Teachers said the schools had to be able to meet the needs of their communities
Plans to increase the size of 13 infant and primary schools across Nottinghamshire by up to 50% are moving ahead.
The county council said it was facing surging demand for places because of a rise in the number of four-year-olds in certain areas.
The authority has been given £30m by the government to build extra capacity.
A four week consultation is to be held to determine how to manage the changes, but building will start in summer 2015.
John Peck, chair of the Children and Young People's Committee, said: "There have been some hotspots around the county which have a higher birth rate, so we have these pressure points around the county that we have tried to identify.
"Eventually, in a few years time, these increased numbers will filter through to secondary school and we will have to expand some of those in the future."
Growing schools
Greenwood Primary and Nursery School, Kirkby-in-Ashfield
Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School, Hucknall
Broomhill Junior School, Hucknall
College House Junior School, Beeston
Larkfields Infant School, Nuthall
Larkfields Junior School, Nuthall
Central Infant and Nursery School, Carlton
Central Junior School, Carlton
Stanhope Primary and Nursery School, Gedling
Manor Park Infant and Nursery School, Calverton
Pinewood Infant and Nursery School, Arnold
Robert Mellors Primary and Nursery School, Arnold
Heatherley Primary School, Mansfield
Costock C of E Primary School
Lambley Primary School
The council has created 2,000 new school places during the past two years
Sue Laplanche, Head at Robert Mellors Primary School in Arnold, said it was looking to expand from 210 places to 315.
"Without this we will not be able to meet the needs of the community, such is the rise in demand," she said.
"Parents are concerned their children will not get a place and we are keen to allay those fears.
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