FOUR young number crunchers from a Horsforth primary school did their sums right to win a junior maths competition.

The year six team from Horsforth Newlaithes Primary outscored 19 other schools in the final of the Leeds and District Junior Schools' Maths Challenge. The 20 finalists had already made it through the semi-finals in which 58 teams took part.

Leo Gaunt, Isabelle Plowman, Ben Crowther and Will Hobson were accompanied by year six class teacher Mrs Jenny Atcheson at The Grammar School at Leeds event.

Jenny said: "We hadn’t entered the challenge for a few years, however the current year group are very keen so we gave it a go and it paid off.

"Even the internal competition to pick the team was a tight contest. We had to do four re-tests; they all love maths. The competition has been a good way to stretch our more able children, especially as some of the rounds were different to the work we do in class."

Leo said: "It was really good and exciting, maths is my favourite subject. Most of it we’d done in class but some was new and I’m glad we made it to the final. Thank you to Mrs Atcheson for being our teacher and bringing us today."

Isabelle added: "It was a really good opportunity; I never thought we’d win."

GSAL invites primary schools from across Leeds and surrounding areas to take part in the annual competition,

Email lee-ann.humphries@gsal.org.uk to find out about taking part.