Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2003
S.I. 2003/3108 · Made 27 November 2003
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
Made 27th November 2003
Coming into force 1st 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
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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
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S.I. 2003/2314
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Interpretation
- 3Designation of schools
- 4Designation of schools
- Signature
- Schedule Schedule
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st 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
27th November 2003
Schools Having a Religious Character
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| Name and Postcode of School | Relevant Religion or Religious Denomination |
| Bath & North East Somerset | |
| Prior Park College BA2 5AH | Roman Catholic |
| Birmingham | |
| St Georges School, Edgbaston B15 1RX | Christian |
| Blackburn | |
| Markazul Uloom BB2 3NY | Islam |
| Bolton | |
| Madrasatul Imam Muhammad Zakariya BL1 8LX | Islam |
| Bournemouth | |
| St Martin’s School BH3 7NA | Church of England |
| Talbot Heath School BH4 9NJ | Church of England |
| Bromley | |
| Farringtons & Stratford House BR7 0LR | Methodist |
| Bury | |
| Darul Uloom Al Arabita Al Islamiya BL8 4NG | Islam |
| The Potters House School BL9 5HD | Evangelical Christian |
| Cheshire | |
| The King’s School, Chester CH4 7QL | Church of England |
| Cornwall | |
| Truro School TR1 1TH | Methodist |
| Croydon | |
| New Life Christian School CR0 1XP | Christian |
| Cumbria | |
| Austin Friars St Monica’s CA3 9PB | Roman Catholic |
| Derbyshire | |
| Gateway Christian School DE7 4PP | Christian |
| Devon | |
| Edgehill College EX39 3LY | Methodist |
| Shebbear College EX21 5HJ | Methodist |
| Dorset | |
| Castle Court School BH21 3RF | Christian |
| Durham | |
| Barnard Castle School DL12 8UN | Christian |
| Ealing | |
| St Benedict’s School W5 2ES | Roman Catholic |
| Hampshire | |
| Farnborough Hill GU14 8AT | Roman Catholic |
| Hertfordshire | |
| Queenswood School AL9 6NS | Methodist |
| St Columba’s College AL3 4AW | Roman Catholic |
| Kent | |
| Kent College, Pembury TN2 4AX | Methodist |
| Kent College, Canterbury CT2 9DT | Methodist |
| St Angela’s School CT8 8LX | Roman Catholic |
| Lancashire | |
| St Joseph’s Convent School BB12 6TG | Roman Catholic |
| Imam Muhammad Zakariya School PR1 3TN | Islam |
| Emmanuel Christian School FY3 0BE | Christian |
| Leeds | |
| Woodhouse Grove School BD10 0NR | Methodist |
| Leicestershire | |
| Al Aqsa Primary School LE67 9SY | Islam |
| Our Lady’s Convent School LE11 2DT | Roman Catholic |
| Norfolk | |
| Notre Dame Preparatory School NR2 3TA | Roman Catholic |
| Northamptonshire | |
| St Peter’s Independent School NN3 8TA | Christian |
| Wellingborough School NN8 2BX | Church of England |
| Northampton Christian School NN3 2HT | Evangelical Christian |
| North Yorkshire | |
| Queen Margaret’s School YO19 6EU | Anglican |
| St Martin's, Ampleforth YO62 4HP | Roman Catholic |
| Oxfordshire | |
| Kingham Hill School OX7 6TH | Protestant, Evangelical Christian |
| Our Lady’s Convent School OX14 2HB | Roman Catholic |
| Reading | |
| Leighton Park School RG2 7ED | Quaker |
| Redbridge | |
| St Joseph’s Convent School E11 2PR | Roman Catholic |
| Richmond Upon Thames | |
| St Paul’s School SW13 9JT | Church of England |
| Rochdale | |
| Emmanuel Christian School OL12 6LG | Christian |
| Sheffield | |
| Birkdale School S10 3DH | Christian |
| Somerset | |
| Downside School BA3 4RH | Roman Catholic |
| Queens College, Taunton TA1 4QS | Methodist |
| The Park School BA20 1OH | Christian |
| Stockport | |
| Covenant Christian School SK4 4NX | Christian, Evangelical |
| Stoke on Trent | |
| St Joseph’s Preparatory School ST4 5RF | Roman Catholic |
| Suffolk | |
| Culford School IP28 6TX | Methodist |
| Surrey | |
| Barrow Hills School GU8 5NY | Roman Catholic |
| St George’s College Junior School KT13 8NL | Roman Catholic |
| St George’s College KT15 2QS | Roman Catholic |
| Waltham Forest | |
| Forest School E17 3PY | Church of England |
| Noor Ul Islam Primary School E10 6QW | Islam |
| West Sussex | |
| The Prebendal School PO19 1RT | Christian, Church of England |
| Wiltshire | |
| Dauntsey’s School SN10 4HE | Christian |
| Prior Park Preparatory School SN6 5BB | Roman Catholic |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | |
| St Mary’s Ascot SL5 9JF | Roman Catholic |
| Wirral | |
| Kingsmead School CH47 0LL | Christian |
| Worcestershire | |
| The Alice Ottley School WR1 1HW | Church of England |
| The King’s School WR1 2LL | 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.