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Wednesday, 15 September 2010




Boy, 7, gets top maths GCSE

A Year 2 pupil has been awarded an A*in GCSE maths.

Seven-year-old Oscar Selby is thought to be the youngest person to have achieved the top grade at GCSE level. Oscar was sponsored to do the exam, raising £3,500 for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust charity.

 





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  • hunnibunni (Age 14) wrote on Saturday, 11 September 2010 @ 20:38

    wow

  • charan (Age 13) wrote on Sunday, 12 September 2010 @ 17:22

    Wow! Hwe must be really smart!

  • redhorse10 (Age 14) wrote on Wednesday, 15 September 2010 @ 16:06

    Wat!!

  • rockgirl (Age 11) wrote on Wednesday, 15 September 2010 @ 16:44

    What????????????????????????????????????????

  • SweetiePie (Age 13) wrote on Saturday, 18 September 2010 @ 07:56

    wow!!!! that's amazing!

  • Ponies (Age 15) wrote on Thursday, 23 September 2010 @ 18:10

    WOAH! thats crazy! im only choosin my options this year and im a YR 9!!!! x

  • toto2000 (Age 12) wrote on Saturday, 25 September 2010 @ 08:45

    Wow! But it is called A+ not A*

  • EllaMae (Age 12) wrote on Tuesday, 5 October 2010 @ 19:43

    WHAT... Thats amazing well done Oscar!!!

  • redhorse10 (Age 14) wrote on Wednesday, 13 October 2010 @ 17:15

    Yes, Well Done Him! Toto, It Is Actually A* Though, I Think Americans Call It A+... They Tell Us That At School, That People Got A*

  • Monkey27 (Age 14) wrote on Monday, 1 November 2010 @ 13:31

    Wow! Well done Oscar ;)He probably reads First News... x

  • Peace2010 (Age 14) wrote on Monday, 1 November 2010 @ 13:33

    WOW! Thats amazing!I would like(and not like) that because it would be stressful but good for a carreer!

  • samr29 (Age 12) wrote on Tuesday, 9 November 2010 @ 18:08

    wow amazing that is better than me and i am top set in maths

  • 09AhmedA (Age 13) wrote on Monday, 22 November 2010 @ 15:43

    Same i am in top set as well but im not that clever

  • Demi008 (Age 11) wrote on Monday, 7 February 2011 @ 19:57

    t hats crazy

  • HAU (Age 12) wrote on Wednesday, 23 February 2011 @ 12:08

    WOW

  • RainbowRae (Age 11) wrote on Tuesday, 12 April 2011 @ 13:38

    unbliveable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Hajra444 (Age 9) wrote on Thursday, 14 April 2011 @ 13:08

    unbliveable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even I am the same age as him

  • mooseylucy (Age 9) wrote on Monday, 18 April 2011 @ 18:47

    Clever boy

  • HollyMae (Age 14) wrote on Monday, 23 May 2011 @ 18:21

    wow..................x

  • JuddyXXX (Age 13) wrote on Tuesday, 14 June 2011 @ 17:10

    He must be so clever. .................................................................

  • Jake12 (Age 12) wrote on Monday, 20 June 2011 @ 14:36

    WHOA!

  • misty (Age 11) wrote on Wednesday, 22 June 2011 @ 19:25

    Wow well done wow well done wow well done fanfabilastic

  • sweetpea (Age 11) wrote on Sunday, 7 August 2011 @ 13:33

    OMG WOW!

  • millieboo (Age 10) wrote on Friday, 14 October 2011 @ 19:02

    :O! OMG WOW!

  • ketchup345 (Age 11) wrote on Saturday, 19 November 2011 @ 18:33

    :O That is shocking!!! I don't think I could do that!! O:

  • hotlavajam (Age 12) wrote on Wednesday, 11 January 2012 @ 17:58

    i am awesome at Maths but even i could not do that

  • cariadfab (Age 11) wrote on Tuesday, 17 January 2012 @ 13:31

    I was going to one in yr9 but my mum said no. & yrs is amazing!

  • peep45677 (Age 11) wrote on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 @ 19:21

    that is amazing but toto2000 it is called a a* not an a+ an a+ is only in america

  • annacatshe (Age 12) wrote on Friday, 20 January 2012 @ 20:21

    oh my gosh how ?????????????????????????????

  • annacatshe (Age 12) wrote on Saturday, 21 January 2012 @ 13:16

    i wish i was that smart

  • bizzy4100 (Age 12) wrote on Saturday, 11 February 2012 @ 13:16

    That's amazing!!! HOW did he manage to do THAT? It can't be true! Nobody is THAT smart!

  • ash12 (Age 12) wrote on Thursday, 1 March 2012 @ 16:47

    Wow he must have a calculator installed in his head or something!!!!!!

  • ben456 (Age 8) wrote on Thursday, 1 March 2012 @ 19:11

    thats true

  • jobo2002 (Age 10) wrote on Wednesday, 14 March 2012 @ 19:39

    Cool I can not do the and I am in year 6 and he is in year 2

  • mabli (Age 9) wrote on Monday, 19 March 2012 @ 16:29

    I have just done an exam (not GCSE) and there was a girl about egight so I am not really bothered by this. Age nine year 4.

  • cuter54321 (Age 10) wrote on Tuesday, 20 March 2012 @ 18:34

    GCSE!! At age 7. What, that can not be true.

  • 3DSFreak (Age 10) wrote on Tuesday, 20 March 2012 @ 19:50

    That kid is going to have a great career.

  • peep45677 (Age 11) wrote on Saturday, 24 March 2012 @ 09:29

    awesome he is so smart

  • zakarya (Age 9) wrote on Wednesday, 11 April 2012 @ 15:36

    wow

  • girlonfire (Age 10) wrote on Sunday, 15 April 2012 @ 16:03

    That is just WOW. Well done Oscar !

  • TheJuice (Age 14) wrote on Saturday, 28 April 2012 @ 10:53

    Whoa, and I'm starting my GCSEs in September. xD

  • huminater (Age 9) wrote on Wednesday, 2 May 2012 @ 18:45

    is he a special kind of person like mima aged 4 doing grade 5 piano who are just born natural