The Southend Education Action Zone Order 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 3019

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Southend Education Action Zone Order 1999

Made

4th November 1999

Laid before Parliament

10th November 1999

Coming into force

1st December 1999

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 listed in Schedule 2 to this Order.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 10(1), 11 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:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Southend Education Action Zone Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st December 1999.

Interpretation

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 to this Order.

Constitution of education action zone

3.  The schools listed in Schedule 2 to this Order shall constitute collectively an education action zone under the name of the Southend Education Action Zone (“the zone”) for the purposes of Chapter III of Part I of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.

Education Action Forum

4.  There shall be an Education Action Forum for the zone to be known as the Southend Education Action Forum (“the Forum”), the membership of which shall include—

(a) one person appointed by the governing body of each zone school, unless any such governing body choose 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.  The Forum may at any time appoint additional members as follows—

(a) up to three elected members of Southend Borough Council;

(b) up to seven governors of zone schools;

(c) up to three persons representing the interests of business;

(d) up to two parents of registered pupils attending zone schools; and

(e) up to two persons representing the interests of the voluntary sector.

Disqualification for membership of 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.

Disqualification for membership of the Forum—bankruptcy etc

7.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, 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.

Disqualification for membership of the Forum—criminal convictions

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 article 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.

Disqualification—absence from meetings

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.

Chairman’s tenure of office

10.  The chairman of the Forum elected in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, 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.

Estelle Morris

Minister of State,

Department for Education and Employment

4th November 1999

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1 MEANING OF “PARTNERS”

The following persons are “partners” for the purposes of appointing members of the Forum:

• Director of Education for Southend Borough Council

• Assistant Director of Education (School Achievement & Effectiveness) for Southend Borough Council

• KeyMed (Medical and Industrial Equipment) Ltd (Registration No. 966736)

• Prospects Business Technology Training (Registration No. 949411)

• ABK Education Services (Registration No. 3206464)

• Hay McBer Management Consultants (Registration No. 763575)

• Bromcom Computers PLC (Registration No. 2040690)

• Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (Registration No. 14259)

• CAPITA Education Services Ltd (Registration No. 2299747)

• The Children’s Society (Charity No. 221124)

• South East Essex College of F.E.

• University of Nottingham

• National Union of Teachers

• National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers

• Association of Teachers and Lecturers

• Milton Community Partnership (St Mark’s Church, 1A Princes Street, Southend SS1 1QA)

• St. Luke’s Community Partnership (Westcliff Clinic, 415 Westborough Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend)

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 2 SCHOOLS COMPRISING THE ZONE

School	Dfee Number	Address
Barons Court Infant	2124	Avenue Road, Westcliff on Sea SS0 7PJ
Blenheim Primary	2387	School Way, Blenheim Chase, Leigh on Sea SS9 4HX
Eastwood Infants	5230	Rayleigh Road, Leigh on Sea SS9 5UU
Eastwood Junior	5231	Rayleigh Road, Leigh on Sea SS9 5UT
Fairways Primary	2407	The Fairway, Leigh on Sea SS9 4QW
Friars Junior	2125	Constable Way, Shoeburyness SS3 9XX
Hamstel Infants	2093	Hamstel Road, Southend on Sea SS2 4PQ
Porters Grange Junior	2014	Southchurch Avenue, Southend on Sea SS1 2RL
Porters Grange Infant	2015	Southchurch Avenue, Southend on Sea SS1 2RL
Sacred Heart RC Primary	3326	Windermere Road, Southend on Sea SS1 2RF
St. Nicholas School	7004	Philpott Avenue, Southend on Sea, SS2 4RL
Temple Sutton Primary	2132	Eastern Avenue, Southend on Sea, SS2 4BA
The Westborough Primary	5206	Macdonald Avenue, Westcliff on Sea SS0 9BS
Belfairs Community College	5434	Highlands Boulevard, Leigh on Sea SS9 3TG
Cecil Jones High School	5452	Eastern Avenue, Southend on Sea SS2 4BU
The Prittlewell School	4492	Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff on Sea SS0 0RT
The Thorpe Bay School	5430	Southchurch Boulevard, Southend on Sea SS2 4UZ

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes the Southend Education Action Zone, which comprises the schools listed in Schedule 2. The Order also provides (in articles 4 and 5) for the membership of the Education Action Forum for the zone.

(1)

1998 c. 31.