THE head teacher of Beardwood Humanities College heralded an ‘outstanding year’ at the school’s awards night yesterday.

Ruby Hussain, from the Blackburn school, said: “We have had excellent GCSE results and met Key Stage Three targets despite of the national chaos.

“Every child really does matter and we try to provide for all children, whether as individuals, or in groups with different needs.

“We also do a lot of after-school activities, for example we have children learning Latin, and as part of our commitment to community cohesion, we held a fast-breaking event for Ramadhan in which 350 adults from across the borough came and learned from each other.

“Our school is also very generous and recently raised £5,750 for Diabetes UK.

“I am very grateful to the staff, parents and governors, who impact on our fantastic achievements.”

PICTURED: PRIZE NIGHT: Back: Younus Bhamji, Zohaib Mati, Yaqub Bhamji, Insan Khan, Faheem Musa, Haris Qureshi, Rayhan Choudry. 2nd row: Nadir Danga, Haseeb Khan, Zain Rehma, Aaron Keen, Sheraz Zahid. 3rd row: Naheela Mdiyar, Roohena Khan, pictured also with guest speakers Yasin Patel (left) and Nina Banks (right).

PRIZE WINNERS: Geography Trophy & Prize for 2008 Younus Bhamji Art Prize for 2008 Iffat Zahra Art Prize for the most improved Art student Saghar Mirbagheri History Trophy & Prize for 2008 Haris Qureshi and Zohaib Mati Modern Languages Prize for 2008 Noor Bibi Kazi Year 7 Science Trophy & Prize for 2008 Humaira Hafejee Year 8 Science Trophy & Prize for 2008 Ibrahim Patel Year 9 Science Trophy & Prize for 2008 Justin Smith John Bolton Memorial Mathematics Prize for showing Exceptional Promise in Year 10 Mathematics Uzma Akuji RE Upper School Prize Ismaeel Salim Mrs S Almond's Religious Education Trophy & Prize for Outstanding Work during Year 9 Mohammed Safdar Jim Travis Trophy and Prize Salim Patel Ismat Ahmed Memorial Trophy and Prize for English at KS3 Victoria Crockford Girls' Lower School PE Trophy and Prize Maab Saifeldin Girls PE Trophy Jamilah Patel Anthony Rigby Memorial Trophy and Prize for Social Awareness Rayhan Choudry Mr. Parker’s Memorial Prize for Progress Halima Ayyaz ICT Prize Anisa Leli Andrew Lowther Trophy and Prize for Lower School Boys' PE Kassim Anwar Special School Library Prize Rozma Ahmed Mr C Williams’ Prize for Technology Sufyaan Patel The English Literature Prize Fatema Yusuf The Margaret Whitham Prize for English Language Adam Kadu Margaret Whitham Trophy for Drama Akber Ahmed Mathematics Prize Samiya Hussain BA Systems Technology Trophy and Prize for Outstanding Work in Year 9 Shafeeqa Badat Mrs. M. Lochhead’s Shield and Prize for Upper School Science for Outstanding Work in the Science Subjects Fahima Umer Rev. Cleaves’ Prize for the Best Contribution to Inter-faith Cooperation and Understanding Jasmin Patel The Philip Sison Trophy for Practical Work in Science Riyadh Abdulla Modern Languages Prize: French Fahima Umer Modern Languages Prize: Urdu Heena Majeed Shazad Iqbal Memorial Trophy for Cricket Siraj Akhtar Boys’ PE Prize Muhammad Patel Mr. Swarbrick’s Art Prize Nazeefah Solka Feroza Isa Memorial Trophy for Home Economics Saiqa Mahmood Mahboob Hussain Memorial Trophy for Work in the Community Sheraz Zahid Attendance Prize Iffat Zahra Sixth Former’s Trophy Iffat Zahra Overall Caspa Award 2007 – 2008 Zohra Rana Remploy Citizenship Award Sanam Rehman Young Enterprise Trophy Inayat Jadoon Headteacher’s Prize Head Boy 2007 - 2008: Faheem Musa Head Girl 2007 - 2008: Asiya Ahmed Outstanding Performance at GCSE Examination Level Sabah Qadir