A small primary school in rural Carlisle has secured third place in a national competition.

Castle Carrock Primary ranked higher than 4,500 schools in the England Rocks competition, organised by Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS).

The contest tasked children with correctly answering as many multiplication and division questions as they could.

A total of 201 million questions were answered collectively by 385,000 pupils, with Castle Carrock pupils answering 5,800 questions correctly on average.

The top-performing pupil answered more than 13,000 questions correctly.

Sarah Lee, the school's headteacher, said: "I am blown away by these results.

"We’ve always known our children are incredibly talented, but for a small rural primary school to achieve third place in such a competitive national event is a moment of immense pride."

Top performer Joshua said: "I enjoyed this competition and I feel proud of myself and my friends because we are a small school and the other schools were much bigger than us.

"It shows that we are one of the best schools in England to play TTRS."

Nicola Moynan, class teacher, added: "I couldn’t be prouder of our amazing children; their determination and love for learning have truly shone through this competition.

"Our school values of respect, responsibility, and resilience also really came to light throughout this, and they certainly were the best they could be.

"To begin with, we were nervous, as we are such a small village school.

"However, as the competition progressed and we saw our name in the top 10, we knew we could do it."

Bruno Reddy, creator of Times Tables Rock Stars, said: "The pupils excelled throughout England Rocks.

"Not only did they engage in friendly competition, but their recall and speed clearly improved as the competition progressed.

"Our goal has always been to make learning maths basics so enjoyable that pupils give it their all, and they certainly did that here."