Issue - meetings

The constitution and membership of the Schools Forum was reviewed annually. Representation on the schools element of the Forum was derived from pupil numbers; although pupil numbers in each sector had not changed significantly there had been movement with more primary maintained schools converting to academy status. Therefore, it was proposed that there should be an increase of one primary academy member and a decrease of one primary maintained member. A nomination process, and possibly elections, would be needed to appoint the new representative. With the non-schools element, there had never been a Parent Partnership representative on the Forum; with this lack of take-up, and as this was not a statutory requirement, it was proposed that the role be deleted. The terms of reference for the Forum were largely unchanged apart from some minor changes in paragraphs 3 and 4.

Details of the new constitution and membership were set out in the report.   

RESOLVED  that the revised membership and terms of reference of the Forum be noted and approved.