TextScan reads a student's writing inside Google Docs and maps it against the framework you actually assess with — the TAF at primary, the assessment objectives at GCSE — handing you positively-framed evidence and a printable report in seconds, not Sundays.
TextScan lives inside Google Docs — where your students' writing already is. No uploads, no new platform, no training day.
One click reads the piece against the TAF (primary) or the GCSE assessment objectives (secondary) and finds the evidence — what's genuinely there, framed positively.
A clean, printable report for the student, the parent's evening folder, or your book scrutiny. Evidence you can stand behind.
Evidence against the Teacher Assessment Framework for writing, ready for moderation.
Assessment-objective mapping for GCSE English, board-agnostic.
Flight-path features to track KS3 writing on its journey towards GCSE. In development now — founding teachers shape it.
That's not a shortcut on judgement — you still decide what it means. It's a shortcut on the finding, formatting and writing-up that was never teaching in the first place.
Try it on one essay, freeTry it free first. Every paid plan starts with you already knowing it works.
Head of Department? The fastest way to evaluate TextScan is to give it to your team free for a week and compare reports in your next dept meeting. If it doesn't save your team hours in week one, bin it — you've spent nothing.
Get it for your teamBuilt by a teacher, not a tech company. Arjun Davé — 7 years in London primaries, QTS, UCL PGCE. TextScan is a verified Google Workspace add-on: your students' writing stays in your school's Google environment.