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UK’s teen gets Oxford University place with 23 A-levels

By News Desk
August 06, 2026
Students walk beside one of the colleges at the University of Oxford. — AFP/File
Students walk beside one of the colleges at the University of Oxford. — AFP/File

It has been one year since Britain's smartest teen achieved a staggering 23 A-levels with grades of A and A*, securing a place at Oxford University.

Mahnoor Cheema, 18, has an IQ of 161 and received an unconditional offer to study medicine at the University of Oxford.After sitting 34 GCSEs, Ms Cheema, who attended Henrietta Barnett School in north-west London, decided she wanted to study 31 A-levels. But she settled on doing less, after worries from teachers that she was taking on too much.

She completed four A* in her first two months at the sixth form, and this week learned she had achieved A*s in law and history as well as grades in French and physics, according to the Mail Online.

The teen studied psychology, sociology, law, business, accounting, economics, Latin, German, computer science, film studies, politics, classical civilisation, maths, geography and media studies, physics, chemistry, biology, English literature, film studies, French, statistics and accounting.