LEDBURY Rotary Club has provided £461 from its community chest fund for new books and seating for the John Masefield High School.

A school spokesman said: "The money will be used to purchase a set of Accelerated Reader Books; this is the programme we run in school where children take quizzes on the books they have read to assess their comprehension, and some pod seating.

"Our thanks go to the Rotary Club and to Jess Locke who made the application on behalf of JMHS."