More than 50 brainboxes from one in Hounslow school have been accepted by Mensa.

Some 56 students from The Heathland School qualified for the exclusive society, membership of which is reserved for those with an IQ in the top 2% of the population.

Nearly half of the 120 most gifted pupils in Years 7 to 10 were chosen to sit the exam in the summer as part of the school 's 'Most Able' programme.

Remarkably, six students in Year 8 and one in Year 9 achieved the maximum possible score of 162.

They are: Mohammed Bora, Nauman Nadeem, Tripti Kohli, Rehan Fonseka, Kavneet Gil, Rani Agarwal and Sachi Sahi.

Headteacher Harinder Pattar said: "These are clearly very bright pupils at The Heathland who should be challenged by the school's curriculum and hopefully in due course will go onto study at the best universities in England."

Mensa was formed in Oxford in 1946 and has more than 110,000 members across the world who are invited to regular events and receive the society's monthly magazine.