What is Olex.AI?
What is Olex.AI? Olex.AI is a Bett award-winning platform transforming the way schools, teachers, and students approach English writing, feedback and assessment. Our innovative tools harness the power of generative AI to enhance teaching and learning, making the process more efficient, engaging, and inclusive.
"A real game changer for us, offering precise feedback, personalised learning, and giving teachers hours back every week. Highly recommended for any forward-thinking school or trust."
— Graham Macaulay, Director of Strategic Partnerships, LEO Academy Trust
Key Features
- Lightning-Fast Feedback
Mark an entire class's essays with personal, detailed feedback in under 2 minutes. - Multilingual Support
Automatically translate feedback into any student's native language. - Customisable Marking Criteria
Teachers can set up nationally recognised rubrics and apply custom school frameworks. - Class-Level Insights
Identify common strengths and weaknesses across all essays to inform instruction. - Automated Lesson Planning
Generate targeted lesson plans to address class-wide challenges. - AI-Powered Visual Storytelling
Create beautiful, AI-generated illustrations for each child's writing, turning their work into personalised StoryBooks with just a single click of a button for the entire class.
"Thank you for all you are doing to support society's most vulnerable children. We are indebted."
— Trystan Williams, Executive Headteacher, Venturers Trust
Why Choose Olex.AI?
- Improve Teacher Workload & Wellbeing
Save hundreds of hours with high-quality, AI-generated marking and feedback, reducing grading time from 8 hours to just 4 minutes. - Automate Marking & Moderation
Ensure consistent standardised marking across teachers, classes, and schools, simplifying the moderation process with AI-driven feedback. - Enhance Student Engagement & Motivation
Inspire and motivate students with beautifully illustrated versions of their writing, leveraging AI tools like Typing, Speech-to-Text, and AI Handwriting Recognition. - Support Accessibility & SEND
Empower all pupils to focus on their strengths, support EHCP goals, and ensure inclusivity without stigma using custom criteria for unique learning needs. - Simplify AI Tools for Teachers
Access powerful, one-click AI tools that simplify the adoption of AI benefits without the need to learn complex prompts, keeping teachers in full control.
"The programme really inspired our reluctant writers to expand their descriptions further than ever before. The AI-generated feedback and images encouraged them to engage deeply with their own and each other's work."
— Joanna Oxenham, Lead Teacher of English, Venturers Academy
Transform Your School with Olex.AI
Join the growing number of forward-thinking schools leveraging Olex.AI to enhance English writing instruction, reduce teacher workload, and inspire students like never before.
"Using Olex.AI has transformed the way my students engage with their writing and feedback. They truly feel like authors, proud of their published pieces and the illustrated 'Imaginator' images."
— Rebecca Griffiths, English Lead Teacher, A British International School
Recommended Usage
Use regularly for in-class delivery or formative assessment.
Educational Impact
Additional evidence
Jun 2023
Burlington House School - Dyslexia Specialist School
Jan 2023
Ranikhet Primary Academy - REAch 2 Academy Trust
Jan 2023
Dorset Virtual School - Children in Care
Jan 2023
Norfolk Virtual School - Children in Care and Previously in Care
Nov 2021
Charlton Athletic Community Trust
Jun 2021
Elton High School - Secondary Education
Jul 2024
Revolutionising SEND Provision
Sep 2024
Driving Formative Assessment
Sep 2024
Enhancing Classroom Instruction
Nov 2024
Revolutionising History with AI
Awards
The EdTech Impact Awards are based on independent, verified customer feedback, and recognise the top 10 solutions across each of our 13 impact metrics.
