Bradford Council has rubber stamped changes to the number of places available at some schools to cope with changing demand for places.

Addingham Primary will see its admissions drop from 45 to 30. Admissions at Nab Wood Secondary in Cottingley will fall from 210 to 180.

However, numbers will rise from 60 to 75 at Lidget Green Primary and from 60 to 90 at Bowling Park Primary from September.

Bowling Park will also operate on the site of Usher Street Primary which will close on August 31.

Changes have also been made to "priority" catchment areas for eight schools - six primaries and two secondaries. Priority admission areas will be established or modified at Addingham, Ben Rhydding, East Morton and Long Lee primary schools and Grange Technology and Feversham Colleges.

While priority admission areas will be removed for Burley Oaks Primary in Burley-in-Wharfedale and St Philip's C of E Primary in Bradford.

Louise Lee, head teacher at Keighley's Long Lee Primary School and co-chairman of the Bradford Primary School Head Teachers' Association, said a definitive priority catchment area would help over-subscribed schools.

"We have pupils in nursery who have no guarantee of receiving a place in reception," said Mrs Smith.

Mrs Smith added it was important for parents to do more to help less popular schools.

Plans to change the way summer-born children - from April to August - are admitted to primaries throughout the district have been put on hold.

Summer-born children who enter schools after the age of five can enter reception rather than going into Year One.

Proposals have been put forward to change the policy on the basis that it is not in the best interests of the child's education to be "behind" a year throughout their school career.

Councillor Colin Gill, executive member for services for children and young people, said: "There has been a little bit of controversy about this. It seems to me to be prudent to not make any changes to existing arrangements until we are clear about the national picture."

A report produced on behalf of the Government on the issue is expected to be released later in the year.