Making marking efficient and meaningful

Offer quality feedback quickly and efficiently with these hand-picked electronic markbook tools including marking grids, spreadsheets, and self-assessment templates

Tes Resources Team

20th November 2025

Woman sat with open book and pen marking work

Top tips, tools and markbook templates to help you and your students get the most out of time spent marking

Striking the right balance between time spent marking and offering quality feedback can be tricky. Luckily, we've got you covered. Check out these helpful electronic markbook resources to simplify your marking process and help your students get on top of their progress.

Speed up marking

Make the most out of technology by using an automated markbook spreadsheet to calculate grades.

swhuntergordon

Digital Markbook Calculator

£2.50

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pro_resources

Markbook and Assessment Log Spreadsheet

£3.00

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Mr Shilson

Excel Markbook Template

£5.00

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Encourage self assessment

Encourage pupils to become independent learners by giving them the chance to self-reflect with this range of structured assessment response sheets and templates.

godwin86

DIRT Worksheet (A3 Double-Sided)

£2.99

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Need an instant DIRT worksheet/session? This is for any GCSE (or exam) subject. This download includes a generic (multi-subject) A3 double-sided DIRT worksheet and PowerPoint instructional slides. DIRT stands for 'Dedicated Improvement Reflection Time' and the worksheet features a number of...

sciencelondonteacher

Peer and Self assessment template

FREE

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***Enjoy my free resource!*** **Please rate it as it helps my shop out a lot :)** I print out a few copies and cut them out ready to use for any lesson. Clear evidence of AfL if your books were ever viewed by Ofsted or SLT. **Why you should download this resource:** Peer and self assessment allow...

MissFeeney20

Self Assessment Fans

FREE

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Traffic light system self assessment fans. Individual assessment strategy to show how children feel about a task. This resource is free however if you find it useful and would like to purchase a book or resource for my class you can do so via the link in my Instagram bio. If you decide to share th...

Molly Lyons

Self-Assessment Poster

FREE

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To go alongside the traffic light cards, this is a poster to explain what each card means. If you used this resource I'd love to see so tag me on Instagram @misslyonsprimary

thisisgeography

Student Self Assessment Mat

FREE

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Guided self assessment mat for students. Encourages students to actively improve their work. Great as an extension task or to get students to check their work prior to marking. For more resources visit [**This is Geography**](http://thisisgeography.co.uk). Full SoW for all new GCSE specifications -...