Statutory Instruments
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
Made
22nd March 2000
Laid before Parliament
27th March 2000
Coming into force
17th 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 1998(1), the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Bristol Education Action Zone Order 2000 and shall come into force on 17th April 2000.
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.
3. The schools listed in Schedule 2 to this Order shall constitute collectively an education action zone under the name of the Bristol Education Action Zone ("the zone") for the purposes of Chapter III of Part I of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
4. There shall be an Education Action Forum for the zone to be known as the Bristol 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)persons appointed by the partners, up to the maximum numbers specified in Schedule 1.
5. The Forum may appoint additional members as follows-
(a)one member nominated by the head teacher of each zone school;
(b)up to twelve members from persons who appear to the Forum to represent the interests of maintained nursery schools within the area served by the zone schools;
(c)up to five members from persons who appear to the Forum to represent the interests of local business;
(d)one member who appears to the Forum to represent the interests of local arts organizations;
(e)up to three members from persons nominated by the Education Joint Consultative Committee of Bristol City Council, or by any successor body;
(f)up to five members to represent the interests of local community groups, from nominations made by the Voluntary Organisations' Standing Conference on Urban Regeneration (company registration number: 3918210) or by any successor body;
(g)up to two members from nominations by the Bristol Regeneration Partnership (registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965, registration number: 28628R);
(h)up to three members from nominations by the Black Development Agency Limited (company registration number: 3319667);
(i)up to three members to represent the interests of higher or further education institutions or both;
(j)one person nominated by Learning Partnership West (company registration number: 2911928);
(k)up to five members who appear to the Forum to represent the interests of local ethnic minority groups who would otherwise be under represented on 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.
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.
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.
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.
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) or 5(a), if the school in question 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(b), (c), (d), (i) or (k), if the Forum decides that the member in question no longer meets the description set out in the paragraph under which he was appointed;
(e)in the case of any member appointed pursuant to article 5(e), (f), (g), (h) or (j), if the company, charity or industrial and provident society which nominated the member is dissolved.
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 Morrid
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
22nd March 2000
Article 2
Name and address of partner: | Maximum number of members to be appointed by partners: |
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Bristol City Council, The Council House, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TR | 3 |
Include, 2nd Floor, 8 High Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4JY. Registered Company Number: 2429781, Registered Charity Number: 803333. | 1 |
HSBC, PO Box 120, 49 Corn Street, Bristol, BS99 7PP. Registered Company Number: 14259. | 1 |
Multi A 17 Dean Street, Bristol, BS2 8SF Registered Company No: 3411514. Registered Charity No: 1064531. | 1 |
The Arts Council of England, 14 Great Peter Street, London, SW1P 3NQ, Registered Charity No: 1036733. | 1 |
Articles 2 and 3
School | DfEE Number | Address |
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Barton Hill & Infant Nursery School | 8012342 | Queen Ann Road, Bristol BS5 9TX. |
Barton Hill Primary School | 8012145 | Queen Ann Road, Easton, Bristol BS2 9TX. |
Cabot Primary School | 8012139 | Halston Drive, St Pauls, Bristol BS2 9JE. |
Bannerman Rd Primary School | 8012009 | All Hallows Road, Easton, Bristol BS5 0HR. |
Easton CE Primary School | 8013301 | Beaufort Street, Easton Road, Bristol BS5 0HR. |
Fulford Special School | 8017044 | Fulford Road, Hartcliffe, Bristol BS13 9PB |
Hannah More Primary School | 8012299 | New Kingsley Road, St Phillips, Bristol BS2 0LT. |
Millpond Primary School | 8012336 | Baptist Street, Baptist Mills, Bristol BS5 0YR. |
Sefton Park Junior School | 8012074 | Ashley Down Road, Bristol BS7 9BJ. |
Sefton Park Infants School | 8012073 | Ashley Down Road, Bristol BS7 9BJ. |
St Barnabas CE Primary School | 8013010 | Albany Road, Bristol BS6 5LQ. |
St Werburgh's Primary School | 8012019 | Warminster Road, Bristol BS2 9UH. |
St Nicholas of Tolentine RC Primary School | 8013408 | Lawfords Gate, Bristol BS2 0TJ. |
Whitehall Primary School | 8012328 | Johnson Road, Bristol BS5 9AT. |
St Michael-On-The-Mount CE Primary | 8013018 | Park Lane, Bristol BS2 8BE. |
St George Community College | 8014104 | Russell Town Avenue, Bristol BS5 9JG. |
Fairfield High School | 8014101 | Fairlawn Road, Montpelier, Bristol BS6 5JW. |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order establishes the Bristol 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.