Essex schools have been praised for their work on Holocaust awareness projects.

William Edwards School in Grays and Sandon School in Chelmsford were selected as joint winners of this year’s Dora Love Prize for creating the inspirational projects to educate their fellow students and their community.

Dora Love, a Holocaust survivor, spent much of her life raising awareness that the attitudes which made the Holocaust possible – intolerance, discrimination and outright hatred of those who are regarded as ‘different’ for whatever reason – are still alive all around us.

Dora Love died on October 26 2011, and the Dora Love Prize continues her work.

The breadth of the work at William Edwards School was incredible according to Founder of the Dora Love Prize Professor Rainer Schulze.

He said: “Here the judges were particularly impressed by the work across disciplines, combining history, dance, art and music.

"The judges found the confidence and maturity of the students extremely impressive, and equally their outreach work: joint assemblies and work with their linked primary schools.”