a school has allowed a pupil who suffers badly with nerves to take her pet labrador into a gcse exam to help keep her calm .
rebecca rice , 16 , had tried everything to calm her nerves but knew the only thing that made her feel comfortable was her 11-year-old dog holly .
after confiding in her teacher lorette esteve it told her french teacher lorette esteve that she had struggled with her nerves ahead of her french gcse oral exam .
ms esteve advised her to bring her pet dog holly -lrb- middle -rrb- to help .