ONE primary school is to be expanded while two more will merge, the Council's Executive has decided.

Yesterday, the Executive agreed that Aire View Infant School and Hothfield Junior School in Silsden can merge to create a new, larger primary.

They also approved the expansion of of Parklands Primary School in Greengates by 124 pupils and changes to the admissions criteria at Cottingley Village Primary School to help nearby families get places at the school if it is oversubscribed.

Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe, the executive member who oversees schools, said the expansion of Parklands formed part of wider efforts to create new school places for Bradford's growing population.

She said the authority had created 8,000 new school places in the district over the past five years.

She said the merger in Silsden had been "embraced by both schools", adding: "It's the right thing to do for Silsden."