A crack team of Year 9 scientists led Rydal Penrhos to victory at a STEM Olympics competition hosted recently by a Cheshire school.

This represents a remarkable achievement from the group, who beat out 30 other independent schools from across Wales, Cheshire and the North West to achieve the distinction.

Keira Luke, Rana Abou-Samra, Fflur Pierce and David Tate formed the Rydal Penrhos team, who competed in various challenges that included dissection, dentistry, crime scene investigation, model rocket launching, coding and a STEM-themed quiz in pursuit of accumulating the necessary points required to achieve the prize.

The team, which was named Gauss after the world-famous scientist, acquitted themselves exceptionally well throughout the competition to emerge victorious in fine fashion, working tremendously well as a team and remaining calm in the face of pressure.

All four pupils worked hard in the lead-up to the event at The Grange School, Northwich under the guidance of Ian Richardson and Dave Robson, which paid off in a big way judging by their outstanding level of consistency and composure throughout.

A spokesperson for Rydal Penrhos said: "We would like to congratulate the team on winning such a competitive competition and thanks to The Grange School for giving us a very warm welcome."