FURIOUS parents have slammed their children’s primary school after nine-year-old students were accidentally shown PORN instead of a Paddington Bear movie.

Red-faced teachers were forced to admit the blunder after X-rated material popped up during Year 5’s "Golden Time" at Croft Academy in Walsall, West Midlands.

4 Red-faced teachers were left to apologise after the X-rated material was shown at Croft Academy in Walsall, West Midlands Credit: Google Maps

In a letter to parents and carers, the school explained "we had a failure in our filters".

It said: “During Year 5’s Golden Time today, whilst watching ‘Paddington Bear’ we had a failure in our filters.

“An inappropriate image came up. School has strict measures in place to prevent such images from appearing.”

Some parents were frustrated by the lack of immediate action and felt they should have been informed by text message.

4 Nine-year-old students settling down to watch a Paddington Bear movie were accidentally shown porn Credit: AP:Associated Press

4 In a letter to parents and carers explaining the incident, the school said ‘we had a failure in our filters’ Credit: Caters News Agency

A parent, who wished to remain anonymous, said: “I was absolutely disgusted to hear it from my child's mouth, to know he has been shown this.

"You do not expect to have it in a school; you try your best to prevent it at home.

"Some children take it with a pinch of salt but other kids are traumatised.”

4 It is understood the clip came up as the film was being streamed from the web

They added: "We were all disgusted considering the children had to tell us.

"Parents are annoyed that we were made aware by giving a letter to the Year Five students, who can read, so it is not only wrong to see it but they have to repeat it.

"We asked a member of staff if they had even watched the film beforehand and they had not."

Parents said the school has not apologised for the incident which happened last week.

It is understood the clip came up as the film was being streamed from the web.

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A spokesman for the school said: “An issue with web content filtering software occurred on Friday afternoon.

“The issue has been reported to the Trust, the Local Authority Designated Officer and the service provider, in accordance with academy procedures.

“An investigation is under way and to comment any further would be inappropriate at this point.”

The Sun Online contacted the school for further comment.

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