How does AI grading work?

Upload your exams or assignments, set your grading rubric, and our AI analyzes student responses to provide instant, accurate grades and personalized feedback.

What file types are supported?

The Learning Mate supports all common file types including PDFs, images, Word documents, and handwritten submissions.

Is The Learning Mate free to use?

Yes, The Learning Mate offers a free tier to get started. You can grade exams and assignments without any upfront cost.

What subjects and languages are supported?

The Learning Mate supports all subjects and multiple languages, making it suitable for teachers worldwide.

Does it support Arabic and other non-Latin languages?

Yes. The Learning Mate fully supports Arabic, French, Spanish, and many other languages, both for reading student responses and generating feedback.

How is student data protected?

Student data is encrypted in transit and at rest. We follow strict data privacy standards and never use student work to train our AI models.

Can I use my own grading rubric?

Yes. You can upload or define custom rubrics for each assignment, and the AI will grade according to your exact criteria and weighting.

Mark student papers in minutes, not weekends

AI marking that reads real student work, handwritten or typed, and marks it question by question against your mark scheme, for any curriculum, subject and language.

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1,000,000+ papers graded
97%+ of questions marked correctly
Results in about 10 minutes

Every subject supported

IGCSE
IB
A Level
AP
American high school diploma
National curricula

21 languages supported

EnglishالعربيةFrançaisEspañolDeutsch中文TürkçePortuguês

Real graded examples

Maths · Algebra & Functions

Student answer, exam paper & mark scheme · switch tabs to read

Sample

12 pages

The Learning Mate gradingGrade: 62 / 75

Marks appear here

Hit the button and watch it grade this paper against your rubric in seconds.

Measured, not estimated97%+of questions marked correctly

Papers compared: 500,000+
Checked against: The final reviewed mark

Accuracy

Marking you can put your name to

In the past year, more than 500,000 papers across all subjects were marked both by the AI and manually by teachers. Measured per question against the final mark agreed after review, the AI was correct more than 97% of the time, more often than the original manual marks.

Every question marked and explainedMarks and personal feedback on each question, against your own mark scheme or rubric.
Nothing is released until you say soChange any mark or comment, then publish to students and parents when you are ready.
A second pair of eyesA person on our review team checks any paper that needs a closer look.

Read how we measured it

Features

Everything teachers need, in one place

Explore each part of the workflow, from the first photo of a worksheet to the parent update that closes the loop.

Grading

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A student's handwritten blog post beside its transcription, marked 13 out of 16

AI feedback on a student's handwritten blog post: the mistakes, how to fix them and an overall summary

A student's physics course with their score on every quiz, homework and mock

A parent's view of their child's physics results, with submission and average for each category

Exam analytics for a class test: the class average, submissions and each student's score

Google Classroom connected, with three courses syncing and more ready to import

Handwritten Instant Grading

Snap a photo of hand-written or typed work and get it scored against your rubric in seconds, from short answers to full essays.

Trusted by educators

Grading, measured in
hours given back

2 minutes setup

1,000,000+

Papers graded

5,000+

Hours saved for teachers

97%+

Of questions marked correctly

Join the teachers who are transforming their grading workflow: upload, wait 10 minutes, done.

Pricing

Simple plans that grow with you

Start free, upgrade when you're ready. Schools get volume pricing and a dedicated rollout.

Free

Perfect for trying out AI grading

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Start free in 2 minutes

Up to 10 assessments marked

Detailed feedback for students

PDF & image upload support

Full analytics dashboard

Google Classroom integration

Student & parent access

Safe, secure AI for schools

Student work is encrypted in transit and at rest. Enterprise-grade infrastructure with strict access controls meets and exceeds district-level privacy standards.

FERPA and GDPR aligned, with EU data residency. Student work is never used to train public models, and your admins keep full control of the data at all times.

Built for human oversight: the AI drafts, you decide. Every grade and comment is reviewable and editable before it reaches a student, with clear audit trails for your school.

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Over the past year, more than 500,000 papers across all subjects were marked both by our AI and manually by teachers. Checked question by question against the final agreed mark, the AI was right more than 97% of the time, more often than manual marking. You can still edit any score or comment before results are published.

Yes. Snap a photo or upload a scan and the AI reads hand-written answers, including shown working in maths. Typed work and PDFs are supported too.

English, Maths, Physics, Computer Science, Biology and Business today, across short answers to full essays, with grading and reports available in multiple languages, including Arabic, French and Spanish. You set the rubric, so it adapts to your standards.

Student work is encrypted in transit and at rest, is never used to train public models, and admins keep full control of the data. Our practices are FERPA, COPPA and GDPR aligned.

Yes. Connect Google Classroom once and rosters, assignments, and grades sync automatically. Pro and School plans add more integrations and single sign-on for your whole school.

Absolutely. The Free plan is free forever, and paid plans can be cancelled or downgraded at any time, with no contracts and no cancellation fees.

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