A SCHOOL pupil has won a competition to design a logo to combat bullying.

Madyson Alderson, nine, of St Mark's Elmtree CE Primary School, in Stockton, won the competition to design a logo for Stockton Borough Council's anti-bullying service.

The competition, organised by anti-bullying officer Anna-Michele Hantler, ran as part of National Anti-Bullying week.

Madyson received a certificate and £50-worth of vouchers for the school, in addition to a workshop session with dance company Urban Kaos.

The logo will be used in schools that sign up to anti-bullying accreditation and will be launched during next year's anti-bullying week.

Councillor Alex Cunningham, the council's cabinet member for children and young people, said: "Bullying is a very sensitive subject, affecting many people across the country, and I want to congratulate Madyson for all her hard work in creating a logo to raise awareness of it."

Ms Hantler said: " One of the reasons we chose her design is because it had a positive, all-embracing image and is about us all working together to reduce bullying."

The runner-up was Garrin Fearns, ten, from Oakdene Primary School, in Billingham.