STAFF and pupils at Barnard Castle School strutted their stuff on the catwalk to raise money to send their sports teams round the world.

The recent fashion show raised more than £750 and is the latest bid to raise cash for a summer sports tour of New Zealand.

Teacher Tanya Broadbent said: "This is the third fundraising fashion show I've organised and I was really pleased with the turnout and the audience response. Our budding models did a fine job."

Barnard Castle School stages an international tour every year alternating between sports teams and musicians.

This year it is the turn of about 40 girls and boys who will tour New Zealand in July to play hockey and rugby.

Deputy headteacher Oliver Marlow said: "Nothing expands the horizons quite as well as foreign travel and our pupils will not only get the chance to play some of the most talented sportsmen in the world but also experience a different way of life.

"If previous tours are anything to go by, the children will come back a lot richer and more rounded for the experience."