# Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No.3) Order 2003 S.I. 2003/3328 · made 18 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-no3-order-2003/pdf/uksi_20033328_en.pdf ## Introductory text EDUCATION, ENGLAND Made 18th December 2003 Coming into force 23rd 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.3) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 23rd 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 18th December 2003 ## Schools Having a Religious Character (1) (2) Name and Postcode of School Relevant Religion or Religious Denomination Bath & North East Somerset Monkton Combe School BA2 7HG Anglican Evangelical Monkton Combe Junior School BA2 7ET Anglican Evangelical Birmingham Priory School B15 2UR Roman Catholic Brent Brondesbury College for Boys NW6 7BT Islam The Swaminarayan School NW10 8HE Hindu Buckinghamshire St Mary’s School SL9 8JQ Anglican Cambridgeshire St Mary’s School CB2 1LY Roman Catholic Camden The Hall School NW3 4NU Church of England City of London St Paul’s Cathedral School EC4M 9AD Church of England City of Westminster Francis Holland School SW1W 8JF Church of England Francis Holland School NW1 6XR Church of England Westminster School SW1P 3PB Church of England Croydon Laleham Lea School CR8 3JJ Roman Catholic Devon Buckeridge International College TQ14 8LY Roman Catholic, Anglican Grenville College EX39 3JP Church of England St Margaret’s School EX2 4TS Church of England Trinity School TQ14 8LY Roman Catholic, Anglican East Sussex Vinehall School TN32 5JL Christian Essex New Hall School CM3 3HS Catholic Hammersmith & Fulham St Paul’s Girls' School W6 7BS Church of England Hampshire Ballard School BH25 5SU Protestant, Evangelical Embley Park Junior School SO51 6ZA Church of England Embley Park Senior School SO51 6ZE Church of England The King’s School RG21 8SR Christian Herefordshire Hereford Cathedral School HR1 2NG Church of England Hereford Catherdral Junior School HR1 2NW Church of England Islington Beehive School and Nursery N19 3SZ Christian Kent St Lawrence College CT11 7AE Evangelical Christian Lancashire Red Rose School FY8 2NQ Christian Leicestershire Jamia Islamia Islamic Studies Centre CV11 6BE Islam Liverpool Runnymede St Edward’s School L12 1LE Roman Catholic Newcastle Upon Tyne The Newcastle Upon Tyne Church High School NE2 3BA Church of England Newham Grangewood Independent School E7 8QT Christian North East Lincolnshire St James' School DN34 4SY Church of England North Tyneside The King’s School NE30 4RF Church of England North Yorkshire Queen Mary’s School YO7 3BZ Church of England Nottinghamshire Ranby House School DN22 8HX Church of England Worksop College S80 3AP Church of England Oxfordshire Bloxham School OX15 4EP Church of England Peterborough Peterborough High School PE3 6JF Church of England Portsmouth St John’s College PO5 3QW Catholic Rochester & Gillingham The Cedars School ME1 3DE Christian Sheffield Bethany School S3 7PS Christian Shropshire Ellesmere College SY12 9AB Church of England Prestfelde School SY2 6NZ Church of England Somerset King’s College, Taunton TA1 3DX Church of England King’s Hall School TA2 8AA Church of England Staffordshire Denstone College ST14 5HN Church of England School of S Mary and S Anne WS15 3BW Church of England Smallwood Manor Preparatory School ST14 8NS Church of England Surrey Rydes Hill Preparatory School GU2 8BP Roman Catholic Trafford Loreto Preparatory School WA14 4AH Roman Catholic St Ambrose Preparatory School WA15 0HE Roman Catholic Wandsworth Thames Christian College SW11 2HB Christian Warwickshire Rugby School CV22 Church of England St Joseph’s School CV8 2FT Roman Catholic The Croft Preparatory School CV37 7RL Christian West Sussex Ardingley College RH17 6SQ Church of England Hurstpierpoint College BN6 9JS Anglican Lancing College BN15 0RW Church of England Worth School RH10 4SD Roman Catholic Wiltshire St Mary’s School, Calne S11 0DF Church of England Windsor & Maidenhead The Brigidine School SL4 2AX Roman Catholic Wirral Birkenhead School CH43 2JD Christian Anglican Wokingham Bearwood College RG41 5BG Church of England ## 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/2003/3328 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-independent-schools-england-no3-order-2003 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.