# The Clacton and Harwich Education Action Zone Order 1999

S.I. 1999/3397 · made 15 December 1999

This Order establishes the Clacton and Harwich 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/clacton-and-harwich-education-action-zone-order-1999/pdf/uksi_19993397_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 Clacton and Harwich 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 Clacton and Harwich 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 Clacton and Harwich 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; and
(d) one person nominated by the senior police officer responsible for policing in the Tendring area.

## 5 Education Action Forum

The Forum may at any time appoint additional members as follows—
(a) up to four persons representing the interests of business;
(b) up to three parents of registered pupils attending zone schools;
(c) up to three students attending post sixteen educational institutions within the area of the zone;
(d) up to two persons representing the interersts of teachers employed in zone schools; and
(e) 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:
The ABK Consortium Co. No. 3206464
Edge View Farm, Moss Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, SK9 7JA
CAPITA Education Services Ltd Co. No. 2460877
The Mise Centre, Broomfield Place, 189 Main Road, Broomfield, Chelmsford, CM1 5EQ
Essex County Council
PO Box 47, County Hall, Victoria Road South, Chelmsford, CM1 1LD
Tendring District Council
Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 1SE

## Schedule 2 SCHOOLS COMPRISING THE ZONE

School
DfEE No.
Address
Clacton County High School
5444
Walton Road, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 6DZ
Colbayns High School
5445
Pathfields Road, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 3JL
The Harwich School
5453
Hall Lane, Dovercourt, Harwich, CO12 3TG
All Saints Church of England Primary School Dovercourt
3822
Main Road, Dovercourt, Harwich, CO12 4HT
Alton Park Junior School
2026
Alton Park Road, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 1DL
Burrsville Community Infants School
2061
Craigfield Avenue, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 4HR
Burrsville Junior School
5277
Craigfield Avenue, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 4HR
Cann Hall Primary School
2089
Constable Avenue, Clacton-on-Sea, CO16 8DA
Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery
5261
Chase Lane, Dovercourt, Harwich, CO12 4NB
Coppins Green Primary School
5212
Melbourne Road, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 3SP
Frobisher Primary and Nursery School
2071
Frobisher Drive, Jaywick, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 2QH
Harwich Community Primary School and Nursery
2414
66 Main Road, Harwich, CO12 3LP
Holland Haven Primary School
5216
Primrose Road, Holland-on-Sea, CO15 5PP
Holland Park Primary School
5215
Holland Road, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 6NG
Little Oakley Church of England Infant School
3034
Rectory Road, Little Oakley, Harwich, CO12 5YJ
Mayflower Primary School
2059
Main Road, Dovercourt, Harwich, CO12 4AJ
Oakwood Infant School
2027
Windsor Avenue, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 2AH
Ramsey Primary School
2048
Wix Road, Ramsey, Harwich, CO12 5HP
Ravenscroft Primary School
2087
Nayland Drive, Clacton-on-Sea, CO16 8TZ
Spring Meadow Primary School
2374
Pound Farm Drive, Dovercourt, Harwich, CO12 4LB
St. Clare’s Roman Catholic Primary School
5219
Cloes Lane, Clacton-on-Sea, CO16 8AG
St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School
3302
The Drive, Dovercourt, Harwich, CO12 3SU
St. Osyth Church of England Primary School
5217
Norman Close, St. Osyth, Clacton-on-Sea, CO16 8PN
Wix and Wrabness Primary School
2051
Colchester Road, Wix, Manningtree, CO11 2RS

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order establishes the Clacton and Harwich 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3397 (the official version)
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