# The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Wales) Order 2007 W.S.I. 2007/972 · made 21 March 2007 This Order, which comes into force on 1 May 2007, designates schools in Wales which have a religious character in accordance with section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (“the Act”). Made under: School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Section 69, Section 138) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-wales-order-2007/pdf/wsi_20070972_mi.pdf ## Introductory text EDUCATION, WALES Made 21 March 2007 Coming into force 1 May 2007 The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 69(3) and (4) and 138(7) and (8) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales, having followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) Regulations 1998. ## 1 Title, commencement and application (1) The title of this Order is the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Wales) Order 2007. (2) This Order comes into force on 1 May 2007. (3) This Order applies in relation to Wales. ## 2 Revocation This Order revokes and replaces the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Wales) Order 1999, and the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character and Amendments (Wales) Order 2004. ## 3 Interpretation In this Order “the relevant religion or religious denomination” (“y grefydd neu'r enwad crefyddol perthnasol”) means the religion or religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets religious education is, or may be, required to be provided at a school in accordance with Schedule 19 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. ## 4 Designation of the Schools (1) The schools listed in the Schedule to this Order are designated as schools having a religious character. (2) The relevant religion or religious denomination in relation to a school listed in the Schedule to this Order is— (a) Church in Wales, in the case of a school listed in Part I of the Schedule; (b) Roman Catholic, in the case of a school listed in Part II of the Schedule; and (c) Roman Catholic and Anglican school, in the case of a school listed in Part III of the Schedule. ## Signature Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998. D. Elis-Thomas The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly 21 March 2007 ## I SCHOOLS WHOSE RELIGIOUS CHARACTER IS CHURCH IN WALES LEA LEA No. School No. School Name VOLUNTARY AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS Gwynedd 661 3305 Ysgol Beuno Sant Conwy 662 3302 Ysgol Bodafon 662 3307 Ysgol San Siôr 662 3340 Ysgol Y Plas Denbighshire 663 Ysgol Trefnant Flintshire 664 3303 Ysgol Yr Esgob Voluntary Aided Primary School 664 3316 Trelawnyd Voluntary Aided Primary School 664 3317 Rector Drew Voluntary Aided School 664 3320 Ysgol Y Llan, Whitford Voluntary Primary School 664 3330 St Ethelwold’s Primary School 664 3331 Pentrobin Primary School Wrexham 665 3043 St Pauls Primary School Church in Wales Voluntary Aided 665 3301 Bronington Primary School 665 3305 Madras Primary School 665 3326 Hanmer Primary School 665 3337 Minera Primary School 665 3338 All Saints Primary School Gresford 665 3341 St Mary’s Primary School (Ruabon) 665 3342 St Mary’s (Aided) Primary School 665 3346 St Mary’s Church in Wales (Aided) School Powys 666 3300 Llanfihangel Yng Ngwynfa 666 3301 St Michael’s Church in Wales (Aided) Primary School 666 3303 Llansantffraid Church in Wales (Aided) School 666 3314 Glasbury Church in Wales (Aided) School 666 3316 Llanbedr Church in Wales (Aided) School 666 3317 Archdeacon Griffiths Church in Wales Primary School 666 3318 Priory Church in Wales School Ceredigion 667 3317 Ysgol Gynradd Gymorthedig Llanwenog Pembrokeshire 668 3310 St David Voluntary Aided Primary School 668 3315 St Aidan’s Church in Wales Voluntary Aided Primary School 668 3320 St Mark’s Church in Wales Voluntary Aided Primary School 668 3321 St Oswalds Church in Wales Voluntary Aided School Carmarthenshire 669 3302 Llanfynydd