STUDENTS at Studley High School were in 007 heaven when a James Bond-style Aston Martin cruised up the drive.

It was all part of their GCSE engineering studies, and 15-year-old Stuart Thomason was one of the fortunate ones to get his hands on the prestigious DB9.

Head of engineering Clive Burbage said: "We were lucky enough to get a close look at the car and study its make-up."

He added: "One of Aston Martin's senior engineers brought the amazing machine from the technical research centre in Gaydon, Warwick-shire.

"We were all very much impressed."