Tiverton High School beats cream tea world record

Students and staff at Tiverton High School are claiming the world record for the biggest ever cream tea.

They played host to 559 guests for a proper cream tea yesterday (12 June).

The current world record for the biggest cream tea is 403 people, but an event earlier this year claimed 430.

Pupils from local primary schools, Tiverton students and staff and special guests from the community all joined in to swell the record-breaking numbers which have still to be ratified by Guinness World Records.

Officials from GWR were present at the attempt today.

It was the brainchild of staff members Kirsty Pritchard and Mandy Slevin.

It follows on from a Scottish food tasting they put on for St Andrew’s Day last year.

Kirsty said: “We have had some wonderful support from lots of local and national companies which have donated the food free of charge and it’s really brought the community together.”