Ideas for managing marking effectively and efficiently

1. Ofsted says…
The most effective marking often
challenges the pupil to go back to the
work and rewrite a section to improve it
in a specific way or to correct errors.
The pupil is given time to do this and
the teacher can check that they have
done so successfully.

2. • Discuss as a table
the picture source of
Henry VIII
• What does this
portrait tell you
about Henry?
• What impression
does this portrait
give you?
• Is this an
ACCURATE portrait?
ACCURATE- shows people
(or things) as they are
Source 1

3. Pupils' responses show a heightened
awareness of their learning.

4. Focused marking
• Spend one PPA marking one set of books.
• Have a bank of questions that you can use.
• Refer it to the lesson objective or enquiry
question.
• Pupils take more responsibility for their own
learning.
• Actively involves pupils who respond in the
following lesson.

5. Purple Pen of Progress
Read my comments and respond to
my questions. Correct any spelling
mistakes or capital letters.
Share your ideas as a table.

6. Year
7

7. Look at your responses and annotations –
give yourself 2 stars and a wish.
Annotations
• EXP – Explanation
• ID – Identification
• BS – Both Sides
• EV – Evidence
• JUD/CON –
Judgement/Conclusion
• CONN – Connectives
• DES – Describe
• DEV – Developed
*I have explained one
side of the argument.
*I have used some
evidence to support my
points.
Target – I need to
explain my ideas further.
Using connectives would
help with this.

8. KS4
It shows pupils how well they are
doing, asks them questions to move
their learning forward and sets new
targets for them.

9. Focused marking
• This type of feedback shift towards the
increasingly proactive participation of the
pupil, and the increasingly supportive rather
than directive role of the teacher.
• Given pupils time to read the feedback and act
on it.

10. Finally…