The Schools Forums (England) Regulations 2012

Non-schools members E+W

7.— [F1 (1) The schools forum must include—

(a) where there is at least one 16 to 19 provider, at least one person to represent 16 to 19 providers, that person to be elected by representatives of the 16 to 19 providers, or if there is only one 16 to 19 provider, by the representatives of that provider; and

(b) one or more persons appointed by the authority to represent early years providers.]

(2) Subject to paragraph (3) and regulation 4(4), the authority may appoint additional non-schools members to their forum to represent the interests of other bodies.

(3) Prior to making any appointment under paragraph (2), the authority must consider whether the following bodies should be represented on their forum—

(a) the Diocesan Board of Education for any diocese any part of which is situated in the authority's area;

(b) the Bishop of any Roman Catholic Diocese any part of which is situated in the authority's area;

(c) where there are any schools or Academies within the authority's area that are designated under section 69(3) of the Act M1 as having a religious character (other than Church of England or Roman Catholic schools), the appropriate faith group in respect of any such school or Academy.

(4) The authority may not appoint any executive member or relevant officer of the authority to their forum as a non-schools member.

(5) Within one month of the appointment of any non-schools member, the authority must inform the governing bodies of schools maintained by them and of Academies within their area of the name of the member and the name of the body that member represents.

(6) In this Regulation “relevant officer” means—

(a) the director of children's services of the authority,

(b) any officer employed or engaged to work under the management of the director of children's services, other than one who directly provides education to children or who manages such a person, or

(c) any officer whose work involves management of, or advice on, school funding.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 7(1) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3104), regs. 1(1), 3(6)

Marginal Citations

M1 Section 69(3) also applies to independent schools (which includes Academies) by virtue of section 124B, which was inserted by regulations 2 and 3 of S.I. 2003/2037.