A PANCAKE race certainly didn't fall flat as girls enjoyed some flipping good fun.

As people tuck into the treats today, Bolton School decided to add some fundraising into the mix and held their first charity pancake race and pancake cafe in support of PMSF UK.

Phelan-McDermid Syndrome or PMS is a rare genetic disorder which affects the transfer of messages in the brain, which often causes developmental delay.

Girls found out more about the condition during a special assembly led by Kathryn Kay, whose son Charlie, aged six, was diagnosed with it in July 2010 when he was just a baby.

She and her husband, Andrew, have established the UK branch of the Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation, known as PMSF UK.

Sue Hincks, headmistress, put forward the idea of a pancake race.

Friend of Mrs Kay, food and technology teacher Natalie James, said: "Miss Marrs, the Girls’ Division Charities Representative, had the idea of a pancake sale to go alongside it as a way to make more money for the charity, as everyone loves pancakes!

“It was nice to see so many girls being so supportive.”

Teams competed in a series of challenges — including dodging through cones, weaving through ropes, lifting a pair of hula-hoops over their head, and bouncing a ball — all while holding a pancake in a frying pan.

The girls also had to flip it a certain number of times each.

The final race was billed as the one everyone was waiting for: four Deputy Head Girls versus two teacher teams, all competing at once.

The science department had put together a team headed by Ray Ball, while John Radcliffe had rallied a mixed staff team.

A crowd cheered on the Deputy Head Girls’ team to victory.

The mixed staff team also won a prize — for accruing the most penalty points.

Mrs Kay, from Westhoughton, said: “This event was brilliant. First I was able to see the Pancake Café, and that sold out which was fantastic.

"Then the Pancake Race was just really good fun, and it was great to see so many people involved, both pupils and teachers."

Madeleine Bodger, aged 11, said: “It was exhilarating and exciting to take part.”

More than £250 was raised on the day.