# The Designation of Schools having a Religious Character (England) (No. 2) Order 2003 S.I. 2003/2552 · made 2 October 2003 This Order designates further voluntary schools in England which have a religious character in accordance with section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.This is in addition to those schools already listed in the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (England) Order 1999(SI 1999/2432), the Designation of Schools having a Religious Character (England) Order 2000 (SI 2000/3080) and the Designation of Schools having a Religious Character (England) Order 2003 (SI 2003/800). Made under: School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Section 69, Section 138) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-england-no-2-order-2003/pdf/uksi_20032552_en.pdf ## Introductory text EDUCATION, ENGLAND Made 2nd October 2003 In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 69(3) and (4) and 138(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 , and having followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) Regulations 1998 the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Order: ## 1 Citation This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools having a Religious Character (England) (No.2) Order 2003. ## 2 Interpretation In this Order “the relevant religion or religious denomination” means the religion or religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets religious education is, or may be, required to be provided at the school in accordance with Schedule 19 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (or, as the case may be, each such religion or religious denomination). ## 3 Designation of the schools The schools listed in the Schedule (all of which are voluntary schools or new schools that have temporary governing bodies and which will be such when established) are hereby designated as schools having a religious character. ## 4 Designation of the schools The relevant religion or religious denomination in relation to a school listed in column (1) of the Schedule is stated opposite thereto in column (3). ## Signature Caroline Macready A Divisional Manager in the Department for Education and Skills 2nd October 2003 ## Schools having a religious character (1) Name and Post code of School (2) Category of School (3) Relevant Religion or Religious Denomination Barnet Beis Yaakov Primary School NW9 6NQ voluntary aided Jewish Birmingham Al-Hijrah Secondary School B9 4US voluntary aided Muslim Hawkesley C of E/Methodist Primary School B38 9TR voluntary aided Church of England/Methodist Woodside C of E Controlled Primary School CV9 2BS voluntary controlled Church of England Blackburn with Darwen St Silas C of E Primary School BB2 6JP voluntary aided Church of England Blackpool St George’s Church of England High School FY4 4PH voluntary aided Church of England Bradford Feversham College BD2 1JL voluntary aided Muslim Brent Avigdor Hirsch Torah Temimah Primary School NW2 6RJ voluntary aided Jewish Coventry St Mary and St Benedict Catholic Primary School CV1 5HG voluntary aided Roman Catholic Croydon St Cyprian’s Greek Orthodox Primary School CR7 8DZ voluntary aided Greek Orthodox Cumbria Montreal C of E Primary School CA25 5LW voluntary controlled Church of England St Patrick’s Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School CA25 5DG voluntary aided Roman Catholic The Bishop Harvey Goodwin School CA2 4HG voluntary aided Church of England Derbyshire Chapel-en-le-Frith C of E (C) Primary School SK23 0NL voluntary controlled Church of England Doncaster Rossington All Saints C of E (VA) School – A Sports College DN11 0BZ voluntary aided Church of England East Sussex The Haven VA C of E/Methodist Primary School BN23 5SW voluntary aided Church of England/Methodist Essex St Peter’s College CM1 2BL voluntary aided Church of England Two Village C of E VC Primary School C012 5HP Voluntary aided Church of England Hackney St John and St James C of E Primary School E9 6DX voluntary aided Church of England Halton Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School WA8 8JN voluntary aided Roman Catholic Hampshire Micheldever C of E Primary School S021 3DB voluntary controlled Church of England Hartlepool St Hild’s C of E Primary School TS24 9PB voluntary aided Church of England Isles of Scilly Five Islands C of E (Voluntary Controlled) Isles of Scilly All Age School TR21 0LB voluntary controlled Church of England Kent St Mary of Charity C of E (Aided) Primary School ME13 8AP voluntary aided Church of England St Nicholas CE (Controlled) Primary School TN28 8BP voluntary controlled Church of England Lancashire Cuerden Church School PR5 6NN voluntary aided Methodist/Church of England Leeds All Saints CE Primary School LS21 1DF voluntary controlled Church of England Lincolnshire St Botolph’s C of E Primary School NG34 7FE voluntary controlled Church of England Liverpool Our Lady of the Assumption Primary School L25 2RY voluntary aided Roman Catholic St Christopher’s Catholic Primary School L24 0SN voluntary aided Roman Catholic St John’s Catholic Primary School L4 1SR voluntary aided Roman Catholic St Mathews’s Catholic Primary School L4 8UA voluntary aided Roman Catholic Medway St Mary’s Island C of E (Aided) Primary School ME4 3ST voluntary aided Church of England Merton St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School CR4 1YG voluntary aided Roman Catholic Newcastle upon Tyne Venerable Bede C of E (Aided) Primary School SR2 0HG voluntary aided Church of England Norfolk St Martin at Shouldham C of E