The team behind the supersonic car that aims to break the world’s land speed record is heading to Cornwall for a series of interactive school workshops and a public exhibition.

Bloodhound SSC is the big brother to Richard Noble’s Thrust SSC which became the first car to break the sound barrier as it tore across the Nevada desert in October 1997 reaching a top speed of 763mph.

Truro High School for Girls will play host to the Bloodhound team who will be bringing their fully interactive modular car to Cornwall for the first time next month. From one side, the modular car is a full-sized replica of the vehicle itself, while from the other side it is a hi-tech interactive interface.

A thousand pupils from schools all over Cornwall will get the chance to take part in hands-on, action-packed workshops with the Bloodhound team who believe their project will be the catalyst to inspire a new generation of world-class British engineers.

The car will also be on show to the public with enthusiasts of all ages offered the chance to get "up close and personal" and learn a little more about the science behind what will be the fastest car in the world when former RAF pilot Andy Green sits behind the wheel and accelerates to 1,000mph.

Truro High School’s head of science, Jon Dean, said: “This is a major coup for the school and will enable our pupils, and those from other schools, to get behind the scenes, and under the skin, of the car that will soon be headline news across the world.

“As a school with a strong reputation for STEM subjects we believe it is important to inspire young people to aim high and there are few projects that demonstrate the indomitable British spirit and the desire to achieve the apparently unachievable better than Bloodhound.”