Voluntary Aided Primary School 669 3307 Ysgol Wirfoddol Penboyr 669 3321 Pentip Voluntary Aided Church in Wales Primary School 669 3322 Model Church in Wales School Swansea 670 3306 Christchurch Church in Wales School Neath Port Talbot 671 3311 Bryncoch Church in Wales School 671 3313 Alderman Davies' Church in Wales School Bridgend 672 3323 Archdeacon John Lewis Church in Wales Voluntary Aided School Vale of Glamorgan 673 3320 St Brides Major Church in Wales Primary School 673 3321 Wick and Marcross Church in Wales Primary School 673 3363 Pendoylan Church in Wales Primary School 673 3364 St Andrews Major Church in Wales Primary School 673 3365 Llansannor Church in Wales Primary School 673 3367 St David’s Church in Wales Primary School 673 3372 All Saints Church in Wales Primary School Rhondda Cynon Taff 674 3317 Aberdare Town Church in Wales Primary School 674 3319 Cwmbach Church in Wales Primary School Blaenau Gwent 677 3309 St Mary’s Brynmawr Church in Wales Voluntary Aided School Torfaen 678 3002 Ponthir Church in Wales School 678 3330 Henllys Church in Wales Voluntary Aided Primary School Monmouthshire 679 3005 Llanfair Kilgeddin Church in Wales Voluntary Aided Primary School 679 3310 Magor Voluntary Aided Primary School 679 3327 Archbishop Rowan Williams Church in Wales Voluntary Aided Primary School Newport 680 3311 Caerleon Endowed Junior School 680 3312 Caerleon Endowed Infant School Cardiff 681 3338 St Anne’s Church in Wales Infant School 681 3341 St Monica’s Church in Wales Primary School 681 3343 St Paul’s Church in Wales Primary School 681 3344 Tredegarville Church in Wales Primary School 681 3346 Llandaff City Church in Wales Primary School 681 3355 St Mary The Virgin Church in Wales Primary School 681 3357 All Saints Church in Wales Primary School 681 3366 St Fagans Church in Wales Primary School 681 3371 St David’s Church in Wales Primary School 681 3373 Bishop Childs Church in Wales Primary School VOLUNTARY CONTROLLED PRIMARY SCHOOLS Anglesey 660 3033 Ysgol Y Parch Thomas Ellis 660 3034 Ysgol Parc Y Bont 660 3035 Ysgol Llangaffo Gwynedd 661 3004 Ysgol Pont-Y-Gof 661 3005 Ysgol Gynradd Maesincla 661 3009 Ysgol Y Faenol 661 3010 Ysgol Foel Gron 661 3013 Ysgol Llandygai 661 3018 Ysgol Gynradd Llandwrog 661 3023 Ysgol Llanystumdwy 661 3029 Ysgol Tregarth 661 3030 Ysgol Gynradd Cae Top 661 3037 Ysgol Machreth 661 3041 Ysgol Gynradd Dolgellau Conwy 662 3007 Ysgol Porth y Felin 662 3020 Ysgol Babanod Llanfairfechan 662 3021 Ysgol Llangelynnin 662 3024 Ysgol Pencae 662 3032 Ysgol Ysbyty Ifan 662 3038 St George Controlled Primary School 662 3039 Ysgol Llanddoged 662 3040 Ysgol Eglwysbach 662 3059 Ysgol Llanddulas Controlled 662 3062 Betws Yn Rhos Primary School Denbighshire 663 3020 Ysgol Tremeirchion 663 3024 St. Asaph Voluntary Primary Church in Wales Infant School 663 3034 Llantysilio Church in Wales Controlled School 663 3044 Llanbedr Church in Wales Controlled School 663 3045 Ysgol Reoledig Llanfair D.C. 663 3050 Borthyn Voluntary Controlled Primary School 663 3057 Ysgol Reoledig Pantpastynog 663 3061 Ysgol Dyffryn Ial Flintshire 664 3002 Nannerch Primary School 664 3004 Rhes-Y-Cae Controlled School 664 3021 Nercwys Primary School Wrexham 665 2265 Borderbrook School 665 3028 St Peter’s Church in Wales Primary School 665 3035 Ysgol Y Wern 665 3036 Pentre Primary School 665 3042 Eyton Primary School 665 3052 St Giles Junior School 665 3053 St Giles Infants School Powys 666 3000 Llanfechain Church in Wales School 666 3002 Montgomery Church in Wales School 666 3005 Gungrog Church in Wales Infant School 666 3016 Forden Church in Wales School 666 3021 Llandysilio Church in Wales School 666 3022 Castle Caereinion Church in Wales School 666 3023 Beguildy Church in Wales School 666 3026 Gladestry Church in Wales School 666 3028 Howey Church in Wales School 666 3030 Llandrindod Wells Church in Wales Primary School 666 3031 Newbridge-On-Wye Voluntary Primary School 666 3032 Nantmel School 666 3033 Clyro Church in Wales School 666 