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<p>A sprightly pensioner has become the oldest person in Britain to ever pass a GCSE exam - at the grand age of 92.</p><p>Derek Skipper, 92, took his Maths GCSE in May and has passed with flying colours after he achieved a grade five, the highest possible on the foundation paper he took. </p><p>A grade five is the equivalent of a high B/low C in the old GCSE grading system.</p><p>The granddad-of-three has said he is 'very pleased' about his results. </p><p>Derek said: "I was very, very pleased.</p><p>"When I started out on the course in September, it was very low key and I didn't tell anyone I was even doing it, as I thought if I don't finish it then it's embarrassing so I kept very quiet until Christmas time. </p><p>"The results didn't matter to me at all, I was just doing it for my own fun."</p><p>He added: "My family all think it's a bit of fun, they've all laughed and if it gives people some pleasure then that's fine."</p><p>Speaking this morning, he said: "I opened up my email up this morning to find out I've got a five which is the highest I could get on the Maths GCSE exam I took.</p><p>"I'm delighted to have got it."</p><p>Derek from Orwell, Cambs.,decided to take the exam 'to keep his mind occupied'.</p><p>He did all of his lessons on Zoom, with a course run by The Cam Academy Trust in Cambridge.</p><p>Derek said: “I’m getting a little bit old, and I’m not doing as much in the garden these days.</p><p>“I wondered what I should get up to in the winter to keep my mind occupied.</p><p>“A leaflet came through the door from the local college, and I thought I would try and learn a bit more about Maths.</p><p>“Like most people who don’t understand Maths much, it gave me the opportunity to learn something.”</p><p>Derek has urged people to do the course, adding: "The local authority are very good in terms of facilities they offer. </p><p>"I think it is such a disappointment that people don't take up these opportunities.</p><p>"On a Zoom system, it is so easy for elderly people as going out to college in the night time and the winter is not very nice. </p><p>"But when it comes to your door and you are sat in front of a screen with a good instructor, it is wonderful. </p><p>"Start the course this September, and go to your local college and turn around and say that you want to take an exam.</p><p>"Why not have a go?"</p><p>Derek said he was ‘surprised’ when he realised he was the oldest person ever to take his Maths GCSE.</p><p>He said: “I didn’t really give much thought into it, as it just never occurred to me that I might be the oldest person.”</p><p>As a youngster, he missed only one day at school during World War Two – when a bomb blew his front door on to his bicycle wheel and left him with a puncture. </p><p>Derek earned five School Certificates - the precursor to O Levels and the equivalent to GCSEs - including Maths which was gained with the help of a slide rule and book of tables. </p><p>And after leaving school, he signed up for the RAF at 18 to learn a trade and became a radar fitter.</p><p>He described himself as a 'typical boy' when he was in his school days. </p><p>Derek said: "It was just after the war and there was all of the bomb damage although it wasn't very important to us.</p><p>"I certainly wasn't academic by a very long way.</p><p>"I did my exams, and I did pass them but I was just doing something I was told I had got to do. </p><p>"Now having done it as a mature student, it all does make a bit more sense. </p><p>"I have started to understand a lot more about Maths, and it is quite interesting."</p><p>Derek has also tried to persuade his wife of 61 years Nancy, to take a GCSE exam. </p><p>He added: "She has been supporting me and helping me out. </p><p>"I've tried to persuade her to have a go at it, but she's a bit reluctant."</p><p>He currently doesn't have any plans to take any more GCSEs.</p><p>Derek said: "I think that is going to be my lot and I'm going to retire now.</p><p>"Having one is enough for me."</p>

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