STUDENTS from the Swanage School have won a top award after setting up a company for £10 - and making a profit of £400 in just one month.

The pupils, who set up their business as part of the national Young Enterprise Tenner Challenge, won best group in the 11-14 year old category for their company called Bottled Light.

Year eight students Herbie Angel and Adam Field used recycled wine bottles to create decorative lights. The boys' Lazer-etched logo, which they put onto every bottle - along with LED's inside - also won the weekly Tenner Challenge logo award.

Half of the £400 profits have been donated to the Swanage skatepark fund.

The Swanage School design and technology teacher James Peacock said: "The students did a remarkable job of translating their product into an effective brand and using their initiative to use the resources at their disposal to their advantage.

"Our little school of 300 pupils in a sleepy seaside town is so proud of what they have achieved so far and just shows that no matter how humble your beginnings are, they can lead to great things."

The Tenner Challenge programme, which is supported by the Business Growth Fund (BGF), works to give students an opportunity to develop employability skills.

BGF chief executive officer Stephen Welton said: "The Tenner Challenge promotes employability skills and introduces young people to the idea of entrepreneurship, encouraging them to think creatively about how they could make a profit.

"BGF is delighted to have worked with Young Enterprise to deliver Tenner again.

"This year we’ve seen thousands of students develop key employability skills and create innovative businesses."