STUDENTS from Warwick State High School will have a brighter future now, thanks to Essilor Vision Foundation.

The charity was in town today with six optometry students from Queensland Institute of Technology testing the eyesight of 70 children at the school.

Warwick optometrists Paul Morrissey and Tom Roger were also on hand to help out and offer advice.

Essilor CEO Greg Johnson said any children who showed signs of less than perfect eyesight would be referred to a local optometrist and those who required them, a free glasses prescription would be issued.

"We are a chirty,” he said.

"We raise our funds through governement and councils and are able to provide this service Australia-wide.

"Usually we work with what we call the forgotten people; the indigenous, refugees and migrants, those with a mental illness, homeless, domestic violence victims and those in low-socio-economic areas.

"We don't get to many high schools, but Warwick State High has a very proactive nurse in Denise Dixon who called us and asked us to come out.”

Mr Johnson said many students had gone through their schooling with poor eyesight.

"Our mission is 'better sight for a better life',” he said.

"We've discovered issues with kids' eyesight and given out our free prescription glasses and results show reading skills shooting up six levels in some cases.

"This testing could change a child's life, 80 percent of the information people receive is through their eyes.”