A primary school partly destroyed by a fire last year could soon be rebuilt.

A fire ripped through Yatton Infant School, destroying six classrooms, on May 29 last year. Now plans have been submitted to rebuild the school.

A planning application submitted to North Somerset Council seeks planning permission to build six new classrooms, along with new group rooms, library, food technology room, toilets, an extended hall, and some other facilities.

Three classrooms would be for children in year one, and three for children in year two, replacing the destroyed classrooms. One classroom will be fitted out as a “nurture space.”

A statement describing the plans submitted with the planning application said: “A courtyard provides a central focus linking infant and junior school buildings, to create a ‘one school’ feeling, aiding transition from infants to juniors. All classrooms have direct access to an external teaching space.”

The size of the school will stay the same as before. Since the fire, temporary classrooms have been used. An all-weather pitch installed alongside the temporary classrooms will be retained as the school have found it “valuable.”

Six fire engines and 36 firefighters tackled the blaze in 2023. The fire broke out at half term when there was nobody inside the building. There were no injuries reported and the fire’s cause was found to be accidental.