Eleven new schools are set to be built across Suffolk following an additional £32m investment to support Suffolk County Council's school growth programme.

The additional money will also be put towards school expansion projects and help maintain school buildings, including reducing the carbon footprint of premises.

Details of the new schools in Suffolk are:

  • One new secondary school and two new primary schools for the Ipswich Garden Suburb development
  • Relocation of Lakenheath Primary School to a bigger site to allow for expansion
  • New primary school in Haverhill
  • New primary school in Woolpit
  • Relocation of Trimley St Martin Primary School to a bigger site to allow for expansion
  • New primary school for north Felixstowe
  • New primary school for Wolsey Grange, Ipswich
  • New primary school for Rushbrooke housing development, Bury St Edmunds
  • New primary school for Chilton Woods housing development, Sudbury

The money will also support plans to build new Early Years provision and expand existing sites.

These include:

  • Expansion of Exning Pre-school
  • New pre-school in Western Way, Bury St Edmunds
  • New pre-school at Holton St Peter
  • Reprovision of places at Beck Row pre-school

The money will also be used to improve fire prevention at Thurston Community College and Dale Hall Primary School in Ipswich.

The latter will also be getting new sport facilities, and an expansion to facilities will happen at Moulton CEVCP School in Newmarket, and a new conservatory will be built at Highfields Nursery School in Ipswich.

East Anglian Daily Times: Cllr Rachel Hood, cabinet member for Education at Suffolk County Council. Credit: Charlotte BondCllr Rachel Hood, cabinet member for Education at Suffolk County Council. Credit: Charlotte Bond (Image: Charlotte Bond)

Cllr Rachel Hood, cabinet member for Education at Suffolk County Council, said: "It is vital we continue to match the number of school places with new housing developments being built across Suffolk.

"We are facing increased pressure to match demand for new places.

"This money allows us to keep pace and fulfil our duty to provide new school places in line with community growth, as well as provide safe and comfortable premises to teach our children and young people."