Students and staff at Soham Village College are celebrated after claiming a top arts award.

The college has been awarded an Artsmark Gold award from Arts Council England for their work in encouraging its students into arts subjects and achieving successful exam results last summer.

The award celebrates achievement in art and design, drama, music and dance.

A college spokesman said: “The panel were so impressed by the arts provision at SVC that we skipped the silver award and they put us straight to gold on first application!

“This award identifies Soham Village College as a centre of excellence in arts provision.”