Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 2863

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The “Next Step” North East Lincolnshire Education Action Zone (Extension and Variation) Order 2001

Made

3rd August 2001

Laid before Parliament

9th August 2001

Coming into force

1st September 2001

Whereas an application for the purpose of extending and varying an education action zone has been made to the Secretary of State with the consent of the governing bodies of every school participating in the zone.

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order shall be cited as the “Next Step” North East Lincolnshire Education Action Zone (Extension and Variation) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st September 2001.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“North East Lincolnshire Education Action Zone” means the Education Action Zone established by the “Next Step” North East Lincolnshire Education Action Zone Order 1998(2).

Extension of the North East Lincolnshire Education Action Zone

3.  The North East Lincolnshire Education Action Zone is extended for a further period of two years beginning with 1st September 2001.

Variation of the “Next Step” North East Lincolnshire Education Action Zone Order 1998

4.  There shall be inserted after article 9 of the “Next Step” North East Lincolnshire Education Action Zone Order 1998 the following article:

Removal from office by Forum

9A.  A member of the Forum may be removed from office by the Forum in the following circumstances—

(a)in the case of a member who was a governor of a zone school at the time he was appointed to the Forum pursuant to either article 4(a) or article 5, if that person ceases to be a governor at that zone school, or a governor of the relevant category as the case may be;

(b)in the case of a member appointed pursuant to either article 4(a) or 5, if the school whose governing body appointed him, or to which he was connected, is discontinued;

(c)in the case of a member appointed pursuant to article 4(c), if the body in question is dissolved or otherwise ceases to exist; and

(d)in the case of a member appointed pursuant to article 5, if that person no longer appears to the Forum to represent the interests of either business, parents of compulsory school age children in the area served by the zone schools, or education in the area served by zone schools, as the case may be.

5.—(1) The “Next Step” North East Lincolnshire Education Action Zone Order 1998 is varied as follows:

(2) The words in Schedule 1 after “the following persons are “partners” for the purposes of appointing additional members of the Forum:” shall be deleted and instead will be inserted:

(3) The words in Schedule 2 after “schools comprising for zone” shall be deleted and instead will be substituted:

Stephen Timms

Minister of State,

Department for Education and Skills

3rd August 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order extends the North East Lincolnshire Education Action Zone for a further period of two years. The Order varies the partners in the zone and the schools which comprise it and also gives the Forum an additional power to remove members in certain circumstances.