The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2010

S.I. 2010/1174 · Made 31 March 2010 · Extends to England and Wales

Education, England

Made 31st March 2010

The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998^f1, as applied in relation to independent schools by section 124B(1)^f2 of that Act.

In making this Order the Secretary of State has followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) (Independent Schools) (England) Regulations 2003^f3.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1: 1998 c. 31.
f2: Section 124B was inserted by the Independent Schools (Employment of Teachers in Schools with a Religious Character) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2037).
f3: S.I. 2003/2314, as amended by S.I. 2004/2262.

1Citation
2Interpretation
3Designation of schools
Signature
Schedule Schools having a religious character
Explanatory note

1CitationI1

This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2010.

2InterpretationI1

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.

3Designation of schoolsI1

(1)

The schools listed in column (1) of the Schedule are designated as schools having a religious character.

(2)

The relevant religion or religious denomination in relation to a school listed in column (1) of the Schedule is specified in relation to that school in column (2).

Signature

P S A Jones

A Deputy Director in the

Department for Children, Schools and Families

31st March 2010

Schools having a religious characterI1

(1) Name and postcode of school	(2) Relevant religion or religious denomination
Calderdale
Trinity Academy, HX2 9TD	Church of England
F1. . .	. . .
F2. . .	. . .
F3. . .	. . .
Peterborough
Iqra Academy, PC3 8YQ	Islam
F4. . .	. . .
Somerset
The Taunton Academy, TA2 7QP	Church of England
. . .	. . .

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order designates the named independent schools 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 (S.I. 2003/2314, as amended by S.I. 2004/2262).