PAST and present students gathered at an awards ceremony celebrating their academic and sporting achievements.

More than 400 people attended King James 1 Academy, in Bishop Auckland, to honour successful pupils from the academic year 2014 to 2015.

Trophies, awards and certificates were presented during the event, which assistant headteacher David Shearer hailed as “a great success”.

The award winners were:

Lez Rawe Trophies: Emily Richards & Nicole Humphrey.

Games Trophies: Ava Gowling-Parkin & Sandy Gardner; Samantha Stevens & Leon Davies; Alicia Langley & Callum Thomson; Charlie-Anne Davies & Andrew Coulson.

Daniel Lockey Shield: Charlie-Anne Davies.

Senior prizes. King James 1 Trophy: Emelia Elliott. Douglas Reed Memorial Trophy: Niamh Elliott. Bob Raymond Prize: Ellie Tighe. Robert Niven Prize: Aleena Shakir. Andrew Morrison Prize: Bethany Henderson. Sidney Biggs Memorial Prize: Callum Dixon. Mike Simpson Memorial Prize: Emma Box. Mike Howard Trophy: Jessica Bell. Laurel Award: Conner McEvoy. Specialist Media Award: Lucy Carpenter. Gordon Cup: Daniel Burton; Paige Marshall; Caitlin Gowland.

Year seven New Star awards: Paige Forster; Owen Scorer; Maneet Somal; Jack Abbott; Bethany Ingram; Adam Thompson; Georgia Ayres; Sean Catchpole; Blake Sample; Daveylee Dixon.

Form prizes. Year eight attainment: Jasmine Walton; Beth Hannar; Megan Healey; Tiegan Jardine; Mikey Dodds. Effort: Sam Ord; Morgan Webster; Liam Austin; Oliver Dunn; Neve Mills.

Year nine attainment: Tiegan Canavan; Nicole Humphrey; Marshall Gowland; Anna Barkas; Faye Hindmarch. Effort: Kenny Shevels; Olivia Baronowski; Ellie-Marie Danby; Abbie Fort; Nathan Kitch.

Year ten attainment: Alice Hindmarch; Kennedy Aldsworth; Elliott Hall; Edward Hewitt; Samantha Bennett. Effort: Keira Smith; Rebecca Henry; Charlie Sampson; Josie Potter; Kyle O’Donnell.

Year eleven attainment: Charlie-Anne Davies; Abbie Stephenson; Patrick Coglan; Olivia Stokes; Emily Hope. Effort: Lauren Hunter; Daniel Denham; Emma Brydon; Abby Whitaker; Nicole Watts.

Btec First awards. Business: Sophie Mundell. Health and Social Care: Emma Box. ICT: Patrick Coglan. Media: Bethany Lewis-Burrows. Music: Lucas Hughes. Sport: Georgina Young. Travel and Tourism: Georgina Young.

Sixth form subject prizes: Applied Science: Callum Dixon. Art: Rebecca Dunn. Business Studies: Luke Whitfield. Childcare: Jodie Kitching. Creative Writing: Robyn Edwards. Drama: Daniel Walker. English: Kayleigh Stevenson. Geography: Charlotte Brannan. History: Luke Whitfield. ICT: Bailey Hymas. Mathematics: Ellen Dinning. Further Maths: Ryan Baker. Performing Arts: Laura Newton. Physics: Lucas Bourne. Psychology: Abbey Chester. Photography: Callum Dixon. Sociology: Laura Park. BTEC Business: Bethany Mason. BTEC Health & Social Care: Mary-Ann Torr. BTEC Media: Amy Thompson. BTEC MGFA: James Marley. BTEC Music: Bradley Jackson. BTEC Sport: Ellen Dinning. BTEC Travel: Victoria Lee.