Top Teacher Workload-reducing Tool
2025
Top Teacher Wellbeing Tool
2025
Top Teaching Efficiency Tool
2025
 Company | Business Name: Olex.AI HQ Location: United Kingdom Founded: 2018 |
| Age Range | 8-10, 11-13, 14-16, 17-18 |
 Features | Auto MarkingUniversal SearchInteractive QuestionsClass TrackingDevice AgnosticProgress DashboardCurriculum AlignedStudent AssessmentGcse MathsGcse EnglishSatsKs2 EnglishKs2 MathsIntervention GroupsBooster GroupsPlenary ResourcesHomework ResourcesDistance LearningHome LearningVirtual LearningIndependent LearningDisengaged LearnersAiModerationStandardisationEal TranslationGive Student FeedbackLesson PlansCpdInterventions |
 Languages | English |
 Accessibility | Robust features |
 Policies |  Terms of ServicePrivacy PolicyGDPR |
 Requirements | Internet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookDesktop - LinuxMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - Android None other than a standard desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone device. A user is able to register on the website with an email address and password to gain access to the platform. |
 Set Up | The product can be used immediately following login. |
 Training | In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos We always encourage educators to book a demonstration with us, so we can identify your areas of need. When joining, we want to be part of your journey to ensure your intent is realised. As an introduction, we meet with Senior Leaders to develop the roadmap, before offering full staff training virtually or in-person. We then like to follow up with a data-review to discuss implementation so far, value add and what happens next. *Additional sessions can booked with flexbility, and at your convenience to ensure best practice. |
 Support | EmailKnowledge BasePhone Support In addition to these elements we also have a Live Helpdesk ready to take your queries and questions. |
| Home Learning | Parent Access Anyone can create the account. |
 Tags | MathsEnglishSATsMaths GCSEEnglish GCSEMaths ResourcesEnglish ResourcesAIInnovationSENDModerationTeacher Assessment FrameworkLesson PlansEALCPDInterventionsDigital StrategyMarking |
Olex.AI PricingPricing Plans Free TrialPaid Subscription Olex.AI pricing starts from £0.5 / per-pupil Primary Schools: > £0.50 - £1.50 per pupil/month. The lowest price is calculated for a school with 4 form entry. Secondary Schools: > £0.50 - £1.25 per pupil/month. The lowest price is calculated for a school with 8 form entry. Discounts are available for central procurement through Multi Academy Trusts  Optimised for a quick response | |
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Olex.AI Reviews
from 18 Verified Reviews
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Nov 2024
OlexAI have been very responsive in the set up of the programme, providing in person and online training to support our staff. Working together to develop the capabilities further has been very beneficial and we are looking forward to seeing how this continues as we move forward.
Amy Eccles found Olex.AI:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“The AI tools are able to feedback gaps in learning for whole classes which enable the teacher to gain a much quicker oversight of next steps for their planning.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Children's work is quickly assessed and feedback given which allows all children to receive feedback much quicker than an individual teacher can give.”
- Significantly improves teacher wellbeing
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Children receive feedback much quicker and can edit their work whilst learning is still in progress. Instant feedback feeds knowledge and learning.”
Nov 2024
OlexAI is a powerful tool for increasing the accuracy of writing assessment and reducing teacher workload. This is both for day to day marking and feedback and assessment overtime. OlexAI is constantly adding new features and responding to needs and feedback from schools. The team have been supportive and the introduction of OlexAI has been delivered well. There are huge benefits to using OlexAI and I believe there will be even more in the future.
Dave Marsh found Olex.AI:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Reduced marking, reduced time in assessment and gap analysis.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Teachers have access to marking next steps which can be shared with children. It has streamlined the marking and feedback process.”
- Significantly improves teacher wellbeing“Writing assessment can take teachers a great deal of time and energy and for less experienced teachers it can be a worry as they are not confident. OlexAI has allowed for assessment of writing to be completed in under and hour where in the past it has taken hours. This has reduced pressures and given teachers time back and allowed them to develop their assessment expertise over time in a less pressured timeframe.”
- Slightly builds student knowledge“We are early in the implementation of OlexAI. There are definitely possibilities to impact on student knowledge but we have not started this yet.”
Nov 2024
transforming the way we assess and give feedback in English, very straightforward platform to use, has teacher well being at the heart of its mission
Sarah Mullen found Olex.AI:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“reduced the time spent on marking English assessments”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“allows instant feedback during a lesson”
- Significantly improves teacher wellbeing“Significant reduction to workload and marking”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“the quality of feedback allows them to carry out quality improvement t their writing”
Nov 2024
I would highly recommend Olex to colleagues dependent upon where they are in terms of their use of technology.
Louise Templeton found Olex.AI:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Staff spend less time marking.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Provides extensive feedback which frees teachers to impact significantly on outcomes for children within lessons rather than spending time producing marking and feedback.”
- Significantly improves teacher wellbeing“It frees up staff time to support workload pressures in other areas.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“The feedback focuses solely on objectives identified for the task. This allows children to edit and redraft in a very focused way which moves learning forward quickly.”
