The Trust and the Leadership Team of Farnham Green Primary School propose to reduce the Published Admission Number (PAN) for Reception from 90 to 60, to take effect from September 2025.

The proposed change will help our school to focus its resources fully on the learning for our youngest pupils. Over the past years, the Trust and school has significantly improved the outcomes of all our pupils and feel strongly that the proposed reduction will enable the finite funding being able to be distributed directly into teaching and learning within an area where pupil birth rates are diminishing, placing financial difficulties on schools in the locality. Reducing the PAN at Farnham Green would still enable the school to meet the demand of places.

We have engaged with the School Place Planning Team to understand the future projected pupil numbers within Redbridge, and they have confirmed they will still meet their planned requirements once this proposed change has been made.

There will be no other changes to the admission arrangements. The proposed change will not affect the current pupils or those who choose to accept an offer for a school place in September 2023. All current and future parents and any other interested stakeholders can make comments on this proposal, information on how you can do this is detailed at the end of this letter, under the section titled “How to make your views known”. 

Background 

The current Published Admission Number (PAN) for Farnham Green Primary School is 90. Reducing the PAN will assist the Trust to provide stability in its long-term planning and allow the school to continue to secure high-quality educational outcomes for our youngest pupils currently on our roll, while continuing to provide an appropriate number of places for future pupil numbers in line with demand in the Seven Kings area. Although the Regulations and Code of Practice relating to school admissions no longer require an admissions authority to consult when maintaining or increasing a school's PAN, there remains a requirement to consult when the proposal is to reduce. Farnham Green Primary School are seeking comments on the proposed change.

Specific Proposal 

The current Published Admission Number (PAN) for Farnham Green Primary School is 90. Reducing the PAN will assist the Trust to provide stability in its long-term planning and allow the school to continue to secure high-quality educational outcomes for our youngest pupils currently on our roll, while continuing to provide an appropriate number of places for future pupil numbers in line with demand in the Seven Kings area. Although the Regulations and Code of Practice relating to school admissions no longer require an admissions authority to consult when maintaining or increasing a school's PAN, there remains a requirement to consult when the proposal is to reduce. Farnham Green Primary School are seeking comments on the proposed change.

It is important to consider the views of our parents and the wider community. If you would like to contribute to the consultation, please complete the Stakeholder Response Form available on our website.

How to make your views known

The consultation will run from Monday 30th October 2023 – Sunday 10^th December 2023. All stakeholders are invited to submit comments in writing about the proposal to:

PAN Consultation
Farnham Green Primary school
Royal Close
Ilford
IG3 8UT

Or email to: admin@strive4academy.co.uk (Subject heading: PAN Consultation)

For the duration of the consultation Farnham Green will make the following documents available to view and download:

Stakeholder Letter