Year 10 student Haseeb Rauf was today called in to see the Headteacher for some excellent news.

Haseeb, who is 15 and in 10 Gregory was told that he has been awarded the April Jack Petchey Award .

Mr Halliwell went on to explain: “Lots of teachers put Haseeb’s name forward for this award and commented how kind and caring he is. Kindness should never be underestimated, it is such a lovely quality to possess. Haseeb also does excellent mentoring work with the HeadStart programme and is a role model for the younger students. He really does deserve his award.”

Haseeb is deciding how to spend his £250 award money.