STUDENTS from a Bradford school took one of the top spots in a national space competition and won a trip to a space camp in Cornwall. 

Five students from years 7 and 8 from Carlton Bolling, Bradford will be attending the camp to boost their confidence and aspirations.

Bristol Metropolitan Academy and Fairfield High School from Bristol; Carlton Bolling College in Bradford; Ark All Saints Academy in Camberwell, London; and Mounts Bay Academy in Penzance, Cornwall have been named as the five national winners in the JET to Space competition.

The four-day residential will take place between July 11 and July 14.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Tim Rogers speaking to students about the competition and the launch of the satellite Tim Rogers speaking to students about the competition and the launch of the satellite

The competition was run by youth charity the Jon Egging Trust and aimed at schools in areas of the UK where employment opportunities are lacking, and families face hardship and adversity.

Carlton Bolling applied for the competition and won a place in the schools selected. A competition was then held in school for the five lucky students who would be selected.

200 entries were judged by Tim Rogers from Future Transformation and five winners were selected.

Assistant Headteacher, Matt Campbell, from Carlton Bolling says it is difficult to put into words the impact of the achievement.

He said: “As a school, we are absolutely thrilled to learn that we are one of the winning schools.

“As a Science Faculty we are always encouraging our students to be curious and inquisitive about science; to have the opportunity to do this outside the classroom and on such an important subject is very exciting.

“Our students will benefit from this experience from the minute they set off to the minute they return.

“We as a school pride ourselves on the personal development of our students and this will be a wonderful opportunity to do things they have never done before.

“Some of our students have never left their local area, let alone been involved in something as exciting as a residential.”

 “For many of our students, this will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do things they have never done before and go places they may never visit again.

“The students we serve work hard and demonstrate a great deal of resilience every day.

“As a school, we are pleased and proud that we can reward them with an experience as exciting as this.”

This competition is linked to the UK’s first satellite launch this summer and Highlights of the JET to Space camp include a VIP tour of Spaceport Cornwall, a robotics and rocket propulsion challenge at RAF St Mawgan, and a chance to complete the Cornish Challenge; a surf and coasteering adventure which explores Cornwall’s extraordinary marine conservation areas.

Jon Egging Trust CEO, Dr Emma Egging OBE, “like to extend my sincere congratulations to our five winning JET to Space schools who demonstrated in their entries just what a profound effect the camp will have on their students.”