HOLSWORTHY student Emily Horn has won 'Outstanding BTEC Student in Sport' at the first National BTEC Awards, held in London on Thursday, July 7.

The ceremony was held in recognition of the nearly one million students around the country who are studying BTEC qualifications this year. Pearson, who own Edexcel, the awarding body for BTECs, announced that it was inviting nominations for the National BTEC Awards in April 2011.

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