Annelise Sanders
Head of Year 6, Head of History
Used Olex.AI weekly for 0–3 months
Nov 2024
I already have recommended it to others!
Annelise Sanders found Olex.AI:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“2+ hours has become half an hour”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Set up once in Olex, introduce and then children have information on board + information in assignment and seem to be more confident that they know what is expected so less 'checking-up' questions. Also - oh my gosh - the difference in marking time! am still reading their work and reflecting on it and interacting with it.”
- Significantly improves teacher wellbeing“Marking is Not a drudge task that I dread and avoid anymore.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“They find the feedback and tasks helpful. They LOVE the illustrations.”
Nov 2024
Julie found Olex.AI:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Significant reduction in time spent marking and reviewing work”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency
- Significantly improves teacher wellbeing“Less time is spent on giving marking and identifying next steps, impacting on work-life balance.”
- Slightly builds student knowledge
Ben Walsh
Trust Wide Subject Lead for History
Used Olex.AI occasionally for 4-6 months
Oct 2024
So much Edtech starts with tech and then searches for a use. Olex starts with something which is fundamental to so much of teaching - literacy, marking and feedback. The team at Olex want to improve the experience and outcomes of teachers and students and they work from that starting point. Why would you not give it 10?!
Ben Walsh found Olex.AI:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Allowing teachers to set Y11 exam practice questions and Olex doing the marking and individual feedback while teachers do whole class feedback.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“By taking on the marking load, Olex frees teachers for other work. This might include planning and prep but the most impactful way is enabling teachers to meet and moderate Olex's marking and in the process they discuss, reflect on student performance and consider how this might affect future lessons and interventions.”
- Slightly improves teacher wellbeing“It's too early to say but I certainly anticipate this being the case. Teachers always say their single biggest pressure is lack of time, and Olex saves time by taking on one of the most time consuming aspects of the job.”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“It's a powerful driver of metacognition. Olex's feedback focuses on student performance in key objectives, such as clarity of argument. By highlighting triumphs and areas to improve, and even making suggestions as to how to improve an answer, Olex engages students more closely with the parameters within work they are working, in the same way that understanding the rules of a game makes it easier to understand and excel in.”
Timothy
Director of Primary
Used Olex.AI weekly for 1-2 years
Oct 2024
This will significantly enhance outcomes in year 6.
Timothy found Olex.AI:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Great reduction in homework planning.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Greater subject knowledge .”
- Moderately improves teacher wellbeing“Reduction in workload and teacher subject knowledge enhancement.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Examples of how to complete more complex questions.”
Oct 2024
Frankly, this is a hard job and there's so much to do to ensure the success of our children that I wouldn't hesitate to recommend a product which makes it easier for me and more effective for them!
James found Olex.AI:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“The platform supports me to create resources and process completed work reducing my marking time”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Because I can create lesson and assessment resources quickly and effectively, I am able to assess with a real focus on the relevant outcomes”
- Significantly improves teacher wellbeing“I'm able to focus on the dynamic aspects of being an SEN teacher and the free headspace dramatically improves my mood!”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Features such as the image generation creates a powerful feedback loop for my students to improve their understanding of the power of their own words”
Rebecca
Head of English
Used Olex.AI weekly for 7–12 months
Sep 2024
Rebecca found Olex.AI:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Using Olex.ai has significantly reduced my workload by giving nearly instant feedback on both a student and class level.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“I’m able to identify strengths and weakness across the class within a matter of minutes. This then allows me to target individual or groups of students with follow up activities.”
- Significantly improves teacher wellbeing“Workload is reduced whilst positively impacting the students = very happy teachers!”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Students LOVE the Olex.ai images. This improves student engagement which, as a result, improves their knowledge.”
Sep 2024
Olex AI has allowed our children to develop their own imagination when it comes to writing. It gives them a clear focus to develop, improve and enjoy their writing lessons and share the images generated with their peers. There is always great excitement when we use Olex AI as to which pictures will be generated, which leads to a more focused use of vocabulary in their pieces. I look forward to continuing our relationship with Olex AI and seeing the continous improvement of an already intriguing and exciting platform.
