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Farnham
Location within Essex
Population410 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference TL474248
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Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BISHOP'S STORTFORD
Postcode district CM23
Dialling code 01279
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51°54′08″N0°08′36″E / 51.9022°N 0.1434°E / 51.9022; 0.1434

Farnham is a small village in Essex, England, situated near Bishop's Stortford. The main features are Farnham Church of England Primary School, the church and the Three Horseshoes pub in Hazel End, which some consider a hamlet in its own right. The population was 410 at the 2011 census and had increased to 418 in the 2021 census [1] It is divided up into several areas, such as Farnham, Hazel End, Bell's Cottages, Saven End and Farnham Green. The name is derived from the Fernham (Hamlet in the ferns).

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History

Farnham is mentioned in the Domesday Book as one of the settlements in Clavering hundred. [2]


Farnham Primary School

Farnham C of E Primary School is a primary school in Farnham, Essex, England. Farnham Primary School is located on the Essex/Herts county border, within two miles (3 km) of Stansted Mountfitchet and Bishop's Stortford, and takes pupils from both counties. [3]

Founded in 1874, Farnham primary is Essex's smallest school with about 50 pupils in 2023. It has three classes: Willow (from Reception to Year 1), Silver Birch (from Year 2 to Year 4) and Horse Chestnut (Year 5 to Year 6). Children graduating from Farnham mostly attend secondary schools in Bishop's Stortford and it lies within Joyce Franklin High school's priority admissions area. [4]

The school is in federation with the larger nearby Rickling Church of England Primary School, where pupils visit weekly for curriculum enrichment activities, including art, gardening, drama, yoga and sports. Both schools share an executive head and deputy head. The deputy head teaches Horse Chestnut class in Farnham. [5]

Farnham primary enjoys consistently good SATS results. In 2013, 100% of Year 6 pupils achieved Level 4+ and 50% achieved Level 5 in mathematics and reading. [6] This compares very favourably with the national average and out-performs most schools in the area. [7]

In 2014, the school was the subject of a high-profile campaign to keep it in Farnham and prevent it from moving to nearby Stansted Mountfitchet, as proposed by Essex County Council and the Diocese Board of Education for Chelmsford. [8] [9] The proposals were unanimously opposed by the parish councils of Farnham and Stansted and the Farnham parochial church. [10] In response, the school governors voted to reject the proposals. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Open Domesday: Farnham. Accessed 10 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Bishop's Stortford schools directory".
  4. ↑ Herts School Directory Archived 2014-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Farnham staff list". Farnham Primary School. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Key Stage 2 SATs Results 2013". Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "About Farnham school". Farnham Primary School. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  8. ↑ stansted.net/uploads/Farnham%20newspaper%20advert Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ "Proposals to move Farnham CE Primary School to former St-Marys site in Stansted". Bishops Stortford Herts & Essex Observer. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Campaigners reject bid to move Farnham Primary School to Stansted". Cambridge News. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "Community joy as governors vote to reject Farnham School relocation". Bishops Stortford Herts & Essex Observer. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
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