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PenLeap helps primarily pupils in Years 4 and 5 preparing for the 11+ improve creative writing, SPaG and vocabulary through guided practice, AI feedback and parent progress tracking.

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Creative writing feedback

Marked against examiner rubrics

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Total exam mark

25 / 40

Secure band
Content & Ideas7/10
Structure6/10
Vocabulary7/10
Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar5/10
theirtherehomophone fixed

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How it works

From a first draft to a stronger piece, in four steps

PenLeap marks your child's creative writing the way an examiner would, then shows them how to improve.

1

Add your child's writing

Upload a photo of handwritten work or paste typed text. We read handwriting for you, so there is nothing to retype.

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Marked against examiner rubrics

Each piece is scored on Content, Structure, Vocabulary and SPaG, the way FSCE & CSSE creative writing is marked.

3

See corrections and a rewrite

Sentence-level corrections, vocabulary upgrades and an improved rewrite show your child exactly how to move up a band.

4

Track progress over time

Clear parent updates show how your child is improving across each skill, submission after submission.

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Exactly what your child receives

One paragraph, marked end to end — from the original draft to corrections, scores, an examiner-style comment, an improved rewrite and the next thing to practise. Aligned to FSCE and CSSE creative writing.

Illustrative sample — anonymised, not a real submission

1. The original paragraph

Task: write a suspense opening

The old house at the end of the lane was quiet to quiet. I pushed the door open and it creaked loudley. Their was a cold smell inside, like wet stone and dust. I new I shouldnt go in but my feet keeped moving. Somewhere upstairs, a floorboard groaned and my heart began to race.

2. Sentence-level corrections

SpellingGrammarPunctuation
to quiettoo quietgrammar

Use 'too' (meaning excessively), not 'to', before an adjective.

loudleyloudlyspelling

The adverb of 'loud' is spelled 'loudly'.

TheirTherespelling

'There' signals existence; 'their' shows possession.

I newI knewspelling

Past tense of 'know' is 'knew'; 'new' means not old.

shouldntshouldn'tpunctuation

Contractions need an apostrophe: should not = shouldn't.

keepedkeptgrammar

'Keep' is irregular: the past tense is 'kept'.

3. Rubric scores

Total exam mark

25 / 40

Secure band

Content & Ideas

A strong, atmospheric opening with a clear sense of place.

7/10

Add one small detail about why the character is there to deepen the tension.

Structure & Organisation

The build-up is well paced but the paragraph ends just as tension peaks.

6/10

Carry the final moment one sentence further to land the suspense.

Vocabulary & Effect

Sensory choices like 'wet stone and dust' create a vivid mood.

7/10

Swap a plain verb such as 'pushed' for something more deliberate.

Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar

Ideas are clear, but homophones and a missing apostrophe slip in.

5/10

Re-read for 'to/too', 'their/there' and contractions before finishing.

4. Examiner-style comment

A genuinely tense opening — the cold smell and the groaning floorboard pull the reader straight into the scene. Tighten the spelling and punctuation, hold the final moment a beat longer, and this moves confidently into the top band.

5. The improved rewrite

The old house at the end of the lane was too quiet. I pushed the door open and it creaked loudly into the silence. There was a cold smell inside, like wet stone and dust that hadn't been disturbed for years. I knew I shouldn't go in, but my feet kept moving, one slow step after another. Somewhere upstairs a floorboard groaned, and my heart began to race — because I was certain, now, that I was not alone.

Fixed all SPaG slipsStronger verbsHeld the suspense one beat longer

6. Practise this next

Suspense endings drill: rewrite the last line three different ways

Practising the closing beat trains you to hold tension instead of stopping at the scariest moment.

Practice Zone

Sharpen Your Skills

Targeted practice drills across Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling & Vocabulary — with instant feedback

Grammar

Mixed

Subject-verb agreement, tenses, sentence types & word classes

200+ questions

Punctuation

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Apostrophes, commas, colons, semicolons & speech marks

150+ questions

Spelling

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Common misspellings, homophones, prefixes & suffixes

180+ questions

Vocabulary

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Synonyms, antonyms, word meanings & powerful alternatives

120+ questions

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“It feels like a game, but I'm actually learning. I look forward to my writing practice now, and it's helped me enjoy making up stories.”

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Everything you need to know about Essex 11+ alignment, trials, pricing, handwriting upload, and privacy.

Three submissions with full AI marking, rubric breakdown, vocabulary upgrades, and rewrite mode. No card required for the trial.

Built for Essex 11+ creative writing, specifically FSCE (the Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex / CSSE) and the FSCE-style creative writing tasks. Our rubrics cover Content, Structure, Language, and SPaG, matching the examiner expectations these papers assess.

Yes. Upload clear photos or scans of handwritten work; we extract the text and keep the original layout for reference so you can compare against the feedback.

Our OCR reads most clear handwriting well and returns a confidence score with each submission. Where it is uncertain about a word, it flags that word so you can quickly check and correct it before marking—so a misread never quietly costs your child marks.

No. It is designed to sit alongside a tutor, not replace one. The AI gives instant, sentence-level feedback so your child can keep practising and improving between tutor sessions, then bring stronger drafts to those sessions.

The suggested rewrite is a teaching example to show what stronger writing looks like—the score is always based on your child's own draft, not the rewrite. Parents and teachers can see every submission, so it stays easy to check that the work is genuinely your child's.

You can upgrade to Monthly or 6-Month Exam Prep anytime. If you do nothing, you keep read-only access to your trial submissions.

No. The trial needs no card, and nothing is charged automatically when it ends. You only pay if you actively choose to upgrade.

Yes. 7-day money-back guarantee if you are not satisfied after upgrading—no questions asked.

Yes. PenLeap is designed primarily for pupils in Years 4 and 5 preparing for the 11+, and the guided practice scales to where your child is—so they can build creative-writing skills early and steadily work up to exam standard.

We store submissions securely and never use them for training. You can delete any submission and its feedback at any time.

Yes. As a parent you can delete any submission along with its AI feedback at any time, and it is removed from your child's account.

Yes. Works in the browser on desktop, iPad, and modern phones. Best experience on larger screens when comparing drafts.

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