Understanding results
Read per-question feedback, examiner-style notes, marks awarded, and export results as PDF.
TL;DR — Open Results, click any paper to see per-question feedback, marks awarded, and an examiner-style commentary. Use Export PDF to print or share.
The results list
Results shows every paper you've uploaded for the currently selected child. Each row shows:
- Subject and year
- Date marked
- Score — marks awarded out of total available
- Status — Complete, Marking…, or Failed
Filter by subject or date range using the controls at the top.
Inside a single result
Click any row to open the result detail page. You'll see four sections:
1. Header summary
The top of the page shows the overall score, percentage, subject, year, and the date. A small badge tells you whether this was a Pathora-marked paper or one that has been re-marked.
2. Per-question feedback
Each question expands to show:
- The question text (extracted from your upload).
- Your child's answer (extracted from their handwriting).
- Marks awarded — e.g. "2 / 3".
- Examiner comment — a plain-language explanation of what was right, what was missed, and how to improve.
- Mark scheme reference — what an examiner would have looked for.
Essay-style questions show a "Read full feedback" toggle. Open it to see paragraph-by-paragraph commentary on structure, evidence, and analysis.
3. Strategy notes
Below the per-question section is a short list of strategy notes — patterns we noticed across the whole paper. Examples:
- "Tends to skip the second part of multi-part questions."
- "Confident on calculation; weaker on showing working."
- "Strong topic sentences, weaker conclusions."
These are the most useful thing for revision planning.
4. Topic / skill breakdown
A small chart shows how marks split across topics or skills (e.g. inference, vocabulary, punctuation in English; number, geometry, statistics in Maths). Click a topic to see only the questions that contributed.
Exporting as PDF
Click Export PDF at the top of the result page. We render a print-friendly version that includes:
- The original page images
- All per-question feedback
- Strategy notes
- Topic breakdown
The PDF downloads to your device. It's safe to share with tutors or other parents.
Re-marking a paper
If you disagree with the marking on a question, you can:
- Re-mark the whole paper — costs one extra credit, runs a fresh pass.
- Flag a question — opens a dialog where you tell us why you disagree. Flags don't change the result but feed into our quality review and help us improve.
For systematic disagreements (e.g. "the AI keeps getting Year 6 SPaG wrong"), email info@firstexams.co.uk with the result ID. We review every report.
How accurate is the marking?+
Across our QA test set, Pathora marks within ±1 mark of an expert human examiner for the majority of questions. Multi-mark essay questions show wider variance — treat the score as a strong guide, not a definitive grade. The feedback is generally more reliable than the exact mark.
Can I see the original photo for a question?+
Yes — click the small image icon next to a question to expand the cropped page region we used for marking. Useful when you want to check that the AI extracted the answer correctly.
Why is one of my marks "0 / 1 — answer not detected"?+
That means the marking engine couldn’t find an answer in the expected region. Common causes: the answer is on a separate page that wasn’t uploaded; handwriting is too faint; or the question was skipped. Re-marking with a clearer photo usually fixes it.