Five Year 10 students from Endon High School have won the International Excellence in Engineering Award at the First Lego League global final in South Korea.
Malachi, Owen, Owen, James and Harry competed as End-Tech, the team name they chose to represent the school. They travelled to Jeonju-si from 3 to 5 July to compete against 44 teams from 33 countries.
How they got there
The team secured their place at the global final by winning the First Lego League UK national final in April. To attend the competition in South Korea, they raised £25,000.
The group designed and built their own Lego robot and used the Python programming language to programme it.
What the students said
One of the Owens told the BBC that competing against some of the best teams in the world was "pretty intense" and "a lot of pressure".
Malachi described the competition as "all go, no slow" and said it was particularly intense during the middle day of the three-day event.
Harry said that the competition "didn't seem that serious when we started" but "evolved into this big thing that's absolutely changed our lives".
James told BBC Radio Stoke that getting to travel to South Korea had been a "great" experience.
Teacher's perspective
Shaun Mitchell, the teacher who accompanied the students, said he had been aiming to win an award at the national round of the competition for about a decade. He described watching the team compete on the international stage as "an absolute pleasure" as a teacher.