An exceptional teacher who brings his own Lego into school for pupils has been named the second Kent Hero.

Tony Scott, from Morehall Academy, Folkestone, was nominated by staff and pupils who praised his humour and the extra effort he puts in to make lessons fun.

In her nomination, one of Mr Scott’s year five pupils, Abigail, said: “I would like to nominate my class teacher Mr Scott because he is really funny. He brings his own Lego in to school for us to use.

"He tells us a lot of jokes and we learn lots. He has been my teacher for 2 years now and we all really like him.

"Last week he brought in a bubble copter for us to play with at lunch.

"He also runs film making club for us at lunch time, and we can use iPads when we do this. That’s really good."

Kmfm teamed up with Kent Reliance to bring the Kent Hero Awards to the radio this year.

Over 5 weeks, listeners were invited to nominate friends, family or people they knew.

Kmfm received 100s of nominations for incredible people right the way across Kent via phone, email and handwritten nominations in Kent Reliance branches.

The judging panel, consisted of the kmfm and Kent Reliance team, who listened and read through every nomination.

Each winner received a trophy as well as £500 cash to give themselves a well-deserved treat.