School pupils hit by the 'Great Crumpet Crisis' have visited the bakery that came to their rescue.

Last month, youngsters at Wood Memorial CP in Saltney were left stunned after arriving to their breakfast club to find crafty crooks had pinched their crumpets .

After hearing about the theft, Robin Jones, managing director of the Village Bakery in Wrexham, had a fresh batch immediately sent to the school to make sure the pupils didn’t miss out.

As an added bonus, a group of 14 children from Years 2 to 6, were invited on a visit to the factory to see first-hand how the tasty treats are made.

Wood Memorial headteacher Ceri Williams says the youngsters were thrilled to be offered the chance to visit the bakery and will report back to their classes on what they learnt during their trip.

Sophie Bevan who teaches Year 1, accompanied the group to the factory.

She said: “I think what the Village Bakery did was a really lovely thoughtful gesture. It was a really nice thing for them to do.

“The children have really enjoyed themselves. It’s really interesting to see how everything is made. We’ve been given another batch of crumpets so we’re looking forward to having them, and we’ve also been given some Welsh cakes and we’ll be having them on the way home.”

Year 3 pupil Owen Roughley, seven, said: “It’s been a really nice day – really really good. It’s just all been amazing – everything about it. I learned a lot about how the crumpets are made.”

It was sentiment echoed by Year 4 pupil Jessica Archibald, nine.

She added: “I enjoyed everything about it, especially how they make the crumpets because I have them with my granddad. I love crumpets but Welsh cakes are my favourite though.

“I’d like to learn how to make my own Welsh cakes. I think I’d like to work at the Village Bakery one day.”

The Village Bakery is a family-ran firm which employs more than 300 people and bakes more than 15,000 crumpets a week, and over a million scones a year.

It is currently building its new £3m Baking Academy and Innovation Centre which the company says will “train the next generation of bakers”.