Anyone can hand back a number. The value is in knowing which line of working lost the mark, which topic it belongs to, and what to do about it before the next paper.
Full mocks build exam stamina and give a broad diagnosis. Topic tests isolate a single weakness. Past papers are for students who have already worked through the mocks. If you are not sure, start with a full mock, the topic breakdown tells you what to test next.
The report is only as honest as the conditions. Print the paper, set a timer for the stated duration, remove notes and phones, and write by hand. Students who sit papers open-book get feedback about a version of themselves that will not be in the exam hall.
Sign in at app.gcsefeedback.co.uk and photograph each page. Our uploader checks legibility before submission and flags any page that is too dark or cropped, so nothing comes back unmarked.
Your script is allocated to a marker who teaches that subject and, where possible, that board. They mark against the official mark scheme, annotate the working line by line, and write the report by hand-typed comment rather than from a template bank.
Within 48 hours you get the annotated script, a mark breakdown per question and per assessment objective, a topic-level percentage, the grade boundary placement for that paper, and three prioritised actions.
The step almost everyone skips. Take the top action, work on it for a week or two, then sit the matching topic test. Movement on a re-test is the only reliable evidence that revision worked.
AQA Higher · Paper 2 (Calculator)
GCSE Maths Mock, Question 17
Solve 3x² − 11x − 4 = 0, giving answers to 2 d.p.
(3x + 1)(x − 4) = 0
x = 4✓ M1 A1
x = 1/3✗ sign error
Examiner comment
Factorising is secure, but check the sign when you read the root back off the bracket. That single slip cost you 1 mark here and again in Q19.
Marking quality is the whole product, so it is the part we over-engineer.
Every marker is a qualified UK teacher in their subject. Applicants mark three benchmark scripts and are only approved if their marks sit within one mark of the reference standard.
One in ten scripts is blind second-marked. Markers whose scores drift are re-benchmarked before taking further scripts, and no marker works outside their subject.
If you disagree with a mark, request a free re-mark within 14 days. A second examiner reviews the script without seeing the original marks.
The free paper produces exactly the same output as a paid one.
