A SHIPLEY school won a regional theatrical performance competition.

High Crags Academy, Crag Road, finished first in the J Rock section of the Rock Challenge competition held in Rotherham last night.

They won for their performance called Demons in my head. It follows a young school boy who is struggling with feelings of loneliness and isolation, due to pressure from social media.

They competed against schools from Leeds and Manchester and Beckfoot Allerton Primary School.

The Rock Challenge sees participating schools produce musical and theatrical performances. They are marked on production, design and performance.

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