PUPILS in Thornbury have been celebrating the end of another school year with a prestigious awards ceremony.

More than 140 awards were presented during the annual Achievement Evening held at The Castle School this week.

The event is held at the end of each academic year to celebrate pupils' achievements at the school.

This year's awards were presented by local racing horse trainer, Paul Nicholls.

Melanie Warnes, headteacher at Castle School, said: "We are immensely proud of the pupils' achievements and this year more awards than ever before were given.

"The evening was an outstanding success and a culmination of all the work staff, students and governors at Castle School have put in during the current academic year.

"The achievement evening is part of our established programme of events. It is now in its third year and to date more than 300 students have been recognised in this way."

Awards were given to 145 pupils from Year Seven through to Year 13. The awards were given for achievement in different subjects as well as contribution to the school community, endeavour and services to Castle School.

Jordan-Cyrus Seyedi, 14 and a Year Nine pupil, walked away with an award for his achievement in humanities.

The young scholar said: "The evening was very overwhelming. It felt really good to be there and it made you feel all the hard work you had put in through the year had paid off.

"There were only so many awards for each subject so to be presented for one out of the whole school was really good and made the night special."

Emily Craig, aged 12 and a Year Seven pupil, received an award for her work in science.

She said: "My parents were really pleased for me, especially because of the science. The evening was really formal and posh, which made it even more special. It felt really good to be recognised by the school."

Other special guests at the evening included Mayor of Thornbury Bob Griffin and Cllr Brian Freeguard, chairman of South Gloucestershire Council.