A child from Ealing has been named as one of the winners of the 2023 Fourth Plinth Schools Award. 

The Fourth Plinth Schools Award is an annual competition in which children in London aged between five and 15 are challenged to create artworks inspired by the contemporary art commissions for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. 

Gennaro of St Gregory's Primary School in Ealing won for the eight to eleven category for his work Stop It! being chosen as one of three winners from a field which consisted of over 3,000 entries. 

Andria Zafirakou, Judge of the 2023 Fourth Plinth Schools Award, said: "What a treat! How wonderful it has been to be involved as a judge in this year's Fourth Plinth School Awards and to see the incredible artwork and talent that is pouring out of our classrooms.  

"As always, the quality of ideas, imagination and standards of creativity have been inspirational. Congratulations to all the young people who took part and to my teacher colleagues for helping to make it happen." 

The winning pieces will be displayed in City Hall until 2nd June for everyone to go and see. 

The competition is one of the most popular public art projects in the world, since the launch of the programme in 1998, the Fourth Plinth Schools Award has inspired over 30,000 entries from schoolchildren across every London borough. 

Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries, Justine Simons OBE, said: "Young Londoners have again been flexing their creative muscles and showing what incredible talent we have in this city, as part of the Fourth Plinth schools awards.  

"Art in schools is so vital – it grows imagination and empathy and builds the essential skills we need for life and for work.  

"I'm really proud that so far we have had 30,000 entries from school children for the awards and I hope one day to see one of these budding artists showing their work on the Fourth Plinth as we continue to build a better and fairer London for everyone."