Cotham High School is to benefit from a new sports hall

The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) is making a series of grants to the Local Education Authority and to schools themselves.

More than £5m will go towards modernising school buildings and £4m will go directly to schools under the Local Management of Schools (LMS) scheme.

The replacement of temporary classrooms and modernisation of other buildings on several sites has been allocated £875,000.

A scheme to build a new sports hall for Cotham High School will get £934,000 and there is £200,000 towards the completion of an additional classroom for St John's Primary School, Clifton.

A further £586,000 will go towards disabled access works at various schools.

Peter Hammond, deputy leader of Bristol City Council, said: "We're delighted that what are fairly substantial sums of money are being made available.

"These will enable us to assist a number of city schools to make significant improvements."