Staff at South Craven School were startled to encounter one of their former pupils visiting their school as an auditor!

Ben Binks was a student at the Cross Hills school from 2003 to 2010.

A spokesman for the school said: “Fresh from obtaining a first class honours degree from Hull University in accounting, Ben landed a job with Baker Tilly, a national firm of accountants.

“He found to his surprise that his first assignment was to help audit South Craven’s accounts as part of his training.”