Twenty-six new schools will need to be built in the next ten years to accommodate Norfolk's growing population, the county council has said.
Officials are drawing up plans for the new sites, which will be based in areas experiencing the highest levels of new housebuilding, and £308m has been set aside.
The list comprises 25 primaries and one secondary, along with a raft of expansions elsewhere.
The announcement comes days after advanced plans for two of the schools in the programme - at Silfield, near Wymondham, and at Blofield, between Norwich and Acle - emerged.
The biggest growth area in the county however is in an area known as the North Norwich Growth Triangle, which encompasses Sprowston, Old Catton and Rackheath, where some 12,000 homes are in the pipeline.
To meet demand there, two new primary schools are proposed for construction in Rackheath, with a third built somewhere south of Salhouse Road.
The one new secondary school is meanwhile proposed elsewhere within the growth triangle.
Particularly high housing growth is also planned in Thetford (5,000 homes planned), Attleborough (4,000 homes) and West Winch (4,000 homes), just south of King’s Lynn.
Thetford could see three new primary schools, with two proposed in Attleborough and two in West Winch.
New primaries are also planned in Aylsham, two in Beeston Park, Bradwell, a location east of Broadland Business Park, Caister-on-Sea, Cringleford, Fakenham, Hellesdon, Little Plumstead, Poringland, Silfield and Taverham.
A replacement school building is planned for Long Stratton, and a replacement school is proposed at a new location in Blofield.
Capacity will also be expanded at the existing primary school in West Winch.
And secondary school expansions or increased capacity are planned for: Aylsham, Fakenham, Hellesdon, Hethersett, King’s Lynn, Long Stratton, Thetford, and Wymondham.
John Fisher, the council's Conservative cabinet member for children’s services, said: “We have an excellent track record of planning for and delivering new school builds and expansions to make sure children already living in or moving to an area have a school place in their locality.
“And we will be working closely with all schools across the education system in the coming months to mitigate the impact wherever possible where we know we face declining pupil numbers.”
Officials have identified existing schools which currently have more than sufficient capacity at Acle, Cromer, Sheringham, Dereham, Diss, Flegg, King’s Lynn central area, Litcham, Loddon, North Walsham, Reepham, and Stalham.
The 2021 census recently revealed that there were some 916,200 people living in Norfolk, an increase of around 58,300 people, or 6.8%, compared with the 2011 census.
The wider east of England’s 8.3pc rise was the highest proportionate increase of any English region.
The county council has said it will fund the new schools and expansions programme through its £308m Local Growth and Investment Plan.
The authority had previously committed to building 23 new schools, but has since expanded the programme.
The authority's cabinet will discuss the plan at a meeting on Wednesday, January 11.
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