A SIXTH form student has produced a winning design for the entrance foyer at an East Yorkshire independent school's new Art and Design Technology Centre.

After numerous designs were submitted by pupils of all year groups at Pocklington School, Florence Colbeck's design was selected from a shortlist of ten by the architect of the new building, Simon Mitchell, and Pocklington School headmaster, Mark Ronan.

The design was then laser cut into core-ten steel and positioned in the entrance to the new building. Florence’s intricate drawing is a take on the Pocklington School crest with a nod to both art and design in the written expression 'inspiring creative minds'.

Florence studies A-level art and her career aspirations are centred around studying art history at either the Courtauld Institute of Art in London or Cambridge University.

Dan Cimmermann, head of art at Pocklington School, said: "Florence’s design looks fantastic in the foyer and is a credit to her. To congratulate her we have presented her with a set of oil paints, which I’m sure she will put to good use in her future studies."

Florence commented: “I was delighted that my design had been chosen from the shortlist. I’m frequently inspired by art history for many of my creative pieces. So when looking at the traditional crest on the school blazers, I knew this was something I wanted to centralise the design upon, but done in a way that is as modern as the new Art and Design build."