Calls have been made for a city school to be brought back into use more than two years after pupils moved out.

Children were last taught in the Angel Road Junior School building in June 2021 after ceiling tiles fell from the roof of the Victorian site.

The Evolution Trust, which runs the school, has since relocated it to share a site with the associated infant school, leaving the building empty.

The trust is due to return the building to Norfolk County Council, which has sparked questions over what will happen to the site.

It has seen the Labour group at County Hall call for the building to be brought back up to scratch and turned into a new school for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

They say the site would be a "perfect location" for a new SEND school, with the county council still on the lookout for ways to provide additional places.

But it is thought that if the site were to be used for any other purpose than education, it would have to go through the lengthy process of being deregistered - which could not happen until 2025.

Julie Brociek-Coulton, county councillor for the Sewell ward, said: "Shutters on the windows and the neglected grounds are already turning this much-loved landmark into an eyesore.

"We don't want to wait until 2025 for a change - we can restore it to being a school and one that meets a desperate need."

Steve Morphew, leader of the Labour group, added: "Labour councillors have a track record for bringing redundant buildings back into community use - but it isn't easy."

The group will put its proposal to Norfolk County Council's cabinet at a meeting on Monday.

A County Hall spokesman said: "The site has not been transferred back to NCC yet and discussions are ongoing around its future use."