HIT TV show X-Factor beware – pupils from an Oldbury school are planning on being number one at Christmas this year.

Youngsters from Bristnall Hall Academy are teaming with West Midlands healthcare charity Your Trust to release a Christmas single.

Winners of Simon Cowell’s ITV talent show have dominated the top of the festive hit parade in recent years.

The likes of Leona Lewis, Shayne Ward, Leon Jackson, Alexandra Burke, Matt Cardle, Sam Bailey and Ben Haenow have all had Christmas number ones after winning X-Factor.

But Your Trust hope their first-ever single O Holy Night – produced by former Bristnall Hall pupil and record producer James Callaghan – will give the reality show’s winner a run for their money this year.

And the charity is urging budding singers from the area to get involved, with the recording of the single set to take place at Bristnall Hall Academy on Tuesday, November 6.

Amanda Winwood, fundraising manager at Your Trust, said: “I’m urging as many people as possible to get involved with our charity single, ‘O Holy Night’ as it will be a fantastic way to raise funds for the charity while getting into the spirit of Christmas.

“It’s the first time we have decided to record a Christmas single and we wanted to work with Bristnall Hall Academy as we have been their chosen charity for three years.

“We are very pleased to have James on board and we believe the final offering will be a real celebration of our community.

“Not only is this a lovely and unique initiative which brings the community together but it would also be amazing if this record were to beat the X-Factor winner or any other leading artist to the number one spot.”

James added: "As a former pupil of Bristnall Hall it was an honour to take on the challenge of composing an arrangement for this classic Christmas song.

“Working with Your Trust Charity and the school is both rewarding and uplifting. I hope the single can raise some funds to help the local community.”

Vince Green, principal at the school, said: “The Bristnall Hall Academy community are excited to be working in partnership with Your Trust charity to release a joint Christmas charity single.

“We look forward to raising even more funds and contributing even more to the great work being done by our chosen charity.

“This is the first time the academy has done something like this. We are grateful to James, an ex-student of Bristnall, who has very kindly agreed to offer his guidance and support to make this single possible.”

The Trust will take heart from the 2015 Christmas number one - the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir's A Bridge Over You.

Money raised from the song will go towards enhancing the experience of patients, visitors and staff at Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, which are all run by the Trust.

To get involved, or for more information contact amanda.winwood@nhs.net.