SPARKLING ball gowns and sharp suits were the order of the night when Hampshire teenagers partied at an end-of-year ball.

Youngsters from Thornden School arrived at Botley Grange Hotel in Grange Road for the climax of the school year.

The students from the secondary school in Chandlers Ford had dressed in their best attire and gathered outside the luxury country house hotel to pose for photographs before heading inside.

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