2000 No. 867

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Great Yarmouth Achievement Education Action Zone Order 2000

Made22nd March 2000

Laid before Parliament27th March 2000

Coming into force17th April 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 commencement

1.

This Order may be cited as the Great Yarmouth Achievement Education Action Zone Order 2000 and shall come into force on 17th April 2000.

Interpretation

2.

In this Order—

“partners” means those persons or organisations 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 Great Yarmouth Achievement 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 Great Yarmouth 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 as additional members up to 3 persons who appear to them to represent the interests of business in the area served by the zone schools.

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.

Removal from office by Forum

10.

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 article 4(a), if that person ceases to be a governor at that zone school;

(b)

in the case of any member appointed pursuant to article 4(a), if the school referred to in that article closes or ceases to form part of the zone;

(c)

in the case of a member appointed pursuant to article 4(c), if the company or charity in question is dissolved or, in the case of any other body, if that body ceases to exist;

(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 business in the area served by the zone schools.

Chairman’s tenure of office

11.

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

22nd March 2000

SCHEDULE 1MEANING OF “PARTNERS”

Article 2

The following persons or organisations are “partners” for the purposes of appointment members of the Forum:

Business Link, Hall Plan, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 2QD (company registration number 2949847);
Norfolk County Council, County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich NR1 2DL;
Great Yarmouth Borough Council, Town Hall, Great Yarmouth NR30 2QD;
Great Yarmouth Women’s Project, 24a South Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 2RG (registered charity number 223701);
Orminston Trust-Yarmouth Branch, 13-14 South Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 2QX (registered charity number 1015716);
The association of providers of education and training known as the Great Yarmouth Learning Community, c/o Great Yarmouth College, Southtown, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR31 0ED.

SCHEDULE 2SCHOOLS COMPRISING THE ZONE

Articles 2 and 3

School	DfEE Number	Address
Breydon Middle School	3149	Moorland Way, Belton, Great Yarmouth NR31 9PA.
Waveney First School	3142	Bell Lane, Belton, Great Yarmouth NR31 9LD.
Homefield First School	3140	Homefield Avenue, Bradwell, Great Yarmouth NR31 8NS.
Hillside First School	2357	Lords Lane, Bradwell, Great Yarmouth NR31 8PA.
Woodland Middle School	2380	Church Walk, Bradwell, Great Yarmouth NR31 8QQ.
Hopton VC First School	3141	Coast Road, Hopton, Great Yarmouth NR31 9BT.
Caister First School	2034	Kingston Avenue, Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth NR30 5ET.
Caister Middle School	2033	Kingston Avenue, Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth NR30 5ET.
Caister High School	5412	Windsor Road, Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth NR30 5LS.
John Grant Special School	7020	St. George’s Drive, Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth NR30 5ET.
Herman First School	2349	Oriel Avenue, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth NR31 7PZ.
Herman Middle School	2351	Orient Avenue, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth NR31 7JL.
Cliff Park First School	2353	Orde Avenue, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth NR31 6SZ.
Cliff Park Middle School	2352	Orde Avenue, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth NR31 6SZ.
Cliff Park High School	5409	Kennedy Avenue, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth NR31 6TA.
Peterhouse First School	2339	Peterhouse Avenue, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth NR31 7PZ.
Peterhouse Middle School	2348	Magdalen Square, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth NR31 7BY.
Lynn Grove High School	5407	Lynn Grove, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth NR31 8AP.
Oriel High School	4077	Oriel Avenue, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth NR31 7JJ.
Stradbroke First School	2336	Lowestoft Road, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth NR31 6LZ.
Wroughton First School	2338	Beccles Road, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth NR31 8AH.
Wroughton Middle School	2337	Burgh Road, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth NR31 0ER.
Edward Worlledge Community Middle School	2350	Suffolk Road, Southtown, Great Yarmouth NR31 0ER.
Southtown First School	2406	Tamworth Lake, Southtown, Great Yarmouth NR31 0HJ.
Greenacre First and Middle School	2421	Dickens Avenue, Great Yarmouth NR30 3DT.
North Denes Middle School	2346	Jellicoe Road, Great Yarmouth NR30 4HF.
St. George’s First School	2344	St. Peter’s Road, Great Yarmouth NR30 3BQ.
St. Nicholas Priory Middle School	3136	Market Place, Great Yarmouth NR30 1NJ.
Northgate St. Andrew’s First School	2354	Northgate Street, Great Yarmouth NR30 1BP.
Great Yarmouth High School	5411	Salisbury Road, Great Yarmouth NR30 4LS.
St. Mary’s RC Primary School	3403	East Anglian Way, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth NR31 6QY.
Alderman Swindell First School	2347	Beresford Road, Great Yarmouth NR30 4AB.

(This note is not part of the Order)

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