A SCHOOL choir will represent their town on a national scale after wowing judges last month.

Youngsters St James' Catholic Primary School in Millom will link up with the National Children's Choir of Great Britain after an impressive audition in Manchester.

Sol Jackson, Aidan Wright, Aimee Redhead, Hannah Thompson, Kai Nicholas, Aoife Crocker and Freya Lupton all took part.

Nerissa Nicholas, headteacher at the school, spoke of her pride at seeing all seven pupils who took part land places.

She said: "I'm absolutely over the moon. This is one of the proudest moments as headteacher.

"We've had a school choir for years and before I became a teacher my mum was in charge of the choir.

"When she retired I took over so it's a long tradition for us."

It is the first time pupils from the school have joined the national choir.

Mrs Nicholas said: "We've had a lot of really good choirs over the years and this is one of our best.

"They're quite experienced now and they did really well at the South Cumbria Music Festival this year.

"They really are just a lovely group of children."

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The youngsters took part in the audition in November after travelling to Manchester.

Mrs Nicholas said: "They weren't too nervous before the audition. They thrive on performing and they're so enthusiastic about it.

"I found an email advertising the auditions and I thought I would let the children have a go.

"I had a phone call afterwards from the judge to say how impressed they all were with our group.

"They said they were a really special group of children and they were very disciplined and talented.

"They couldn't believe seven children from one school had auditioned."

The group are now in the process of fundraising to take part, with pupils required to take part in a two week-long residential courses.