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The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No.6) Order 2004

S.I. 2004/2986 · Made 12 November 2004

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EDUCATION, ENGLAND

Made 12th November 2004

Coming into force 12th November 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; as amended by S.I. 2004/2262.

Contents

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

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 6) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 12th November 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

P S A Jones

A Divisional Manager in the

Department for Education and Skills

12th November 2004

Schools Having a Religious Character

(1)(2)
Name and Postcode of SchoolRelevant Religion or Religious Denomination
Bexley
Merton Court Preparatory School, DA14 4QUChurch of England
Cambridge
St Catherine’s Preparatory School, CB2 1JERoman Catholic
City of Bristol
Prospect Education Trust, BS4 3DSChristian
Gloucestershire
Aldwickbury School, AL5 1ADChurch of England
Hampshire
St Nicholas' School, GU52 0RFChurch of England
Leicester City
Leicester Grammar School, LE1 5PXChurch of England
Leicester Grammar Junior School, LE5 6HNChurch of England
Leicestershire
Fairfield Preparatory School, LE11 2AEChristian
Loughborough Grammar School, LE11 2DUChristian
Loughborough High School, LE11 2DUChristian
Northamptonshire
Maidwell Hall, NN6 9JGChristian
Slapton Pre-Preparatory School, NN12 8PEChurch of England
North Lincolnshire
Brigg Preparatory School, DN20 8EFChristian
Oxfordshire
Our Lady’s Convent Senior School, OX14 3PSRoman Catholic
Sutton
Oakhill Education Trust, SM5 4AZChristian
Warwick shire
Warwick School, CV34 6PPChristian
West Sussex
Oakwood Preparatory School, PO18 9ANChurch of England
Slindon College, BN18 0RSChurch of England
Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School, BN15 0AZChurch of England
Wolverhampton
Tettenhall College, WV6 8QXChristian

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.