3034 Ffynnon Gynydd School 666 3035 Knighton Church in Wales School 666 3036 Rhayader Church in Wales School 666 3037 Llanelwedd Church in Wales School 666 3042 Cwmdu Church in Wales School 666 3046 Llangedwyn Primary School 666 3048 Llangattock Church in Wales School 666 3050 Llangorse Voluntary Church in Wales Primary School Ceredigion 667 3058 Ysgol Gynradd Wirfoddol Mefenydd 667 3060 Trefilan Voluntary Controlled Primary School Pembrokeshire 668 3033 Angle Voluntary Controlled School 668 3034 Burton Voluntary Controlled Primary School 668 3035 Cilgerran Voluntary Controlled Primary School 668 3036 Cosheston Voluntary Controlled Primary School 668 3040 Llangwm Voluntary Controlled Primary School 668 3042 Manorbier Voluntary Controlled Primary School 668 3046 Mathry Voluntary Controlled Primary School 668 3047 Penally Voluntary Controlled Primary School 668 3050 Spittal Voluntary Controlled Primary School 668 3051 Stackpole Voluntary Controlled Primary School 668 3052 Tenby Infants Voluntary Controlled School 668 3053 Haverfordwest Junior Voluntary Controlled School 668 3058 Ysgol Ger Y Llan Church in Wales Voluntary Controlled School 668 3055 St Florence Voluntary Controlled School 668 3057 Hubbertston Church in Wales Voluntary Controlled Nursery and Primary School Carmarthenshire 669 3000 Ysgol Wirfoddol Abergwili 669 3002 Tremoilet Voluntary Controlled Primary School 669 3003 Laugharne Voluntary Controlled Primary School 669 3004 Ysgol Gynradd Wirfoddol Llanddarog 669 3008 Ysgol Capel Cynfab 669 3013 Ferryside Voluntary Controlled Primary School 669 3025 Ysgol John Vaughan, Llangynog 669 3026 Ysgol Gynradd Wirfoddol Llanllwni 669 3032 Cilycwm Voluntary Controlled Primary School Bridgend 672 3013 Penyfai Church in Wales Primary School Vale of Glamorgan 673 3037 St Nicholas Church in Wales Primary School 673 3047 Peterston Super Ely Church in Wales Primary School 673 3057 Gwenfo Church in Wales Primary School Torfaen 678 3027 St. Peter’s Church in Wales Primary School Monmouthshire 679 3004 Llantilio Church Voluntary Primary School 679 3022 Usk Church Voluntary Primary School 679 3031 Raglan Voluntary Church Primary School 679 3032 Osbaston Voluntary Controlled Primary School Newport 680 3000 Malpas Church in Wales Junior School 680 3001 Malpas Church in Wales Infant School Cardiff 681 3000 St Mellons Church in Wales Primary School FOUNDATION PRIMARY SCHOOLS Powys 666 5200 Ysgol Gynradd Llanerfyl VOLUNTARY AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS Rhondda Cynon Taff 674 4604 St John Baptist Church in Wales High School Cardiff 681 4608 The Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales High School 681 4609 St Teilo’s Church in Wales High School ## II SCHOOLS WHOSE RELIGIOUS CHARACTER IS ROMAN CATHOLIC LEA LEA No. School No. School Name VOLUNTARY AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS Anglesey 660 3304 Ysgol Santes Fair, St Mary’s Roman Catholic School Gwynedd 661 3300 Ysgol Santes Helen 661 3301 Ysgol Ein Harglwyddes Conwy 662 3303 Blessed William Davies Roman Catholic School 662 3333 St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School Denbighshire 663 3315 Ysgol Mair Roman Catholic School Flintshire 664 3306 St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School 664 3307 St Winefreds Roman Catholic School 664 3308 St David’s Roman Catholic School 664 3311 St Anthony’s Roman Catholic Primary School 664 3312 Ven. Edward Morgan Roman Catholic Primary School Wrexham 665 3334 St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School 665 3343 St Anne’s Roman Catholic Primary School Powys 666 3319 St Joseph’s Roman Catholic (Aided) School 666 3320 St Mary’s Roman Catholic (Aided) School Ceredigion 667 3318 St Padarns Voluntary Aided Roman Catholic Primary School Pembrokeshire 668 3311 Holy Name Voluntary Roman Catholic School 668 3312 St Mary’s Voluntary Roman Catholic School 668 3313 Mary Immaculate Voluntary Roman Catholic School 668 3314 St Francis Voluntary Roman Catholic School 