Marking Outcomes

The Learning outcomes grid in the main menu is where teachers judge pupils against a curriculum. Each pupil is a column. Each outcome is a row. A cell holds the pupil's level on that outcome, for example Expected.

You need the permission View the marks grid to open the grid and Enter and change marks to give a level.

Open the grid

Use the filters at the top:

Filter	What it does
Academic year	The school year.
Class / Year group	Your class. The pupils appear as columns.
Curriculum	The framework. The picker lists the frameworks that cover this year and class.
Reporting period	Only for a framework judged per period. A framework judged once a year shows Whole year.

If there is no framework, the page says "No curriculum covers this class". Try another school year, or ask an administrator to link a curriculum. A framework that does not name the school year also shows a notice: "This curriculum does not say it runs in this school year yet — add the year on its Coverage step." See Building a Framework.

Find your way in a long curriculum

Control	What it does
Search the curriculum…	Finds a code or words in the statement. A match deep in the tree still shows.
All levels	Show only outcomes tagged with an age band.
Category filter	Show one category.
Hide headings	Show only the rows you can mark.
Arrow beside a category	Expand or collapse it.
Show N more	The tree loads in pages.

Give a level

1. Click a cell.
2. Choose a level from the picker. Pick Clear to empty the cell.

The picker offers the levels of the outcome's scale. If the framework narrowed the levels for that outcome (Evaluation criteria), you see only those. The same levels apply to the bulk bar.

Fill many cells at once

Bulk fill works as on the marks grid, with the axes turned around. Turn on Bulk select in the page header.

• Select an outcome row to pick every empty cell in that row (one outcome across the class).
• Select a category in a pupil's column to pick every empty cell of that pupil in that category. It is one pupil and one category, never the whole curriculum.
• The bar says "N empty cells selected". Choose a level. Press Apply.

Rules:

• Only empty cells are filled. Existing judgements are never replaced ("N existing values skipped").
• A selection uses one scale. If a category mixes scales, MarkBook fills the cells of the most common scale and says "N on another scale skipped". Press fill again to do the other scale.
• Only rows on screen count. There is a limit of cells per action ("N beyond the limit not selected").
• Switching bulk mode off cancels the selection.

Example: Reception class, category "Listening and attention" with 6 outcomes. Mia has been observed on all of them and is Expected on each. The teacher turns on Bulk select, uses Mia's control on the category row, picks Expected and presses Apply. Six cells are filled.

See also Keyboard & Bulk Entry.

Categories show a level too

If the framework has roll-up on, a category row shows a level worked out from the outcomes under it. It is drawn in italic to show that nobody typed it. If a category is markable, a teacher can type a level over it, and the typed level wins for that pupil.

History and restore

Right-click a cell to see every judgement made for that pupil on that outcome, with who, when and the source. You can restore an earlier level if you hold Restore an earlier mark. A restore is itself a new history entry. A cell that is only worked out (a rolled-up category) has no history. See Cell History & Restore.

Open a pupil's card

Click the pupil's name at the top of the column. The student card opens, with targets and alerts. Staff alerts (for example an allergy) appear here the same as on the marks grid. See Student Flags.

Why a cell cannot be changed

Reason	What you see
The reporting period is locked	The period is marked "locked". An administrator can unlock it. See Locking a Period.
The outcome is a heading	A row without a scale cannot be marked: "No scale resolves here, so this row cannot be marked". Ask an administrator to give the framework or the category a scale.
You do not reach the class	You can only judge classes you teach or lead.
Your role lacks edit rights	Ask an administrator. See Roles & Permissions.
No period chosen	A framework judged per period needs you to pick Reporting period first.

Export

The Export button saves the tree, with the pupils as columns, as CSV, XLSX or PDF. The first column is the curriculum with indentation, in tree order. Pupil columns are named with the Kinderpedia ID, for example "Mia Popa (#1048213)". It exports what the tree shows, not the whole framework.

Reports and parents

Judgements reach report cards when the report template is set to show learning outcomes. They reach parents when the framework has Progress visible to parents on. See Report Templates and Parent View.

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