HUNDREDS of proud parents and relatives watched their children be rewarded for their hard work at a school's annual awards ceremony.

Last night, Hurworth School held its 13th Lower School Evening to Celebrate Achievement.

As well as the presentation of awards, The Northern Echo's deputy editor Chris Lloyd gave a talk and Katie Coleman sang KT Tunstall's On the Other Side of the World.

Teacher Rita Rees, who organised the event, said it was to recognise the hard work done by the pupils over the previous year.

She said: "About 150 children have got awards for a variety of different things.

"The evening acknowledges and recognises all sorts of different achievements. They've all worked extremely hard to get these awards."

The full list of recipients is as follows - Prizes for exceptional performance, English: Year 7, Rhiann McAlister; Year 8 Jack Barron; Year 9, Aarun Toor. FC Coleman Prize for English: Lee Marshall and Catrina Dulston. Reginald Gray Prize for English: Ryan Davies and Nicholas Wiper. Religious studies: Year 7, Peter Smith; Year 8, Ben Turnbull; Year 9, Joe Jackson.

Mathematics: Year 7, Abigail Neasham; Year 8, Simon Walton and Sarah Parsons; Year 9, Lucy Appleby.

Science: Year 7, Abigail Neasham; Year 8, Danny Smith; Year 9, Sam Dunphy. Mr Morris's Shield for the best performance in the Science Standard Assessment Test: Year 9, Jessica Cotty.

Modern foreign languages: Year 7, French, Jonathan Holcroft; Year 8, French, Gerry Hart, German, Beth Ward; Year 9, French, Ashley Freeman, German, Jessica Cotty.

Year 9, entry level French certificates: Ellie Abel, Nathan Bickerton, Hannah Bradford, Sophie Carvell, Melissa Causer, Scott Crosby, Chloe Dempster, Gemma Eddy, Rebecca Edwards, Emily Fryett, Dean Gamble, David Graham, Sam Hadland, Marcus Hall, Colleen Halstead, Jack Howden, Craig Leach, Dee Maratheftis, Lee Marshall, Sam McGlynn, James McKnight, Michael Myers, James Nevens, Jonathan Rhoades, Chloe Roberts, Liam Robinson, Mark Sunley, Lewis Swainston, Lewis Thubron, Kelly Ward, Adam Young.

History: Year 7, Zach Freak; Year 8, Gerry Hart; Year 9, Josh Phillips. James Barningham scholarship for humanities: Year 9, Matthew Anderson and Jessica Cotty.

Geography: Year 7, Zach Freak; Year 8, Nathan Walls; Year 9, Nicole Mackenzie. Design and technology: Year 7, Emma Crawford; Year 8, Ryan Gayles; Year 9, Catrina Dulston.

Clara Lucas Awards: Year 7, Bradley Freeman, Rhiann McAlister; Year 8, Simon Walton, Katie Rickerby; Year 9, Sam Dunphy, Jessica Cotty, Josh Phillips, Laura Charlton, Matthew Anderson, Ashley Freeman.

ICT: Year 7, Rebecca Stewart; Year 8, Andrew Lowis; Year 9, Hillie Corr.

ECDL: Year 9, Matthew Anderson, Lucy Appleby, James Bell, Beth Chown, Hillie Corr, Jessica Cotty, Jamie Currie, Sam Dunphy, Bradley Dye, Ashley Freeman, Karen Jackson, Natalie Kemble, Adam Kirkpatrick, Nicole Mackenzie, Kate McLoughlin, Hayley Moohan, Josh Phillips, Siobhan Stephen, Louise Wright.

Art: Year 7, Charlotte Hall; Year 8, Rachael Kitching; Year 9, Carla Jenkinson. Art GCSE certificates and awards: Year 9, Laura Charlton, Jasmin Edwards, Ashley Freeman, Alycia Hodgson, Karen Jackson, Hayley Moohan, Emma Shotton, Thomas Younger.

Music: Year 7, Rhiann McAlister; Year 8, Rachael Kitching; Year 9, Jasmin Edwards.

