Statutory Instruments
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
10th August 1998
Laid before Parliament
11th August 1998
Coming into force
1st September 1998
Whereas an application for the purpose of establishing an education action zone has been made to the Secretary of State with the consent of the governing bodies of every school which is comprised in this Order.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 10(1) and 138(7) of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to, the School Standards and Framework Act 1998(1), the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Barnsley Education Action Zone Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1 September 1998.
2. In this order–
“partners” means those persons listed in Schedule 1 to this Order; and
“zone school” means a school listed in Schedule 2 of this Order.
3. The schools listed in Schedule 2 to this Order shall constitute collectively an education action zone under the name of the Barnsley Education Action Zone (“the zone”) for the purposes of Chapter III of Part I of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
4. There shall be an Education Action Forum for the zone, the membership of which shall include–
(a)one person appointed by the governing body of each zone school, unless any such governing body chooses not to make such an appointment;
(b)either one or two persons appointed by the Secretary of State; and
(c)one person appointed by each partner, unless any partner chooses not to make such an appointment.
5.—(1) The Forum may at any time appoint–
(a)up to 5 additional members from persons appearing to them to represent the interests of the staff of the zone schools;
(b)up to 5 additional members from persons appearing to them to represent the interests of parents of children of compulsory school age residing in the area served by the zone schools;
(c)either one or two additional members from persons appearing to them to represent the interests of community organisations in the area served by the zone schools; and
(d)either one or two additional members from persons appearing to them to represent the interests of businesses in the area served by the zone schools;
(e)one additional member who at the time of his appointment is employed by the Forum.
(2) A member appointed under paragraph (1)(e) shall cease to hold office if he ceases to be employed by the Forum.
6. Articles 7 to 9 shall have effect for the purpose of prescribing the circumstances and cases in which a person is to be disqualified for holding, or continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum.
7.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, a person shall be disqualified for holding, or for continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum if he has been adjudged bankrupt or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors; and a member, on becoming so disqualified, shall give written notice of the fact to the secretary to the Forum.
(2) Where a person is disqualified by reason of his having been adjudged bankrupt, that disqualification shall cease–
(a)unless the bankruptcy order made against that person is previously annulled, on his discharge from bankruptcy; and
(b)if the bankruptcy order is so annulled, on the date of the annulment.
(3) Where a person is disqualified by reason of his having made a composition or arrangement with his creditors and he pays his debts in full, the disqualification shall cease on the date on which the payment is completed and in any other case it shall cease on the expiration of three years from the date on which the terms of the deed of composition or arrangement are fulfilled.
8.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) a person shall be disqualified for holding, or for continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum if–
(a)within five years before his appointment would otherwise have taken effect or since his appointment, he has been convicted, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, of any offence and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months without the option of a fine;
(b)within twenty years before his appointment would otherwise have taken effect, he has been convicted as aforesaid and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment for a period of more than two and a half years; or
(c)he has at any time been convicted as aforesaid and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment of not less than five years.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation there shall be disregarded any conviction by or before a court outside the United Kingdom of an offence in respect of conduct which, if it had taken place in any part of the United Kingdom, would not have constituted an offence under the law in force in that part of the United Kingdom.
9. Any member of the Forum who, without the consent of the Forum has failed to attend the meetings thereof for a continuous period of six months beginning with the date of a meeting shall, on the expiry of that period, be disqualified for continuing to be a member of the Forum without prejudice however, to his re-appointment.
10. The chairman of the Forum elected in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act, shall hold office for one year from the date of his election (unless he resigns his office earlier), without prejudice to his eligibility to be re-elected for a further such period.
Article 2
The following persons are “partners” for the purposes of appointing additional members of the Forum:
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Nord Anglia
Barnsley College
Barnsley & Doncaster TEC
Bull Information Systems Ltd
Barnsley Health Authority
Barnsley and District NHS Trust
Barnsley Chamber of Commerce & Industry
British Telecommunications plc
Link Training
Northern College
Bretton College
Dearne Valley College
Sheffield University
Sheffield Hallam University
Barnsley Business Education Partnership
Voluntary Action Barnsley
South Yorkshire Probation
Barnsley Crime Prevention Partnership
The Prince’s Trust
NSPCC
Community Partnerships
Workers Educational Association
Barnsley Football Club
Construction Industry Training Board
Article 3
Birkwood Primary School
Brierley CofE Junior and Infant School
Burton Grange Nursery School
Burton Road Primary School
Crevesford School
Cudworth Birkwood Primary School
Cudworth Churchfield Primary School
Cudworth Pontefract Road Primary School
Grange Gate Junior School
Grimethorpe Ladywood Junior and Infant School
Hunningley Junior and Infant School
Kendray Primary School
Littleworth Infant School
Worsborough Lobwood Primary School
Milefield Primary School
Pontefract Road Junior and Infant School
Priory School
St Helen Junior and Infant School
Shafton Junior and Infant School
The Elmhirst School
Ward Green Primary School
Willowgarth High School
Worsbrough Bank End Primary School
Worsbrough Dale Nursery School
Andrew Smith
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
10th August 1998
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order establishes the Barnsley Education Action Zone, which comprises the schools listed in the Schedule. The Order also provides (in articles 4 and 5) for the membership of the Education Action Forum for the Zone.