Lindley sing live and loud

“This is about the children, teachers and parents from my home and it is about the joy of music.”

The pupils then performed several songs, some of which they sang to take the title in front of a crowd of 3,000 people at the UK School Choir finals.

Mrs North said she had been supported massively in her drive to inspire the children through music by the two headteachers who have held the post during her time at the school.

She added: “This is the result of all that passion and it is something the head, governors and staff share.

“Maths and English are vital but there is a huge emphasis on music and performing arts at our school.

“We invest in all those things that have allowed our children to turn into confident, passionate and dedicated pupils who learn self-esteem, enormous teamwork and above all enjoyment.”

The choir started life at the school in 1999 and over the years has had a huge amount of success, not only winning the UK schools award for the last three years but also winning Songs of Praise choir of the year twice and BBC choir of the year.

But Mrs North said the last three years had been exceptional, although the choir will now need to rebuild as 25 members – many of which have been part of it for all three UK victories – will leave the school at the end of this term.

After their performance the pupils were treated to a trip to the theatre to watch Wicked.