The "short course" GCSE, which can be taken in subjects including religious education, physicaleducation and art, covers fewer topics than an ordinary GCSE and is valued at half the full qualification.
Students spend a year building fundamentals like identifying upper- and lowercase letters and their sounds, recognizing numbers from 0 to 20, and learning physicaleducation, music and art.
Sheffield-born Gorman is currently studying for 'A' levels in English Literature, Art and PhysicalEducation in lower sixth form at Repton School after winning a scholarship.