A Watford schoolgirl has been named as a winner in the UK-wide creative writing competition.

Arts & Minds 2014, organised by the largest teacher's union in the country (NASUWT), is an annual arts and creative competition aimed at promoting race equality and diversity in schools.

Maitri Pindolia, a Year 10 pupil at Watford Grammar School for Girls, was chosen as the winner of the Anne Frank Poetry Award for her piece, One Ordinary Child In Extraordinary Circumstances.

Her school will receive a bronze bust of Anne Frank to display for the next year.

She picked up her prize at the national awards ceremony in London on Thursday.

Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT, said: "Maitri clearly worked really hard to achieve such success. Each entry was a highly creative and thoughtful response to the issues of diversity and equality.

"The standard of entries throughout the competition was again very high and I know the judges had great difficulty in choosing the winners. The quality was strong throughout all of the age groups and categories and is a credit to the skills and abilities of the pupils and their teachers and support staff.

"The NASUWT is proud to organise the Arts & Minds competition which is a really effective and enjoyable way of promoting and celebrating cultural diversity."

Gillian Walnes MBE, Co-Founder of the Anne Frank Trust, who presented Maitri with her prize, said: "Maitri’s description of Anne Frank as a budding flower cut down and blossoming through the publication of her diary is so powerful and thought provoking and also very emotive."