CHILDREN from a school in south Shropshire have been handed a flag that was flying at Westminster.

Ludlow MP Philip Dunne presented the ceremonial flag to pupils and staff at Onny Church of England Primary School

The flag was one of 80 designed by primary school pupils across the UK.

It was the result of a parliamentary project designed to enable young people to discover the importance of elected representation in the UK Parliament.

The 80 flags, one for each historic county in the UK, stemmed from an educational journey undertaken by seven to 11-year-olds in more than 450 schools.

Onny School’s flag was selected from more than 500 flags to represent Shropshire.

Presenting a child’s eye view of the UK, Onny School’s flag flew at both the national commemoration of the 800th anniversary of The Great Charter on Runnymede Meadow in the presence of The Queen and in Parliament Square to mark the recalling of Parliament after the election.

The flag was presented by Mr Dunne MP to the three pupils of different year groups at Onny School, who had designed the flag as part of a competition within the school, which went on to represent Shropshire.

“Flags are one of the key ways in which individual and group identities are represented around the world,” said Mr Dunne.

“This makes them a perfect vehicle for this project celebrating the 750th anniversary of political representation here in our country."

The 2015 Flag Project forms part of the Houses of Parliament’s public programme, Parliament in the Making, which commemorates two important anniversaries in 2015: 750 years since the Simon de Montfort Parliament (1265) and 800 years since the sealing of Magna Carta (1215).