Students are enjoying life in a new sixth-form centre after a £3,000 refurbishment.

The centre at John Mason School in Wootton Road, Abingdon will also accommodate pupils from Larkmead, Fitzharrys and Abingdon and Witney College.

More than 300 sixth formers will benefit from the revamp, which includes new furniture, art and a kitchen.

The area was designed by the school’s director of visual arts, Claire Pennington, who wanted it to be a quiet area for study as well as a modern and pleasant environment appealing to teenagers.

Help also came from the former head of sixth form Carey Sissons and senior tutor Laura Tams.

And Cowley-based firm Unipart donated a plasma display screen and television system.

John Mason headboy Joe Bibby, 17, said: “It’s a big improvement and demonstrates the community spirit we have here. People are treating it better than old one already.”