A 12-year-old schoolgirl from Harlow has recorded a perfect score in a test set by the high IQ society Mensa - putting her in the top 1% of intelligent people in the world.
Nicole Barr scored a mark of 162, two points higher than physicist Albert Einstein and Professor Stephen Hawking.
According to Mensa, the average adult IQ score is 100 and a score above 140 is considered to be that of a genius.
Nicole, who comes from the travelling community, is the daughter of James Barr and Dolly Buckland.
Nicole said: "When I found out I got such a high score, it was so unexpected. I was shocked."
The Burnt Mill Academy student, who enjoys reading, drama and singing, hopes to study to become a doctor.
A family mermber said Nicole was gifted from a very young age, adding: "She would complete children's puzzles in seconds and has always been very artistic."
When Nicole was a pupil at Epping Upland Primary School she was several years ahead of her peers, tackling complex algebra before the age of 10.
She has an excellent memory and picks up new material very quickly.
"I remember when I was in primary school and I was an angel in a school play, another girl who was playing the other angel didn't turn up so I learnt her lines too," said Nicole.
Unlike most children her age, instead of reading the novel handed to her for World Book Day, Nicole went through it highlighting spelling and grammatical errors.
The talented youngster attends drama classes with Make Believe performing arts company in Harlow and will soon be appearing in a performance of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
As a result of recording an IQ of 162 she has now been given the honour of being welcomed into Mensa, meaning she will join a network of brains from across the globe.
Helena Mills, head of BMAT schools which includes Burnt Mill Academy, said: "Nicole is a brilliant pupil. She works incredibly hard and has thrown herself into so many different activities in her first year with us. For example, she has been camping, entered writing competitions and taken part in a national maths challenge.
"She lives and breathes our unofficial motto of hard work pays."
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