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Rubrical is an AI-powered assessment platform developed by OpenKit after being selected for the Department for Education's £1 million AI teacher tools funding. As one of 16 chosen organisations, we created Rubrical to help break down barriers to opportunity by giving teachers more time to focus on what matters most: teaching and supporting their students.
The platform seamlessly integrates with learning platforms and uses AI models trained on DfE's content store to generate curriculum-aligned rubrics and mark student work (including handwritten submissions) with 92% accuracy. Rubrical also provides detailed analytics on student performance and, most importantly, it keeps teachers in control whilst automating the repetitive aspects of assessment, saving at least 50% of marking time.
Project Objectives
1. Break down barriers to opportunity
Enable teachers to spend more time with students by reducing marking burden, ensuring every child gets the support they need
2. Drive high and rising standards
Deliver consistent, high-quality feedback that helps students understand and improve their geography knowledge
3. Revolutionise teacher workload
Save at least 50% of time spent on formative assessment, allowing teachers to focus on inspiring lessons
What Rubrical Does
For Teachers
Cuts marking time by 50%
Generates detailed, personalised feedback
Creates curriculum-aligned rubrics instantly
Tracks class and student progress
Identifies learning gaps automatically
Integrates with existing tools
For Students
Receive detailed, actionable feedback faster
Understand strengths and weaknesses
Get personalised improvement suggestions
Access targeted follow-up exercises
Improve faster with consistent guidance
Rubrical handles the entire assessment workflow from start to finish. Teachers upload or sync assignments, the AI generates marking criteria, students submit work (typed or handwritten), and Rubrical provides intelligent marking suggestions that teachers can review and refine.
The result? High-quality, personalised feedback delivered in a fraction of the time.
Seamless Integration
Works With Your Existing Tools
Rubrical integrates directly with Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams, meaning teachers don't need to change their workflow. Assignments sync automatically, grades flow back seamlessly, and students access everything through familiar platforms.
Full integration with Teams for Education assignments
Direct Upload
Upload assessments directly for schools using other systems
Setting up takes less than 5 minutes. Teachers authorise the connection, select their classes, and they're ready to start saving time immediately.
Smart Assessment Creation
AI-Generated Rubrics in Seconds
Simply upload your assessment question and Rubrical instantly generates a comprehensive marking rubric aligned to UK Geography KS4 standards. The AI understands:
Assessment objectives (AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4)
Mark allocations and grade boundaries
Command words and their requirements
Topic-specific marking criteria
Teachers can customise any aspect of the rubric to match their specific requirements. The system learns from these adjustments to improve future suggestions.
AI-Powered Marking
Handles Any Type of Student Work
Rubrical's advanced technology processes both typed and handwritten submissions with remarkable accuracy.
Handwriting Recognition
Our OCR technology accurately digitises handwritten responses, handling various writing styles and even messy handwriting. Teachers can review the digitised text alongside the original.
Intelligent Mark Suggestions
The AI analyses responses against the rubric, suggesting marks with detailed reasoning. Teachers review and adjust with simple clicks or voice commands.
How AI Marking Works:
AI analyses student response against rubric criteria
Suggests marks for each assessment objective with reasoning
Teacher reviews suggestions and makes adjustments
System learns from teacher corrections for future accuracy
Final marks and feedback are confirmed by teacher
Trained on DfE's content store, Rubrical achieves 92% marking accuracy - compared to just 67% for generic AI tools.
Personalised Feedback System
Beyond Marking: Meaningful Feedback
Rubrical generates detailed, personalised feedback for each student that goes beyond generic comments. The system:
Identifies Strengths
Highlights what students did well
References specific examples from their work
Encourages continued excellence
Links to curriculum objectives achieved
Targets Improvements
Pinpoints specific areas for development
Provides actionable next steps
Suggests follow-up exercises
Identifies key misconceptions for revision
Teacher Notes Integration
Teachers can add personal notes about students (e.g., "struggling with map skills", "excellent at evaluation") which the AI incorporates into future feedback, making it increasingly personalised and relevant over time.
Powerful Analytics Dashboard
The analytics dashboard provides a comprehensive view of your class's performance across all assessments. See progress over time, identify consistent strengths and weaknesses, and make data-driven decisions about where to focus your teaching.
Assessment Progress Tracking
Monitor how your class performs across multiple assessments over time. See improvement trends and identify when interventions are working.
Track progress throughout the term
Class-Wide Strengths Analysis
Instantly identify what your class excels at across all assessments. Understand which geography topics and skills are well-embedded.
Celebrate and build on success
Key Weaknesses & Focus Areas
Pinpoint specific areas where your class needs additional support. The dashboard highlights consistent gaps across assessments.
Target teaching where it matters
Student Filtering & Insights
Filter students by performance categories to provide differentiated support. See individual progress within the class context.
Personalised intervention planning
Assessment Analytics Include:
Performance Overview
Class average progress
Performance distribution
Assessment comparisons
Progress trends over time
Strengths & Weaknesses
Topic performance analysis
Skill area breakdowns
Common misconceptions
Areas of excellence
Actionable Insights
Focus areas highlighted
Student filtering options
Intervention planning
Teaching priorities
Teacher-Centric Features
Every feature in Rubrical is designed with teachers in mind, ensuring the platform enhances rather than replaces professional judgement.
Maintain Control
AI suggests, you decide. Every mark and comment can be reviewed and adjusted.
Quick Actions
Voice commands, keyboard shortcuts, and batch operations speed up workflow.
Print for Offline Use
Print feedback and rubrics for offline review or student handouts.
Secure & Compliant
GDPR compliant, ISO 27001 certified, with full data control.
The Journey
Rubrical's story began when OpenKit was selected as one of 16 organisations for the Department for Education's groundbreaking £1 million AI teacher tools programme in January 2025. This initiative, part of the government's Plan for Change, aimed to harness AI to break down barriers to opportunity and revolutionise education.
We spent months working with over 20 geography teachers to understand their assessment challenges. These conversations revealed that teachers were spending up to 15 hours per week on marking.
Development Timeline:
Phase 1: Extensive teacher consultations and workflow analysis
Phase 2: Prototype development with teacher advisory board
Phase 3: AI model training using DfE's content store for 92% accuracy
Phase 4: Pilot programme with geography departments
Phase 5: Full launch - ready for all geography teachers
Throughout development, teachers guided every decision. Their feedback shaped features like the review interface, the analytics dashboard, and the feedback generation system. Using our KILN evaluation framework, we systematically evaluated AI models to find the best performers for OCR, rubric generation, and marking tasks.
By training our AI on the DfE's world-leading content store of curriculum guidance and anonymised pupil work, we achieved the 92% accuracy rate that makes Rubrical a trusted classroom tool.
Impact & Results
50%+
Time saved on marking
100's of hours
Saved per term per teacher
95%
Teacher satisfaction
2.5x
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Rubrical is now available for all UK geography teachers, backed by the Department for Education.
