The Rainbow Education Action Zone in Stoke on Trent Order 1999 No. 3389

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1999 No. 3389

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Rainbow Education Action Zone in Stoke on Trent Order 1999

Made

15th December 1999

Laid before Parliament

20th December 1999

Coming into force

10th 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 1998(1), the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Rainbow Education Action Zone in Stoke on Trent Order 1999 and shall come into force on 10th January 2000.

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 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 Rainbow Education Action Zone in Stoke on Trent ("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 Rainbow 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;

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

(d)up to three persons nominated by Stoke on Trent City Council, unless they choose not to make such an appointment;

(e)up to four headteachers of zone schools which are primary schools, nominated by the headteachers of such schools;

(f)up to two headteachers of zone schools which are secondary schools appointed by the other members of the Forum;

(g)one headteacher from a zone school which is a special school appointed by the other members of the Forum; and

(h)one person nominated by Stoke on Trent City Council in their capacity as a local education authority.

5. The Forum may at any time appoint additional members as follows-�

(a)up to three persons representing the interests of business;

(b)up to three parents of children of compulsory school age attending zone schools;

(c)up to two persons representing the interests of the community living in the area served by the zone schools;

(d)up to two persons representing the interests of the voluntary sector; and

(e)up to two persons nominated by the Joint Consultation Committee of Stoke on Trent City Council.

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.

Chairman's tenure of office

10. 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

15th December 1999

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1MEANING OF "PARTNERS"

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

Association for Ceramic Training and Design, St. James House, Webberley Lane, Longton, ST3 1RJ

Beth Johnson Foundation, Parkfield House, 62 Princes Road, Stoke on Trent, ST4 7QJ (Charity No. 271526).

H&R Johnson Tiles Ltd, Brownhills Road, Tunstall, Stoke on Trent (Company No. 307859).

North Staffordshire Health Authority, Heron House, Grove Road, Stoke on Trent, ST4 5LX

Keele University, Keele, Newcastle, Staffs

The Centre for Personalised Education Trust, 55 The Green, Shustoke, Coleshill, B46 2AT (Charity No. 1057442).

Michelin Tyre PLC, Campbell Road, Stoke on Trent, ST4 4EY (Company No. 84559).

the Head of the Continuing Professional Development Department, Manchester Metropolitan University, All Saints, Manchester, M15 6BH

Dean of Manchester Metropolitan University, All Saints, Manchester, M15 6BH

Newcastle College, Liverpool Road, Newcastle, Staffordshire

Staffordshire University, College Road, Stoke on Trent, ST4 2DE

Stoke on Trent College, Cauldon Campus, Shelton, Stoke on Trent

Stoke on Trent Sixth Form College, Victoria Road, Fenton, Stoke on Trent, ST4 2RR

Staffordshire Police Authority, Cannock Road, Stafford, ST17 0QG

the Development Manager of Staffordshire TEC, The Glades, Festival Way, Festival Park (Company No. 2447389).

Staffordshire Careers, Foregate House, 70 Foregate Street, Stafford (Company No. 3089538).

the headteacher of Field House Nursery, DfEE No. 1013, Munro Street, West End, ST4 5HA

the headteacher of Penkhull Nursery, DfEE No. 1008, St Christopher Avenue, Penkhull, ST4 5HA

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 2SCHOOLS COMPRISING THE ZONE

SchoolDfEE NumberAddress
Blurton High School4037Beaconsfield Drive, Blurton, Stoke on Trent, ST3 3JD
Blurton Primary School2064Popular Drive, Blurton, Stoke on Trent, ST3 3AZ
Boothen Primary School3009All Saints Road, West End, ST4 4BL
Cauldon Primary2042Cauldon Road, Shelton, Stoke on Trent, ST4 2DZ
Christchurch Primary School3020William Street, Fenton, Stoke on Trent, ST4 2JG
Close Junior School2059Quarry Road, Hartshill, ST4 7ET
Harpfield Primary2057Ashwell Road, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent, ST4 6AT
Heron Cross Primary2066Grove Road, Heron Cross, Stoke on Trent, ST4 4LJ
Kemball Special School7011Duke Street, Fenton, Stoke on Trent, ST4 3NR
Newstead Primary2092Waterside Drive, Blurton, Stoke on Trent, ST3 1LQ
Oakhill Primary2060Rookery Lane, Oakhill, Stoke on Trent, ST4 5NS
Penkhull Infants School2062Princes Road, Penkhull, Stoke on Trent, ST4 7JS
Springfield Primary2084Springfield Road, Trent Vale, ST4 6SB
St Peters Primary3310Boothen Old Road, Stoke on Trent, ST4 4EE
Sutherland Primary2090Beaconsfield Drive, Blurton, Stoke on Trent, ST3 1LQ
Thistley Hough High School4175Newcastle Lane, Penkhull, ST4 5JJ
Trent Vale Primary3303Newcastle Road, Trent Vale

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes the Rainbow Education Action Zone in Stoke on Trent, 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.


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