{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-admissions-local-authority-reports-and-admission-forums-england-regulations-2008/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-admissions-local-authority-reports-and-admission-forums-england-regulations-2008/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/3091",
  "legislation_title": "The School Admissions (Local Authority Reports and Admission Forums) (England) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-admissions-local-authority-reports-and-admission-forums-england-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Membership of a forum",
  "text": "(1) A forum must comprise no more than 20 members, appointed by the authority in accordance with this regulation and regulation 9, and must include—\n(a) at least one representative of each of the following schools which are in the relevant area—\n(i) community schools,\n(ii) voluntary controlled schools,\n(iii) voluntary aided schools,\n(iv) foundation schools,\n(v) Academies, and\n(vi) city technology colleges and city colleges for the technology of the arts;\n(b) one representative from each body or person representing the religion or religious denomination of any foundation or voluntary schools or Academies in the relevant area which are designated as having a religious character by an order under section 69(3) or section 124B;\n(c) at least one parent member ; and\n(d) at least one person who appears to the members appointed under sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) to represent the interests of any section of the community in the relevant area, and who is not eligible for appointment as a member under any of those sub-paragraphs.\n(2) Members falling within paragraph (1)(a) must be either the head teacher or a governor (other than a governor who is appointed to the governing body by the authority and is a member of the authority) and must be appointed following a nomination by the governing body of a maintained school within the relevant area.\n(3) Members falling within paragraph (1)(b) must be appointed following a nomination by the relevant body or person prescribed in relation to the religion or religious denomination in regulation 12(7) of the Admission Arrangements Regulations.\n(4) Members falling within paragraph (1)(c) must be resident in the relevant area, and the parent of a child who—\n(a) has attained the age of two and is receiving primary education, or\n(b) is of compulsory school age\nat the time of their appointment.\n(5) Members falling within paragraph (1)(d) must be appointed following a recommendation by the members appointed under paragraph (1)(a) to (c).\n(6) For the purposes of Parts 3 and 4 of these Regulations “authority” means the local education authority for the area for which the forum has been (or is to be) established, or in the case of a joint forum, the local education authorities for the areas for which the forum has been (or is to be) established.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 10.2.2009, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 124B is inserted by the Independent Schools (Employment of Teachers in Schools with a Religious Character) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2037)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/3091",
      "affecting_title": "The School Admissions (Local Authority Reports and Admission Forums) (England) Regulations 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3091/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-13T03:33:46.886109+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}