Monday, 19th March saw six former Norton Hill and Midsomer Norton Sixth Form students travel to St James’s Palace in London to receive their Gold Duke of Edinburgh award certificates from Prince Edward.

Katie Belson, Dan Jennings, Olivia Tucker, Olivia Sheppard, Cosima Burgess and Owen Hapgood attended along with friends and family to celebrate their achievement.

The Gold award is a fantastic accomplishment which represents the result of hundreds of hours and a lot of hard work across all sections of the award: the four-day expedition, the five-day residential project, and the sport, skill and volunteering sections. Other students will receive their awards at the next set of presentations in May.

Well done to all of the students on achieving this prestigious award.