Explanatory note

This Order designates The Homeschool, Manifold Way, Wednesbury WS10 0GB (an independent school) as a school having a religious character, the religion of that school being Seventh Day Adventist Church.

This Order revokes the instruments listed in the Schedule to this Order to the extent set out in that Schedule. The first, second and fourth revocations all relate to schools which have been closed. The third revocation relates to a school that was closed as a school having a religious character, and reopened as a Free School.

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 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).