Children and Young People Scrutiny Panel - Co-opted Members

Mrs K Preston - Parent Governor (Foundation/Aided Secondary Schools)
Mr E Morris - Parent Governor (Community Secondary Schools)
Mr P Brimmell - Parent Governor (Special Schools)
Mrs C Craddock - Parent Governor (Primary Schools)
Mrs M Potts - Parent Governor (Primary Schools)
Mr J Minister - Archdiocese of Birmingham - Diocesan Schools Commission (Roman Catholic)
Mr C Randles Lichfield Board of Education (Church of England)

Other non voting representatives:

Mr D Cole (Non Voting Observer)
Mr A Scragg (Non Voting Observer)
Mr B Cook (Teacher Representative)
Mr M Hardacre (Wolverhampton Trades Council)

Parent Governor Representatives were established as part of the Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998, and are subject to the Parent Governor Representatives (England) Regulations 2001.

Representatives are elected by other parent governors to represent the views of all parents, in an apolitical way, on local authority overview and scrutiny committtees and sub-committtees dealing with education.

They have speaking rights on any issue under discussion by the committee, but may only vote on issues relating to education.

The Education Act 1996 requires that representatives are also co-opted from the Archdiocese of Birmingham - Diocesan Schools Commission (Roman Catholic) and Lichfield Diocesan Board of Education (Church of England) to represent the interests of church schools in the City.