A 'gifted' youngster who could do basic sums by the time he started nursery has passed his maths GCSE at just eight years old. Kamran Haroon, from Wylde Greene, was six when he learned Pythagoras Theorem - even though he couldn't pronounce it yet.
When he started school, teachers were so impressed with young boy's maths knowledge that he was soon placed on the 'gifted list'. Despite only being in Year One, they said his knowledge on the subject was already beyond that of a six or seven year old.
Just two years later, Kamran sat his maths GCSE at just eight years old. According to Birmingham Live, the primary school pupil not only passed the test, but achieved with the highest grade possible.
"When he was two, he loved to count and put things in order," said his mum Samaira, a pharmacist who has two other sons aged nine and two. "We knew he was a bright child.
"When he started nursery, he could add and takeaway and do his shapes. His teachers said he was doing more of what you'd expect from a six or seven year old. And each year, he went up by three or four years.
"By the time he was five, he could do fractions and decimal numbers so he was placed on the gifted list. When he was in Year 2, his teachers said they felt he'd be ready to start his GCSE maths in Year 3. They said there'd be no pressure on him, it was just so he could see what he was capable of."
Kamran attends West House School, an independent school in Edgbaston that he got a scholarship for due to his maths abilities. He took a foundation paper and got 90 percent right, giving him a grade 5, the equivalent of a C - the highest mark you can get on this paper.
"I suppose you could say he's a child genius when it comes to maths but it's only in maths, for everything else he's a normal boy. He's never had any tutoring, just his teachers working with him at school.
"He could understand and do Pythagoras Theorem and hypotenuse angles before he could pronounce the words properly. His headteacher said he'd never seen anything like it before.
"Kamran is just really passionate about maths and he absorbs it really quickly. His dad is an accountant so maybe he's picked up a love of numbers from him.
"He seemed like such a small boy going to pick up his GCSE result with all the 16-year-olds. He was surprised when he got a grade 5, even though we weren't. When he was asked how he felt, he said he wanted to do the higher paper next year!"
"We're really proud of him. His brothers were pleased too as we all went for waffles and ice cream to celebrate his GCSE result! "
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