STUDENTS were given tuition from the top when an award-winning poet took up residence in their school.

Adisa, a former New Performance Poet of the Year, has taken up a three-day post at Hurworth School Maths and Computing College, near Darlington.

Pupils from years eight and nine were entertained by recitals and took part in workshops to devise their own pieces. Poems were also made into songs for the children.

Adisa, from London, will be in school until tomorrow and tutors said his visit has had a noticeable effect on pupils.