See LoftTick in action
Cut hours from your marking pile without losing professional judgement.
LoftTick demo — smart marking with the teacher in the loop.
In the video you will see how to:
- Upload a class set of pupil work
- Get a specification-aware first draft of feedback
- See misconceptions across the whole class
- Edit and confirm every judgement
- Push results into LoftTrack for QLA
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The Learning Loft Guide to Smarter Marking
How to give better feedback without losing your evenings — a practical, teacher-written guide for classroom teachers, heads of department and SLT.
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See LoftTick mark an example response
Watch a first-pass mark on a fictional Year 11 English response, then approve or edit the feedback.
LoftTick is a marking software for schools designed to reduce teacher marking workload without taking teachers out of the loop. Pupil work is compared to the relevant UK mark scheme, misconceptions are surfaced across the class, and feedback comments are drafted in examiner-aligned language. The teacher reviews, edits and signs off every judgement — LoftTick removes the mechanical first pass, not the professional decision. Departments use it to standardise feedback across teaching groups, protect staff evenings and produce cleaner data for whole-school assessment analysis.
What LoftTick is
LoftTick is the marking and feedback strand of Learning Loft. It pairs UK specifications and mark schemes with a teacher-in-the-loop workflow so that marking is faster, more consistent and more useful to pupils.
Who LoftTick helps
- Classroom teachers drowning in exam-style marking.
- Heads of department wanting consistent feedback across teams.
- Senior leaders protecting staff workload and wellbeing.
- Tutors and ECTs building confidence with mark schemes.
Key benefits
- Specification-aware feedback that mirrors examiner language.
- Misconception detection across a class set in minutes.
- Editable comment drafts — every judgement stays with the teacher.
- Question-level analytics that flow into LoftTrack.
- Secure UK hosting and GDPR-compliant data handling.
How LoftTick saves time
Most teachers using LoftTick alongside whole-class feedback report saving meaningful hours per week. The mechanical work — reading every paper from cold, drafting standard comments, tallying gaps — is handled for you. You focus on the professional decisions: confirming judgements, planning reteach, supporting individuals.
How LoftTick supports schools
LoftTick gives departments a shared standard. Comments stay consistent, common misconceptions are visible to everyone teaching the class, and assessment data is captured automatically. Read our companion marking and feedback guide for the routines we recommend pairing with the tool.
From marking to question level analysis
Marking is only half the cycle. Once a class set is confirmed in LoftTick, the results flow into LoftTrack so the same evidence becomes question level analysis — strongest and weakest questions, pupil groups falling behind, specification points to reteach. Our assessment analysis guide explains how to run that conversation in a department meeting without turning it into a data exercise.
Reducing marking workload without losing rigour
Marking is consistently one of the largest contributors to teacher workload in UK schools. The point of smart marking is not to mark less carefully — it is to stop spending professional time on mechanical work. Teachers keep the judgement, the feedback conversation and the reteach decision; LoftTick handles the first read, the comment drafting and the gap tally.
How we build this responsibly
Every judgement is teacher-confirmed, pupil work is never used to train external models, and we publish how our automated feedback is designed, tested and reviewed on our responsible technology page. Schools can request a Data Processing Agreement before any pupil work is uploaded.
Buying LoftTick — for a school or for yourself
Schools take a whole-school licence with unlimited teacher accounts; see AI marking software for schools. Individual teachers can buy a Teacher Membership in their own name — Learning Loft for teachers explains what is included, and marking software for teachers walks through a single class set end to end.
Where to go next
See how schools are using it in our case studies, review whole-school plans on For Schools, or book a demo and we'll mark one of your own class sets with you.