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Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No.2) Order 2003

S.I. 2003/3284 · Made 11 December 2003

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EDUCATION, ENGLAND

Made 11th December 2003

Coming into force 11th December 2003

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.2) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 11th December 2003.

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

11th December 2003

Schools Having a Religious Character

(1)(2)
Name and Postcode of SchoolRelevant Religion or Religious Denomination
Barnet
Kerem School N2 0REOrthodox Jewish
Blackburn
Westholme School BB2 6QUChristian
Bolton
Bolton Muslim Girls School BL3 6TQIslam
Bournemouth
St Thomas Garnet’s School BH5 2BHRoman Catholic
Bromley
Bishop Challoner School BR2 0BSRoman Catholic
Brighton & Hove
Dharma School BN1 8TBBuddhist
Camden
The Cavendish School NW1 7EYRoman Catholic
Cheshire
Abbey Gate School CH2 2AXChurch of England
Derbyshire
Barlborough Hall School S43 4TJRoman Catholic
Mount St Mary’s College S21 3YLRoman Catholic
Devon
Exeter Cathedral School EX1 1HXChristian Anglican
Dorset
St Antony’s Leweston DT9 6ENCatholic
Durham
Durham High School DH1 3TBChurch of England
East Sussex
Sacred Heart School TN5 6DQRoman Catholic
Essex
Dame Johane Bradbury’s School CB10 2ALChristian
Gloucestershire
Dean Close School GL51 6HEEvangelical, Church of England
Dean Close Preparatory School GL51 9QSEvangelical, Church of England
Hackney
Beis Rochel D'Satmar Girls School N16 5DLJewish
Hampshire
Farleigh School SP11 7PWRoman Catholic
St Swithuns School SO21 1HAChurch of England
Harrow
Reddiford School HA5 5HHChurch of England
Havering
Immanuel School RH1 4HRChristian
Hertfordshire
Aldenham School WD6 3AJChurch of England
Berkhamsted Collegiate School HP4 3AAAnglican Christian
Immanuel College WD23 4EBJewish
St Albans School AL3 4HBChristian non denominational
St Edmund’s College SG11 1DSRoman Catholic
The King’s School Harpenden AL5 4BZChristian
Kent
Grace School CT20 1HEReformed Baptist
Lancashire
St Mary’s Hall School BB7 9PURoman Catholic
Stoneyhurst College BB7 9PZRoman Catholic
Lewisham
Olive Tree School SE13 6NZIslam
Lincolnshire
Conway School PE21 6PLChurch of England
Manchester
St Bede’s College M16 8HXRoman Catholic
Merton
Wimbledon College Preparatory School SW19 4NPRoman Catholic
North Yorkshire
Ampleforth College YO62 4ERCatholic
Nottinghamshire
Al Karam School DN22 0PRIslam
Oxfordshire
Sibford School OX15 5RGQuaker
St Mary’s School OX12 8BZChurch of England
Richmond Upon Thames
Twickenham Preparatory School TW12 2SAChristian
Salford
Manchester Junior Girls School M7 4GNOrthodox Jewish
Sefton
St Mary’s College L23 5TWRoman Catholic
Somerset
King’s School Bruton BA10 0EDChristian Anglican
King’s Bruton Preparatory School BA22 7JAChristian Anglican
Staffordshire
Lichfield Cathedral School WS13 7LHChurch of England
Suffolk
Woodbridge School IP12 4JHChurch of England
Surrey
Notre Dame Senior School KT11 1HARoman Catholic
Notre Dame Preparatory School KT11 1HARoman Catholic
St John’s Beaumont School SL4 2JNRoman Catholic
Torbay
Stoodley Knowle TQ1 2JBRoman Catholic
Warwickshire
Princethorpe College CV23 9PXRoman Catholic
West Sussex
Great Walstead School RH16 2QLChristian
Wiltshire
Marlborough College SN8 1PAChurch of England
St Mary’s School SP7 9LPRoman Catholic
Windsor & Maidenhead
The Marist Senior School SP5 7PSRoman Catholic
The Marist Preparatory School SL5 7PSRoman Catholic
Wirral
Redcourt School CH43 1TXRoman Catholic

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.