
1 
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 
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 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 
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 
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 
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 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
Articles 2 and 3


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