Walney students celebrate top maths results

Walney School saw three of its students achieve top results in the UKMT Junior Maths Challenge.

Pupils from Year Seven and Year Eight achieved a gold award and two bronze awards in this year.

Aidan Monaghan, of Year Eight, achieved a gold award and he had the best result in the Sandy Gap Lane school.

Thomas Johnson, of Year Seven received a bronze award and had the best result in his year group.

Georgia Williamson, of Year Eight achieved a bronze award.

More than 250,000 pupils from across the UK sat the challenge with around the top 6 per cent receiving a gold certificate. The next 13 per cent were awarded silver and the next 21 per cent receiving bronze.

The Junior Maths Challenge is run by the UK Mathematics Trust and supported by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.

Mark Ingham, a maths teacher at Walney School, said: "These students have done tremendously well and we at Walney School are proud of their achievements. We hope that they inspire others to go on to reach their mathematical potential."

Rachel Greenhalgh, UKMT executive director said: "The maths challenges provide material to provoke student's mathematical thinking and test their problem solving skills in an accessible and yet challenging way. Many congratulations to Walney School on their success in the Junior Maths Challenge, it is great to see achievement in mathematics recognised."

Have a go at a sample questions from this year's UKMT Junior Maths Challenge