THE politician who accused a school of spreading pro-Labour propaganda has today withdrawn her claims - saying she is now "completely reassured" nothing untoward happened.

Liberal Councillor Fran Oborski has now met with bosses at Bewdley Primary School following the furore of last week.

As your Worcester News revealed on Friday, Councillor Fran Oborski had complained about the school sending 10-year-olds home with homework based around Labour Party election literature.

The school was accused of asking children "why the parents should vote Labour", with an eight-year-old telling his mum he'd learnt the Nick Clegg "I'm sorry" song, leading to concerns being raised at a Worcestershire County Council meeting.

Councillor Oborski has now met the school's governing chair Martin Saunders, saying: "I am now completely reassured that everything at the school was appropriate and unbiased."

The remarks come as bosses at the school hit back, insisting the only intention of the work was to promote British democracy.

Jane Woakes, the school's headteacher, said the tasks were "designed to increase understanding of democracy in Britain" based on Department for Education guidance.

She said: "In literacy, some of the older pupils used political fliers to evaluate how persuasive writing was used and to analyse the presentation and features of the text.

"Whilst only Labour material was sent home, the text was discussed in terms of what other political parties would have written, to establish the difference between fact and point of view.

"No questions led pupils or their parents to comment on who they would or should support.

"Wherever possible, we believe that it is important to use real, topical texts to teach literacy skills so that is more meaningful to our pupils."

A statement from Mrs Woakes said in other classes children were taught about parliament, the various voting systems, all the political parties and their leaders.

It insisted the "only occurrence of a song about Nick Clegg" was in the final few seconds of a video produced by BBC Newsround, offering bite-sized clips of the parties.

It added: "The children created their own political parties based on ideals they wanted to promote, (such as) healthy lifestyles, the environment - and they produced manifestos and chose leaders.

"They invited parents in to listen to their campaigns and be part of the voting process - the feedback from parents was extremely positive."

Mr Saunders said the governors had launched an investigation and he is happy with the findings.

He said: "Having investigated this matter I wholeheartedly support the methods by which pupils have developed their knowledge and understanding of British politics.

"I'm confident the school has given an unbiased and appropriate presentation of the facts to the children."

He said the meeting with Councillor Oborski ended positively.