Schools are under “huge and unsustainable pressure” from a dramatic rise in the number of children from

European migrants’ families, official figures show.

For the first time, a government report reveals the full impact of years of immigration from Europe on the state education system, at a time of growing strain on classroom places.

Almost 700,000 school-aged children – one in 15 pupils nationally – have a parent who is a citizen of another European country. The number has more than doubled since 2007.