'Beanz meanz fundz' at Steyning Grammar

The school's sixth-formers raised more than 1,500 for the charity through events including a baked bean bath, a quiz with a "geek chic" theme and a sale of flapjacks, gingerbread men and Fairtrade chocolate.

The majority of events were organised by year-12 students, with the sixth form's year-13 charity committee members taking a back seat.

Cathy McDonald-Bowyer, one of the deputy directors of the sixth form, said it had been most students' first time organising such a large-scale fund-raiser.

"This year was just phenomenal," she said. "It really was everyone '“ every form, every tutor group. We raised three times as much as we normally do."

Sixth-form students and pupils at neighbouring St Andrew's Primary School have every right to smile.

More than 2,000, the amount they raised between them, exceeds the total made by all other organisations who contacted the Steyning Herald and Shoreham Herald put together.

Mrs McDonald-Bowyer joked: "I don't think I have recovered yet. I am so shattered. It was absolutely fantastic. We were really pleased, delighted."

'¢ See this week's Steyning Herald for a picture special on the sixth form's fund-raising efforts.