Sixth Form pupils Jake Luscombe and William Webb were both winners in the Mole Valley Youth Showcase awards. Jake received the Youth Art and Design Award and William was the Community Spirit Award winner. The boys are pictured right with the teachers who nominated them for the awards, Sue Harmon, Head of Art, and Judith Fowler who is reponsible for the School's Community Service Unit.

Mark Mortimer, Deputy Headmaster, said: "We are very proud of both boys who are a credit to the School and worthy recipients of their awards. Jake is a talented deisgner and artist who has produced some exceptional work in his time at St John's. We are very keen for our pupils to leave here with a sense of their responsibility to the local community. William exemplifies this with his cheerful and selfless work helping others."

Jake recently achieved 100% in GCSE Art and for his Design and Technology coursework resulting in the award of a national Arkwright Scholarship for Design and Technology and a St John's Art scholarship. He is hoping to go on to study Aeronautical Engineering at university.

Jake's Kitchen Sink artwork (left) was one of three pieces of his work on display in the Art Exhibition staged at the Awards evening at Dorking Halls.

William, along with many St John's pupils, is very involved in community service. He regularly visits the Beeches, teaches IT to the elderly at the Fairfield Centre and took part in an enterprise competition at Westhill School, a local special needs school. William is a regular visitor to Pitstop, the centre for the lonely and homeless in Leatherhead and raised £500 to fund Christmas presents for visitors to this centre based at Leatherhead Football Club - he is pictured right with Pitstop helpers.