ONE of the region's top public schools is offering pupils the chance to grill prospective political candidates.

Sedbergh School welcomes party representatives Tim Farron, Anne Myatt, John Bateson, Simon Dunning and Jon Stanley.

The event, which takes place on Friday, March 20 at 10am, will take a Question Time format.

It will be one of 11 hustings events that party candidates will take part in in the run-up to the General Election on May 7 and it is the first of its kind to take place at the school.