As an AHT, reducing teacher workload without compromising standards is always a priority. GradeDrive has genuinely transformed how our biology department handles mock marking. What used to take an entire weekend now takes a few hours. The AI's understanding of mark scheme language is impressive. It picks up on required terminology and partial credit correctly.

Getting every teacher in my department to mark consistently has always been a challenge. GradeDrive has essentially solved that. Every paper is assessed against the same mark scheme interpretation, so students aren't disadvantaged by which teacher marked their work. Our post-marking moderation time has dropped dramatically.

I teach three A-level groups and marking used to consume my weekends during assessment season. GradeDrive marks a full set of papers in the time it takes me to get through two or three manually. The feedback it generates is specific and references the mark scheme directly, which saves me a lot of annotation time. I genuinely couldn't go back.

I signed up to GradeDrive after it was recommended to me by a colleague, and in all honesty it has impressed me: it's easy to use and easy to collect data. I can upload my scanned files and the programme identifies the names of the students without me having to create the database first, which has saved me lots of time. I'm also impressed with the accuracy of the marking: we even tested it in a department meeting, and there was only a two-mark difference, which is less than what we sometimes had during department moderation. I was easily able to make changes to any mark I didn't agree with. I think the best feature is being able to easily export and print student analysis feedback and give it to my students. It's visually good for my students and their parents.