FORMER Dulverton Middle School pupils can already boast the equivalent of a GCSE under their belts even though they only joined the West Somerset Community College in Minehead in September.

The college students were recently presented with certificates for completing their vocational Exmoor Curriculum studies, something they achieved while still at the middle school.

The Exmoor Curriculum was funded at its inception by Exmoor National Park Authority and the Somerset Rural Youth Project.

The award has three modules - team working, health and safety and access and security.

As part of their studies, the students designed, planned and maintained a circular route on Haddon Hill which involved digging cross drains for water.

They then tested the route by taking a group of pupils from Bampton Primary School along the path.

Photo: Steve Guscott