Please ask for:	Mr M Shenstone	Your ref:
Contact Number:	01603 223475	My ref:	PA&SS/MS/HA

16 June 2003

To: All Primary and Secondary Schools

Dear Chairman,

Admissions Forum

As you may be aware, the 2002 Education Act made the establishment of an Admissions Forum a statutory requirement. A Forum already exists on a discretionary basis in Norfolk and the Authority has taken this opportunity to reconstitute its membership in accordance with the regulations. A copy of the new constitution including a description of the role of the Forum is attached to this letter. This opportunity to establish fairer and more effective admission arrangements is welcomed and I am writing to ask for your nominations for the Headteacher / Governor category. You will note that the constitution requires the appointment of:

- Two Secondary and one Primary Headteacher or Governor from a community or voluntary controlled school.

- One Secondary and one Primary Headteacher or Governor from a foundation school.

- One primary Headteacher / Governor from a voluntary aided school.

- Two parent governor representatives as appointed to the Education and Cultural Services Panel.

Six in addition to the parent governors, therefore, need to be appointed and we are keen to achieve an overall balance between geography , type and phase of school and between Headteachers and Governors. It will, therefore be necessary to look carefully at the nominations to see whether this balance can be achieved.

In doing this we will be drawing on the services of a small panel made up of a representative from NASH, SNAPP and the Norfolk Governors Network, all three of which organisations will also be asked if they wish to nominate.

The overall purpose of the forum which will meet 2 or 3 times a year will be to promote better and fairer admissions arrangement that contribute towards improving standards for all pupils. The role is described more fully in section 2 of the constitution. All Admission Authorities will need to have regard to the decisions of the Forum. It will therefore, be an influential body in the country.

I would be grateful if nominations could be sent to County Hall on the attached form by the end of term.

Yours sincerely

Director of Education

Nomination for Admissions Forum

Name ________________________________________________________

Address ________________________________________________________

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________________________________________________________

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Email ________________________________________________________

Phone ________________________________________________________

Mobile ________________________________________________________

Headteacher / Governor

(Please delete as necessary)

Name of School ___________________________________________________

(Including phase eg. primary or secondary)

Community / Voluntary Controlled / Voluntary Aided / Foundation

(Please delete as necessary)

Signed ________________________________________________________

Please return to Richard Snowden – Head of Admissions – Room 055 by end of summer term 2003.