# Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No.2) Order 2003 S.I. 2003/3284 · made 11 December 2003 This Order designates the independent schools named herein as having a religious character. Made under: School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Section 69, Section 124B) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-independent-schools-england-no2-order-2003/pdf/uksi_20033284_en.pdf ## Introductory text 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 1998, and having followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) (Independent Schools) (England) Regulations 2003, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Order: ## 1 Citation 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. ## 2 Interpretation 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). ## 3 Designation of Schools The schools listed in column (1) of the Schedule are hereby designated as schools having a religious character. ## 4 Designation 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 School Relevant Religion or Religious Denomination Barnet Kerem School N2 0RE Orthodox Jewish Blackburn Westholme School BB2 6QU Christian Bolton Bolton Muslim Girls School BL3 6TQ Islam Bournemouth St Thomas Garnet’s School BH5 2BH Roman Catholic Bromley Bishop Challoner School BR2 0BS Roman Catholic Brighton & Hove Dharma School BN1 8TB Buddhist Camden The Cavendish School NW1 7EY Roman Catholic Cheshire Abbey Gate School CH2 2AX Church of England Derbyshire Barlborough Hall School S43 4TJ Roman Catholic Mount St Mary’s College S21 3YL Roman Catholic Devon Exeter Cathedral School EX1 1HX Christian Anglican Dorset St Antony’s Leweston DT9 6EN Catholic Durham Durham High School DH1 3TB Church of England East Sussex Sacred Heart School TN5 6DQ Roman Catholic Essex Dame Johane Bradbury’s School CB10 2AL Christian Gloucestershire Dean Close School GL51 6HE Evangelical, Church of England Dean Close Preparatory School GL51 9QS Evangelical, Church of England Hackney Beis Rochel D'Satmar Girls School N16 5DL Jewish Hampshire Farleigh School SP11 7PW Roman Catholic St Swithuns School SO21 1HA Church of England Harrow Reddiford School HA5 5HH Church of England Havering Immanuel School RH1 4HR Christian Hertfordshire Aldenham School WD6 3AJ Church of England Berkhamsted Collegiate School HP4 3AA Anglican Christian Immanuel College WD23 4EB Jewish St Albans School AL3 4HB Christian non denominational St Edmund’s College SG11 1DS Roman Catholic The King’s School Harpenden AL5 4BZ Christian Kent Grace School CT20 1HE Reformed Baptist Lancashire St Mary’s Hall School BB7 9PU Roman Catholic Stoneyhurst College BB7 9PZ Roman Catholic Lewisham Olive Tree School SE13 6NZ Islam Lincolnshire Conway School PE21 6PL Church of England Manchester St Bede’s College M16 8HX Roman Catholic Merton Wimbledon College Preparatory School SW19 4NP Roman Catholic North Yorkshire Ampleforth College YO62 4ER Catholic Nottinghamshire Al Karam School DN22 0PR Islam Oxfordshire Sibford School OX15 5RG Quaker St Mary’s School OX12 8BZ Church of England Richmond Upon Thames Twickenham Preparatory School TW12 2SA Christian Salford Manchester Junior Girls School M7 4GN Orthodox Jewish Sefton St Mary’s College L23 5TW Roman Catholic Somerset King’s School Bruton BA10 0ED Christian Anglican King’s Bruton Preparatory School BA22 7JA Christian Anglican Staffordshire Lichfield Cathedral School WS13 7LH Church of England Suffolk Woodbridge School IP12 4JH Church of England Surrey Notre Dame Senior School KT11 1HA Roman Catholic Notre Dame Preparatory School KT11 1HA Roman Catholic St John’s Beaumont School SL4 2JN Roman Catholic Torbay Stoodley Knowle TQ1 2JB Roman Catholic Warwickshire Princethorpe College CV23 9PX Roman Catholic West Sussex Great Walstead School RH16 2QL Christian Wiltshire Marlborough College SN8 1PA Church of England St Mary’s School SP7 9LP Roman Catholic Windsor & Maidenhead The Marist Senior School SP5 7PS Roman Catholic The Marist Preparatory School SL5 7PS Roman Catholic Wirral Redcourt School CH43 1TX Roman 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. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3284 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-independent-schools-england-no2-order-2003 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.