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now to today's gcse results and it's not just teenagers getting their results today. 92—year old derek skipperualifications. he's the oldest person ever to sit the test — and earlier he told my colleagues on bbc breakfast, charlie stayt and naga munchety, how he'd got on. well, i opened up this morning to find that i had got a five, which is as high as i could get on the very basic maths gcse course that i took. so i'm delighted to have got it. i was a little bit worried last night, because knowing i was coming on camera, i thought, "boy, oh boy, it's going to be a very short interview if i failed!" but that hasn't happened! so can we be the first to say congratulations? thank you! from what you were saying, you got the highest grade you could within the classification of the test you took? yes, i could either get a four or five and i got a five so i am very pleased. why did you decide to do it? i think the answer is, why not? there was an offer by the local authority to have a free course for some maths. and i took it in191l6. it seemed to me that when i took it, i just went through the motio

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the message from 92—year—old derek skipper, who is believed to be one of the oldest people to sit a gcse sit another. i opened up this morning to find i got a five, which is as high as i could get on the very basic maths gcse course i took. so i'm delighted to have got it. my colleague martine has been speaking to students and teachers in denbigh high school in luton today — and we can cross to her now. how have they been getting on today? they've done extremely well here at this high school. nice to see everybody earlier in the day coming on opening their envelopes and mostly very pleased with the results. this is a school where you leave at the age of 16 after year 11. you need to go on to some other couege 11. you need to go on to some other college or some kind of training elsewhere. 0f college or some kind of training elsewhere. of course, a—levels are a common root, but there are lots of other routes facing pupils these days. there is a slightly bewildering choice for some people when they are trying to choose what to do. one option is t levels. i'm joined by richard brennan, assis

now to today's gcse results, and it's notjust teenagers getting their results today. 92—year—old derek skipperng i was coming on camera, i thought, boy oh boy, it would be a very short interview if i failed! but that hasn't happened! so can we be the first to say congratulations? thank you! you said that you got the highest grade you could within the classification in the test you took? yes, i could either get a four or five and i got a five so i am very pleased. why did you decide to do it? i think the answer is, why not? there was an offer by the local authority to have a free course on some maths. and i took it in 19a6. it seems to me that when i took it, i just went through the motions, as all schoolchildren had to do, and i didn't really understand much about it. most people say, "i'm hopeless at maths, never understood it at school" and this is an opportunity that came through the door to do a zoom meeting doing the exam again, doing the test, and it seemed to me an ideal opportunity. i have got a few questions. it's a great shame more people don't get involved in it. i think maths is a