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
- Sam Elms – Church of England Diocese
- Vacancy – Catholic Diocese
- Vacancy – Council of Mosques
Parent representatives
Community representatives
- Jenny Miller – Parents Advice Centre
- Alex Nelson - Voluntary Sector Children and Youth Forum
- Shahanur Khan – Collective of Bangladeshi Governors
- Vacancy
- Dennis Jenner – Local authority appeal panel member
Advisory officers from Tower Hamlets council
Groups and their representatives have equal rights within the forum
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:
Kelly Mack, Clerk to the Admissions Forum
Email: kelly.mack@towerhamlets.gov.uk