Make year 10
mocks easy

Smartgrade is proud to bring standardised Year 10 Mocks
series for Summer 2026 in partnership with Ark Schools, AQA and Edexcel.
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Our guiding principles

Smartgrade has opinions about what good assessment looks like, and we are proud to work with thousands of schools and MATs that share our values.

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Curriculum comes first

To assess effectively we need to understand what we were trying to teach in the first place. If your assessment approach does not align with your curriculum, then it’ll struggle to give you actionable information.

Assessment quality matters

We work with our assessment partners and MATs to help them iteratively improve their assessments.

We reduce teacher workload wherever we can

When we design our products, we think about teacher workload at each step. Our online markbooks are super simple to use, and our online assessments allow students to enter their results directly into Smartgrade, reducing marking.

Analysis should drive decision-making

We want every report in Smartgrade to lead to action. It’s easy to get caught up in creating endless reports that look pretty but lack a clear purpose. So we make sure Smartgrade analysis reports are always clear, show national context wherever possible, and lead to simplified decision-making for school leaders.

We believe in the power of standardisation

If you’re using unbenchmarked assessments, it’s hard to know what good looks like. That’s why assessments on our platform contextualise performance using a MAT or national standardisation sample. This means that teachers and leaders get meaningful benchmarking data to help them understand performance and spot gaps in learning.

Quality-assured
by experts

Working with partners including AQA, Edexcel and Ark Schools, we are offering the following shadow papers in the following subjects from AQA:

  • English Literature
  • English Language
  • Geography
  • Combined Science (Foundation and Higher)
  • Separate Sciences (Higher only)

We also are offering a shadow paper aligned with Edexcel for:

  • Maths
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Smarter standardisations

Smartgrade uses live standardisations so students are always benchmarked against their peers that are taking the same test at the same time.

Grade tracking

We offer results including Current If Examined and On Track For grades, so you can derive accurate predictions from the tests.
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Benchmark performance

You get access to Smartgrade’s analysis panel with topic and question level data, so you can benchmark performance, spot learning gaps, and update your tiering and entry options.

Free in Summer 2026

Access is completely free to all schools for summer 2026, regardless of whether you're an existing Smartgrade customer. Sign up to get started.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Deadline for confirming participation: 21st May
  • Papers released to participating schools: 1st June
  • Assessment window: 2nd June - 3rd July
  • Standardisation sample submission deadline*: 6th July
  • Final standardisation: 8th July

* To include your students in our standardisation sample, please submit your data by 6th July

AQA are partnering with us on this initiative. However, the grade boundaries being applied within Smartgrade are not calculated by or endorsed in any way by AQA.
Edexcel are partnering with us on this initiative. However, the grade boundaries being applied within Smartgrade are not calculated by or endorsed in any way by Edexcel.
Schools who currently do not have a Smartgrade account will just need to sign a contract. Once we have this in place, we’ll set up your school and create your teacher accounts.

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