A team of 62 Sixth Formers and seven staff from Dauntsey’s School has completed a 24-hour runathon to raise money for the school’s chosen charity for 2022, the mental health charity, MIND.

Some 1,100 kilometres were run raising, more than £1,000 in sponsorship.

A school spokesman said: “Special mention must go to the eight pupils who completed 68 laps or more, meaning they ran more than a marathon, as well as a further 15 pupils who ran more than half a marathon.

"Particular congratulations must go to Charlie M who completed an incredible 100 laps – by far the most any pupil has ever completed during the runathon.”

Jane Hubbard, head of charities at Dauntsey’s, added: “The Runathon has become an annual fixture in our fundraising campaign. This year the pupils and staff surpassed themselves by completing more than 1,760 laps of the course.”

Each September, the entire community at Dauntsey’s votes to adopt a charity for the forthcoming academic year. In the past twelve years, Dauntsey’s has raised more than £240,000 for a variety of good causes.