PLANS for three additional classrooms at Camelford Primary School have been approved.

Cornwall Council plans committee approved the plans at a recent meeting.

The three-classroom permanent modular unit will be a separate, but close, building to the main school, on the edge of the playground and field.

It will also provide a small staff area, a plant room, washrooms and toilets and a small group activity room for the children.

It is hoped that the classrooms will be in place for the start of the summer term.

Headteacher, Lee Bacchus, told the Post: “I think it’s something that is needed within the local area. There has been a population increase in the area. We recently had an extension at St Teath for two more classrooms, and other local schools have plenty of year groups that are full to capacity.

“At Camelford the population is set to grow further with all the housing, and there are going to be more children coming in, and we need more spaces.”