THE annual awards evening at Berry Hill's Lakers School celebrates more than the successes of the school's brightest pupils – it also awards effort and attitude.
Headteacher Alison Elliott told the Review: "At Lakers we have so many pupils who always give of their best. Many develop into truly excellent members of our community, working consistently, diligently, and, in some cases, very much against the odds."
She said it was those who found achieving difficult, for whatever reason, but who never gave up the struggle who were the true heroes.
The awards evening was a great success, she said, because it celebrated such a wide range of achievements.
Guests included chair of the governors Mr Ben Bennun, Bells Foundation representative Mr Mike Lacey, deputy head of Cheltenham Kingsmead, Mr Tony Chong, and Coun David Clarke.
Awards winners
Humanities: Bethan Burnett, Kieran Bradley, Kirsty Drew, Scott Adams, Rebecca Duggan, Grantley Morgan, Carly Matthews, Richard Booth, Jonathan Martin, Lindsey Carruthers.
Humanities award: Mat-thew Trigg.
Business Studies Award: Phillipa Hatch. Information Technology award: Jessica Pflug.
Physical Education: Alex Porter, Helen Giles, George Deeley, Rebecca Lathey, Matthew Wheeler, Gemma Screen, Andrew Mudway, Sarah Stephens, Christopher Watkins, Emily Mayers.
Sports award for Outstanding Sports achievement: Colin Marangon, Louisa Tait.
Sports award for Outstanding Contribution to Sport: David Drain. Rugby award: Deiniol Bidmead. Netball award: Samantha Carr.
Mathematics: Harry Cole, Stephanie Mills, Brett Parke, Corrina Skelton, Andrew Rosser, Katrina Hoyle, Matthew Trigg, Abigail Jones, Stephen Symonds, Sara Kirby.
Mathematics award: Hannah Rivers.
Technology: David Tyler, Katie Peregreen, Luke Dowle, Lisa Page, Mark Ireland, Emma Cox, Richard Wilson, Deborah Caines, Mark Bennun, Jessica Pflug.
Craft award: Jonathan Bright.
Food Technology award: Lindsey Carruthers.
Technology award: Richard Ballard.
Technology award (met-alwork): Emma Sollis.
Modern Languages: Robert Rudge, Rebecca Rosser, Luke Dowle, Nicola Preston, Philip Jordan, Emma Cox, George Kendall, Leanne Evans, Stephen Symonds, Hanna Rivers.
Modern Language award: Andrew Rosser.
Expressive Arts: Liam Screen, Rachel Brain, Howard Gibbard, Amy Toomer, John Holman Jodie Powell, Jamie Tabberer, Laura Barnett, Gary Jenkins, Emily Mayers.
Arts award: Mark Bennun.
Art and Design award: Jenna Pflug.
Drama award: Rebecca Staniland.
Music award: Lucinda Bick.
English: Robert Rudge, Lisa Hamer, Stephen Roberts, Sarah Wearmouth, Philip Jordan, Amy Wassell, Jamie Tabberer, Gemma Evans, Daniel Lingham, Louise James.
Creative writing award: Edward Risbey.
Science: Harry Cole, Jennifer Howell, William Ruck, Nicola Preston, Joe Yeats, Abigail Jackson, Mark Read, Abigail Jones, Nicholas Harding, Hannah Rivers.
Science and Engineering award: Richard Ballard.
Lower school awards: Peter Ward, Rebecca Rosser; Upper school awards: Nicholas James, Sara Kirby.
Community award: Cheryl Ballard.
Alan Rutt Memorial award for personal achievement: Luke Vincent.
Tony Cleaver's award for outstanding contribution to the life of the school: Mark Read.
Mike Hughes' award: Nicholas Harding.
The Bell's Foundation awards for academic achievement: Edward Risbey, Tamsin Sagar.