The Government has announced an extra £12m will be spent on primary school expansion, but Sutton Council said more is still needed to cope with the borough's baby boom.

The funding will help fulfil a commitment for a further five primary schools in Sutton to expand in time for September 2012.

The money has come from a £500m pot to help schools expand and boost the number of places available across the country, after local authorities said money being released from the Government was not sufficient to meet spiralling primary school places.

Sutton, which has one of the highest birth rates in London, will receive the 11th largest cash boost out of 110 authorities to receive the funding.

Councillor Kirsty Jerome, executive member for education and schools at Sutton Council, said: “We’ve campaigned hard for extra money from the Department for Education to make sure we can provide places in our schools for our local children, so I’m glad Micheal Gove is directing this money where it is needed.

“It is important that this is not a one-off payment; the number of children needing a school place in Sutton is continuing to rise, and of course all of these children will need places as they move up into secondary school.

"If the money does not follow them through school, we will be in exactly the same situation in a few years’ time.

“There is simply no way we can find this money within our own budget, so I will be urging the Government to do more and help us plan for the future of our young residents.”

Carshalton and Wallington MP Tom Brake and Sutton and Cheam MP Paul Burstow both welcomed calls for the money.

Figures released last week by the Department of Education also revealed that the borough’s schools will receive an extra £1,828,000 this year to to support their poorest students.

Every school in Sutton will receive nearly £500 for every child on free school meals.