STUDENTS at Sparsholt College took centre stage at an education Sunday service at Winchester Cathedral.

They were joined by teenagers from Andover College for the service.

The annual service which included presentations by Sparsholt horticulture students and a musical and dance performance by Andover College students, celebrates the Cathedral’s and Diocese’s involvement with education and the work of students, teachers, academics, governors and policy makers at all levels of education.

Principal of Sparsholt College Tim Jackson was joined by Andover College chairman Michael Coombes and President Lord Selborne.

During his address he spoke of the focus at Sparsholt in developing professional and technical skills for careers in the land-based industries.

He also mentioned the growing and ever successful Andover College, which last year achieved 100 per cent pass rate for A Levels and is in the top 10 per cent and 25 per cent in the country for value added at AS level and A Level respectively. During the service Sparsholt Horticulture students shared and explained their designs for the Lady Chapel Garden, the section of garden which has much wider planting and is designed to give a variety of form and colour throughout the year by the use of a careful mix of flowering and foliage plants.