AI marking for GCSE English · AQASee accuracy →

Mark every essay. Know every student.

Q: How does the free trial work?

Contact us with a few details about your department, and we’ll set you up to try Ariel with your own classes.

Accurate marks against the mark scheme, detailed feedback for every pupil, and a clear picture of your whole class. You review and approve every mark.

Y11 · MACBETH · AMIRA K.14 / 30

In Act 1 Scene 7, Macbeth admits he has only “vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself”. This shows he is evil because he wants to kill the king just for power. A Jacobean audience would be shocked by this.

AO2 · languageAO1 · too broadAO3 · context

Marked · AQA Lit Paper 1Level 5 · 20 / 30

AO1

9/12

AO2

7/12

AO3

4/6

STRENGTH

AREA TO DEVELOP

Awaiting your review✓ Approve

Tested against 500+ examiner-marked essaysUsed on 2,000+ essays in UK schoolsBuilt by a practising English teacher

Marking is where teachers learn the most about their students, and where they lose the most time.

No teacher can write thirty pages of specific, individual comments overnight. Ariel can, and the teacher still checks every one. Make every hour of marking count.

HOW IT WORKS

From a pile of scripts to approved feedback.

Choose from the AQA past-paper bank or set your own, including custom Literature papers.
Batch PDF with QR codes, or photograph exercise books on your phone. Ariel reads the handwriting and matches every script to a student.
Each answer marked AO by AO against the AQA mark scheme: level first, then the mark.
Nothing reaches students until you approve it. Then hand back feedback slips and see the class report.

Past-paper bankYour own

AQA · LIT PAPER 1 · MACBETH

How does Shakespeare present ambition in the play?

AQA · LIT PAPER 1 · A CHRISTMAS CAROL

How does Dickens present Scrooge’s change?

✓ Set for Year 11 · 30 students

✓Amira K.

✓Ben T.

✓Chloe R.

30 / 30 MATCHED

LEVEL FIRST, THEN THE MARKLevel 5

AO1

9/12

AO2

7/12

AO3

4/6

Total20 / 30

Amira KhanLEVEL 5 · 20/30

STRENGTH

AREA TO DEVELOP

NEXT STEP

Edited by you✓ Approve

WHAT YOU GET

One marker for every student, every class, every teacher.

Feedback students can act on

Built on one key moment in their essay, with questions to think about, sentence stems and a redrafting task. Written in your department’s own language.

See your whole class

What the class does well, who is behind and what to teach next. Group views for EAL, PP and SEND, progress across mocks, and a ready-made feedback lesson.

Every class in one place

For Heads of Department: AO averages and trends across every class, intervention flags, and marking consistency across teachers.

HOW ARIEL MARKS

Tested against over five hundred examiner-marked essays.

Every Ariel marker is checked against essays already marked by AQA examiners, using essays it was never built on.

4 in 5

English Literature Paper 1

essays within 2 marks of the examiner.

Within one level

Language reading questions

of the examiner, almost every time.

Within 2 marks

Language Q5 writing

typically, with AO5 and AO6 marked separately.

How we test accuracy →

Built for schools. Ready for your DPO.

You review and approve every mark
Names removed before any essay reaches AI
Essays never used to train AI models
UK GDPR, with DPA and DPIA templates

AQA Literature · Papers 1 & 2AQA Language · Papers 1 & 2Edexcel · coming soonEduqas · coming soon

“I built Ariel because marking a class set properly took my evenings, and my students still got less feedback than they deserved.”

Seán

English teacher and founder of Ariel

Questions teachers ask first

Can it read handwriting?

Yes. Scan a class set as a batch PDF, or photograph exercise books on your phone. Ariel transcribes each script, and you can check the transcription during review.

How accurate is it?

In English Literature Paper 1, Ariel is within 2 marks of the examiner on around 4 in 5 essays. On Language reading questions it is within one level of the examiner almost every time.

What happens to student data?

Names and personal details are removed before any essay is sent to AI, and essays are never used to train AI models. Ariel works under UK GDPR, with DPA and DPIA templates available on request.

Do I still have to check the marks?

Yes. Every mark goes through a review stage before students see it, and you can change any mark or any AO.

How does the free trial work?

Less time marking. More impact from every mark.

Try Ariel with your own classes. Tell us about your department and we’ll get you set up.