Budding entrepreneurs from St Albans Girls School (STAGS) have won a business competition.

Students from the school took part in the National Tenner challenge where they won the Greatest Social Impact Award in the 11 to 14 years category.

Pupils from year seven, Maria O'Connor, Katya Arjyal, Amelie France and Niamh McGrath, set up their own company called Rocking Pots.

As part of the project each team receives £10 as start up capital to kick start their business and they had four weeks to make as much profit as they could, whilst also giving something back to society.

The Rockin pots recycled old vinyl records into pots packed with gifts inside.

They melted the vinyl albums in an oven over a ceramic mug and moulded the edges, before filling them with items such as nail varnish, soaps and lotions. It was then packaged in cellophane with their own brand label.

The girls set up a stall in their school hall and over two lunch times managed to sell all 150 pots, Maria said: "We all hoped and inspired each other throughout the project and learnt a lot about marketing and the difficulties of running your own business."

As winners, the four pupils were treated to a day out in London before visiting the The Telegraph officers for the award ceremony.