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The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 2) Order 2009

S.I. 2009/2198 · Made 10 August 2009

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Education, England

Made 10th August 2009

The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998f1, as applied in relation to independent schools by section 124B(1) of that Actf2.

In making this Order the Secretary of State has followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) (Independent Schools) (England) Regulations 2003f3.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1998 c. 31.

f2

Section 124B was inserted by the Independent Schools (Employment of Teachers in Schools with a Religious Character) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2037).

f3

S.I. 2003/2314, as amended by S.I. 2004/2262.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Designation of schools
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule Schools having a religious character
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 2) Order 2009.

2Interpretation

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.

3Designation of schools

(1)

The 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

P S A Jones

A Divisional Manager in the

Department for Children, Schools and Families

10th August 2009

Schools having a religious character

(1)

Name and postcode of school

(2)

Relevant religion or religious denomination
Kensington and Chelsea
Chelsea Academy, SW10 0QSChurch of England
Northumberland
Bede Academy, NE24 2SYChristian
Dorset
Bournemouth Collegiate School, BH5 2DYChristian
Bournemouth Collegiate Preparatory School, BH14 9JYChristian

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order designates the independent schools named as having a religious character.

Under section 124A of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, independent schools which are so designated are permitted to take account of certain religious considerations in making specified employment decisions which relate to teaching staff.

Designation by this Order is not of itself a means of acquiring a religious character or of changing religious character. Designation is the recognition of certain existing attributes of the school or its governing body as described in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) (Independent Schools) (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2314, as amended by 2004/2262).