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.