FIFTEEN million pounds is planned to be split between six secondary schools.

Last month The Argus revealed £15 million ear-marked for the building of a new free school for Brighton and Hove would be spent on existing secondaries.

Following action by parents of children who missed out on places at Varndean and Dorothy Stringer the city council did a U-turn on its position that changes at those schools in time for September were impossible.

It agreed to allocated funds for temporary classrooms to accommodate the 38 children affected.

It also scheduled an emergency session of the schools committee, which will meet on Monday to consider officers’ proposals for allocating the rest of the money.

The plans allocate £2 million to Stringer and Varndean, both in Brighton, to meet the temporary need for additional pupils from September, and previously agreed additional places in 2019 and 2020 at Stringer.

Varndean, which last year agreed to add an intake class to help a city-wide places shortage, has been earmarked £5 million to meet that cost.

Blatchington Mill School in Hove will increase its intake size but has decided to close its sixth form and will need internal modifications, so half a million has been recommended.

Hove Park School, which is based on two sites a mile apart, is reorganising which children attend classes on which site.

The officers’ report states: “In order to make best use of the accommodation in the longer term and to maximise the number of places available in the future, it is recommended that £5 million is allocated for this purpose.

“The council is aware of a number of planned housing developments in the area served by both Hove Park and Blatchington Mill.”

Patcham High has had £1 million recommended to help cope with an increase in intake and Longhill in Rottingdean has had £1 million recommended due to “anticipated house building in neighbouring authorities”.

Half a million would remain as a contingency.

A council spokesman said: “These [figures] have been generated by the council’s experienced property professionals and may be subject to change as more detailed plans are developed.”