# The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (England) Order 2017

S.I. 2017/618 · made 27 April 2017

This Order designates the voluntary schools named in the Order as having a religious character in accordance with section 69(3) and (4) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (“the Act”).

Made under: School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Section 69, Section 138)

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## Introductory text

Education, England
Made 27th April 2017
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 69(3), 69(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 2017 and comes into force on the day after the day it was made.

## 2 Interpretation

In this Order “the relevant religion or religious denomination” means the religion or religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets education is provided at the school or the school is conducted.

## 3 Designation of schools

(1) The voluntary schools listed in column (1) of the Schedule are designated as schools having a religious character.
(2) The relevant religion or religious denomination in relation to a school listed in column (1) of the Schedule is specified in relation to that school in column (2).

## Signature

Signed on behalf of the Secretary of State
Lesley Jones
Deputy Director
Department for Education
27th April 2017

## Schools having a religious character

(1)
Name and postcode of School
(2)
Relevant religion or religious denomination
Buckinghamshire
East Claydon Church of England School
MK18 2LS
Church of England
Bury
St. John with St. Mark CofE Primary School
BL9 5EE
Church of England
Cheshire West and Chester
Hartford Church of England High School,
CW8 1LH
Church of England
Devon
Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary and Nursery School,
EX2 4QD
Church of England
Kirklees
Oak CE (VC) Primary School,
HD4 5HX
Church of England
Liverpool
Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School,
L25 2RW
Roman Catholic
St. Oswald’s Catholic Primary School,
L13 5TE
Roman Catholic
London Borough of Barnet
Menorah High School for Girls
NW2 7BZ
Jewish
London Borough of Lewisham
St. Winifred’s Catholic Primary School
SE12 0SJ
Roman Catholic
London Borough of Redbridge
Al-Noor VA Muslim Primary School
IG3 9RP
Muslim
Slough
Khalsa Primary School
SL2 5QR
Sikh
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Our Lady and St. Joseph Catholic Primary School
E14 0DE
Roman Catholic
Staffordshire
Dove CE (VC) First School,
ST14 5LA
Church of England
Wiltshire
Marlborough St. Mary’s CofE VC Primary School
SN8 4BX
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) and (4) 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; and
(c) as part of the mechanism for determining school staffing matters under sections 58 to 60 of the Act.

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