THIRTEEN of Hillingdon’s primary schools could start accepting at least 50 per cent more children by September 2013, in the latest stage of the borough’s school expansion programme.

The primaries set to gain an extra form of entry in this latest phase, detailed below, are dotted all around the borough.

Each school will start taking on extra reception pupils next year, and the school will grow as those pupils move up through the years, and there are new intakes.

A fourteenth, West Drayton Primary School, will be ready a year later at the start of the 2014 term.

The expansion programme was urgently launched two years ago following a sharp rise in school applications, due to birth rates and migration trends, and the council have committed £100million to ensuring that the borough is not caught short in the coming years.

The first phase saw eight schools in Uxbridge and Hayes, where demand is greatest, gain new forms of entry, and temporary classrooms have popped up across Hillingdon so lessons aren’t disrupted during major building works.

Before a decision can be made, the proposals have to go to a statutory public consultation.

This has been launched, and you can have your say by sending your comments to Venetia Rogers at Education Services: vrogers@hillingdon.gov.uk or by sending them by post to: Jean Palmer, Deputy Chief Executive and Corporate Director, Planning, Environment, Education and Community Services, 3S Civic Centre, High Street, Uxbridge UB8 1UW.

Schools to get extra admissions

* Cherry Lane Primary School, Sipson Road, West Drayton. Planned capacity – 630 (from 420). Annual admissions – 60 to 90

* Field End Infant School, Field End Road, Ruislip, 480 (from 366). Annual admissions – 96 to 120

* Field End Junior School, Field End Road, Ruislip, 480 (from 366). Annual admissions – 96 to 120 (linked to infant school)

* Glebe Primary School, Sussex Road, Ickenham, 630 (from 432). Annual admissions – 60 to 90

* Harlyn Primary School, Tolcarne Drive, Pinner, 630 (from 432). Annual admissions – 60 to 90

* Heathrow Primary School, Harmondsworth Lane, West Drayton, 420 (from 315). Annual admissions – 45 to 60

* Hermitage Primary School, Belmont Road, Uxbridge, 420 (from 210). Annual admissions – 30 to 60

* Highfield Primary School, Charville Lane West, Hillingdon, 420 (from 210). Annual admissions – 30 to 60

* Hillingdon Primary School, Uxbridge Road, Hillingdon, 630 (from 392). Annual admissions – 60 to 90

* Pinkwell Primary School, Pinkwell Lane, Hayes, 1050 (from 840). Annual admissions – 120 to 150

* Rabbsfarm Primary School, Gordon Road, Yiewsley, 630 (from 412). Annual admissions from Sept 2013 – 60 to 90

* Ruislip Gardens Primary School, Stafford Road, Ruislip, 630 (from 409). Annual admissions – 60 to 90

* Ryefield Primary School, Ryefield Avenue, Hillingdon, 630 (from 420). Annual admissions – 60 to 90

* West Drayton Primary School, Kingston Lane, West Drayton 630 (from 420). Annual admissions – 60 to 90 (from September 2014)