GETTY Britain is now facing a shortfall of more than 1,500 schools

FREE now SUBSCRIBE Invalid email Make the most of your money by signing up to our newsletter fornow We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights.

Nearly 38,000 children under 10 arrived here last year alone. Experts say an extra 1,600 schools will be needed to cope with the soaring demand. The huge number of foreign pupils is a staggering 160 per cent increase on the 14,400 who came to the UK in 2011. Education chiefs in the worst affected areas will need to create up to 7,500 extra school places in the next three years, experts predict.

Getty Images Migrants have been fleeing across Europe from the conflict in the Middle East

The number of migrants coming to the UK has much more profound effects on our communities than on just how nice we are as a people Ukip’s migration spokesman

The figures highlight the true burden uncontrolled immigration is placing on the country’s education system. Experts say expanding existing schools will not be enough to cope with the population explosion over the next nine years. Nick Timothy, director of thinktank New Schools Network, which uncovered the statistics, said: “It’s clear that England urgently needs more new schools to address this record level of demand. “Simply expanding existing schools is not the answer. As long as EU freemovement rules apply, net migration is not likely to come down at any point soon. “There will also soon be a knockon effect on secondary school places where already three-quarters of the local authorities with the highest net migration are in desperate need of new places.”

Ukip’s migration spokesman, Steven Woolfe said: “These numbers show just how ridiculous it is to reduce the argument of how many refugees the UK should take to one of individual compassion. “The number of migrants coming to the UK has much more profound effects on our communities than on just how nice we are as a people and where immigrants sleep. “The impact on public services like health, education and on infrastructure like roads, water and sewage is too often ignored. The stark reality is that many communities are struggling to educate the children who already live in them.” The New Schools Network study looked at government figures to find the number of children who came to Britain last year and were likely to need a primary school by this September.

Getty Images Britain's schools will be stretched to the limit with nearly 40,000 migrant children

It found 37,975 migrants aged three to 10 entered the UK in the year to June 2014. There are already 101,000 children being taught in classes bigger than the limit of 30. All but four of the 20 local authorities with the highest influx of primary school age children have a “serious need” for new places. Newham in east London tops the table.

It also has the second highest level of net migration for primary age children. Projections made using official figures show the borough will need 7,588 new places for 2018-19. Outside the capital, schools in Kent – where many refugees’ children are cared for after crossing the Channel – could see demand for places grow by 6,800 and another 5,800 in Manchester.

Getty Images Migrants have found themselves stranded across so many different parts of Europe