THREE Redditch middle schools will be presented with framed reproductions of four masterpieces by some of the world's greatest artists next week.

Pupils and teachers from Church Hill Middle, Ipsley CofE Middle and Walkwood CofE Middle schools will receive the gifts thanks to J Sainsbury's Pictures for Schools scheme.

The scheme, in its ninth year, aims to inspire children and their teachers and to encourage an active appreciation of art.

The pictures are The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger, The Orrery by Joseph Wright of Derby, Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth by Turner and Children Reading Comics by Peter Blake.

They will be presented by the manager of the Redditch store at Sainsbury's, Alvechurch Highway, on Tuesday, November 20.