Emil Bednarski (pictured), 17, recognised the question in his maths paper in May after stumbling across it the night before as he looked up practice papers for last-minute cramming.
Emil Bednarkski claims he didn't know the question was from an upcoming examA high-flying maths pupil who found a revision question online that later appeared in his exam paper has been stripped of his GCSE amid claims he cheated.
Invigilators Pearson initially refused to award him any maths GCSE at all before agreeing to give him a grade 5 - equivalent to a high C or low B under the old marking system - upon appeal. Advertisement But young Mr Bednarski's family, aggrieved by the entire saga, are demanding an apology and compensation from the exam board after it accused him of cheating.
Mr Bednarski junior says he came across the question while searching for practice papers the night before the exam on websites such as Reddit and TikTok. In remarks reported by BBC News, Emil's father said that he understood why the teacher reported the concerns to the school, and subsequently why the school passed the concerns to invigilators Pearson.
Mr Bednarski said he searched for past papers on websites such as TikTok and Reddit when he came across the question
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