Tower Hamlets school admissions forum

What this forum does

The Tower Hamlets school admissions forum includes representatives of schools, parents, governors, Diocesan boards and the council of Mosques.

The forum monitors and reviews the effectiveness of admission arrangements and how those arrangements can be improved.

It advises the council on how to deal with difficult admission arrangements and improve access to school places for all children.

The forum deals with school admissions policy, but does not discuss individual admission cases.

Constitution

For full details of how the forum operates, and the areas it covers, download the Admissions forum constitution.

When and where it meets

The forum usually meets remotely once a term.

Forum members

School community

  • Dee Bleach (Mayflower) – primary (Chair)
  • Simon Ramsay (Oaklands) – secondary
  • Vacancy – nursery
  • Vacancy – secondary voluntary aided
  • Elizabeth Figueiredo (St Peter's London Docks) – primary voluntary aided (Vice Chair)
  • Paramjit Bhutta (Mulberry Stepney Green) – secondary academy/free
  • Kevin Jones (Paradigm Trust, Old Ford Primary) – primary academy/free
  • Leanne Gower – Church of England Diocese
  • Jemima Reilly / Owen O’Regan - THEP
  • Vacancy – Catholic Diocese
  • Vacancy – Council of Mosques

Parent representatives

  • Vacancy
  • Vacancy
  • Vacancy

Community representatives

  • Jenny Miller – Parents Advice Centre 
  • Vicky Scott - Voluntary Sector
  • Shahanur Khan – Collective of Bangladeshi Governors
  • Vacancy 
  • Dennis Jenner – Local authority appeal panel member

Advisory officers from Tower Hamlets council

  • Catherine Grace - Head of School Admissions & Place Planning
  • Naheeda Raza - Admissions Manager (Coordinated Admissions & Appeals)
  • Jerome Thompson-Brown - School Organisation & Place Planning Manager
  • Busola Fasida - SENAR Team Manager
  • Kerrigen Marriner - Head of BASS
  • Sharifa Chowdhury - ES Team Manager
  • Jess Milne - Head of Early Years

Local Authority Report to The Schools Adjudicator

View the Local Authority Report to the Schools Adjudicator 2023.

View the Yearly Reports from the Office of the Schools Adjudicator

For enquiries please contact:

Naheeda Raza, Clerk to the Admissions Forum
Email: Naheeda.Raza@towerhamlets.gov.uk