A schoolboy is believed to have become the youngest person ever to pass A level maths with a Grade A* – at the age of 10.
Kautilya Katariya achieved the top grade in the subject – eight years earlier than most students sit their exams.
The boy genius already holds the record for being the youngest qualified computer programmer in the world, which he achieved at just six-years-old.
And then two years later he achieved the highest possible marks in GCSE maths aged eight after teaching himself the subject online during Covid lockdowns.
The computer whizzkid has now aced his A-Level exam after studying with students seven and eight years older than him at Wootton Park School, in Northampton.
The Year 5 pupil hopes to next study A-level further maths and physics – alongside his Year 6 SATS – and said he planned to celebrate by having a Subway sandwich.
Kautilya Katariya (pictured) achieved the top grade in the subject – eight years earlier than most students sit their exams
The boy genius already holds the record for being the youngest qualified computer programmer in the world, which he achieved at just six-years-old
The computer whizzkid has now aced his A-Level exam after studying with students seven and eight years older than him at Wootton Park School, in Northampton
He also has grand plans to become the next Bill Gates or Steve Jobs having already developed AI software and intends to set up his own company.
Outside of the classroom, Kautilya says he still enjoys nothing more than playing with little brother, doing puzzles, origami, swimming, badminton and cycling.
Kautilya said previously: ‘I’m feeling good about my achievements and I’m quite proud.
‘I got interested when my dad gave me a book about building a programme and I liked it so much I finished it in a day.
‘That was when I got a love for computing and I was five-and-a-half. This was when I wrote my first computer program.
‘In the future I want to create new AI and set up my own company.
‘It is fun learning with older people, I enjoy it.
‘Programming develops problem-solving skills for future challenges and you can make almost anything using programming. ‘
In 2022 he attended the World Government Summit in Dubai where he was invited by the prime minister’s office in the UAE to speak about how governments around the world could support young people like himself and ignite innovation.
Outside of the classroom, Kautilya says he still enjoys nothing more than playing with little brother, doing puzzles, origami, swimming, badminton and cycling
Kautilya’s interest in programming began when he saw a game in a book named Bubble Blaster
He has also given public talks at conferences in America.
Kautilya’s interest in programming began when he saw a game in a book named Bubble Blaster.
His dad Ishwari, 42, a computer software technician, of Northampton, said: ‘He saw this game but didn’t seem interested in playing it.
‘He was more interested in asking us questions about how he could make it himself while following instructions from books and videos.
‘We bought him an early-learning book on coding and computers thinking it would just be one of those things that he would lose interest in.
‘It was just like kid’s play to him. ‘He’s enjoying it’ we thought, ‘so let’s give him more’.
‘He just started exploring lots of things over the internet and we bought him more books – he finished a two-year term in six months.
‘He started studying artificial intelligence and got this Microsoft software that is made for the technical ability of a professional while being in Year 2.
‘There was only so much we could help Kautilya with because of his advanced level.
‘Me and his mother are really proud of him and the amazing work he is doing.. It is great to see him feel so accomplished.
‘But in general he’s just a normal kid, he’s just really focused on what he does. Anything he does he does with focus.
‘He considers himself a problem solver and he likes to enjoy solving the problem on his own. If I try and help him he’ll say ‘no no, I’ll do it’.
‘You might be surprised but he doesn’t spend too much time on the laptop, maybe one hour.
‘The rest of the time he spends being a normal little boy, playing outside. He likes Cycling, swimming and origami.
‘When I ask him what he wants to do when he grows up, he just says he wants to solve lots of problems and keep doing computing problems.
‘Maybe he got it from his mum, she’s the brainy one in the family.’