VA Primary School PE33 0BU voluntary aided Church of England North East Lincolnshire Lisle Marsden C of E VA Primary School DN32 0DF voluntary aided Church of England North Yorkshire Sacred Heart RC Primary School DL7 8UL voluntary aided Roman Catholic Nottingham Pierrepont Gamston Primary School NG2 6TH voluntary aided Church of England St Peter’s C of E Primary School NG18 4LN voluntary aided Church of England Oxfordshire St John the Evangelist C of E Primary School OX18 1BU voluntary aided Church of England Reading New Christ Church C of E Primary School RG2 0AY voluntary aided Church of England Sheffield Pye Bank C of E Primary School S3 9EL voluntary aided Church of England St Helens Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School WA9 2JE voluntary aided Roman Catholic Stockton-On-Tees St Francis of Assisi CE School TS17 5GA voluntary aided Church of England St Gregory’s Catholic Primary School TS19 9AD voluntary aided Roman Catholic St Mark’s Elm Tree C of E VA Primary School TS19 7HA voluntary aided Church of England Swindon Holy Family Catholic Primary School SN3 2PT voluntary aided Roman Catholic Warrington Latchford C of E Primary WA4 1AP voluntary aided Church of England Sankey Valley St. James Church of England Primary WA5 1XE voluntary aided Church of England Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School WA4 1JL voluntary aided Church of England Warwickshire St Michael’s C of E Primary School CV12 9DA voluntary aided Church of England West Sussex All Saints C of E Primary School RH12 5JB voluntary aided Church of England Windsor and Maidenhead Churchmead C of E (VA) School SL3 9JQ voluntary aided Church of England Wolverhampton St Andrew’s Church of England Primary School WV6 0RH voluntary controlled Church of England Worcestershire Ipsley C of E Middle School B98 9PJ voluntary controlled Church of England ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order designates further voluntary schools in England which have a religious character in accordance with section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.This is in addition to those schools already listed in the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (England) Order 1999(SI 1999/2432), the Designation of Schools having a Religious Character (England) Order 2000 (SI 2000/3080) and the Designation of Schools having a Religious Character (England) Order 2003 (SI 2003/800). Designation as a school which has a religious character is relevant for a number of purposes under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (“the Act”), notably: (a) as part of the mechanism for determining the form of religious education to be provided under Schedule 19 to the Act; (b) as part of the mechanism for determining the form of collective worship to be provided under Schedule 20 to the Act; (c) as part of the mechanism for determining school staffing matters under sections 58 to 60 of the Act; (d) for the purposes of the determination of admission arrangements under section 89 of the Act having regard to the code of practice issued under section 84; (e) for the purposes of the disposition of assets under paragraph of Schedule 3 to the Act, so that assets can be re-assigned for the benefit of schools of the same religion or religious denomination.. Designation by this Order is not of itself a means of acquiring a religious character or of changing religious character. Designation is the recognition certain attributes of the school or its governing body as described in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/2535). Under the Act a school must first close if it is to acquire a religious character, if it does not, as a question of fact, have one already, or where it is to change its religious character. In England, the religions in accordance with whose tenets religious education is, or may be, required to be provided at the school in accordance with Schedule 19 to the Act are currently the Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Sikh religions. The relevant religious denominations within Christianity are the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, the Methodist Church, the United Reformed Church, the Free Church, the Congregational Church, the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, the Greek Orthodox Church and the Quakers. Designation by this Order as a school with a religious character will not be accepted by the Secretary of State as conclusive evidence that an endowment has been held or used, wholly or partly, in connection with the provision at the school of religious education for the purposes of section 554(2) of the Education Act 1996. Section 554 enables appropriate authorities of any religious denomination or religion (but normally Church of England diocesan authorities) to make fresh provision for endowments held or used for the provision of religious education. This normally happens as a result of a school closing. In confirming eligibility for an order, the trust deeds and other supporting evidence would be considered. A statement in the Order in relation to a school that the religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets religious education is, or may be, required to be provided at the school in accordance with schedule 19 to the Act, is Roman Catholic, does not determine whether or not the school is a Catholic school according to canon law. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2552 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-england-no-2-order-2003 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.