Pupils at Glyn School's Christian Union organised a doughnut sale to raise funds for a local foodbank’s work with refugees, raising over £215.

Year 13 student Joel Phillips suggested doing something to help refugees locally before the Epsom and Ewell food bank announced it was setting up a scheme to house refugees.

said Joel Phillips said: “It seems it was meant to be.

“As Krispy Kreme run a fundraising offer, we ordered 240 doughnuts and then organised students from three years, as well as staff, to sell them in two locations in the school during break time.

"Both stalls did a roaring trade, with one selling out its allocation in just six minutes.

"Everyone was very happy with what we’d done, and the only complaint we had was that we hadn’t ordered enough.”

Teacher Julia Lott, who helps organise the group, said she was very impressed by the initiative shown by the students.

Ms Lott said: “What I really liked was the way that they had an idea, found a way to put it into action and did so, straight away, to make a real difference.

“It’s something in which the whole school should take real pride”.

Pupils at Glyn School, in Ewell, have run their own fundraising soup kitchen, and also established links with the Philip Qua Que School in Ghana, with pupils sending educational supplies to Africa.