A YEAR 7 pupils from Blessed Edward Oldcorne College has reached the final of a spelling bee contest.

Having already seen off competition from more 74,000 schoolchildren across the country, Eldrin Dimabuyu will take part in the grand final of the Routes into Languages National Spelling Bee.

This will be held at Anglia Ruskin University’s Cambridge campus.

A total of 108 students have qualified for the final on July 3, with regional winners in the three different languages – French, German and Spanish – having won through heats to get this far.

The pupils have had 200 words to memorise in their chosen language and the winner will be the one who correctly translates and spells the most number of words in 60 seconds.

Sarah Schechter, project ,anager for Routes into Languages East at Anglia Ruskin University, said: “The number of pupils taking part has increased by more than 13,000 this year which is thrilling to see.

“It means more and more are taking the opportunity to improve their language skills, which has a positive impact on other subjects too.

“We are looking forward to a keenly contested final and to those talented pupils preparing to take part, we say ‘bonne chance.’”