The Barnsley Education Action Zone Order 1998

Made: 10th August 1998

Laid before Parliament: 11th August 1998

Coming into force: 1st September 1998

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 10(1) 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 Barnsley Education Action Zone Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1 September 1998.

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 of 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 Barnsley 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, 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; and

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

5

• (1) The Forum may at any time appoint–

• (a) up to 5 additional members from persons appearing to them to represent the interests of the staff of the zone schools;

• (b) up to 5 additional members from persons appearing to them to represent the interests of parents of children of compulsory school age residing in the area served by the zone schools;

• (c) either one or two additional members from persons appearing to them to represent the interests of community organisations in the area served by the zone schools; and

• (d) either one or two additional members from persons appearing to them to represent the interests of businesses in the area served by the zone schools;

• (e) one additional member who at the time of his appointment is employed by the Forum.

• (2) A member appointed under paragraph (1)(e) shall cease to hold office if he ceases to be employed by the Forum.

Disqualification from 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 from membership of Forum—bankruptcy etc

7

• (1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, 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 from 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 Act, 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.

SCHEDULE 1 — MEANING OF “PARTNERS”

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

• Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

• Nord Anglia

• Barnsley College

• Barnsley & Doncaster TEC

• Bull Information Systems Ltd

• Barnsley Health Authority

• Barnsley and District NHS Trust

• Barnsley Chamber of Commerce & Industry

• British Telecommunications plc

• Link Training

• Northern College

• Bretton College

• Dearne Valley College

• Sheffield University

• Sheffield Hallam University

• Barnsley Business Education Partnership

• Voluntary Action Barnsley

• South Yorkshire Probation

• Barnsley Crime Prevention Partnership

• The Prince’s Trust

• NSPCC

• Community Partnerships

• Workers Educational Association

• Barnsley Football Club

• Construction Industry Training Board

SCHEDULE 2 — SCHOOLS COMPRISING THE ZONE

• Birkwood Primary School

• Brierley CofE Junior and Infant School

• Burton Grange Nursery School

• Burton Road Primary School

• Crevesford School

• Cudworth Birkwood Primary School

• Cudworth Churchfield Primary School

• Cudworth Pontefract Road Primary School

• Grange Gate Junior School

• Grimethorpe Ladywood Junior and Infant School

• Hunningley Junior and Infant School

• Kendray Primary School

• Littleworth Infant School

• Worsborough Lobwood Primary School

• Milefield Primary School

• Pontefract Road Junior and Infant School

• Priory School

• St Helen Junior and Infant School

• Shafton Junior and Infant School

• The Elmhirst School

• Ward Green Primary School

• Willowgarth High School

• Worsbrough Bank End Primary School

• Worsbrough Dale Nursery School

Signed

Andrew Smith — Minister of State, — Department for Education and Employment — 10th August 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes the Barnsley Education Action Zone, which comprises the schools listed in the Schedule. The Order also provides (in articles 4 and 5) for the membership of the Education Action Forum for the Zone.

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