Catton Grove Primary School in Norwich was due to receive £355,000 to build a new classroom to increase nursery places from 78 to 102.
However, Norfolk County Council has frozen spending on capital projects following a reduction by central Government in its Sure Start Quality and Access Funding by a total of £5.168m.
Tim Lawes, headteacher of Catton Grove Primary School, said, 'If this project does not go ahead it means that a significant number of three-, four- and five-year-olds will not have a school place in the catchment area.'
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