# Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2003 S.I. 2003/3108 · made 27 November 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-order-2003/pdf/uksi_20033108_en.pdf ## Introductory text 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 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) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st 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 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. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3108 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-independent-schools-england-order-2003 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.