PRIZE after prize was handed out to students to celebrate their success at high school.

Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School held its annual speech night where last summer’s students received their certificates.

The school ceremony saw GCSE certificates given out, subject prizes awarded as well as special awards for hard work and dedication.

Former students were joined by their teachers, the headteacher Mr Trevor Elkington and special guest Sky News producer katrina Bishop.

Mr Elkington praised the teenagers during the event last night.

He said: “We share the delight of our students’ in the wonderful GCSE results they have achieved.

“The hard work of the young people and their teachers’ has certainly paid off and they thoroughly deserve this high level of success.

“Out of the top 35 students, all of whom have gained five A* grades or more, it is pleasing to note that 25 of these are boys as we have been working towards narrowing the gender gap in line with national initiatives.”

Subject Prizes And Achievement Awards

The Richard Karoo Fellowship for Academic Excellence - Elizabeth Ainsworth, Simon Allan The George Allen Memorial Trophy for Music - Danielle Rivett The Music Cup - Chalcedony Williams The Dr. P. Lord and O. M. Holt Memorial Prize for Music - Jack Westerman The Upper Sixth English Prize (Mr. R. G. Phillips) - Christina McMahon The Upper Sixth Prize for Theatre Studies (Mr. R. G. Phillips) - Rosemary Berkon The Speak Without Fear Prize for Theatre Studies - Corey Beardsmore The Media Studies Prize - Kieron Moore The Freda Ebden Memorial Prize for English - Rachel Haworth The Jack E. Barnes Cup for English (GCSE) - Bobby Thompson The Jane Biran Prize for English Linguistics (A' Level) - Rachel Bond The Mrs L Taylor Prize for Outstanding Achievement in GCSE English Literature - Emily Oldfield The Mrs L Taylor Prize for Outstanding Achievement in A' Level English Literature - Toby Craddock The Neil McRobert Prize for English Literature - Bethan Gregory The Linda & Tony Fuller Award for Maths & Science - Amy Hughes The Dorothy Moore Mathematics Prize - Jacques Dark The Year 10 Mathematics Prize (Mrs B. J. White) - Thomas Grundy, Sam Kitson-Platt The Michael Churnside Mathematics Prize for Endeavour - Lauren Jones The Christopher Moylan Accounting Prize - Bonnie Smith The Madison Filter Ltd. Prize for Economics - Miles Thomson The NatWest Bank Prize for Economics - Simon Allan The Howard Jackson Trophy for Business Studies - Sophie Barcroft The Kingfisher Partnership Prize for Business Studies - James Greenwood The William Copley French Prize - Lee Grimshaw The George & Mai Holt Languages Prize - Bethan Gregory The D. A. Parkinson & D. T. Ward Abenteuerlicher Simplicissisimus Preis fur Germanistick- Marc Caine The J. E. Macleroy Modern Languages Prize - Nadiyah Abdullatif The E. A. Whittaker Memorial Prize for German - Chalcedony Williams The F. Harding Geography Prize - Sarah Kipps The M. Spencer A' Level Geography Prize - James Lester The Dorothy Chadwick Sixth Form History Prize - James Greenwood, Rachel Meacher The Year 11 History Prize (Margaret Moore) - Benjamin Atueyi The Astech Consultants Award for ICT (GCSE) - Maggie Edwards The Astech Consultants Award for ICT (A' Level) - Amelia Payton The Astech Consultants Award for Computing (A' Level) - Luke Pauline The R. L . Hutchinson Memorial Prize for Technology (A' Level) - Kevan Gilligan The R. L. Hutchinson Memorial Prize for Technology (GCSE) - Andrew Wilson The Jill Hughes Prize for Food Technology - Emma Wilson The James E. Horrocks Biology Prize - Rachel Brooks The Philip & Cynthia Clark Prize for Science - Sophie-Elise Horrocks The Glovers Project Services Prize for Effort in Physics - Harry Hedley The E. H. Holden Memorial Prize for Science - Jacques Dark The Lynzee McShea Biology Prize - Bethany Hayden-Pawson The Martyn Morris Prize for Chemistry - Anna Shahid