Elusive street artist Banksy has secretly painted a mural on a classroom wall after the school named one of its houses after him.
The 14ft artwork of a child with a stick chasing a burning tyre was created on the side of the building during the half-term holidays.
The piece, which has been confirmed as genuine, was discovered by site manager Jason Brady at Bridge Farm Primary in Bristol at 6.55am on Monday.
Headmaster Geoff Mason told Sky News he was "thrilled" by the design and insisted he did not know the artist was turning up beforehand.
Banksy also left a letter addressed to the caretaker where he thanked the school for "naming a house after me".
The artist added: "Please have a picture. If you don't like it feel free to add stuff, I'm sure the teachers won't mind.
"Remember - it's always easier to get forgiveness than permission. Much love, Banksy."
Pupils had taken part in a competition to name the school's houses, with the winners being Brunel, Cabot, Blackbeard and Banksy.
Charlie Luka, seven, won the competition to name one of the houses Banksy, and wrote to the secretive Bristol artist to tell him.
He said: "When I came into school this art showed up on the wall and I was so surprised.
"It's here because I won Banksy for the house design. I chose Banksy because he is so creative. I was so shocked and amazed."
Mr Mason said: "It was lovely that he responded to the children's letter and we're thrilled he has paid us a visit and left us our beautiful mural."
He added: "It was a shock when we suddenly found on our wall this mural. We didn't know he was coming. I had a phone call to say we had a visit from him.
"We were hoping we would get a response for the children but we weren't expecting anything on his scale, so it's fantastic."
Mr Mason said there are plans to put a transparent covering over the mural and then the pupils could add their own artwork on top.
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