Ben found Olex.AI:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Olex AI can mark a set of assignments of a class of 30 in less than 2 minutes, allowing me to focus on individual and whole cohort feedback which targets the areas they need most as young writers. This means that we are able to move children on much quicker than we would have if we were marking written pieces one by one.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“The accuracy of the feedback allows me to fully target the needs of individuals, groups and whole classes. As a result, it allows me to focus on developing lessons specifically designed to aid the improvements in each child and develop their needs in writing more effectively.”
- Moderately improves teacher wellbeing“The visual images created by Olex AI enthuse and excite the children. This means the children are more engaged and motivated to write their pieces and to continue to develop their own written methods which in turn reduces the possibility of children being "off task" or demotivated.”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“The way the feedback is structured on Olex AI means that every child has a clear understanding of their next steps and areas of improvement. Children are given the knowledge to then adapt and refine their own written pieces which leads to greater confidence in the subject itself.”
Trystan Williams
Executive Headteacher
Used Olex.AI daily for 7–12 months
Sep 2024
It delivers what is sets out to do..................
Trystan Williams found Olex.AI:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Olex.AI provides detailed and personalised responses to student work, allowing teachers to provide meaningful feedback without spending excessive time reviewing each piece of writing manually. Additionally, tools like OCR scanning and speech-to-text functionality streamline the process of collecting and reviewing student work, especially for SEND students who may find traditional writing tasks challenging. This reduction in marking time has freed up teachers to focus on lesson planning, student support, and overall classroom management, significantly lightening the workload and creating more space for creative teaching strategies.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Improve Teaching Efficiency: Incorporating Olex.AI and Imaginator into the teaching routine at Venturers’ Academy has significantly improved efficiency. The platform’s features, such as OCR scanning and speech-to-text functionality, reduce the cognitive load on students, enabling them to focus on expressing their thoughts more effectively. This not only enhances student engagement but also cuts down on the time teachers spend deciphering and marking handwritten assignments. The Imaginator, in particular, has encouraged peer engagement by allowing students to visualise their stories, leading to greater involvement in each other's work. With fewer manual tasks and more engaging activities in the classroom, teachers can manage their time better and dedicate more of it to instructional support and individual student development.”
- Significantly improves teacher wellbeing“Improve Teacher Wellbeing: Olex.AI has made teaching far more enjoyable and less stressful by reducing the workload related to giving detailed feedback. The platform’s ability to generate personalised, high-quality feedback for each student has freed up a significant amount of time that would have otherwise been spent on marking. The Imaginator tool, which brings students’ writing to life through AI-generated visuals, has helped foster a more dynamic and engaging classroom environment, making the teaching experience more rewarding. Our teachers can now focus more on direct instruction and student interaction rather than administrative tasks, making their work less stressful and more rewarding.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Build Student Knowledge: Olex.AI has greatly supported our students at Venturers' Academy. The feedback is both personalised and actionable, which is particularly important for our students. By offering praise for effective use of adjectives or engaging descriptions, while also suggesting improvements like using full sentences or stronger verbs, students can clearly understand their strengths and areas for growth. The AI-generated images from the Imaginator tool also added an interactive element, engaging even reluctant writers and encouraging them to expand their ideas further. Furthermore, the team at Olex.AI has been fantastic to work with, consistently taking on board our feedback and adapting the platform to better serve our students. We’re also excited about the upcoming SEND-specialist AI tools, which promise to provide even more tailored support for our learners.”
Sep 2024
We are about to start a pilot using this technology in one of our schools and already we're really excited about its potential. The accurate handwriting recognition software makes the upload process extremely straightforward. The translation option offers parents of EAL children the opportunity to really engage in detail with their children's work and teacher feedback, which is really important to us. We think our students will also really enjoy and value the colourful artwork which accompanies the helpful feedback.
Heather found Olex.AI:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“It has the potential to help teachers mark more efficiently and effectively.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Large amounts of written work can be processed quickly and quality feedback can be offered to year groups that are often over-looked as they do not face external examinations.”
- Moderately improves teacher wellbeing“When used well, it has the potential to help teachers feel a great deal of satisfaction in their role and in their enhanced interaction with parents.”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“The feedback can be very precise, so allowing students to really reflect on ways they need to improve their work.”
Donna
Teacher
Used Olex.AI weekly for 4-6 months
Sep 2024
I have really enjoyed using Olex, as have my students who enjoyed the bespoke nature of the programme
Donna found Olex.AI:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Students were given more detailed quality feedback more frequently”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Students in some instances had feedback before the end of the lesson”
- Significantly improves teacher wellbeing“Reducing workload”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“The feedback given was specific and identified for students not only gaps in their knowledge but also concrete examples of how to address them.”
