12-Year-Old Home-Schooled Student Achieves GCSE Success

Ariel, a 12-year-old student from Bicester, has successfully earned six GCSEs and an advanced mathematics qualification after being home-schooled since the Covid pandemic.

In 2026, she achieved a grade 9 in GCSE Biology, a grade 8 in Further Pure Mathematics, and an A grade in OCR Additional Mathematics.

Her brother Elias, who also achieved academic success, has secured an unconditional offer to study biomedical engineering at Imperial College London starting in September 2025.