A primary school pupil has won a Silver Medal award for being one of the best young mathematican in the UK.

Amy Johnson, 11, of New Hall Preparatory School, has been presented with a Silver Medal award by The Mathematical Association in this year’s Primary Mathematics Challenge.

The prestigious honour demonstrates her achievement as one of the best young mathematicians in the UK.

The first stage of the challenge took place in November 2014 when Amy, along with 60 other New Hall pupils in Years 5 and 6, competed alongside 80,000 children across the country.

Scoring highly on the first round, many of the New Hall pupils were presented with first round Gold, Silver and Bronze certificates.

However, by successfully answering over 90 per cent of a variety of multiple choice mathematics problems, Amy joined the top one per cent highest scorers who were invited to take part in the Bonus Round in February.

Amy rose to the challenge and was one of 530 pupils to win an award in the Bonus Round.

Mrs Claire Jackson, Head of Mathematics at New Hall Preparatory School, said: “We are all extremely proud that Amy has won a Silver Medal award.

"It is such an achievement to receive recognition for mathematical ability on a national scale.

"All of the children at the school enjoyed taking part in the Challenge and, most importantly, it shows them that mathematics can be fun.”

Lesley Jones from The Mathematical Association added: “We would like to offer our congratulations to Amy Johnson and all of the pupils that participated.

"We received a large number of entries which reflects a real appetite for solving maths problems and puzzles.

"We always try to make the questions interesting and accessible, while giving pupils an opportunity to apply fundamental maths skills.

"It is great to be able to acknowledge brilliant young minds in the UK and nurture the future mathematicians.”

The next Primary Mathematics Challenge takes place in November 2015.

Other winners and sample questions can be found on the Primary Mathematics Challenge page at www.m-a.org.uk.