YOUNG Sherya Kamath has designs on success.

The Bolton School Year 11 pupil has won a prestigious Arkwright Scholarship with her herb growing stand.

The Arkwright Engineering Scholarships programme is the most prestigious scholarship scheme of its type in the UK.

The Scholarships are awarded to high-calibre 16 year old students through a rigorous selection process

Head of Product Design, Rachel Langley said: "Not only is this a fantastic accolade for Shreya but she will also receive £300 in her year 12 and £300 again in Year 13 to spend on activities and experiences that will further inform her interest in engineering.

"We congratulate Shreya on her achievements and wish her luck in her future studies."

Shreya has studied design and technology at GCSE for the last two-years.

In her second year she chose the AQA ‘contextual challenge’ entitled "encouraging a healthy lifestyle" and went on to develop a prototype for a herb growing stand. Shreya said that encouraging users to grow herbs at home was a good way of motivating people to home cook and in turn promote a healthy way of eating and lifestyle.

She chose to make a prototype that incorporated removable and washable herb pots, LED lights that promote herb growth and a stand appearance based on the natural form of a tree. Shreya considered many factors including stability, maintenance and sustainability whilst developing her prototype and the final result was both attractive and highly usable.

Shreya says she feels engineering is the career route she would like to pursue post A-levels and so in January 2019 she chose to apply for an Arkwright Scholarship. Following a successful application, Shreya sat an aptitude test in February and was invited to interview in April. In July Shreya got the news that she had been awarded a scholarship.

The awards are designed to identify and nurture students with the potential to become future leaders in engineering, computing and technical design.