STUDENTS from Huddersfield New College celebrated their success at the college's annual awards evening.

More than 400 people attended the event at the Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield. Most were students who had left in the summer and included special guest the Mayor of Kirklees, Clr Margaret Fearnley.

College principal Philip Forrest, praised the 626 students who gained A-levels with a 97% pass rate.

He said: "The results are particularly pleasing when you compare the actual grades achieved by the students with the predicted grades based on their performance at GCSE level.

"They place the college in the top 10 of sixth-form colleges nationally."

Prizewinners included:

Art, Colette Dyson; graphic art, Natalie Gaskell; biology, Asghar Ayub; human biology, Richard Miles; business studies AVCE, Neal Ricketts; chemistry, Warren Vickery; community service, Ruqayyah Ghani; design (resistant materials) Martin Carr; design (graphic products) Joanna Mitchell; design (systems and control), Rajinder Singh; economics, Atia Iram; engineering, Neil Goodwin; English language, Ian Darlington; English lang/lit combined, Claire Whitworth; geography, Ian Darlington; health and social care, Charlene Hudson; history, Fiona Evers; information technology, Samuel Eccles; journalism, Crystal Sutton; languages, Neil Goodwin; law, Rosemary Brough; mathematics, Gary Ho and Warren Vickery; media studies, Liam Patton; business studies, Laura Miller; performance and drama, Joshua Parker; performance Studies, Rebecca Sheldon; drama and theatre studies, Lewis Richardson; physics, Warren Richardson and Gary Ho; psychology, Atia Iram; science, Kirstie Armitage; sociology, James Racher; sport, Clare Buckley and Alex Griffiths; BTEC National sport science, Zoe Barratt and Nicola Wilde; sports studies, Sharon Robinson; tourism, Nargas Nasim.

Claire Pickles Prize for English Literature-Daniel Micklethwaite; Ateeq Rehman Prize for Tourism-Prabhjot Singh; Robert Heyes Prize for Music Technology- Matthew Royal; Huddersfield Textile Society Prize for Art - Gemma Gilleard and Megan Sykes. Contribution to college music, Robyn Wood.