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* The councillor involved has now withdrawn her complaint. Click here for the story.

A SCHOOL in Worcestershire has been ticked off for allegedly telling children Labour is "the only party that wants us to live" and teaching youngsters to SING anti-Nick Clegg songs.

The methods have been slammed by a county politician, who says the school in question failed to maintain "professional standards".

Your Worcester News can reveal how Worcestershire County Council was told about how one of its schools, which is not being named publicly, sent pupils home with pre-election messages to parents.

They sent 10-year-olds home with homework based around Labour Party election literature, according to Liberal Councillor Fran Oborski, who said the children were then asked to comment on "why the parents should vote Labour".

She said: "School pupils, especially those in the primary phase, are extremely trusting of members of the teaching profession and really do believe everything their teacher tells them.

"This puts a very great responsibility upon teachers, especially at election time, to maintain professional standards and not seek to impose their personal political beliefs upon vulnerable, trusting young children.

"During the recent election campaign my 10-year old god daughter's homework consisted of Labour Party campaign literature on which she was asked to comment as to why her family 'should vote Labour'.

"Her eight-year old brother came home from the same school and told his parents that 'you must vote Labour, they are the only party that wants us to live'."

"The same child was also taught the anti-Nick Clegg 'I'm sorry' song by his teacher."

Speaking during a full council meeting, she called it "completely unacceptable and unprofessional actions" by the teachers.

She also called upon the council's leadership to take action to ensure there are no repeats.

Your Worcester News understands the school in question is Bewdley Primary, although the council insisted last night it was not prepared to confirm it.

The Conservative administration at County Hall has taken the decision not to name the school, but says the authority was made aware of it and contacted staff.

The school then told council officers the pupils were doing "compelling writing", based on using powerful, persuasive words.

We can reveal how the school also said the political leanings were balanced, but Cllr Oborski is adamant that was not the case.

The school is understood to have given a different version of events.

Councillor John Campion, the cabinet member for children and families, yesterday called it "an isolated case".

"They were doing compelling writing, trying to get somebody to 'do something' for you, and one part of that was using political literature," he said.

"It was an isolated case, the important thing is that common sense has to prevail, we're pretty confident this was the case here.

"We've no problem with the principle behind it, you (the media) use words to get messages across."

He added: "This was an example of using topical literature to aid pupils' learning.

"This homework was set as part of a wider Key Stage project and there was no intention to seek to politically influence children or their parents.

"The school understands the need to provide pupils with a balanced view on subjects such as this and the majority of this project has been received positively by parents and carers.

"The school are investigating the complaint through their usual procedures."