STUDENTS from Tenbury have been marking the ‘road of Rio'.

The students from the Tenbury High School Ormiston Academy took part in an event to celebrate the forthcoming Olympic Games.

Hundreds of students from the school took part in the first Ormiston Academies Trust Olympic Games, ‘Road to Rio’, which was held at the Northwood Stadium in Stoke-on-Trent.

More than 600 students from five Ormiston academies – including Tenbury took part in the games which were officially opened by the guest of honour, Paralympic Games silver medallist Mel Clarke.

The Games, true to the real thing, included an opening ceremony – but featured a dance-off between the academies with each representing a different country.

Students also had the opportunity to hold a real Olympic torch, brought by Mel Clarke.

The event was made possible with sponsorship from Ormiston Trust, a national charity aimed at improving the life chances of children and young people, and which established Ormiston Academies Trust.

These games are part of Ormiston Academies Trust’s (OAT) wider commitment to providing its students with a rich variety of enrichment opportunities outside of the classroom. OAT was praised recently for this very commitment by former Education Secretary Nicky Morgan.