AFTER failing his last two tests at Chelsea and Everton, Lampard is gaining pass marks again.

It does not take a genius to work out why... but if it did the high-flying Coventry boss would certainly fit the bill.

After all, how many football managers qualify for Mensa with an IQ of 150 — which puts him in the top one-two per cent of Britain’s brainiacs?

Lampard, who also has a GCSE A-star in Latin, told SunSport: “It’s true, I do have an IQ of 150!

“I was tested at Chelsea in the aftermath of John Terry getting kicked in the head in the Carabao Cup final.

“Our doctor, who was Brian English at the time, made us do IQ tests to get us all a base-level IQ so we could be registered again if you had a concussion or a head injury.

“I just breezed it. Other people seem more interested in it than me.

“But I am quite proud of it. My score of 150 just beat my wife, Christine, which was the best thing about it.

“She was just below me. I don’t know the exact numbers but we were around the same.

“But I think she’s smarter than me — at least it feels that way in the house!

“It was a strange test. I’d never done one before. For whatever reason, I came out on top of it.

“That was my one and only IQ test. I retired after taking one, just in case it was a false test!”

Lampard was also a smart cookie as a schoolboy, dreaming of following in the footsteps of his father and making it as a professional player with West Ham.

He added: “I got 11 GSCEs. Four or five A passes, the rest Bs and one C, as well as one A-star-plus for Latin!”

Lampard replaced Coventry fans’ favourite Mark Robins in November when the Sky Blues were 17th in the Championship.

Yet three months on, it is beginning to look like one of the smartest moves of the season as Lampard has lifted Robins’ relegation candidates to within one point of the play-off positions.

Coventry head to Oxford United tomorrow with the confidence of a side who have won seven out of their last eight games — their only defeat coming against leaders Leeds.