
1 
This Order may be cited as the North Gillingham Education Action Zone Order 1999 and shall come into force on 10th January 2000.
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.
3 
The schools listed in Schedule 2 to this Order shall constitute collectively an education action zone under the name of the North Gillingham Education Action Zone (“the zone”) for the purposes of Chapter III of Part I of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
4 
There shall be an Education Action Forum for the zone to be known as the North Gillingham 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.
5 
The Forum may at any time appoint additional members as follows—
(a) up to four persons nominated by Medway Council in their capacity as a local education authority;
(b) up to four persons representing the interests of business in the area served by the zone schools;
(c) up to four persons representing the interests of community, voluntary and ethnic minority organisations in the area served by the zone schools;
(d) up to three parents of registered pupils chosen from governors of zone schools;
(e) up to three persons from unions representing teachers and other staff working in zone schools;
(f) one person representing the interests of careers guidance providers to young persons, or the education sector generally, in the area served by the zone schools; and
(g) one person nominated by Medway Youth Parliament to represent the interests of students and pupils attending zone schools.
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 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 

(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 
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 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
15th December 1999
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2

The following persons are “partners” for the purposes of appointing members of the Forum:
 the Director of Education of Medway Council; Compass Centre, Chatham Maritime, Chatham, Kent ME4 4YN
 the Principal of Mid Kent College of Higher and Further Education; Maidstone Road, Chatham, Kent ME5 9UQ
 the Vice Chancellor of the University of Greenwich; Maritime Greenwich University Campus, Queen Anne Court, Greenwich, London SE10 9NN

SCHEDULE 2
Articles 2 and 3


School DfEE Number. Address
Arden Junior School 2392 Cornwall Road, Gillingham ME7 1LS
Barnsole Infant School 2396 Barnsole House, Sturdee Avenue, Gillingham ME7 2JE
Barnsole Junior School 2394 Barnsole Road, Gillingham ME7 2JE
Brompton Westbrook Primary School 2646 Kings Bastion, Brompton, Gillingham ME7 5DQ
Byron School 2644 Byron Road, Gillingham ME7 5XX
Danecourt Special School 7031 Hotel Road, Gillingham ME8 6AA
Featherby Infant and Nursery School 2401 Allington Road, Gillingham ME8 6PD
Featherby Junior School 2400 Ghilham Road, Gillingham ME8 6BT
Forge Lane Infant School 2402 Forge Lane, Gillingham ME7 1UG
Hillyfields Junior School 2472 Ingram Road, Gillingham ME7 1SJ
Napier Community School 2406 Napier Road, Gillingham ME7 4HG
Richmond Infant School 2407 Richmond Road, Gillingham ME7 1LS
Skinner Street Primary School 2408 Skinner Street, Gillingham ME7 1LG
Twydall Infant School 2410 Twydall Lane, Gillingham ME8 6JS
Twydall Junior School 2409 Romany Road, Gillingham ME8 6JH
Upbury Manor School 5454 Marlborough Road, Gillingham ME7 5HT
Woodlands Primary School 2412 Woodlands Road, Gillingham ME7 2DU