The Designation of Schools having a Religious Character (England) Order 2013

S.I. 2013/2029 · Made 15 August 2013

Education, England

Made 15th August 2013

The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 69(3) and (4) of the Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998^f1.

In making this Order the Secretary of State has followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) Regulations 1998^f2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1: 1998 c.31.
f2: S.I. 1998/2535, as modified by S.I. 1999/2262 and amended by S.I. 2003/1558 and S.I. 2007/958.

1Citation
2Designation of schools
3Designation of schools
Signature
Schedule Schools having a religious character
Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as The Designation of Schools having a Religious Character (England) Order 2013.

The schools listed in column (1) of the Schedule (which are voluntary or foundation schools, or are new schools that have temporary governing bodies and which will be voluntary or foundation schools when established) are designated as schools having a religious character.

3Designation 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

Natalie Acton

A Deputy Director in the

Department for Education

15th August 2013

Schools having a religious character

(1) Name and Postcode of School	(2) Category of School	(3) Religion or Religious Denomination
Barnet Morasha Jewish Primary School N12 9DX	Voluntary aided	Jewish
Barnsley Holy Trinity S71 2BD	Voluntary aided	Roman Catholic / Church of England
Penistone St John the Baptist CE VA S36 6BS	Voluntary aided	Church of England
Canterbury St John’s (VC) Church of England Primary School CT1 1BD	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
Chester Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School CH1 4HG	Voluntary aided	Church of England
Coventry Christ The King Catholic Primary School CV6 2DJ	Voluntary aided	Roman Catholic
Cumbria St Martin and St Mary Church of England Primary School LA23 2DD	Voluntary aided	Church of England
Ealing Christ the Saviour C of E Primary School W5 2XA	Voluntary aided	Church of England
The Holy Family Catholic Primary School W3 0DY	Voluntary aided	Roman Catholic
Hackney Lubavitch House School (Senior Girls) N16 5RP	Voluntary aided	Jewish
Hampshire Cornerstone CE Aided Primary School PO15 7JD	Voluntary aided	Church of England
Manor Church of England Infant School SO45 2QG	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
Hartlepool Ward Jackson Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School TS24 7LE	Voluntary aided	Church of England
Lincoln Saint Peter and Saint Paul Church of England Primary School DN16 3FX	Foundation	Church of England
Newcastle Central Walker C of E Primary School NE6 2NP	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
Norfolk St Francis of Assisi RC Primary NR2 3QB	Voluntary aided	Roman Catholic
Nottinghamshire William Gladstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School NG24 4HU	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
Oldham St Theresa’s Primary School OL1 4NA	Voluntary aided	Roman Catholic
Oxford Buckingham Park Church of England Primary School HP19 9DZ	Voluntary aided	Church of England
Redbridge Avanti Court Primary School IG6 1LZ	Voluntary aided	Hindu
Richmond-upon-Thames St Richard Reynolds Catholic Primary School TW1 4LT	Voluntary aided	Roman Catholic
St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School TW1 4LT	Voluntary aided	Roman Catholic
Wigan Lowton Church of England High School WA3 1DU	Foundation	Church of England

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the voluntary or foundation schools named in the Order as having a religious character in accordance with section 69(3) and (4) of the Schools 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; and

(c)

as part of the mechanism for determining school staffing matters under sections 58 to 60 of the Act.