THE "self belief and determination" of students at Blackburn's Beardwood School was celebrated at its prize night.

Joined by special guests, Blackburn Rovers players Peter Enckelman and Eddie Nolan, parents and governors, headteacher Ruby Hussain paid tribute last night to the returning Year 11 students, who achieved record GCSE results for the school.

Welcoming the audience to the Preston New Road school, Mrs Hussain also lauded the achievements of staff and support of parents, all of which contributed to the school's glowing Ofsted report last month.

She said: "Anyone who knows anything about Beardwood knows we always set ourselves challenging targets and goals. We aim high. That self-belief and determination pays off annually. As a result our youngsters achieve well above their capability."

Parents, staff and pupils are currently fighting a campaign to save Beardwood after the council proposed to close it by 2012.

SPECIAL AWARDS

Geography Trophy & Prize for 2007: Shamuil Dalvi; Art Prize for 2007: Wasim Undre; Art Prize for the most improved Art student: Naima Sabiramodo; History Trophy & Prize for 2007: Zohra Butt; Modern Languages Prize for 2007: Zain Rana; Year 7 Science Trophy & Prize for 2007: Aadil Issa; Year 8 Science Trophy & Prize for 2007:Danish Roge; Year 9 Science Trophy & Prize for 2007: Arifa Seedat; John Bolton Memorial Mathematics Prize for showing Exceptional Promise in Year 10 Mathematics: Samiya Hussain; RE Upper School Prize: Niloufer Yekta; Mrs. S. Almond's Religious Education Trophy & Prize for Outstanding Work during Year 9:Samantha Feeney; Jim Travis Trophy and Prize: Risalat Mahmood; Ismat Ahmed Memorial Trophy and Prize for English at KS3: Hafsa Momoniat; Girls' Lower School PE Trophy and Prize: Antonia Folta; Anthony Rigby Memorial Trophy and Prize for Social Awareness: Hawa Jassat; Mr. Parker's Memorial Prize for Progress: Gagandeep Taneja; ICT Prize:Zain Rana; Mr. Parker's Memorial Prize for the Most Promising Musician: Inayat Jadoon; Andrew Lowther Trophy and Prize for Lower School Boys' PE: Muhammad Patel; BA Systems Technology Trophy and Prize for Outstanding Work in Year 9:Inayat Jadoon; Special School Library Prize: Sarwar Gorji; Mr. C. Williams' Prize for Technology: Wasim Undre; The English Literature Prize:Zohra Butt; The Margaret Whitham Prize for English Language:Kashif Bhatti; Margaret Whitham Trophy for Drama: Samantha Feeney; Mathematics Prize: Adam Kadu; Mrs. M. Lochhead's Prize for Upper School Science for Outstanding Work in the Science Subjects: Usman Mahmood; Rev. Cleaves' Prize for the Best Contribution to Inter-faith Cooperation and Understanding: Haris Qureshi; The Philip Sison Trophy for Practical Work in Science: Basit Tariq; Modern Languages Prize : French: Mohsin Mahmood; Modern Languages Prize : Urdu: Zohra Butt; Shazad Iqbal Memorial Trophy for Cricket: Fawad Hussain; Boys' PE Prize: Soban Mahroof; Mr. Swarbrick's Art Prize: Sameea Patel; Feroza Isa Memorial Trophy for Home Economics: Natasha Akhter; Mahboob Hussain Memorial Trophy for Work in the Community: Minhaz Khelya; Attendance Prize: Zohra Butt; Sixth Former's Trophy: Niloufer Yekta; Overall Caspa Award 2006 - 2007: Taiba Sharif; Remploy Citizenship Award: Inayat Jadoon; Young Enterprise Trophy: Nafisa Suleman; Prize for designing winning logo for Humanities College Status: Sarah Feeney; Headteacher's Prizes: Head Boy 2006 - 2007: Adam Patel and Head Girl 2006 - 2007: Farhaanah Amir; Outstanding Performance at GCSE Examination Level: Zohra Butt; Very Good Performance at GCSE Examination Level: Shamuil Dalvi and Nafisa Suleman.