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A competition that gives schools the opportunity to develop their own unique websites has once again proved how much talent there is in Coventry and Warwickshire.

Young people from nine schools in the region took part in the competition run by the Coventry Branch of the British Computer Society and were given prizes at an award ceremony at Coventry University earlier this week.

Prizes were awarded for different age groups.  Two of the five first prize awards went to pupils from Heart of England Business and Enterprise School.  The other major prizes were awarded to teams from King Henry VIII School, Etone College Nuneaton and Bablake School.

Heart of England School Year 8 pupil Matthew Brookes created a web site to help others learn foreign language skills.  Oliver Davenport also from Heart of England developed a web site to help other people learn web development skills.  The competition judges said they found all the finalists’ web sites inspiring and informative and some were designed and constructed to a high standard. 

Representatives from a number of local and national organisations that supported and sponsored the competition were there to award the prizes and to congratulate the finalists. They included John Dalziel from Mercia FM who introduced the finalists and special guests at the ceremony, The Deputy Lord Mayor of Coventry, Councillor Kieran Mulhall, Councillor Heather Timms from Warwickshire County Council and Dr Elizabeth Sparrow, President of BCS were there to help to award the prizes.

Supporters and sponsors of the competition included the universities of Warwick and Coventry, professional institutions BCS and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and Coventry and Warwickshire Lifelong Learning Network (CWLLN).  There were also contributions from industry including IT consultants Cap Gemini, Hewlet Packard and Jaguar Landrover.

Chairman of the Coventry branch of BCS Irene Glendinning, who organised the competition, explained that the BCS stages a competition every two years and plans for the design of a new format competition will begin very soon:

 “Although this year’s competition was very successful, we hope that the 2011-12 competition will attract even more entries and encourage pupils in the Coventry region to develop a broader range of computing skills to equip them for further study and possibly careers in this important field”.

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