# The Epicentre LEAP Ellesmere Port Cheshire Education Action Zone Order 1999 S.I. 1999/3396 · made 15 December 1999 This Order establishes the Epicentre LEAP 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/epicentre-leap-ellesmere-port-cheshire-education-action-zone-order-1999/pdf/uksi_19993396_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 Epicentre LEAP Ellesmere Port Cheshire 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 Epicentre LEAP 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 Epicentre LEAP 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) up to six persons appointed by each partner, unless any partner chooses not to make such an appointment. ## 5 Education Action Forum The Forum may at any time appoint additional members as follows– (a) up to six persons representing the interests of business in Cheshire; (b) up to six parents of registered pupils attending zone schools; and (c) up to six persons representing the interests of the education sector generally in the area served by the zone schools. ## 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: Cheshire County Council Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council ## Schedule 2 SCHOOLS COMPRISING THE ZONE School DfEE No. Address Atherton Nursery and Infant School 2259 Regent Street, Ellesmere Port CH65 8HL Brookside Primary School 2732 Bebington Road, Great Sutton CH66 4RU Cambridge Road Community Primary School 2235 Cambridge Road, Ellesmere Port CH65 4AQ Ellesmere Port Catholic High School 4611 Capenhurst Lane, Whitby CH65 7AQ John Street Primary School 2239 John Street, Ellesmere Port CH65 2ED Mansfield Primary School 2703 Appleton Drive, Whitby CH65 7EP Our Lady’s Catholic Infant School 3554 Windsor Drive, Whitby CH65 6SH Our Lady’s Catholic Junior School 3553 Capenhurst Lane, Ellesmere Port CH65 7AQ Parklands Community Primary School 2721 Parklands, Little Sutton CH66 3RL Pooltown Community Junior School 2244 Pooltown Road, Ellesmere Port CH65 7ED Pius XII Catholic Primary School 3558 Rossall Grove, Little Sutton CH66 1NN Rivacre Valley Primary School 2725 Rivacre Brow, Overpool CH66 1LE St Bernard’s Catholic Primary 3556 Sherbourne Road, Wolverham CH65 9HE Stanlaw Abbey Primary School 2343 Alnwick Drive, South Wirral CH64 9NE Stanney Grange Community Primary School 2707 Rochester Drive, Ellesmere Port CH65 9EX Stanney High School 4154 Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port CH65 9DB Sutton High School 4161 Woodchurch Lane, Ellesmere Port CH66 3NG William Stockton Primary 2237 Heathfield Road, South Wirral CH65 8DH Wolverham Primary School 2242 Milton Road, Ellesmere Port CH65 5AT ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order establishes the Epicentre LEAP 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/1999/3396 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/epicentre-leap-ellesmere-port-cheshire-education-action-zone-order-1999 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.