PLANS are being drawn up to expand a Witney primary school after education chiefs agreed it should be allowed to take 50 per cent more children.

Madley Brook Primary School opened in 2003 to serve the Madley Park estate by taking on 30 children in Year One.

But the number of children on the estate has grown, and the school was forced to enrol 45 new pupils this September as a temporary measure.

Now an intake of 45 has been agreed, which will eventually see the school grow from 180 pupils in Years One to Six to 270.

Headteacher Katherine Spencer said: “I'm delighted this has been approved.”