The Greenwich—Time to Succeed Education Action Zone Order 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 2313

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Greenwich—Time to Succeed Education Action Zone Order 1999

Made

13th August 1999

Laid before Parliament

16th August 1999

Coming into force

6th September 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 Greenwich—Time to Succeed Education Action Zone Order 1999 and shall come into force on 6th September 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 Greenwich—Time to Succeed 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 Greenwich—Time to Succeed 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 chooses not to make such an appointment;

(b) either one or two persons appointed by the Secretary of State;

(c) one person appointed by each partner, unless any partner chooses not to make such an appointment;

(d) the zone’s Project Director; and

(e) two persons appointed by the Council of the London Borough of Greenwich.

5.  The Forum may at any time appoint additional members from—

(a) persons appearing to them to represent the interests of the following categories, up to the number indicated for each category below in brackets—

(i) parents of children who are registered pupils at zone schools (2);

(ii) voluntary or comunity organisations working in the area served by the zone schools (3);

(iii) other educational institutions in the area served by the zone schools (2);

(iv) businesses working in or contributing to the area served by the zone schools (2);

(b) persons in the following categories nominated by the organisations listed, up to the number indicated for each category below in brackets—

(i) headteachers of zone schools nominated by the Greenwich Primary, Secondary and Special Schools Consultative Forums (3);

(ii) representatives of staff employed in zone schools nominated by the local trade unions (3);

(iii) representatives of registered pupils aged eleven or over in zone schools nominated by the Greenwich Young People’s Council (2); and

(iv) persons who are considered by the Forum to have areas of expertise or experience not otherwise represented on the Forum (8).

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 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 of 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 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 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

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.

David Blunkett

Secretary of State for Education and Employment

13th August 1999

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1 MEANING OF “PARTNERS”

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

Alcatel Submarine Network Ltd (Reg. No. 1750343)	Christchurch Way London SE10
Bailey Garner	146–148 Eltham Hill London SE9
ICL (Reg. No. 142200)	53 Alexandra Grove London N12 8HE
Research Machines PLC (Reg. No. 1148594)	New Mill House Abingdon Oxon OX14 4SE
AFH Shaw-Sprunt	42–44 Newman Street London W1P 3PA

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 2 SCHOOLS COMPRISING THE ZONE

School	DfEE Number	Address
Briset JM&I	2907	Briset Road London SE9 9JP
Ealdham JM&I	2174	Ealdham Square London SE9 6BP
Eltham Green SM	4257	Queenscroft Road London SE9 5EQ
Eltham Hill SG	4077	Eltham Hill London SE9 5EE
Haimo JM&I	2271	Haimo Road London SE9 6DY
Henwick JM&I	2299	Henwick Road London SE9 6NZ
Holy Family RC JM&I	3657	Tudway Road Kidbrooke SE3 9YX
Horn Park JM&I	2313	Alnwick Road London SE12 9BT
Kidbrooke SM	4243	Corelli Road London SE3 8HS
Kidbrooke Park JM&I	2353	Hargood Road London SE3 8HS
Middle Park JM&I	2918	Middle Park Avenue London SE9 5RX
Moatbridge PM&S	7118	Eltham Palace Road London SE9 5LX
St Thomas More SM	4716	Footscray Road London SE9 2SU
Thomas Tallis SM	4294	Kidbrooke Park Road London SE3 9PX
Wingfield JM&I	2851	Moorehead Way Ferrier Estate London SE3 9XU

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes the Greenwich—Time to Succeed 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.