Providing school places for the growing number of children in Bucks should not be an issue, according to the council's education chief – despite the potential need for 90,000 new homes in the county in the next 30 years.

Bucks County Council’s (BCC) director for children’s services Tolis Vouyioukas assured councillors BCC has a “very good track record” of providing school places for children at a meeting of the children’s select committee this week.

Mr Vouyioukas was asked how BCC will cope with the growing demand for places in the county, as councils formulate housing plans for thousands of homes in each district.

He said: “Based on what I have seen so far Bucks has a very good track record of delivering pupil place planning on time and on budget.

“We have a very good team and commissioning service – their mission in life is to make sure we have enough places for our pupils and so far touch wood we have not been unpleasantly surprised with pupils without a school place.”

In April, leader of BCC, Martin Tett, said space for 90,000 homes may have to be found in Bucks by 2050 – some of which are already include in the district’s local plans.

The news came after government announced it will launch new planning targets for councils across the country.

Wycombe District Council’s Local Plan outlines where 10,925 homes will be built by 2033 – while Chiltern and South Bucks need to allocate space for 9,150.