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Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 3) Order 2004

S.I. 2004/577 · Made 4 March 2004

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EDUCATION, ENGLAND

Made 4th March 2004

Coming into force 11th March 2004

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 69(3) and 124B of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998f1, and having followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) (Independent Schools) (England) Regulations 2003f2, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1998 c. 31; section 124B was inserted by the Independent Schools (Employment of Teachers in Schools with a Religious Character) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2037).

f2

S.I. 2003/2314.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Designation of Schools
  4. 4Designation of Schools
  5. Signature
  6. Schedule Schools Having a Religious Character
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 3) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 11th March 2004.

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 (or, as the case may be, each such religion or religious denomination).

3Designation of Schools

The schools listed in column (1) of the Schedule are hereby designated as schools having a religious character.

4Designation of Schools

The relevant religion or religious denomination in relation to a school listed in column (1) of the Schedule is stated opposite thereto in column (2).

Signature

Penny Jones

A Divisional Manager in the

Department for Education and Skills

4th March 2004

Schools Having a Religious Character

(1)(2)
Name and Postcode of SchoolRelevant Religion or Religious Denomination
Barnet
St Martha’s Convent Junior School, EN5 4BWRoman Catholic
Wellgrove Education Centre, N20 9EQChristian
Bedfordshire
The Sceptre School, LU4 9DZChristian
Bournemouth
Parkhouse Education Trust, BH9 3JGChristian
Bracknell Forest
Wellington College, RG45 7PUChurch of England
Buckinghamshire
Fulmer Education Trust, SL2 4EXChristian
The Woodlands Education Trust, MK18 4WEChristian
Camden
St Anthony’s SchoolCatholic
Cheshire
Greater Grace School of Christian Education, CH2 48EChristian
Willowview Education Centre, CW1 4PPChristian
Cornwall
Treverbyn Education Trust, PL26 8XRChristian
Coventry
Copsewood Education Centre, CV6 4LXChristian
Croyden
Croydon and District Education Trust, CR8 1HAChristian
Ealing
Percival Study Centre, UB6 7LAChristian
East Riding of Yorkshire
Hull High School and Junior School, HU10 7EHChristian
East Sussex
Sussex Weald Education Trust, TN35 4PLChristian
Essex
St Philip’s Priory School, CM2 0ARRoman Catholic
Gloucestershire
Eastbrook Education Trust, GL4 3DBChristian
St Edward’s Junior School, GL52 6NRRoman Catholic
St Edwards' School, GL53 8EYRoman Catholic
The Abbey School, GL20 5PDChristian/Church of England
Hampshire
Solent Education Trust, PO9 3HNChristian
The King’s School Senior, SO50 7DBChristian
Winchester Christian Primary School, SO22 4BTChristian
Hertfordshire
Lockers Park School, HP1 1TLChurch of England
Hounslow
Thamesway Education Trust, TW13 4PHChristian
Isle of Wight
Stenbury Education Trust, PO38 3LTChristian
Kent
Ashford School and Junior School, TN24 8PBChristian
Leydenhatch Study Centre, DA1 1TYChristian
Tunbridge Wells Education Trust, TN12 6DQChristian
Kingston upon Thames
Surbiton High School, KT1 2JTChristian
Surbiton Junior Girls' School, KT1 2HWChristian
Surbiton Preparatory School, KT6 4SPChristian
Kirklees
The Branch Christian SchoolChristian
Leeds
Brownberrie Education Trust, LS18 4DRChristian
Victory Academy, LS11 5JYChristian
Lewisham
Allenby Tutorial Centre, SE23 2DFChristian
Lincolnshire
High Leas Education Centre, LN2 2TAChristian
Lincoln Minster School, LN2 5RWChristian
Lincoln Minster Prep School, LN2 1QEChristian
Liverpool
Riverside Study Centre, L36 6JFChristian
Newbury
St Gabriel’s School, RG20 9BDChurch of England
Nottinghamshire
The Parrs Training Centre, NG9 1PJChristian
Norfolk
Beechcroft Study Centre, NR7 0LSChristian
Sacred Heart Convent School, PE37 7BARoman Catholic
Peterborough
Medeshamstede Education Trust, 874/6001Christian
Plymouth
Planting School, PL3 4PYChristian
Tamar Education Trust, PL4 0NNChristian
Reading
Redlands Education Trust, 870/6012Christian
The Abbey School, RG1 5DZChristian
Sheffield
Al-Mahad Al-Islami, S9 5FPMuslim
Southampton
The Atherley School and Grove Place Prep School, SO16 0ABChristian
Somerset
Taunton School Educational Charity, TA2 6ADChristian
Staffordshire
Ashwood Education Trust, ST16 3YTChristian
St Dominic’s Priory School, ST15 8ENRoman Catholic
Suffolk
Larchcroft Education Trust, IP4 3DHChristian
Sunderland
Grindon Hall Christian School, SR4 8PGChristian
Sunderland High School, SR2 8HYChristian
Sunderland High School Junior School, SR2 6JAChristian
Surrey
Guildford High and Junior School, GU1 1SJChristian
Three Counties Education Trust, GU10 3QAChristian
The Wrekin
Castle House School, TF10 7JEChristian
Trafford
Afifah High School, M16 9LTMuslim
Christ the King School, M33 4AQChristian
Mereside Education Centre, M33 3HSChristian
Warwickshire
Northfields Education TrustChristian
West Sussex
Littlehaven Education Trust, 938/6261Christian
Riverside Education Centre, BN14 8HQChristian
St Margaret’s School, GU29 9JNCatholic
The Towers Convent School, BN44 3TFRoman Catholic
Wiltshire
Cocklebury Education Trust, SN15 1LEChristian
Worcestershire
St Mary’s Convent School, WR5 2HPCatholic

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the independent schools named herein 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.

A statement in the Order in relation to a school that the religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets education is provided at the school, or the school is conducted, is Roman Catholic, does not determine whether or not the school is a Catholic school according to canon law.