See why each mark was awarded or lost
See why an answer lost a mark.
Each mark point is checked separately. If an answer is not accepted, students and teachers can see the mark-scheme reason.
Past-paper search and marking
Find past-paper questions that are genuinely related.
Find related questions across the corpus, see where they appeared and how often they recur, and check every citation. Then mark a student's answer one mark point at a time against the mark scheme.
Search, counts and citations are database queries, not model guesses.
Every dot is a paper with a citation you can check.
Recurrence
9 appearances across 15 years, first three shown
6
prepare together
1
same skill
2
same topic
Three tiers, never one total. A single number would flatten "worth preparing together" into "similar", and those are different claims.
- 9700/42/F/M/20 Q9(a) 9700 Paper 42, Feb/March 2020, Q9(a) prepare together
- 9700/42/M/J/16 Q10(a) 9700 Paper 42, May/June 2016, Q10(a) prepare together
- 9700/43/O/N/10 Q9(a) 9700 Paper 43, Oct/Nov 2010, Q9(a) same topic
Real citations from the corpus. Every one of them came out of a SQL join, and no language model is permitted to produce a year, a paper, a variant or a question number anywhere in this product.
What makes markpoint different.
It shows what recurs.
Sixteen years of papers are joined in the database, so teachers and students can see which questions genuinely recur and which only look familiar.
It explains lost marks.
Mark schemes often say exactly why a plausible answer should not earn a mark. markpoint keeps that guidance beside the decision, so students and teachers can see what needs to change.
It builds from the source.
Questions, mark totals and citations come from the corpus. A paper prepared for a class reflects the questions selected, rather than newly generated "exam-style" content.
What is in the corpus today.
Counted from the corpus on 14 September 2026. These are current records, not targets or claims about student outcomes.
- 315
- past papers, 2010 to 2025
- 10,892
- questions parsed
- 30,176
- mark points, atomised
- 959
- "do not accept" rules kept
- 10,865
- questions with the printed page
- 3,978
- links between questions worth preparing together
Cambridge International Biology 9700 today, Papers 1, 2 and 4. Practical papers are out of scope.
See the marks behind a student's progress.
Each mark point is awarded or refused separately. Students and teachers can see what has been missed, topic by topic.
For a department
Set better practice with less admin.
- Choose questions and create a print-ready paper with the mark scheme on separate sheets.
- Give every teacher the same mark-point rubric for consistent marking.
- Manage classes, assignments and a gradebook in one place.
- Share something specific with parents: the points a student is missing and the reason each one was not awarded.
For a student
Know what to practise next.
- See each mark point awarded or missed, rather than only a single score.
- Ask about any mark point and keep the original decision in view.
- Find related past-paper questions and focus on topics that need more practice.
- Try practice without creating an account or saving a record.
Build a paper from past questions
Choose questions and create a paper in minutes.
Choose the questions you want. Their marks, citations and print-ready layout come with them.
See what a class needs next
See who needs help, and with what.
The gradebook separates no attempt from an incorrect answer. It also shows the mark points the class misses most often, so the next lesson can focus on something specific.
Practice where it matters most
Start with your weakest topic.
The chart shows the share of available mark points earned in each topic. It puts the weakest topics first, so students know where to focus next.
Find questions worth practising together
Find the questions that are genuinely related.
Markpoint first finds possible matches across the corpus, then ranks the strongest ones by the mark points they share.