Red carpet treatment for college's exceptional students at annual awards ceremony

Jade being presented with her well deserved award

The red carpet was laid out at the Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth, to welcome The Bournemouth & Poole College’s award winning students for 2014.

The plush De Vere Suite was the perfect setting, as more than 100 parents , staff and students, applauded the awarding of this year’s prizes for the college’s truly exceptional students.

A special catwalk provided the platform for a fantastic forties and fifties fashion show, laid on by fashion students from the college’s Design & Creative Arts department. There was also music and vocals from students Kaia Vieria, Evie Rickard Saggs, Adam Payne and Fern Pritchard.

Special guest for the evening was Ashley John Baptiste, who spoke inspirationally about his personal battle through a troubled childhood, his successes at Oxford University, and how he went to the brink of TV stardom on X factor before turning his attention to punditry and a job at the BBC.

There was high praise for staff and parents from college Principal Lawrence Vincent, but as ever the stars of the show were the students, and especially those singled out for the awards.

There was a huge ovation for Jade Hutchings who in 2012 survived a serious road accident. She was overall winner of the year’s Most Exceptional Student – a remarkable week for her as she begins an apprenticeship at the Lighthouse Theatre in Poole.

The list of award winners 2014…

Exceptional Student of the Year: Jade Hutchings

Design & Creative Arts:  Karl King, Jack Woolston and Aaron Burden

Hair & Beauty: Tamryn Goddard, Callie Emerton and Zhenzhen Lin

Business: Iris Mlambo, Micha Wells and Jarrad Southern

Health and Early Years: James Dymott, Bethany Ford and Mia Oliver

Care and Education: Dawn Kilshawe-Fall, Sasha Champ and Andrea Long

Construction: Sam Furmidge, Jason Sheppard and Logan Davies

Foundation: Mia Monsees, Ryan Turner, Callum Williams

Social and Applied Sciences: Emma Cheeseman, Sam Fudge, Rabbai Galenzoga

Hospitality and Tourism: Anthony Bull, Benjamin Whyte, Katherine Alford, Emily Briggs, Jade Hutchings

Music: Jack Bond, Nicholas Cowan, Georgina Smith, Eve Terry

Performing Arts: Hugo Lucas-Rowe, Liam Lloyd

Humanities, Uniformed Services Science & Sport: Gabriella Baldacchino and Georgie Slater

Sixth Form: Lewis Backon, Laima Zirne, Anvarjon Mukhammadaminov

Management Administration and IT: Roxana Raducan, Francis Davis, Sophie Marchant

Welfare Support: Bronte Webster, Lisa Oldfield and Bethany Ford

Learning Support: Tia Druce, Mia Oliver, Callum Lawley

Volunteering: Ruth Jennings, Mo Khalifa and Skye Miller

Apprentice of the Year: Emma Ings