Parents have vowed to continue their fight as controversial changes to school places across the district are set to be approved.

The plans by Bradford Council include merging Cooper Lane Primary with Westwood Park Primary in Horton Bank Top.

And oversubscribed Eldwick Primary School in Gilstead will not be expanded to a three-form entry as initially proposed because parents opposed the move during a public consultation.

The aim is to help fill surplus places at Trinity All Saints Primary in Bingley, and extra places will also be created at St Joseph's Catholic Primary in the town. Two new priority areas were drawn up for Gilstead to help cope with the influx after 500 new homes were built and a further 300 were approved.

Gael Housley, whose children Laura, nine, and seven-year-old Benjamin are at Eldwick Primary, said she feared her two-year-old son Matthew would have to go to a different school because they now live outside of the priority areas. We're pleased it hasn't gone to a three-form entry but families who are affected will see their children going to different schools. By the time Matthew goes to school we will have three children at three different schools," she said.

"If this happens we will go to appeal and we'll do all we can to get him into Eldwick Primary."

Angela Pullen, chairman of governors at Cooper Lane Primary, said they would continue to fight to stop the merger with Westwood Primary which is half empty.

The scheme includes a new 30-place nursery at Westwood Park.

"We don't want either school to close," she said. "There will be huge problems with the merger and parking at Westwood Park. We fear there will be an accident."

A consultation period began in November to seek the views of parents, staff, governors, religious organisations and early years providers about the district-wide changes. The Council's executive has been asked to approve the changes at its meeting at City Hall next Tuesday, February 8, at 2pm.

Other changes are to provide 30 more places at St Matthew's CE Primary in West Bowling, to relocate and rebuild All Saints CE Primary in Bradford, to create 30 more places in Little Horton, and to build a new school on the present All Saints site in Kennion Street.