# The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2005 S.I. 2005/1195 · made 14 April 2005 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-2005/pdf/uksi_20051195_en.pdf ## Introductory text EDUCATION, ENGLAND Made 14th April 2005 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 2005 and shall come into force on 15th April 2005. ## 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 P S A Jones A Divisional Manager in the Department for Education and Skills 14th April 2005 ## Schools Having a Religious Character (1)Name and Postcode of School (2)Relevant Religion or Religious Denomination Brighton & Hove St Christopher’s School, BN3 4AD Church of England Birmingham King Edward’s School, B15 2UA Christian King Edward VI High School for Girls, B15 2UB Christian Buckinghamshire Dair House School, SL2 3BY Church of England Wycombe Abbey School, HP11 1PE Anglican Cambridgeshire The King’s School, Ely, CB7 4DB Church of England Camden The Royal School, Hampstead, NW3 5UD Church of England Cornwall Roselyon Preparatory School, PL24 2HZ Church of England The Bolitho School, TR18 4JR Church of England Devon Blundell’s School, EX16 4DN Church of England Dorset Port Regis School, SP7 9QA Church of England Kent Beechwood Sacred Heart School, TN2 3QD Roman Catholic Northbourne Park School, CT14 0NW Anglican St Edmund’s School, CT2 8HU Church of England Lewisham St Dunstan’s College, SE6 4TY Church of England Newbury Downe House, RG18 9JJ Church of England Oxfordshire Iqra School, OX4 3HB Islamic Summer Fields School, OX2 7EN Church of England Tudor Hall School, OX16 9UR Anglican Redbridge Bancroft’s School, IG8 0RF Church of England Solihull Solihull School, B91 3DJ Church of England Somerset Wellington School, TA21 8NT Christian Suffolk Framlingham College (Albert Memorial College), IP13 9EY Church of England Brandeston Hall Junior School, IP13 9EY Church of England Ipswich School, IP1 3SG Church of England Surrey Cranleigh School, GU6 8QQ Church of England Lanesborough School, GU1 2EL Christian Milbourne Lodge Junior School, KT10 9EA Church of England St David’s School, TW15 3DZ Church of England The Royal Grammar School, GU1 3BB Christian Swindon Maranatha Christian School, SN6 7SQ Christian Wakefield Ackworth School, WF7 7LT Society of Friends (Quakers) Wandsworth Broomwood Hall School, SW12 8NR Christian Northcote Lodge School, SW11 6EL Christian West Sussex Farlington School, RH12 3PN Church of England Lavant House, PO18 9AB Church of England Windlesham House School, RH20 4AY Anglican ## 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/2005/1195 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-independent-schools-england-order-2005 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.