TALENTED primary school pupils danced their way to second place in a national competition.

Foxmoor Primary School took part in The Great Big Dance Off after being inspired by Rose Ayling-Ellis, who danced to Clean Bandit's Symphony in last year's Strictly Come Dancing - which included a silent dance section.

The girls from year four, five and six learnt sign-language to make their performance more inclusive and also had a silent section of their dance. 

The final was held on Monday, July 4 at Cheltenham Town Hall and the group from Foxmoor did not disappoint finishing just behind Saughall All Saints Primary from Chester. 

The group competed against 24 other primary schools from across the country and came away with another trophy to add to their collection. 

Mrs Spence, the dance teacher, said: “The girls sparkled in their sequined costumes from beginning to end and performed beautifully, with comments about how professional they looked in their feedback.

“They now look forward to starting the whole process again in September and seeing how they get on next time!”

Richard Bridgewater, Foxmoor headteacher, said: “We are all immensely proud of them, for all their hard work, professionalism and dedication. You made Foxmoor proud, a very well done from us all girls! 

“We want to say a huge thank you to the best dance teacher we could wish for at Foxmoor, Mrs Spence. Your hard work and dedication is greatly appreciated by us all.”

The group previously won the regional semi-final held in March which advanced them to the national final. 

The Great Big Dance Off is a popular national dance competition open to schools all across England & Wales. It's the only national dance competition aimed solely at schools.

Rose Ayling-Ellis' performance on Strictly helped raise awareness of the deaf community and helped pass a bill this year to make British Sign Language an official language.