STUDENTS and staff at Wolsingham School and Community College celebrated a successful year at a presentation evening last night.

Pupils achieved excellent examination results, produced a show, made several trips abroad and earned a national Sportsmark Award, despite a range of problems including the foot-and-mouth outbreak, flooding and the end of an extensive building programme at the college.

Headteacher Mitch O'Riley said: "Pupils and staff overcame many difficulties to contribute to another outstanding year.

"They produced excellent exam results, and the experiment to take GCSEs in year ten and AS-Levels in year 11 worked very well and will be repeated."

Guest speaker Austin McNamara, executive director of the Learning and Skills Council in County Durham, presented the awards.

Prizewinners were: Special achievement, Headteacher's prize Jo-Jo Oldham; the Michael Wright Award: Helen Foster; the Diana Princess of Wales Award: Julie-Ann Collingwood; the Hayes Trophy: Robin Oliver; the Devereux Homecare Shield: Rebecca Hodgson; the Buckle Cup: Christopher Moore; the Robinson Cup: Zachary Hutchings; the Barrington Award: Maeve Cohen, Shaun Dixon; Wolsingham and Wear Valley Student Bursaries: Ian Gray, Hayley Scott; Sixth Form Shield: Julie Nattrass; Key Stage Four: Jo-Jo Oldham; Key Stage Three: Anna Donaghy.

Progress Prizes, Key Stage Three: year seven, Emma Morgan, Michaela Raynor, Lauren Wright, Dean Gibson, Laura Wilkinson, Katy Gunning, Katherine Gordon. year eight, Kimberley White, Joanne Binks, Ashleigh Maddison, Jay Wotherspoon, Adam Taylor, Samir Boubalouta, Kim Roberts. year nine, Adam Steel, Megan Hatto, Nicholas Rees, Anna Pickering, Rebecca Lee, Duncan Rogers. Best SATS, Anna Donaghy, Maeve Cohen, Shaun Dixon, Christopher Coxon, Winnie Ho, Natasha Kerr, Duncan Rogers, Joe Donachy, Scott Dunkinson, Thom Gill, Paul Ginsberg, Lindsay Hamilton, Megan Hatto, Anthony Lee, Nicholas Rees, Sinead Savory, Andrew Turner.

Key Stage Four: year ten, Matthew Hanlon, Tessa Roberts, John-Lee Morton, Laura Cook, Hayley Fenwick, Andrew Reed. Best GCSE, Tessa Roberts, Helen Coatsworth, Amy Dalton, Hannah Dalton, Megan Mayhew, Cheryl McGee, Sarah Milbourne, Christopher Moore, Natalie Morton, Alex Spooner, Gary Strong.

Year 11, Joanne Rowley, Tabitha Willis, Katie Metcalfe, Kate Farrow, Susie Cottrell, Daniel Evans. Best GCSE, Abigail Blackie, Jo-Jo Oldham, Emma Robson, Iain Kelly, Beccy Middleton, Ann Marie Burke, Sarah Dowson, Susie Cottrell, Bennath Evea, Kirk Vitty, Ben Johnson, Gemma Stewart, Hannah Cottrell, Gabriella White, Nicola Chrisp, Lucy Kilgariff, Emma Holmes, Catriona Maddocks, Helen Peart, Ben Turnbull, Bethan Maddocks. Mentor Awards: James Coxon, Andrew Powley, Mark Wright. Best AS, Jo-Jo Oldham, Steven Craggs, Bennath Evea, Iain Kelly, Kirk Vitty.

Key Stage Five: year 12, Katey Lonsdale, Helen Gray, Emma Knaggs, Nicholas Simpson, Jamie Stansfield. Year 13, Darren Edwards, Hayley Scott, Nicola Kerr, Ruth Wilson. Best Results, Alexandra Long, Ian Gray. Engineering Education Scheme: Helen Ginsberg, Mark Robinson, Nicholas Simpson, Sharon Smith, Jamie Stansfield.

Vocational awards: Best GNVQ, Advanced Leisure and Tourism, Helen Hogarth; Advanced Business, Christine Roddam; Advanced Health and Social Care, Heather Gwynette; Community Sports Leaders, Kimberley Davies.

Curriculum awards: Art, Vicky Smith; Drama, Emma Coxon; Music, Winnie Ho; Stanhope Choral Society Prize, Helen Tanner; PE, Natalie Clark, Michael Coulthard; Geography, Alan Scott; History, Gemma Strong; RE, Jill Nattrass.

Core subjects: French, Amber Chatwin; Spanish, Hannah Cottrell; German, Gabriella White; Electronics, Ben Johnson; Science, William Price; Agriculture and Horticulture, David Richardson; English KS3, Anna Donaghy; English KS4, Abigail Blackie; Maths, Jo-Jo Oldham; Technology, Danny Richardson; The Pinkney Cup, Brian Turner; Food Technology, Amy Littlejohns.

Vocational studies: IT, Helen Foster; Business, Bennath Evea; Leisure and Tourism, Faye Woodhall; Health and Social Care, Emma Robson; Combined studies, Peter Woodhall; ASDAN Bronze, James Gardner, Ross Hodgson, Dean Riches.

100 per cent attendance: Five years, Kathleen Bradwell, Nicola Chrisp, Ka Chun Lam; three years, Marie Louise Chamberlain, Hannah Dalton, Sam Evea, Ann Marie Storey; two years, Ann-Marie Burke, Kimberley White.