# The Designation of Schools having a Religious Character (England) Order 2009 S.I. 2009/3273 · made 10 December 2009 This Order designates the voluntary schools named in the Order as having a religious character in accordance with section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (“the Act”). 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-order-2009/pdf/uksi_20093273_en.pdf ## Introductory text Education, England Made 10th December 2009 The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 69(3) and (4) and 138(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. In making this Order the Secretary of State has followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) Regulations 1998. ## 1 Citation This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools having a Religious Character (England) Order 2009. ## 2 Designation of schools The schools listed in column (1) of the Schedule (all of which are voluntary schools, or are new schools that have temporary governing bodies and which will be voluntary schools when established) are designated as schools having a religious character. ## 3 Designation of schools In relation to each designated school, the religion or religious denomination (or, as the case may be, each such religion or religious denomination) in accordance with whose tenets religious education is, or may be, required to be provided at the school is listed in column (3) of the Schedule. ## Signature J D Loosley Deputy Director Department for Children, Schools and Families 10th December 2009 ## Schools having a religious character (1) Name and Postcode of School (2) Category of School (3) Religion or Religious Denomination Barnet The Jewish Community Secondary School EN4 9AR Voluntary aided Jewish Bath and North East Somerset St Nicholas CofE Primary School BA3 3QH Voluntary controlled Church of England Blackburn with Darwen Blackburn The Redeemer CofE Primary School BB2 4JJ Voluntary aided Church of England Bolton St Catherine’s CofE Primary School BL6 5SJ Voluntary aided Church of England Bury St Luke’s CE Primary School BL9 9JQ Voluntary controlled Church of England Calderdale Walsden St Peter’s CE (VC) Primary School OL14 6RN Voluntary controlled Church of England Cheshire East Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School SK11 7SF Voluntary aided Roman Catholic/Church of England Cheshire West and Chester Saughall All Saints Church of England School CH1 6EP Voluntary controlled Church of England Ealing Khalsa VA Primary School UB2 4LA Voluntary aided Sikh Halton St Chad’s Catholic and Church of England High School WA7 5YH Voluntary aided Roman Catholic/Church of England Manchester The Divine Mercy Roman Catholic Primary School M14 7SH Voluntary aided Roman Catholic Middlesbrough Trinity Catholic College TS5 7EY Voluntary aided Roman Catholic Oldham Holy Cross CofE Primary School OL1 3PU Voluntary aided Church of England Shropshire Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School SY11 2LF Voluntary controlled Church of England Mereside Church of England Primary School SY2 6LE Voluntary controlled Church of England Meole Brace Church of England Primary and Nursery School SY3 9HG Voluntary controlled Church of England Oakmeadow Church of England Primary and Nursery School SY3 0NU Voluntary controlled Church of England ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order designates the voluntary schools named in the Order as having a religious character in accordance with section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (“the Act”). Designation as a school which has a religious character is relevant for a number of purposes under 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 5 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. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3273 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-england-order-2009 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.