RSL foundation graded examination in music performance: Year 8, Vocals Grade 3 (with distinction), Katie Coleman. Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music certificates: Year 8, Grade 1 Violin, Katie Johnston; Grade 2 Violin, Sarah Parsons; Year 9, Grade 1 Violin, Kate McLoughlin; Grade 1 Violin, Grade 1 Piano, Alice Sharp.

Physical education: Year 7, Jack Carr; Year 8, Kelly Rutherford; Year 9, Gemma Eddy.

Football Trophy and certificates: Year 9, Darlington Schools' FA Cup Winners 2007, Captain: Jack Howden; Team, Nathan Bickerton, Sam Dunphy, Bradley Dye, James Hobson, Michael Hudspith, Joe Jackson, Dale Johnston, Sam McGlynn, Josh Phillips, Bruno Pilatos, Sam Pow, Josh Ratchford, Grant Robinson, Ben Sanderson, Lewis Swainston.

Sports Colours: Year 7, William Crossen (cross-country), Sophie Johnstone (swimming), Lucy Lupton (athletics), Rhiann McAlister (netball), Jack McKay (football and cricket), Thomas Pilkington (athletics), Charlotte Stanton (cross-country), Danny Stevens (swimming), Georgina Taylor (netball), Daniel Weldon (cricket); Year 8, Alex Bartle (cross-country), Lewis Foster (cricket), Rachel Guest (netball), Andrew Hunt (football and cricket), Sarah Parsons (rugby), Aaron Silliker (athletics), Rebecca Trenholme (cross-country and swimming), Simon Walton (swimming), Beth Weller (football, netball and athletics); Year 9, Ellie Abel (football), Sarah Baker (orienteering), Ashley Freeman (rugby), Annie Hall (athletics), Becky Millard (netball and cross-country), Bruno Pilatos (athletics), Anna Robinson (rugby), Ben Sanderson (football and cross-country), Alice Sharp (swimming).

100 per cent attendance: Year 7, Daniel Carr, Emily Chapman, Sophie Johnstone, Thomas Metcalfe-Evans, Catherine Neasham, Samuel Webster; Year 8, Richard Dinsdale, David Freak, Ryan Gayles, Rachel Guest, John Hodgson, William Sandick, Jake Stewart, Ben Turnbull, Rebecca Verity; Year 9, Jessica Cotty, Catrina Dulston, Autumn Graham, Hayley Moohan, Bruno Pilatos, Ben Sanderson.

Red Star awards: Year 7, Zach Freak, Jonathan Holcroft, Robert Moncur, Emma Crawford, Rhiann McAlister, Rebecca Stewart; Year 8, Ryan Gayles, Joe Griffiths, Simon Walton, Carly Glen, Sarah Parsons, Beth Ward; Year 9, David Graham, Michael Myers, Kyle Shaw, Hannah Bradford, Gemma Eddy, Chloe Roberts.

Pastoral awards: Year 7, Arran Stephen, Olivia Brown; Year 8, Taylor Cardus, Katie Johnston; Year 9, Nick Barnard, Ashley Freeman.

SAT awards: Level 7 in English, Becky Fielden, Kate McLoughlin, Hayley Moohan; Level 7 in science SAT, Nahla Ashour, James Bell, Elliot Brooks, Beth Chown, Brandon Horner, Nicole Waters, Louise Wright; Level 8 in mathematics, Sophie Hammler, Michael Hudspith, Adam Kirkpatrick, Nicole Mackenzie, Siobhan Stephen; Level 7 in science and Level 8 in mathematics, Matthew Anderson, Abigail Boyd, Jamie Currie, Sam Dunphy, Diya Ghosh; Level 7 in English and science and Level 8 in mathematics, Lucy Appleby, Laura Charlton, Jessica Cotty, Ashley Freeman, Josh Phillips.

Excellent progress in key stage 3: science, Catrina Dulston, Dean Gamble, Lee Marshall, Chloe Roberts; mathematics, Jamie Currie, Callum Leach, Josh Lyle, Josh Phillips; English, Sophie Carvell, Gemma Eddy, Jack Howden, Dee Maratheftis.