Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Teach Edge is a UK-based assessment and feedback platform for secondary schools. Teachers set questions for a class, students submit in a secure portal, AI generates draft marks and feedback, and teachers review/edit before releasing feedback to students. The platform also provides class insights, progress tracking, tutoring support, and reporting tools.

Teach Edge is built primarily for UK secondary school teachers and departments (GCSE and A Level). It can also be used by tutors, parents and students through independent accounts and credit bundles.

Teach Edge has two main parts: (1) AI-assisted marking and feedback for essays and shorter responses, and (2) personalised tutoring using Socratic questioning with teacher oversight. It also includes class insights, progress tracking, exam mode, scaffolding support, reporting, and printing tools.

A teacher sets a task once and assigns it to a class (or to individual students). Students submit in their portal (typed answers or uploaded handwriting images). Teach Edge generates draft marks and feedback. Teachers review and edit as much as they want, then release feedback to students.

Many AI tools require teachers to copy/paste student work into the tool and then copy/paste feedback back into Google Classroom or Word. Teach Edge keeps the workflow in one place: set the task → students submit → teacher reviews/edits → feedback is released → insights and tracking are generated.

No. The AI produces a draft; teachers can edit, rewrite, shorten, or change marks before anything is released to students.

We recommend teachers read student work so you stay in tune with progress and misconceptions. Teach Edge is designed to reduce workload and improve feedback quality, but teachers remain responsible for final decisions.

You can adjust the mark and edit any part of the feedback. Teacher judgement is always the final step before students see anything.

Yes. Teachers can opt for a shorter feedback mode if detailed feedback would overwhelm students. This is useful for early drafts, lower confidence learners, or when you want students to focus on a small number of priorities.

Yes. Teachers can allow second attempts. The student's original answer and feedback are kept alongside the revised version, and Teach Edge can show teachers what has changed between attempts. This supports progress tracking and Assessment for Learning.

Yes. You can set a task for a full class or assign it to individual students (useful for intervention, catch-up work, or targeted practice).

Yes. Teachers can require students to confirm they have read and understood feedback. Students can also add comments that are visible to the teacher, helping close the feedback loop.

Yes. Students can upload images of handwritten work (PNG or JPEG). Students do not submit handwriting as PDFs.

Yes. Students can upload diagrams and visual working as part of their submission. This is useful for subjects where diagrams and written explanation both matter.

Yes. Teachers can attach resources to the task, including PDF documents and images (for example extracts, graphs, data, or case studies). Students see these resources as part of the question.

Yes. Teach Edge has an Exam Mode that helps teachers run more authentic exam-style practice. It can prevent students pasting in pre-written text and can record how long students spend on a task.

Yes. Teach Edge supports both extended responses (essays) and shorter answers, depending on the subject and question type.

Quick Mark is a fast, low-friction option for marking individual responses. Many tools stop at this "one response at a time" level; Teach Edge also provides class-level workflows, tracking, insights, and reporting.

Teachers set a topic (broad or specific). Students then have a 1–1 tutoring conversation with the AI. The session starts with a short multiple-choice baseline check and then proceeds in a Socratic way, prompting students to explain ideas and correct misconceptions rather than simply giving answers.

Yes. Teachers can review full tutoring transcripts, see summaries of a student's understanding and misconceptions, and view class-level summaries. This makes it useful for homework, revision, and Assessment for Learning.

No. The tutoring is designed to guide students through questions and prompts, helping them reach conclusions themselves. It is intended to support learning rather than provide shortcuts.

Yes. Teachers can generate parent evening style reports for individual students using assessment data from a teacher-selected time period. This helps with communication and reduces the need to write reports from scratch.

Yes. Teachers can print individual feedback and can also generate printable feedback packs for a whole class. This supports departments that prefer paper-based feedback in some contexts.

Teach Edge does reduce workload, but it's designed to improve the quality, consistency, and usefulness of feedback at class scale. It helps teachers set practice more frequently and use insights to plan next steps.

Teach Edge is tested and calibrated for specific subjects, exam boards and question types. The AI produces a draft; teachers review and can adjust before release. This supports consistency while keeping professional judgement central.

No. Teach Edge is independent and has no association with, or endorsement from, any exam board.

Yes. Teach Edge is GDPR compliant. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and schools can review detailed information on the data protection and security pages.

Yes. Although the platform is built for teachers, students, parents and tutors can use Teach Edge through independent accounts and credit bundles. The student version is simplified to remove teacher tools.

No. Teach Edge generates draft marks and feedback, but teachers review and edit before anything is released. Teachers remain responsible for assessment decisions and feedback quality.

Yes. Teach Edge supports exam-style practice and timed work (including Exam Mode). Teachers can run mock-style tasks while controlling how and when feedback is released.

Students can type answers or upload images (PNG/JPEG) for handwritten work and diagrams. Students do not submit handwriting as PDFs.

Yes. Teach Edge provides class-level summaries and tracking so teachers can identify common gaps and plan reteaching and follow-up tasks.

Teach Edge was founded by Gary Roebuck, a former senior economic adviser to the government and now Head of Economics at a UK secondary school. The wider team includes practising teachers and A-Level examiners. Teach Edge is independently run.

Teach Edge supports a growing set of GCSE and A Level subjects, including Edexcel, AQA and OCR by default (and many Eduqas). Current subjects include: Economics (GCSE, A Level), Business (GCSE, A Level, Vocational), History (GCSE, A Level), Psychology (A Level), Religious Studies (GCSE, A Level), Law (A Level), Politics (A Level), Sociology (A Level), English Literature (GCSE, A Level), English Language (GCSE, A Level), English Literature & Language (A Level), Classics (GCSE), Maths (GCSE, A Level including Further Maths), Biology (GCSE, A Level), Chemistry (GCSE, A Level), Physics (GCSE, A Level), Geography (GCSE, A Level), French (GCSE, A Level), Spanish (GCSE, A Level), Criminology (WJEC L3), Music (A Level), Philosophy (A Level), Food and Nutrition (GCSE), and Film Studies (GCSE, A Level). If your subject is missing, you can request it.

Yes. Teach Edge provides guidance on responsible AI use and copyright considerations. Schools should follow their own policies and ensure materials used are appropriate. Visit our copyright FAQs page for more information.

Teach Edge is primarily designed for GCSE and A Level exam-style assessment. Some teachers use it with KS3 for structured writing and short-answer practice, but coverage is strongest where exam-board style criteria apply.

Schools and teachers can start with a trial and test the marking and feedback workflow before rolling it out to classes. Visit our trial page to get started or book a demo to see how it works.