HARD working teenagers were congratulated at a secondary all-girl school’s annual awards evening.

More than 100 pupils were honoured at Bentley Wood High School in Bridges Road, Stanmore, for a range of talents, both academic and otherwise, during a ceremony on Thursday evening.

Assistant headteacher Caroline Pretty said: “The evening was a great success and all the parents were proud of their daughters, as was everybody at the school.

“We are very proud of our students’ achievements and we like to celebrate how well they have done.”

The headteacher’s award for Key Stage 3 went to Shereen Abedi-Grainger, 14, for scooping the best results in her year at last year’s year nine tests, while the Key Stage 4 award was won by Amani Saleh, 16, for her oustanding GCSE results.

The Key Stage 5 award was collected by ex-sixth former Azelea Rushd, 18, who achieved two A* grades and an A grade in psychology, biology and chemistry A-levels last summer and is now studying medicine at King’s College London.

The Toms Award was handed to 17-year-old Jade Chauhan for her musical achievements.

Ms Pretty said: “She really is an excellent singer and always performs in the community concerts we have. She left the school at the end of last year but still comes in to run a workshop for our young carers, and is a carer herself.”

The recipient of the Millice Gibbs Award was Nevra Ozer, 16, who has special educational needs and worked hard to obtain some excellent results.

The New Leaf Award winner was Chantelle Macdonald, 17, who had joined the school late in the year from another school but still performed well.

Guest speakers were the Deputy Mayor of Harrow, Councillor Nizam Ismail, who recounted the story of his own daughter who attended the school and is now a consultant dermatologist, and former pupil Ruby McGregor-Smith, who is chief executive at Mitie Group and was made CBE by The Queen in the New Year’s Honours List.

Mrs McGregor-Smith gave those attending the event an inspirational speech about women in business and how to achieve highly as an Asian woman.