TWO Baildon students have achieved a "gold" award in art after helping create an interactive phone app about Bradford's film heritage.

Katy Halfyard and Rukkayah Robun, both Year 12 students at Titus Salt School, achieved the highest grade in the Arts Award, designed to show young people's commitment to the arts.

As part of a team of students from the school they made a film and interactive app, celebrating Bradford’s film heritage, both of which are available to visitors to Bradford. In addition to this, the girls went on to complete many more hours of work in their own time to successfully achieve the highest Arts Award.

Taking on the challenge in their own time was a huge undertaking, and was a voluntary addition to a collaborative project designed to showcase over 100 years of Bradford’s rich film heritage, with Bradford UNESCO City of Film and Heritage Lottery Funding.

Heather Graham, Creative and Community Projects Manager at Titus Salt School said: ‘With the guidelines to complete the Gold Award including a massive 90 hours of work, both with their adviser and independently, this is an impressive achievement. We are extremely proud of them."

David Wilson, director of Bradford UNESCO City of Film, said: ‘This is a remarkable achievement and the work undertaken by the pupils at Titus Salt has really helped to uncover the true extent of Bradford’s rich film heritage. The app which we were able to create as a result is well used and well regarded by Bradford residents and visitors to the city. We will continue to update the information on the app in the coming years to reflect new film and TV production across the Bradford district.

Arts Award is managed by Trinity College London in association with Arts Council England with Gold level designed for 16 to 25-years-old.