Sep 2024
This is a fantastic tool that gets the children excited about what they are writing. They love the image generation. As a teacher, this is a clear way to see what children have done well individually and as a whole class. The challenge now will be encouraging other memebers of staff to use this alongside their teaching.
Laura Finlay-Maxwell found Olex.AI:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“The whole class marking feature is a fantastic way to summarise what the class as a whole need to work on. Individual feedback is great but our marking policy foucuses on whole class feedback.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency
- Moderately improves teacher wellbeing“Saves time once the children are in the routine of using it and how it works.”
- Slightly builds student knowledge
Aug 2024
OlexAI has brought so much joy, inspiration and colour to my teaching and the pupils' learning. I have so appreciated its help with the my marking load. The marking is so much more in depth than I could possibly sustain on a regular basis due to the many demands on my time in the modern teaching world.
Raph de Albuquerque found Olex.AI:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“OlexAI helps me enormously during the working week as I tend to set a writing task on SchoolOnline once per week and the time that I spend on marking that specific piece of work is reduced by perhaps 90%. Instead I read through the pupil's work and then the feedback given by OlexAI and I might make the odd personalised tweak to the wording to give it the human touch and I might add one of my own targets at the end but otherwise the whole marking process is brought down to a much more manageable level and my job is more enjoyable as a result.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Our Year 6 pupils are trialling using personal devices (laptops) in the classroom. They quickly got accustomed to using SchoolOnline and can easily navigate to find the task that has been set. SchoolOnline has helped make my pupils more independent, which allows me more time to deal with specific questions from individuals and give one to one help and guidance. OlexAI takes some of the weight off me and helps me be a better teacher. I love using the AI and so I particularly look forward to the lessons when the children are receiving their feedback from Olex or browsing their Imaginator images. The AI has brought a real buzz to my lessons.”
- Significantly improves teacher wellbeing“Firstly, the pupils are enjoying the learning so much more and this gives me greater job satisfaction. Secondly, I can feel like the pupils have received incredibly detailed, specific feedback on their work and are able to develop their skills as a result. I know they are making even better progress. Thirdly, I spend less time marking and can spend more time on the other many jobs that a teacher has to juggle (such as pastoral care).”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“My pupils can not wait to get their assignments back from OlexAI and will sometimes nag me to get the work back to them. They are so much more engaged with the learning as they love the modernity of using AI, the practicality of typing and the colourful feedback of the Imaginator. My pupils are writing (typing) so much more than they were before. They can access the specific feedback and targets set my Olex and I and work to address them in future writing sessions.”
Oct 2020
Score based on my professional evaluation of the quality of content, the impact on test scores of using SchoolExams, and on feedback from students.
Dave Wilson found SchoolExams.co.uk:
- Significantly improves attainment“We ran a studenttrial over Summer, comparing results on a pre trial paper with those on a post trial paper. There was a 21% increase in marks on average for participants.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Better recall of mathematical facts. Improved problem solving skills.”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“We had pupil premium students who made significant progress over the course of the trial. Gap is diminishing in the class concerned.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Teachers can set work on School Exams and be confident that the explanations given in the videos are of a high quality, going into sufficient depth to develop understanding. The focus on selected topics/exam questions ensures that revision is targeted, time-efficient and personalised.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Students can self mark attempts at exam questions, and fully comprehend where marks are awarded. Facilitates independent learning.”
Oct 2020
It is just a wonderful product that is: cost effective; simple to use; and will make a difference to children's learning.
David Page found SchoolExams.co.uk:
- Significantly improves attainment“After using product for a term, children improved on average by 4 points on the average point scores in Mathematics. They are more confident in answering reading questions and have a better idea on how to plan and what to include in their writing.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“It gives an excellent way for children to consolidate skills learnt in school and to become more fluent and efficient with new concepts.”
- Significantly reduces attainment gap“We have used the product with pupil premium children and SEN children and it has helped to close the gap. Especially when there is limited support or engagement from home.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Study plans are already provided by their team of educational panellists so we has teachers can just press and go if needed.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“School exams can be self marking and reports generated that save teachers time. Study guards are already there for the children or you can create your own.”