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It scores every answer against the real exam bands, so you can see exactly where each mark came from.
GCSE English, 2026 spec
See where your English answer lands against the real bands, and exactly what to fix next.
You write an answer. It gets marked against the official 2026 mark scheme, in real examiner language. You get an honest mark against the real bands and the specific things to change.
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Your answer, marked
"The clean white line of the path pulled the reader forward, then fractured at the fork where Naomi had to choose"
Level 3 of 4About 6 out of 8 marks, clear and relevant
What is working
You track the tension right through to the path-fork ending, and you use "clean white line" well.
One thing to fix
Name the structural move at the sentence that fractures. That precise term is what the next band rewards.
Honest marks against the real bands, never inflated. Feedback in the language a real examiner uses, marked against the official 2026 bands. Built by qualified teachers at iCan Tutoring.
How the marking works
Most tools give you a number and move on. iCan Study marks every answer, tells you what went well, then the one change most likely to move it up a band, and it remembers where you left off.
Know exactly what to fix
Not just a score. Every answer comes back with the one change most likely to move it up a band, in the words a real examiner uses.
Comfortable to read
Change the font, tint, size and spacing, or turn on focus mode, so the page stays easy to read for every learner.
See it mark a real answer
Which of these sounds like your child?
Two real answers, marked the way iCan Study marks. Pick the one that sounds like your child, then see what is working and the one thing that moves it up. No sign-up needed to see it.
The question
How does the writer use language to describe the approaching storm?
A student's answer
"The writer makes the storm sound scary. He says the sky is ‘dark’ which shows bad weather is coming. It makes the reader feel worried about what happens next."
See the examiner feedback this answer gets.
Who it is for
Year 10 and Year 11 students sitting GCSE English, especially students who:
- Want real marking on their writing, not multiple-choice quizzes
- Have a target grade and want feedback aimed at that grade
- Learn best with calm, predictable, uncluttered pages
- Have dyslexia, visual stress, ADHD, autism, or any reading preference worth respecting
- Are revising on their own between lessons
A student's screen
Paper 1, Q3
How has the writer structured the text to create a sense of tension?
"The clean white line of the path pulled the reader forward, then fractured at the fork where Naomi had to choose
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Every page has these controls one tap away.
Readable Atkinson Hyperlegible font (designed by the Braille Institute), full coloured-overlay support for visual stress, font size and line spacing controls, focus mode that dims everything outside the current paragraph, motion reduction. Set once, applies everywhere across the product.
Built for students with dyslexia, visual stress, Irlen syndrome, sight impairments, ADHD, autism, or any learner who reads more comfortably with adjusted presentation.
Sync across devices. Save once on your laptop, the settings travel to your phone.
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The 2026 spec is real
We teach what AQA actually changed for 2026.
Most revision tools were written before the 2026 spec landed. iCan Study is built to it: the wording, the mark scheme splits, and what the marker is actually rewarding.
Paper 1, Q3
The structure question now names one effect to track.
“How has the writer structured the text to create a sense of tension as the reader follows Naomi to the cliffs?”
We teach students to follow that one named effect through the shifts in mood, tone and viewpoint. Exactly the features the new spec rewards.
Paper 1, Q4
“A student said” is gone. Replaced with “agree and/or disagree”.
“To what extent do you agree and/or disagree with this statement?”
Students can now mix agreement and pushback in a single answer. We teach the three valid positions and which is the top-band move.
Paper 1, Q5
Narrative writing is now the OPENING of a story, not a full arc.
“Write the opening of a story about a difficult decision.”
We teach the four moves that earn marks in 500 words: hook, voice, situation, atmospheric grounding. No more rushed beginning, middle and end.
The full course
Language and Literature
GCSE English is two qualifications. iCan Study covers English Language in full today, and English Literature is on the way, covering the most widely taught set texts (Macbeth, A Christmas Carol, An Inspector Calls, the poetry anthology and unseen poetry, with more added), included in the same subscription when it lands.
Available now
English Language
- Paper 1: Finding Information, Language, Structure, Evaluation, Creative Writing
- Paper 2: Statements, Summary, Language, Comparison, Transactional Writing
- Foundations: Language Techniques (Vocabulary & SPaG, Mock Exams on the way)
Coming soon
English Literature
- Paper 1: Shakespeare (Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, The Tempest) + a 19th-century novel (A Christmas Carol, Jekyll & Hyde, Great Expectations)
- Paper 2: a modern text (An Inspector Calls, Lord of the Flies, Blood Brothers), the poetry anthology (Power & Conflict or Love & Relationships), and unseen poetry
Exam boards
Marked for your exam board
iCan Study marks against the real mark scheme for the board your child sits. AQA is ready now, more boards are on the way. You choose your board when you sign up.
- Available now
AQA
- Coming soon
Edexcel
- Coming soon
OCR
- Coming soon
WJEC Eduqas
Pricing
One subscription per student. For parents: 7 days free. £14.99/month after. Cancel anytime. School and tutoring-group pricing available on request.
iCan Study
£14.99per month
Your child's English tutor, always on. Examiner-style marking on every answer, with the calm reading surface built in.
- 40 full essays marked each month, enough for regular focused practice
- Every question type in the exam
- The one change most likely to move each answer up a band
- Full reading comfort (font, colour, size, dark mode)
- Cross-device sync
Recommended
iCan Study + Coaching
£64.99per month
Everything in iCan Study, plus a monthly 1-to-1 session with a qualified iCan specialist SEN tutor. The marker becomes the homework between sessions.
- Everything in iCan Study
- Monthly 60-min 1-to-1 session with a specialist SEN tutor
- Personalised study plan
- Direct messaging with your tutor
- Parent termly progress report
- May be fundable via an EHCP personal budget or LA tutoring provision. Ask us for an invoice and provision wording.
Schools
from £749per class / year
A flat licence for your class, priced by size so a small group never overpays. £749 for up to 15 pupils, £1,499 for a full class up to 30. Nothing to count.
- Every pupil in the class gets the full examiner marker
- Teacher dashboards to set and track classwork
- Bulk pupil onboarding by CSV
- One annual invoice
Buying for a year group or the whole school? See school pricing. Low-income and pupil-premium bursaries offered in confidence, so cost is not a barrier. Ask us.
Why we built it
Marking held to the real standard, so a student can trust it.
Every student learns differently. iCan Study was built so the feedback meets each one where they are, on the grade they're working at, not where the curriculum assumes they should be. Honest enough to be trusted by serious learners.
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