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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 8156524" data-attributes="member: 92282">A five-year-old girl, who has not yet started school, was being hailed as the    youngest person ever to pass a GCSE with a C grade in maths.   <img src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01702/dee_1702409c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Desiree Alli, from Southwark, south London, set a new record for childhood    academic success as a seven year-old boy from Surrey also managed an A* in    the subject.   Desiree, known as Dee, prepared for the foundation level examination by    playing maths games through a specialist tutoring centre.     She was “mentored” by nine-year-old Paula Imafidon, who hit the headlines two    years ago when she sat A Level maths alongside her twin brother Peter.    The two girls met through informal classes run in a local church by a charity    called Excellence in Education which she began attending at the age of four.    They perfected her mathematical skills through a game called “beat the    calculator”.   “I didn't know I was taking the exam I thought it was a game,” she said last    night.   “Maths is a big game with numbers and I find it fun.   “It wasn't very difficult and I found it very easy because it was mostly    questions about the difference between numbers.   "I'm very surprised to be the youngest ever. I'm very proud of myself but    it was just a game for me.   "I spend a lot of time playing number games with friends older than me.   "I also enjoy singing with my brother and watching TV. When I'm older I    would like to be a princess and be rich.”   Her mother, Joy, who runs a local nursery, said: “We are very grateful for    Dee's association with Paula. It has changed her outlook on learning around.”   Meanwhile Oscar Selby, seven, from Epsom, is believed to be the youngest    person ever to get an A* in a GCSE after getting top marks in maths.   A pupil Stamford Green Primary School in Epsom he received extra tuition at    the Ryde Teaching centre in Hertfordshire.   “It was hard work but I did enjoy it,” he said.   "I was rather nervous on the day of the exam but it was easier than the    normal ones I had done.”   In 2001 Arran Fernandez, also from Surrey and tutored at Ryde managed a D    grade in maths GCSE – the highest grade he cvould have attainede at    foundation level at the time.   He resat two years later when he was seven and also gained an A*. Dee was five    years and two months old when she sat the exam, nine months younger than    Arran was at the time. telegraph</blockquote>

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