Statutory Instruments
1999 No. 3017

EDUCATION, ENGLAND
The Telford and Wrekin Education Action Zone Order 1999

Made
4th November 1999

Laid before Parliament
10th November 1999

Coming into force
1st December 1999

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 Telford and Wrekin Education Action Zone Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st December 1999.

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 Telford and Wrekin Education Action Zone (“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 Telford and Wrekin 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)one person appointed by each partner, unless any partner chooses not to make such an appointment.

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

(a)up to three persons representing the interests of business in the area served by the zone schools;

(b)up to three parents of registered pupils attending zone schools;

(c)up to three persons representing the interests of the education sector generally in the area served by the zone schools; and

(d)up to three persons representing the interests of community groups in the area served by the zone schools.

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
4th November 1999

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1MEANING OF “PARTNERS”

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

Educational Partners

Thomas Telford School (DfEE No. 894 6900)

Old Park, Telford TF3 4NW

Ercall Wood School (DfEE No. 894 5402)
Golf Links Lane, Wellington, Telford TF1 2DU

New College (DfEE No. 894 8601)
King Street, Wellington, Telford TF1 1NY

Telford College of Arts and Technology (DfEE No. 894 8000)
Haybridge Road, Wellington, Telford TF1 2NP

University of Wolverhampton
Telford Campus, Priorslee, Court Street, Telford T37 9NT

Charlton School (DfEE No. 894 5404)
Severn Drive, Dothill, Wellington, Telford TF1 3LE

Business Partners

Telford United Football Club Ltd (Company No. 821974)
Bucks Head Ground, Wellington, Telford TF1 2NJ

Jennings Homes (Company No. 1734341)
Park House, 38 Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury

Shropshire Star (Company No. 123264)
Ketley, Telford TF1 4HU

Windsor and Co. (Company No. 2552317)

1 Grove Poole, Chichester

British Telecom (Company No. 1800000)
PP5A1 5 Brindley Place, Birmingham B1 2BL

Bournville Village Trust (Company No. 219260)
Estate Office, Oak Tree Lane, Birmingham B30 1UB

International Computers Ltd Education Systems (Company No. 96056)
Midlands Region, ICL House, 127 Hagley Road, Birmingham B16 8LD

Microsoft Ltd (Company No. 6557655M)
Microsoft Place, Wharfdale Road, Winnersh Triangle, Wokingham, Berks RG11 5TP

PSM Microcomputers (Company No. 9665116)
Corporate House, Priorslee, Telford TF2 9PJ

Shropshire Chamber of Commerce (Company No. 2542085)
Trevithick House, Stafford Park 4, Telford TF3 3BA

The Children’s Society (Charity No. 221124)
West Midlands Regional Office, Unit 4, Mitre Court, Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B74 2LZ

Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust (Company No. 918560)
Ironbridge, Telford, Shropshire TF8 7AW


Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 2SCHOOLS COMPRISING THE ZONE

DfEE Number
School
Address

894 2039
Dawley St Leonards Infant School
Off Alma Avenue, Dawley, Telford TF4 2ED

894 2048
Hadley Junior School
Crescent Road, Hadley, Telford TF1 4UJ

894 2050
Hadley Infant School
Crescent Road, Hadley, Telford TF1 4JU

894 2060
Langley Junior School
Off Alma Avenue, Dawley, Telford TF4 2ED

894 2061
Lawley Primary School
Lawley, Telford TF4 2PR

894 2104
Barn Farm Infant School
Mount Gilbert, Wellington, Telford TF1 2JQ

894 2106
Orleton Lane Infant School
Orleton Lane, Wellington, Telford TF1 2AA

894 2107
Ercall Junior School
Churchill Road, Wellington, Telford TF1 2JB

894 2118
Park Junior School
North Road, Wellington, Telford TF1 3ES

894 2128
Queenswood Primary School
Yates Way, Ketley Bank, Telford TF2 0BA

894 2152
Brindleyford Primary School
Brookside, Telford TF3 1QD

894 2153
Holmer Lake Primary School
Brookside, Telford TF3 1LD

894 2155
Three Oaks Primary School
Calcot Centre, Stirchley, Telford TF3 1YQ

894 2168
Ladygrove Primary School
Old Office Road, Dawley, Telford TF4 2LF

894 2173
Malinslee Primary School
Malinslee, Telford TF4 2JF

894 2174
Captain Webb Primary School
Webb Crescent, Pool Hill, Dawley, Telford TF4 3DU

894 2175
Aqueduct Primary School
Castlefields Way, Aqueduct, Telford TF4 3RP

894 2198
Stirchley Primary School
District Centre, Stirchley, Telford TF3 1FD

894 2199
Brookside Primary School
Beaconsfield, Brookside, Telford TF3 1LG

894 3317
Dawley CE Primary
Doseley Road North, Dawley, Telford TF4 3AL

894 4398
Orleton Park Secondary
Orleton Lane, Wellington, Telford TF1 2AD

894 4408
Phoenix Secondary School
Manor Road, Dawley, Telford TF4 3DZ

894 4425
Lord Silkin Secondary School
District Centre, Stirchley, Telford TF3 1FA

Special Schools

894 7012
Southall School
Off Rowan Avenue, Dawley, Telford TF4 3PN

894 7015
Hinkshay
Hinkshay Road, Dawley, Telford TF3 1DG

894 7017
The Bridge
Brookside Building, Brookside, Telford TF3 1LB and also at Stirchley Building, Grange Avenue, Stirchley, Telford TF3 1UP

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order establishes the Telford and Wrekin 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.

(1)
1998 c. 31.