SCHOOL pupils are looking forward to getting to grips with a new climbing wall.

Youngsters at Langley Moor Primary School, near Durham, will be able to scale the heights with the new equipment in the school grounds.

The £4,000 wall was bought for the school by the Parent Teacher Association, which spent two years raising funds.

It was officially opened today (Friday May 10) in a ceremony attended by local bagpiper Dave Carter and Brewster the Bear, mascot of a local Brewers Fayre pub.

PTA chairwoman Abir van Hunen said: “The children are very happy to have it and are looking forward to using it.”

She added that the climbing wall had been on the school's wish-list for about four years.