How AI marking works and how to read it

What it does

AI marking compares your answer with the published-style criteria for the skill (the rubric). For each criterion you see a score, a short rationale, evidence taken from your answer and a suggestion for improving it. You also see an overall summary, strengths and areas to work on, and a band such as competent (practice result).

How to read it

• Use it as educational feedback on what your answer shows against each criterion. It is not an official SQE mark.
• Look at patterns across several attempts rather than one score.
• Check any point of law it mentions against the cited source or the Law Index. AI can make mistakes, and the limitations note on each result tells you where confidence is lower.

Allowances

AI marking uses a monthly allowance depending on your plan. Usage in your account shows what is left. If an attempt fails because of a technical fault, it does not use up your allowance.

If you disagree

Use Appeal this feedback. A person reviews it. See Appealing an AI mark or diagnosis.

When to ask a person

If a result matters to a decision you are making, or the feedback is hard to square with the criteria, request human marking. See Requesting human marking.

All scores and feedback are practice results and educational guidance. They are not official SQE marks and they do not predict whether you would pass the real assessment.