A YORK primary school will be able to increase the number of pupils it teaches after its expansion plans were given the go-ahead.

Proposals to create four extra classrooms and a new hall at Knavesmire Primary School, in Trafalgar Street, have been approved by City of York Council, with the scheme also including new toilets and cloakrooms and improvements to the site’s main entrance.

The school has said the project, which will see an extension being built to its south wing, will allow it to increase its pupil roll from 260 to 420 over the next three years.