Markable is built in line with the UK Government's Principles for AI Use in Marking (2024), with teacher oversight, transparency, and student protection embedded into every workflow.
Teachers are always responsible for final marking decisions. Markable's AI provides feedback and observations only. No mark or grade can be finalised without explicit teacher review and confirmation. The system is designed to make teacher oversight mandatory, not optional.
Teachers are informed at every stage that AI is assisting with feedback. Student feedback reports carry a clear notice: 'Feedback generated with AI assistance and reviewed by your teacher.' Schools are encouraged to inform students that AI tools assist in the feedback process.
Markable's AI analyses the content of student work only. No personal data about students is processed by the AI - only initials or reference codes are used. The AI applies the same mark scheme criteria consistently to every script, reducing the risk of unconscious bias or inconsistency.
Markable requires school email addresses to sign up, keeping data within school systems. Only student initials or reference codes are used - never full names or personal identifiers. All data is stored securely and encrypted. Markable complies fully with UK GDPR.
Markable's knowledge base contains every BTEC Applied Law mark scheme, examiner report, and past paper from 2018 to 2026. The AI is calibrated against real marked student scripts. Teachers review all AI output before it is used, providing a quality assurance layer.
Every teacher review and override is logged in Markable's learning system. This data is used to improve AI accuracy over time. New mark schemes and examiner reports are added to the knowledge base as they are published by Pearson.
Read the full government guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/principles-of-ai-use-in-marking/principles-of-ai-use-in-marking