Coates Lane Primary School is set to become one of the greenest schools in the country.

The Barnoldswick school has been chosen by the Co-operative Group to receive £20,000 worth of solar panels.

It was selected in the latest round of the Co-operative Group's £1million national Green Energy for Schools Scheme, which will provide free solar panels to 100 schools.

The rooftop panels will generate renewable electricity, which will reduce the school's reliance on fossil fuels.

Headteacher Graeme Lucas said it was fantastic the school had been chosen.

He said: "Schools have a vital role to play in educating the next generation about climate change and using this renewable energy technology to power our own premises will really help us to bring that message home to pupils, parents and staff."

A monitor screen in the school building will display how much energy the panels are generating and how much carbon dioxide has been saved.

The panels are half funded through The Co-operative's scheme, with match funding from the Government's Low Carbon Building Programme.

Andrew Duckworth, manager of Barnoldswick's Co-op, said: "As well as reducing the school's carbon footprint and cutting its electricity bills, the solar panels will serve as a reminder to the whole community of the urgent need to tackle climate change."