PUPILS at Marsden Heights Community College in Nelson were honoured at an awards evening.

Mike Tull, headteacher at the Edge End Lane school, said: “I am immensely proud of all that we have achieved since coming together as a Learning Community in 2006 but I am most proud of the achievement of the young people whose success we are here to celebrate.

“The Building Schools for the Future programme resulting in this fantastic new building has been taken at its word and we have built and will continue to build our school for the future.”

Special awards

Attendance Award KS3: Tinahshe Chatukuta.

Attendance Award KS4: Heather Callaghan.

Katy Douglas Award: Beauty Therapy: Chloe Yates.

Construction Award: Adnan Hussain.

Engineering Award: Ibrahim Mahmood.

Fashion Award: Hanna Dhaimish.

Uniformed Services Award: Kasim Hussain.

Burnley College Turning Point Student: Jade McDevitt.

Croft Award for Enterprise: Zubeda Khatoon.

The Roz Holden Award: Zachary Soltau.

Student of the Year - Yr 7: Sofia Imran.

Student of the Year - Yr 8: Soheera Mustafa.

Student of the Year - Yr 9: Sabrina Farooq.

Student of the Year - Yr 10: Zubeda Khatoon.

Student of the Year - Yr 11: Rebecca Holden.

Headteacher's Award: Megan Haworth.