Leodora Darlington attended the Young Journalists Academy summer school, including time at the BBC studios at Television Centre.

An aspiring young journalist landed the scoop of the year when she attended an esteemed summer school.

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Newstead Wood girl’s school pupil Leodora Darlington, 17, got a first hand experience in journalism when she went behind the scenes at the BBC studios, worked on a photo assignment at Reuters and met editors at the Times and News of the World newspapers.

The week-long course, funded by the City of London Corporation, offered 26 youngsters from London the chance to find out what the life of a journalist is really like by taking them on a whirlwind tour of the capital’s newsrooms.

Ms Darlington said: “I’ve always loved writing articles - whether for a school magazine or a low-profile website - so journalism really felt right for me. Since starting the academy, I couldn’t want it more.”