Extra money is to be given to Oxfordshire schools which educate children from families in the armed forces.

Oxfordshire County Council has allocated an extra £100,000 over three years to schools including some in Bicester, Abingdon, Brize Norton, Carterton and Benson.

The money will be used to help the schools cope with the administrative costs of taking on the new pupils.

Tony Crabbe, the council's executive member for schools, said: "I'm pleased we have recognised there's a problem in schools with a high mobility of pupils. Their parents come to a station like RAF Brize Norton, perhaps for two years, then move on, which means the education of the children is interrupted.

"This money should give the schools the support they need to help the children cope with the changes."

About 80 per cent of pupils at The Gateway Primary School, in Carterton, are from forces families and 45 per cent of pupils there have arrived or left in the past year.

Acting headteacher Gail Hennessy said: "This extra money will be very welcome.

"Whenever we get a new pupil we have to make an assessment about where the child is in terms of progress. Some come here without having done the national curriculum. We also have higher administration costs, with records being posted all over the world."

Witney MP David Cameron held a debate in the House of Commons on the subject and called for the Government to consider extra funds.