A teacher marking handwritten pages with green and red pens

“I spend my Sunday writing comments that nobody reads.”

Feedback Without the Marking Mountain

Primary and secondary Sharpening the craft

What you will be able to do

  1. Replace most written comments with whole-class and in-lesson feedback
  2. Make sure pupils act on feedback in lesson time
  3. Agree a realistic marking policy with your department

The programme, unit by unit

44 lessons in 6 units, 11 h in all. Lessons run about 15 minutes each, so you can fit one into a free period.

  1. What feedback is meant to do

    6 lessons · 1 h 30 min · running total 1 h 30 min

  2. Feedback during the lesson

    8 lessons · 2 h · running total 3 h 30 min

  3. Whole-class feedback

    9 lessons · 2 h 15 min · running total 5 h 45 min

  4. Marking that earns its time

    8 lessons · 2 h · running total 7 h 45 min

  5. Pupils responding to feedback

    7 lessons · 1 h 45 min · running total 9 h 30 min

  6. Writing a policy that holds

    6 lessons · 1 h 30 min · running total 11 h

What is in the course

Streamed video lessons, watched online.

  • Worked examples of exercise books before and after a change of approach
  • Whole-class feedback sheets explained step by step
  • A weekly marking planner you build on screen
  • Short lessons on feedback for writing, maths and practical subjects

Who it’s for

Teachers whose workload is dominated by marking, and heads of department rewriting a marking policy.

Primary and secondary teaching.

What this course is not

  • An accredited qualification. It is professional development, not an award from an exam board or a university.
  • Live teaching. There is no live tutor and no timetable. You press play when you are ready.
  • Marked or assessed. Nobody marks your work. Practice tasks are for your own planning and reflection.
  • A replacement for your school. It does not replace your school's own induction, or a SENCo's advice about a pupil.
  • Something to download. Everything is streamed online. There are no files to keep.

Watch it in your week

About 4 weeks at 3 hours a week

The lessons add up to 11 h, which is 11 hours. Give it 3 hours a week and 11 ÷ 3 = 3.7, rounded up to 4 weeks. That is about 12 lessons a week.

You have 24 months of access, so you can stop for a busy half-term and pick up where you left off.

  • 1 hour a week11 weeks
  • 2 hours a week6 weeks
  • 3 hours a weekour suggestion4 weeks
  • 5 hours a week3 weeks

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