The Schools Forums (England) Regulations 2010

Membership: general

4.—(1) Subject to the following paragraphs of this regulation, an authority may determine the size and composition of their schools forum and the forum members’ terms of office.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a forum must consist of at least 15 members, comprising—

(a) schools members elected in accordance with regulation 5;

(b) if there are any Academies in the authority’s area, at least one Academies member elected or selected in accordance with regulation 6; and

(c) non-schools members appointed in accordance with regulation 7.

(3) If, for any reason, an election for a schools member under regulation 5(1) or an Academies member under regulation 6(1) does not take place by any date set by the authority or any such election results in a tie between two or more candidates, the authority must appoint the schools member or Academies member to their schools forum instead.

(4) Schools members and Academies members must together comprise at least two thirds of the membership of the forum.

(5) Subject to paragraphs (6) to (8), primary schools, secondary schools and Academies must be broadly proportionately represented on the forum, having regard to the total number of pupils registered at them.

(6) Where the authority maintain one or more special schools, at least one schools member must be a representative of a special school.

(7) Where the authority maintain one or more nursery schools, at least one schools member must be a representative of a nursery school.

(8) An authority may determine that the number of members representing schools in a particular school category must be broadly proportionate to the total number of schools in that category when compared with the total number of schools maintained by the authority.

(9) A forum member remains in office until—

(a) the member’s term of office expires;

(b) the member ceases to hold the office by virtue of which the member became eligible for election, selection or appointment to the forum;

(c) the member resigns from the forum by giving notice in writing to the authority; or

(d) in the case of a non-schools member, the member is replaced by the authority, at the request of the body which the member represents, by another person nominated by that body,

whichever comes first.

(10) The authority must maintain a written record of the composition of their forum, to include—

(a) the numbers of schools members and by which group or sub-group they were elected;

(b) the number of Academies members; and

(c) the number of non-schools members, their terms of office, how they were chosen and whom they represent.