ABOUT BANDWISE
Bandwise is the AI marking studio for English exam teachers and schools. It drafts scores and feedback on each exam’s official criteria, quoting the student’s own work, and the teacher reviews them before students see them.
OUR STORY
Panagiotis runs two language schools in Greece: the family school, open since 2003, and a second opened in 2012. Foteini taught Greek and ran the front desk at both for six years. Every week looked the same: piles of essays, each to be marked against detailed criteria, and students waiting days to hear how they did, often getting back a single number. Speaking is harder still: a test is over in minutes, and weighing every criterion while it happens asks a lot of even an experienced examiner.
Good feedback is specific. It says which criterion held the score back, where in the essay, and what to do next. Writing that for every student, every week, is more than any teacher has time for.
So we built the tool we wished we had. Bandwise does the slow first draft, on the exam’s own criteria and quoting the student’s work, and marks speaking from the recording, criterion by criterion. The teacher reads it, changes what they disagree with and signs it off. The judgement stays with the teacher; the hours don’t.
Panagiotis & FoteiniCo-founders, BandwiseWHAT WE HOLD TO
Bandwise drafts; teachers decide. Scores stay drafts until a teacher reviews them, and the AI’s first estimate stays visible beside the teacher’s.
Each exam is marked on its official band descriptors or rating scales, with evidence quoted from the student’s work and a next step for each criterion.
We publish what the AI does, where it goes wrong and what we have and haven’t validated, so teachers know when to look twice.
How Bandwise AI worksStored in the EU, never used to train AI models, and covered by a data processing agreement for schools.
Data Processing AgreementTHE TEAM
Co-founder & CEO
Leads product and engineering. Runs two language schools in Greece: the family school, open since 2003, and a second opened in 2012. Has taught English and computing since 2012 and built the schools’ own learning platforms.
Co-founder & Head of Marketing
Leads brand and marketing, and runs her own marketing agency in Greece. Taught Greek and managed the front desk at both schools from 2015 to 2021, so knows how a language school runs from the inside.
THE STORY SO FAR
The family language school opens in Greece.
Panagiotis opens a second school, and starts teaching English and computing and building the two schools’ own learning platforms.
Foteini joins both schools, teaching Greek and running the front desk until 2021.
Bandwise starts as an IELTS marking tool.
Cambridge English, from A2 Key to C2 Proficiency, and the Michigan ECCE and ECPE join IELTS.
Moodle integration is built, so a school’s courses and assignments can come straight into Bandwise.
Public launch, with plans for teachers and for schools.
THE COMPANY
Try it with your own class, or talk to us about your school.