STUDENTS and staff at Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School were moved to tears as Manchester bombing victim Freya Lewis fulfilled a goal she set just days after the attack.

The weekend after the Manchester Arena attack on May 22, 14-year-old Freya – who had just regained consciousness – told her family she wanted to speak at the school’s end of term assembly.

Having only brought her home from hospital earlier this month, after which she has battled with nausea, the Lewis family were worried she would not be able to make it to school.

But on Friday, July 21, Freya was wheeled in to school and, with her sister Georgia by her side, delivered a ‘moving’ speech to just shy of 1,000 people.

Her dad, Nick, said: “Her courage, determination and strength are quite simply breath-taking.

“Needless to say, everyone was affected, both by the fact that she was able to speak, and also what she had to say.

“To say that we are so proud of our daughters must be one of the greatest understatements ever made.

“I think that we can confidently say that, whatever Freya wants to achieve in her life, she will do it.”

Since the attack, which killed 22 – including fellow HCCS student Nell Jones – at the end of an Ariana Grande concert, Freya has been inundated with support from the Holmes Chapel community, its favourite son Harry Styles, and even the Dangerous Woman singer herself.

After delivering her speech on Friday, Freya was able to speak to classmates and teachers – some of whom are leaving the school in the summer.

The assembly itself was closed with the staff band performing ‘Don't Look Back in Anger' – the Oasis anthem which has become a symbol of Manchester’s resilience in the wake of the attack.

Another symbol, the worker bee, made up part of a patchwork quilt put together by HCCS students and staff and presented to Freya.

The school is also planning to build a memorial garden for Nell, using donations received through the Remembering Nell fund. The Lewis family has raised almost £20,000 as part of a separate fundraiser to support the paediatric critical care unit at the hospital where Freya was treated.