THE £1m expansion of Northallerton College was celebrated last week - in a mathematically-appropriate style.

The new classroom block is dedicated mainly to maths teaching, so the cake cut to mark its opening symbolised one of the best known mathematical formulas.

A pork pie, topped by an r for radius was set inside a square cake to create the catering pun - pie 'r' squared.

And there were still smiles all round when Tyne-Tees TV personality Andy Kluz sliced it up to formally open the block last Monday.

The expansion scheme includes eight new classrooms, the refurbishment of a science lab and IT suite as well as a rebuilt resource centre, reception area, and staff and admin accommodation.