” actually means, or where to start on your re-draft — and he'll talk it through with you, pointing to the exact lines in your essay.

He'll never write it for you. He asks the questions a good teacher would, so the improving stays yours.

See it before your marker does

Mark your draft, fix what he flags, watch the mark climb.

Mark scores your draft against your rubric and quotes the exact line behind every mark. You fix the two things holding it back, run it again — and the number moves. That loop is the whole game.

  • Marked against your rubric. Your criteria, not a generic template.
  • Evidence for every score. The exact line that earned it — or cost you the mark.
  • Revise and re-mark. Improve the draft, run it again, and see the mark climb.
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Your essay

“How did railways change everyday life in Victorian Britain?”
Your rubric · 4 criteria
Mark is reading your draft…
842 words

The line Mark quoted

“The railways did not simply move people faster — they reshaped the ordinary rhythm of the day, standardising the clocks between towns and turning a distant city into somewhere you could visit and be home from before dark. Bradshaw's timetable soon sat in every household.”

Analysis & argument
Builds a reasoned, evidenced case
01234
NOW SITTING AT 4 / 5here's the top band

You name the cause — now push it. Add one sentence on the consequence you hint at, and this criterion tips into the top band.

Draft 1

14 / 20

Draft 2

17 / 20

Built around your exam board's assessment objectives

Whether it's AQA, Edexcel, OCR or WJEC, A-Level essays are marked against a small set of assessment objectives and level descriptors. Mark reads your essay against the exact objectives your examiner will use and scores each one with quoted evidence — so you can see whether marks are going on argument, on analysis of the writer's methods, on context, or elsewhere, instead of a vague "needs more depth".

Where A-Level essays slip a level

Most top-band-capable essays don't fail on ideas — they slip a level on one objective: analysis that describes rather than evaluates, context bolted on instead of woven in, or an argument that drifts from the question. Tying every point to an objective and a line shows you which one is costing you the top band.

The redraft loop is how grades move

One essay with one round of feedback rarely shifts a grade. Draft, mark, fix what the objectives flagged, re-mark — run a few rounds on the same essay before a mock or the exam, for a fraction of what a private tutor charges per essay.

Start free. Most students go for the plan.

Start with 2 free marks — enough to mark a draft, improve it, and mark it again. Then keep going for less than the price of one human-marked essay.

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Unlimited-ish plan

$25 / monthor $200/yr

That's about $0.50 an essay — the cheapest way to mark, by a mile.

50 marks a month included, fair-use capped. Mark essay after essay all term, chat with Mark about every one, top up any time.

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Just need a few marks? One-time packs — marks never expire:

Starter

$9

3 marks · $3.00 each

Assessment block

$24

10 marks · $2.40 each

Season pack

$39

20 marks · $1.95 each

A human marking service charges $30+ for one essay and takes days.

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