# The Breaking the Cycle Bridgwater Education Action Zone Order 1999 S.I. 1999/3392 · made 15 December 1999 This Order establishes the Breaking the Cycle Bridgwater 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. Made under: School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Section 10, Section 11, Section 138, Schedule 1 paragraph 2) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/breaking-the-cycle-bridgwater-education-action-zone-order-1999/pdf/uksi_19993392_en.pdf ## Introductory text EDUCATION, ENGLAND 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, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Order: ## 1 Citation and commencement This Order may be cited as the Breaking the Cycle Bridgwater Education Action Zone Order 1999 and shall come into force on 10th January 2000. ## 2 Interpretation 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 Constitution of education action zone The schools listed in Schedule 2 to this Order shall constitute collectively an education action zone under the name of the Breaking the Cycle Bridgwater Education Action Zone (“the zone”) for the purposes of Chapter III of Part I of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. ## 4 Education Action Forum There shall be an Education Action Forum for the zone to be known as the Breaking the Cycle Bridgwater 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 five persons appointed by Somerset County Council; and (e) one person from a professional teaching association appointed by the other members of the Forum. ## 5 Education Action Forum The Forum may at any time appoint additional members as follows– (a) up to two persons representing the interests of business; (b) up to two parents of registered pupils attending zone schools; and (c) up to two persons representing the interests of the voluntary sector. ## 6 Disqualification for membership of the Forum 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 Disqualification for membership of the Forum—bankruptcy etc. (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 Disqualification for membership of the Forum—criminal convictions (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 Disqualification—absence from meetings 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 Chairman’s tenure of office 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. ## Signature Estelle Morris Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 15th December 1999 ## Schedule 1 MEANING OF “PARTNERS” The following persons are “partners” for the purposes of appointing members of the Forum: Sedgemoor District Council, Bridgwater House, King Square, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3AR Somerset Careers Limited, Crescent House, The Mount, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 3TT (Registration No. 3025114). The Partnership Manager of Somerset Education Business Partnership, Crescent House, The Mount, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 3TT Somerset Training and Enterprise Council/Somerset Lifelong Learning Partnership, East Reach House, East Reach, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 3EN (Registration No. 2396977). Bridgwater College, Bath Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4PZ Somerset Health Authority, Wellsprings Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 7PQ The University of the West of England, Redland Campus, Redland Hill, Bristol, BS6 6UZ UCB Cellophane Limited, Bath Road, Bridgwater, Somerset (Registration No. 2891987). Federal Mogul Powertrain Systems Limited, Colley Lane, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 5JL (Registration No. 522423). The Bridgwater Mercury Newspaper, Royal Clarence House, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3AT (Registration No. 1350 England). The Management Committee of the Sedgemoor Centre (Pupil Referral Unit), Blake Street, Bridgwater, Somerset TA6 3N DfEE No. 1100. ## Schedule 2 SCHOOLS COMPRISING THE ZONE School and Address DfEE Number Eastover Community Primary School Wellington Road Bridgwater Somerset TA6 5EX 2152 Westover Green Primary School Westover Green Bridgwater Somerset TA6 7HB 2325 Hamp Infants School Rhode Lane Bridgwater Somerset TA6 6JB 2157 Hamp Community Junior School Rhode Lane Bridgwater Somerset TA6 6JB 2156 St George’s C of E Primary School Brantwood Road Wembdon Bridgwater Somerset TA6 7PS 3289 St John and St Francis C of E Primary School Westonzoyland Road Bridgwater Somerset TA6 5BP 3400 St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Park Avenue Bridgwater Somerset TA6 7EE 3401 St Mary’s C of E Primary School Oakfield Road Bridgwater Somerset TA6 7LX 3151 Sedgemoor Manor Community Infants School Parkway Bridgwater Somerset TA6 4QX 2323 Sedgemoor Manor Community Junior School Parkway Bridgwater Somerset TA6 4QX 2324 The Blake School Hamp Avenue Bridgwater Somerset TA6 6AW 4300 Chilton Trinity School Chilton Street Bridgwater Somerset TA6 3JA 4308 East Bridgwater Community School Parkway Bridgwater Somerset TA6 4QY 4307 Elmwood Special School Hamp Avenue Bridgwater Somerset TA6 6AP 7003 Penrose Special School Albert Street Bridgwater Somerset TA6 7ET 7013 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order establishes the Breaking the Cycle Bridgwater 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. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3392 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/breaking-the-cycle-bridgwater-education-action-zone-order-1999 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.