Otley’s Olympian Lizzie Armitstead has been given a hero’s welcome – and a gold medal – by her old primary school.

By returning to The Whartons the 23-year-old was keeping a promise she had made on a visit before London 2012.

She arrived at the school on the finely-tuned machine on which she had powered to an Olympic silver medal.

Head teacher Jane Sanders welcomed her to a special assembly, featuring a replay of the final sprint of the women’s road race, that was packed with excited pupils.

Fielding questions from the young audience, she gave some insights into what life was like inside the Olympic Village.

The pupils gave her three cheers along with three gifts – a gold merit badge, a gold mini Olympics medal, and a Whartons pen.