St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Radstock, could be expanding by 150 places, to a 420 capacity, due to new housing developments in the area.

B&NES Cabinet members have been asked to approve £2.473m worth of a provisionally approved budget to expand school place provision. Just over £2m of the funding will come from Government, with £450,000 coming from Community Infrastructure Levy (or S106), which is gained from housing development contributions.

A new four-classroom block is proposed, to include group rooms, a specialist teaching room, Special Educational Needs therapy room, new staff room, storage, toilets and cloakroom. The school kitchen will also need to be extended for extra pupils and the existing reception area remodelled.