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The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 2) Order 2013

S.I. 2013/2867 · Made 5 November 2013 · Extends to England and Wales

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Education, England

Made 5th November 2013

The Secretary of State for Education 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)f2 of that Act.

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) and has been amended by the Alternative Provision Academies (Consequential Amendments to Acts) (England) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/976).

f3

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

Contents

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

1CitationI1

This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No.2) Order 2013.

2InterpretationI1

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 schoolsI1

(1)

The schools listed in column (1) of Schedule 1 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 Schedule 1 is specified in relation to that school in column (2).

4RevocationI1

The instrument listed in column (1) of Schedule 2 (which has the reference listed in column (2)) is revoked to the extent indicated in column (3).

5AmendmentsI1

(1)

Schedule 1 (Schools having a religious character) to the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2013f1 is amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

(2)

In the entry under Blackburn with Darwen for “The Olive School” substitute “The Olive School Blackburn”.

(3)

In the entry under Buckinghamshire for “Khalsa Secondary School” substitute “Khalsa Secondary Academy”.

(4)

In the entry under Ealing for “UB6 8QD” substitute “UB6 8PR”.

(5)

In the entries under Hackney for “The Olive School” substitute “The Olive School Hackney”.

(6)

In the entry under Herefordshire for “St Mary’s CE Primary School, Dilwyn” substitute “St Mary’s Primary School, Dilwyn”.

(7)

In the entry under Hounslow for “TW7 5XB” substitute “TW7 5AJ”.

(8)

In the entries under Kent for “Trinity School Sevenoaks” substitute “Trinity School”.

(9)

In the entry under Richmond upon Thames for “Hampton Church of England Primary” substitute “St Mary’s Hampton Church of England Primary”.

(10)

In the entry under Southwark for “ARK All Saints” substitute “ARK All Saints Academy”.

Signature

Peter Swift

Deputy Director

Department for Education

5th November 2013

Schedule 1Schools having a religious characterI1

(1)

Name and postcode of school

(2)

Relevant religion or religious denomination

Barnet

Ohel Torah, NW11 9QA

St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School, N11 1NP

Judaism

Greek Orthodoxy

Bolton

The Olive Tree Primary School Bolton, BL3 3NS

Hanafi Deobandism

Brighton and Hove

King’s School, F1BN3 8BN

Christianity

Dorset

Leweston Prep School, DT9 6EN

Leweston School, DT9 6EN

Catholicism

Catholicism

Hillingdon

Nanaksar Primary School, UB4 0LT

Sikhism

South Gloucestershire

Immanuel Christian School, BS37 8QG

F2Church of England

Schedule 2RevocationI1

(1)Regulation revoked

(2) Reference

(3) Extent of revocation
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 2) Order 2003S.I. 2003/3284In the Schedule, the entry in relation to St Antony’s Leweston DT9 6EN

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the independent schools listed in Schedule 1 as having a religious character and revokes the instrument listed in Schedule 2 to the extent set out in that Schedule. The revocation relates to a school which no longer exists because it has become two schools, both of which are designated as schools having a religious character under this Order. The Order corrects errors made in Schedule 1 to the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2013.

Under section 124A of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, independent schools which are designated as having a religious character are permitted to take account of certain religious or denominational considerations in making specified employment decisions which relate to teaching staff (such as decisions on appointment or promotion).

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 S.I. 2004/2262).