Young woman engineer Helena Hutt gave pupils an insight into her work as she presented prizes at a prize day at Southend High School for Girls.

Prized girls - Helena and acting headteacher Alison Clewlow, presented prizes to Charlotte Palmer, Lucy Holmes, Katie Flaherty and Carlie Trotter Picture: STEVE O'CONNELL

Helena, from Loughton, won the top engineer's award in October, winning £1,000. She went to the school to reward and inspire the girls at a ceremony.

Students and staff were presented with a wide variety of awards for academic achievement.

Published Friday, January 24, 2003

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