Instant writing analysis for KS1 & KS2 -- Highlighting key features directly in Google Docs™
Listing updated:June 26, 2026
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Overview
TextScan analyses pupil writing directly inside Google Docs™ and gives teachers an instant suggested TAF rating — no copy-pasting, no separate tools, no marking time wasted.

Open a pupil's Google Doc™, enter their year group, and TextScan identifies the writing features present across all KS1 and KS2 bands: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, fronted adverbials, subordinating conjunctions, inverted commas, relative clauses, modal verbs, passive voice, parenthesis, and more — 30 features in total across Years 1 to 6.

WHAT TEXTSCAN DOES
• Detects 30+ writing features across Year 1–6 curriculum bands
• Generates a suggested TAF rating: Working Towards, Expected Standard, or Greater Depth
• Highlights detected features in the Google Doc™ with individual colours per feature
• Shows which features are present and which are missing at a glance
• Saves a history of every piece you analyse
• Generates a printable teacher or pupil report

IMPORTANT
TextScan provides a suggested rating to support your professional judgement — it is not a replacement for teacher assessment across a full body of work. We recommend using initials or a pupil code rather than full names when analysing work.

FOR SCHOOL LEADS
School licences include an admin dashboard showing analysis activity across your staff — year group breakdowns, RAG rating trends, and submission history over the last 90 days.

GETTING STARTED
A 14-day free trial is included — no card required. Individual and school licences are available at mindmapscoaching.com.

Google Docs™ is a trademark of Google LLC.
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TextScan will need access to your Google account
This will allow TextScan to :
View and manage documents that this application has been installed in
Display and run third-party web content in prompts and sidebars inside Google applications
Connect to an external service
See your primary Google Account email address
See your personal info, including any personal info you've made publicly available
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Ruchika Mehra
July 1, 2026
I have used this in class - I gave my class a copy of some text and had them do a feature finding with a key then used this to show them the features. Also used this to give my students feedback on homework, saved me hours - auto highlight the best features in their text - read through quickly and I leave my own comment. Loving the evidence builder built in - it means with one click every thing they do on Google Docs is auto saved into an evidence folder for my class. Will highly recommend to my schools for us to use with everyone.
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Janna Giraud
July 6, 2026
I love it, this saved me so much time I can’t believe it ! Would 100% recommend to every school
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