- Ten students from St Bede’s Catholic College in Bristol sat British Mensa test
- The genius benchmark is 140, and the lowest score among all 10 pupils was 148
- Two recorded scores of 161, one mark short of maximum possible on the paper
Ten teenagers from the same school have been invited to join the elite Mensa society.
The students from St Bede’s Catholic College in Bristol were found to be among the most intelligent in the country after sitting the British Mensa test.
The genius benchmark is set at 140 and the lowest score among all 10 pupils was 148 – and two students have higher IQs than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
The ten students from St Bede’s Catholic College in Bristol sat the British Mensa test
Isabel Romero (left) and Molly Dolan (right) recorded scores of 161 – a point higher than theoretical physicist Albert Einstein and cosmologist Stephen Hawking
Two pupils, Isabel Romero and Molly Dolan, recorded scores of 161, just one mark short of the maximum possible on the paper.
They are also a point higher than the IQs of theoretical physicist Albert Einstein and cosmologist Stephen Hawking, who have IQs of 160.
Isabel, 14, said: ‘When I found out I was selected for Mensa, I was really excited and agreed to do it because it was a new opportunity and I was curious to know my score. When I received my results I was quite surprised and really happy.’
Vice principal Rob King said: ‘We are absolutely delighted to have such amazing students at St Bede’s. They are a credit to the college and their families.
‘Being invited to become a member of Mensa will be a huge boost for these students as they begin Year 10 and their GCSE courses.
All 10 of the gifted pupils will now be invited to be part of the Mensa Society
Vice principal Rob King said: ‘Being invited to become a member of Mensa will be a huge boost for these students as they begin Year 10 and their GCSE courses’
‘It will give them further confidence that they can do or be whatever they set their minds on. The sky is the limit.’
All 10 pupils will now be invited to be part of the Mensa Society.
A score of 148 places the youngsters in the top two per cent of the population.
Mensa is the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world, and regularly sets tests for people to gauge their IQ.