1999 No. 3383

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Dingle Granby Toxteth Education Action Zone Order 1999

Made15th December 1999

Laid before Parliament20th December 1999

Coming into force10th January 2000

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 19981, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Dingle Granby Toxteth Education Action Zone Order 1999 and shall come into force on 10th January 2000.

Interpretation2

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 zone3

The schools listed in Schedule 2 to this Order shall constitute collectively an education action zone under the name of the Dingle Granby Toxteth 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 Dingle Granby Toxteth 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 five persons representing the interests of business in the Merseyside area;

b

up to five parents of registered pupils attending zone schools; and

c

up to five persons representing the interests of the voluntary sector operating in the Merseyside area.

Disqualification for membership of the Forum6

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 etc7

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 convictions8

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 meetings9

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 office10

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 MorrisMinister of State,Department for Education and Employment15th December 1999

SCHEDULE 1MEANING OF “PARTNERS”

Article 2

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

the Director of Education of the Archdiocese of Liverpool Schools Department
the Director of the Diocese of Liverpool Board of Education
Liverpool City Council in their capacity as a local education authority
the Principal of Charles Wootton Further Education College (248 Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool, L8 7QE)
the headteacher of Elimu Study Centre (Dove Street, Liverpool, L8 0UT)
the headteacher of Level 3 Pupil Referral Unit (Park Road, L8 6SB)
the headteacher of Toxteth Pupil Referral Unit (38 Princes Road, Liverpool, L8 1TH)
Liverpool Muslim Society (Mosque Al-Rahma, 29 Hatherley Street, Livrpool L8)
Dingle SRB (to be succeeded by the Dingle Community Regeneration Trust from 1st April 2000)
the Director of the Granby Toxteth Partnership (1–6 Harrowby Close, Liverpool, L8 2XW)
the headteacher of Abercromby Nursery (Falkner Street, Liverpool, L8 7QA)
the headteacher of Chatham Place Nursery (Chatham Place, Edge Hill, Liverpool, L7 3ED)
Dingle Opportunities Ltd, Ref 3080489
Waterfront Business Association, Ref. 3021174

SCHEDULE 2SCHOOLS COMPRISING THE ZONE

Articles 2 and 3

School	DfEE Number	Address
Beaufort Park JMI	2224	L8 4TF
Kingsley JMI	2229	L8 2TU
Matthew Arnold JMI	2098	L8 6SB
Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC JMI	3526	L8 8BQ
Pleasant Street JMI	2123	L3 5TS
Princes Special	7053	L8 1YQ
Shorefields CC	4419	L8 9SJ
Smithdown JMI	2033	L7 6LJ
St Anne’s RC JMI	3644	L7 3HJ
St Cleopas' JMI	3001	L8 4RP
St Finbar’s RC JMI	3527	L8 9RY
St Hugh’s RC JMI	3556	L7 6HE
St Margaret’s (Princes Park) JMI	3321	L8 1TR
St Patrick’s RC JMI	3582	L8 5UX
St Silas JMI	3511	L8 3TR
Windsor JMI	2166	L8 8JE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes the Dingle Granby Toxteth 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.