BRAINY youngsters from Yatton pipped their competitors to the post in the National Inter-School Quiz Championship.

BRAINY youngsters from Yatton pipped their competitors to the post in the National Inter-School Quiz Championship.

The area heat was held at Yatton Junior School when the school team walked away with first prize for the second year running, with an impressive score of 2,615.

Headteacher David Powell said: "They worked particularly well as a team and deployed some very successful strategies to tackle questions of which they were unsure.

"The organiser confirmed that this score is one of the highest in all of the area heats - a fantastic score, a real achievement."

The team is now looking forward to competing in the next stage of the championship.