A school hoping to be crowned the smartest in the borough has raised £1,200 for charity.

Year 9 pupils from Sacred Heart Language College, in High Street, Wealdstone, slept over at their school to raise the money for the MasterMind in Harrow competition.

In the contest, run by mental health charity Mind in Harrow in partnership with the Harrow Times, six schools will battle it out to find the cleverest in the borough.

Teacher Kirstie Hadfield said: “As the co-ordinating teacher of the twelve girls I am really proud to see them taking part in this challenge.

“It’s great to see them deepening their knowledge and most importantly doing it for a great cause.”

Jennifer Gregory from Team Fantastic said: “I’m really excited about the contest. I think this competition will show that as young people we do care about our community and we want to give something back.”

Hannah Nagle from Team Awesome said: “I think all the teams are going to work together so we can do as best we can because we really want to win for the whole school.”

Captain of Team Brilliant Alicja Macheta said: “We plan to consult teachers from different subject areas and we are well prepared to give up our free time for this challenge.

“I think we are all looking forward to representing the Sacred Heart Language Collage community in the forthcoming event.”

The school sleepover last Friday got the whole of Year 9 behind the cause, which Ms Hadfield says shows the supportive nature of the school community.

More than 110 pupils stayed the night at the school and took part in an inter year quiz to decide the teams for MasterMind in Harrow.

In order to take part in the contest, each of the three teams of four Year 9 pupils have to raise £400 for the charity to enter the contest.

With all the money raised the teams are now preparing for quick fire ‘University Challenge’ style quiz early next year.

The evening also raised more than £300 for the Philippines Typhoon Haiyan emergency appeal.