A school has been staying open until 8pm to give keen pupils extra study time.

It is the first time Witham’s New Rickstones Academy has stayed open this late for pupils.

Eager sixth formers have been spending extra hours at the Conrad Road school revising and working towards their A Level exams.

David Zeffie, vice principal and director of sixth form, has been impressed to see more than 50 sixth formers stay late on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

He said: “What is important is that this sixth form is on track to produce our best ever A-level results."