
1 
This Order may be cited as the Herefordshire Education Action Zone Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st September 1998.
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 of this Order.
3 
The schools listed in Schedule 2 to this Order shall constitute collectively an education action zone under the name of the Herefordshire Education Action Zone (“the zone”) for the purposes of Chapter III of Part I of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
4 

(1) There shall be an Education Action Forum for the zone, the membership of which shall include–
(a) one person appointed by the governing body of each zone school, unless any such governing body chooses not to make such an appointment;
(b) either one or two persons appointed by the Secretary of State; and
(c) 4 persons appointed by Herefordshire District Council and one person appointed by each of the other partners, unless any partner chooses not to make such an appointment
(d) 3 persons appointed by Herefordshire District Council in addition to those appointed under sub-paragraph (c) (unless they choose not to make such an appointment) each of whom are members of that Council elected for one of the following wards:
 Belmont
 Clehonger
 Hollington
 Hinton
 Merbach
 Golden Valley
 St Martins
 Pontridas
 Kingsthorne
and any person so appointed shall cease to hold office if he ceases to be a member of Herefordshire District Council elected for any of those wards.
(2) Where a partner is an individual he may appoint himself under paragraph (1)(c), but he shall cease to hold office as a member of the Forum if he ceases to hold the office by virtue of which he is a partner.
5 

(1) The Forum may, at any time, appoint not more than 9 additional members from persons appearing to them to represent the interests of–
(a) businesses in the area served by the zone schools;
(b) the voluntary sector in the area served by the zone schools;
(c) parents of children at the zone schools; and
(d) teachers at the zone schools.
provided that the maximum number of additional members who may be appointed falling within sub-paragraph (c) shall be 3 and the maximum number of additional members who may be appointed falling within sub-paragraph (d) shall be 2.
(2) The Forum may at any time appoint one additional member who at the time of his appointment is employed by the Forum.
(3) A member appointed under paragraph (2) shall cease to hold office if he ceases to be employed by 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.
7 

(1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, 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 

(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 regulation 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 
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 
The chairman of the Forum elected in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act, 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.
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2

The following persons are “partners” for the purposes of appointing additional members of the Forum:
 British Telecommunications plc
 Tesco Stores Limited
 Kington Connect
 The Diocesan Board of Education for the diocese of Hereford
 The person holding the office of Director of Social Services for Herefordshire County Council
 The Hereford and Worcester Chamber of Commerce
 Hereford Sixth Form College
 The Marches Consortium Ltd.
 Herefordshire Education and Business Partnership
 Herefordshire Area Health Authority
 Herefordshire Group Training Association
 The Herefordshire Special Needs Consortium
 Herefordshire Community Council
 The Chief Constable of the West Mercia Constabulary
 Herefordshire District Council
 The Hereford and Worcester Careers Services Ltd.

SCHEDULE 2
Article 3


 Blackmarston Special School
 Clehonger CofE Primary School
 Clifford Primary School
 Ewyas Harold Primary School
 Fairfield High School
 Garway Primary School
 Haywood High School
 Holme Lacy Primary School
 Hunderton Infant School
 Hunderton Junior School
 Kingstone and Thruxton Primary School
 Kingstone High School
 Little Dewchurch Primary School
 Longtown Primary School
 Madley Primary School
 Marlbrook Primary School
 Michaelchurch Escley Primary School
 Much Birch CofE Primary School
 Our Lady’s RC Primary School
 Peterchurch Primary School
 St Martin’s Primary School
 Wormbridge CofE Primary School

Andrew Smith
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
10th August 1998