Rose Brennan, a 17-year-old student, studying history, French and English Literature at John Kyrle High School has picked up third prize in a prestigious poetry competition.

She has been writing poetry on-and-off since she was 12, but has only recently begun to work harder at it, as a self-described ‘competitive hobby’.  She credits the support of her teachers as the root of her success, having thrown countless poems at them.

Rose said: “I normally write poems about historical events or people, so to win a prize for a poem that was written on a subject out of my comfort zone is a massive confidence boost.”

Rose is pictured with headteacher, Nigel Griffiths, and her poem The Sound of Waiting which won her third prize in the Ledbury Young Persons Poetry competition.