FIVE Year 9 students from Isleworth & Syon School have been voted the best team in London in the Shell Bright Ideas Challenge.

The Bright Ideas Challenge is a school competition where students imagine creative ideas for how cities of the future might be powered to be lively, healthy and clean places to live.

It's run by Shell in order to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.

The Isleworth & Syon students - Hafidh Abdalla, Kaname Asaki, Nishant Brahmbhatt, Gursharan Singh and Raphael Wreford – beat out 130 other schools to win the prize, which earns the school £2,500 to support STEM education.

This also means that they qualify for the national final, which takes place on July 12.

Their idea was to redesign the London Bus from scratch by making a new, modular system of small, spherical-shaped buses that can be joined together depending on the demand.

They substituted traditional metal body panels for sustainable 3D-printed materials and also used a hydrogen fuel cell as a power source.

Lee Elliston, the School's Deputy Curriculum Leader – Design Technology said: "This competition has been a fantastic way to get the students engaged in real-world issues that actually affect them, all seen through the prism of STEM.

"Our boys did a fantastic job of expressing their ideas in a way that showcases their creativity and ingenuity."

Headteacher Euan Ferguson said: "I am very proud of the students that entered this challenge.

"They are creative thinkers, they have worked hard and deserve to win this prize.

"It also shows why after-school clubs are so important for us in school.

"The breadth of extra-curricular opportunities that we offer is unsurpassed in the local area and these opportunities enhance the education provision for our boys."