Issue - meetings

This report sets out the outcome of the consultation on proposed amendments to the Admission Arrangements for Brent Community Schools for 2025/26 and seeks Cabinet’s approval to determine the arrangements, as proposed within Appendix 1 of the report, in February 2024.

Cabinet RESOLVED

(1)    To note the outcome of the consultation.

(2)    To agree the proposed reductions of the Published Admission Numbers at Fryent Primary School and Mitchell Brook Primary School.

(3)    To determine the admission arrangements, as set out in Appendix 2 of the report.

Eligible for call-in: Yes

Deadline for submission of call-in: 6pm on Monday 12 February 24

Councillor Grahl (Cabinet Member for Children, Young People & Schools) introduced a report detailing the outcome of consultation on proposed amendments to the Admission Arrangements for Brent Community Schools in 2025-26 and seeking approval to determine the proposed arrangements, as set out within Appendix 1 of the report.

In considering the report, Cabinet noted that approval had been granted in November 2023 to undertaken public consultation on a number of proposed amendments to admission arrangements for the academic year 2025-26.  Members were reminded the proposed amendments had been designed to reflect the fall in demand for pupil places within the primary sector across areas of the borough and London as a whole whilst also seeking to protect school budgets and ensure the longer-term sustainability of educational provision across the borough.

In noting the outcome of the consultation, which had been focussed around amendments to the existing admission arrangements in relation to the proposed reduction in the Published Admission Number (PAN) for Fryent Primary School and Mitchell Brook Primary School, Cabinet advised they were minded to endorse the proposed amendments recognising the excess surplus in capacity identified and broader aim to protect the long term sustainability of schools in the planning areas identified.

In support of the approach outlined and seeking to ensure the admission arrangements remained as fair and transparent as possible Cabinet therefore RESOLVED:

(1)    To note the outcome of the consultation.

(2)    To agree the proposed reductions of the Published Admission Numbers at Fryent Primary School and Mitchell Brook Primary School.

(3)    To determine the admission arrangements, as set out in Appendix 2 of the report.