Alan Turing’s school report might come as a surprise

For anyone who got bad grades in school, there is hope.

Alan Turing, the mathematics and computer genius, pioneered the codebreaking computer at Bletchley Park that helped win the Second World War.

Turing’s report, from 1929, is going on display for the first time, as part of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge’s Codebreakers and Groundbreakers exhibition.

According to the report, his physics teacher said he had “vague ideas”. But on the plus side, he'd also done "some good work". Hardly encouraging.

The exhibition also has the famous Enigma machine, which Turing used to create his own code breaking computer.

His report also includes comments from his teachers saying that his mathematics potential was undermined by his untidy work, his English reading and French prose was weak, and his essays were grandiose.

His French teacher said he made "elementary" mistakes as a result of "hasty work".

So there's some hope for anyone else with a bad school report, you could be named a posthumous hero.

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