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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-independent-schools-england-order-2025/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/1046",
  "legislation_title": "The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-independent-schools-england-order-2025",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order designates the independent schools listed in article 2(1) as having the religious character specified in article 2(2).\nThis Order revokes the instruments listed in article 3 to the extent set out in that article. The revocations relate to schools that have either closed or that could not continue to be designated as a school having a religious character.\nUnder section 124A of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, independent schools which are designated are permitted to take account of certain religious or denominational considerations when making specified employment decisions relating to teaching staff (such as decisions on appointment or promotion).\nDesignation 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).\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1046/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:11:16.913646+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."
}