Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 2450

The East Middlesbrough Education Action Zone (No. 2) Order 1998

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1998 No. 2450

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The East Middlesbrough Education Action Zone (No. 2) Order 1998

	Made	2nd October 1998
	Laid before Parliament	5th October 1998
	Coming into force	26th October 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:

Citation and commencement
    1.This Order may be cited as the East Middlesbrough Education Action Zone (No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 26th October 1998.

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.

Revocation
    3.The East Middlesbrough Education Action Zone Order 1998[2] is hereby revoked.

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

    5.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 school listed in the Schedule, 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.

    6.The Forum may at any time appoint not more than 30 additional members from persons appearing to them to represent the interests of-

(a) businesses;

(b) parents of children of compulsory school age; and

(c) the voluntary sector

in the area served by the zone schools.

Disqualification from membership of the Forum
    7.Articles 8 to 10 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 from membership of Forum-bankruptcy etc.
    8. - (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 clerk 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 from membership of Forum-criminal convictions
    9. - (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 purpose 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.

Disqualification-absence from meetings
    10.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
    11.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, without prejudice to his eligibility to be re-elected for a further such period.


Estelle Morris
Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment

2nd October 1998

SCHEDULE 1Article 2

MEANING OF "PARTNERS"
The following persons are "partners" for the purposes of appointing additional members of the Forum:

Middlesbrough Borough Council-Civic Centre, Middlesbrough

Tees Valley TEC-2 Queen's Square, Middlesbrough, TS2 1AA

Comcast Teesside Ltd-Roberts House, De Havilland Avenue, Preston Business Park, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 3TH

Teesside Tomorrow-Unit 20, Manor Way, Belasis Hall Technology Park, Billingham, TS23 4HN

University of Teesside-Borough Road, Middlesbrough

East Middlesbrough Parents Group

Cleveland College of Art & Design-Green Lane, Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough College

Teesside Tertiary College-Marton Road, Middlesbrough

St Mary's RC Sixth Form College-Saltersgill Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS4 3JP

The Secretary of State for Education and Employment

Future Steps Ltd-Fry Street, Middlesbrough

The Diocesan Board of Education for the Diocese of Middlesbrough-Curial Offices, 50A The Avenue, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, TS5 6QT

Gatsby Charitable Foundation-4/7 Red Lion Court, London, EC4A 3EB



SCHEDULE 2Article 3

SCHOOLS COMPRISING THE ZONE
Berwick Hills Primary School

Brackenhoe Comprehensive School

Brambles Primary School

Caldicotes Primary School

Corpus Christi RC Primary School

Holmwood School

Keldholme Comprehensive School

Langbaurgh Comprehensive School

North Ormesby Primary School

Ormesby Comprehensive School

Pallister Park Primary School

Park End Primary School

Pennyman Primary School

Priory Woods School

St Alphonsus RC Primary School

St Anthony's RC School

St Pius X RC Primary School

Thorntree Primary School

Tollesby School

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes the Middlesbrough Education Action Zone, which comprises the schools listed in the Schedule. The Order also provides (in article 2) for the membership of the Education Action Forum for the Zone. The Order revokes the East Middlesbrough Education Action Zone Order (S.I. 1998/1957) which contained a number of errors.

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Notes:

[1] 1998 c. 31.back

[2] S.I. 1998 No. 1957.back

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ISBN 0 11 079682 9

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