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Explanatory note

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These Regulations are made under sections 85A, 85B, 88P, 88Q and 138 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (SSFA 1998) and come into force on 10th February 2009.

Part 2 deals with local education authority (LA) reports to the adjudicator. The duty on LAs to produce an annual report to the adjudicator is introduced by section 88P of SSFA 1998, inserted by the Education and Skills Act 2008.

It prescribes the matters relevant to admissions to maintained schools, Academies, city technology colleges and city colleges for the technology of the arts in the area of the authority which are to be included in LA reports (regulations 4 and 5), and the date by which such reports are to be made (regulation 7). Section 88Q provides that certain bodies and persons must provide information to the LA on request to enable the LA to compile their report to the adjudicator. Those persons include the clerk to an admission appeal panel (by virtue of regulation 6).

Parts 3 and 4 deal with admission forums established by local authorities under section 85A of the SSFA 1998. They replace the Education (Admission Forums) (England) Regulations 2002 and the Education (Admission Forums) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007, which are revoked by these Regulations.

In Part 3 (constitution, meetings and proceedings) they prescribe the membership of a forum (regulation 8), the appointment and tenure of members (regulation 9), the appointment of alternate members (regulation 10) the election of a chair and vice-chair, and appointment of a secretary (regulations 11 and 12), they make provision about the meetings of a forum and the establishment of sub-committees (regulations 13 and 14). They also provide for two or more LAs to establish a joint forum (regulation 15).

In Part 4 (purpose and functions) they prescribe the purpose of admission forums established by LAs under section 85A (regulation 16) and the manner in which the advice and recommendations of a forum are to be published (regulation 17).

They prescribe the matters which are to be included in forum reports made under section 85A and the information that may be requested by a forum to enable it to compile its report (regulation 19) and prescribe that the forum report is to be submitted to the adjudicator (regulation 20).