Richard Fascia has achieved a triple distinction in Level 3 Film & TV. Now he is heading off to Teesside University to study Television and Film Production.

After studying Sport at SRC Bede Sixth Form and IT at Stockton Riverside College, he decided it was time for a change.

The 20-year-old from Thornaby said: “It was something new, something different.”

Hoping to become a film director, he said: “I loved making short films and I have really enjoyed my time here.”