{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-independent-schools-england-order-2023/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-independent-schools-england-order-2023/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/339",
  "legislation_title": "The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-independent-schools-england-order-2023",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Designation of schools",
  "text": "(1) The following independent schools are designated as schools having a religious character—\n(a) Noorul Uloom, Blackburn with Darwen, BB2 3NY;\n(b) St Gabriel’s CofE Primary School, Devon, EX4 2BY;\n(c) St Cecilia’s Church of England Primary School, Wokingham, RG41 1BJ;\n(d) Beech Grove School, Kent, CT15 4FB;\n(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) The religion or religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets education is provided, or the school is conducted, is—\n(a) at the school designated in paragraph 1(a), Islam;\n(b) at the schools designated in paragraphs 1(b) and (c), Church of England;\n(c) at the schools designated in paragraphs 1(d) and (e), Christian.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 3(1)(e) revoked (29.8.2026) by The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (Amendment and Revocations) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/942), regs. 1(1), 3(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 18.3.2023, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/339/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:47:37.840735+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}