A BRADFORD school will battle it out in the northern final of a UK competition after winning a regional heat.

Tong High School, Westgate Hill Street, finished first in the Be Your Best Rock Challenge in Rotherham last night.

More than 60 students, aged between 11 and 17, organised an eight-minute production called Curio, based on the classic tale, Pandora's Box.

The school will now face 11 other schools at the Northern Open Final in Grimsby on Friday, July 1. Schools from across Northern Ireland, Northern England and Scotland will take to the stage for the final.

Appleton Academy finished third at last night's Northern Open Final, with a performance based on Noah and the floods.

School teams made up of 20 to 100 performers decides on a theme, then create the choreography for their five to eight-minute dance-drama performance, select and record the medley of music for their soundtrack, and design and make their sets and costumes.