A seven-year-old boy has won a national award after he designed a banner to promote road safety.

Caelan Jones, who attends the St Louis Catholic Primary School in Aylesbury, won a competition which was run by Recognition Express.

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Each year, the brand recognition company invites primary school children aged four to 11, to create a design for a road safety banner based on that year’s BRAKE Road Safety Week theme, which for 2020 is ‘No Need to Speed’.

Caelan was one of just 13 winners in this year’s contest, which saw hundreds of children enter from all over the UK.

The seven-year-old received a personalised trophy along with a large-scale printed banner featuring his design, to display outside the school during the winter term.

Director of Recognition Express South Bucks, Andy Lian said: “It was such a shame that I couldn’t go into St Louis School to present Caelan with his trophy and banner in person, but of course that wasn’t possible this year with the lockdown.

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“I was very impressed with his design and I am sure his work will be much admired outside the school.

“Whilst our cashflow is tight as a result of the lockdown, we believe road safety is very important, and are committed to keeping people safe.

“Our relationship with BRAKE is long-standing and we didn’t want to let them down this year.

“Road Safety Week aims to inspire thousands of schools, organisations, and communities to take action and promote road safety awareness during the week and beyond and it is a privilege to be involved.

“Our competition is a fantastic opportunity to engage primary school children and help establish good road safety sense for years to come.

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“We are always impressed by the creativity and quality of the designs sent in each year.

“I hope that our competition helped to restore a sense of normality for the children this term.”