668 3319 St Teilos Voluntary Roman Catholic School Carmarthenshire 669 3300 St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Llanelli 669 3301 St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Carmarthen Swansea 670 3300 St Joseph’s Junior School 670 3302 St Joseph’s Cathedral Infant School 670 3303 St David’s Roman Catholic Primary School 670 3305 St Illtyd’s Roman Catholic Primary School 670 3308 St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School Neath Port Talbot 671 3309 St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School 671 3310 St Joseph’s Infant School 671 3314 St Therese’s Catholic School 671 3316 St Joseph’s Junior School Bridgend 672 3311 St Mary’s & St Patrick’s Catholic School 672 3315 St Robert’s Roman Catholic Primary School 672 3322 St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School Vale of Glamorgan 673 3361 St Helen’s Roman Catholic Infant & Nursery School 673 3368 St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School 673 3369 St Helen’s Roman Catholic Junior School Rhondda Cynon Taff 674 3309 Our Lady’s Roman Catholic Primary School 674 3312 St Michael’s Roman Catholic Primary School 674 3313 St Gabriel & Raphael Roman Catholic Primary School 674 3314 St Margaret’s Roman Catholic Primary School Merthyr Tydfil 675 3300 St Illtyd’s Roman Catholic Primary School 675 3306 St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School 675 3307 St Aloysius Primary School Caerphilly 676 3310 St Helen’s Roman Catholic Primary School Blaenau Gwent 677 3308 St Mary’s Roman Catholic School — Brynmawr 677 3315 All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School 677 3316 St Joseph’s Roman Catholic School Torfaen 678 3319 St Alban’s Roman Catholic Primary School 678 3321 Our Lady of the Angels Roman Catholic Primary School 678 3322 St. Francis Roman Catholic Primary School 678 3324 St David’s Catholic Primary School Monmouthshire 679 3326 St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School 679 5200 Our Lady & St Michael’s Roman Catholic Primary School Newport 680 3300 St David’s Roman Catholic Junior & Infants School 680 3301 St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School 680 3302 St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School 680 3304 St Michael’s Roman Catholic Primary School 680 3305 St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Primary School 680 3306 St Gabriel’s Roman Catholic Primary School 680 3307 St David Lewis Roman Catholic Primary School Cardiff 681 3321 St Alban’s Roman Catholic Primary School 681 3323 St Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic Primary School 681 3328 St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School 681 3330 St Mary’s Catholic Primary School 681 3332 St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Primary School 681 3334 St Peter’s Roman Catholic Primary School 681 3336 St Cadoc’s Roman Catholic Primary School 681 3351 Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School 681 3353 St John Lloyd Roman Catholic Primary School 681 3354 Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School 681 3370 St Bernadette’s Roman Catholic Primary School 681 3374 St Phillip Evans Roman Catholic Primary School 681 3375 St Francis Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School VOLUNTARY AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS Denbighshire 663 4601 Blessed Edward Jones Roman Catholic School Flintshire 664 4600 St Richard Gwyn Roman Catholic High School Carmarthenshire 669 4600 St John Lloyd Roman Catholic Comprehensive School Swansea 670 5400 Bishop Vaughan Roman Catholic School Neath Port Talbot 671 4601 St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Comprehensive School Bridgend 672 4601 Archbishop Mcgrath Roman Catholic High School Vale of Glamorgan 673 4612 St Richard Gwyn Roman Catholic High School Rhondda Cynon Taff 674 4602 Cardinal Newman Roman Catholic High School Merthyr Tydfil 675 4600 Bishop Hedley Roman Catholic High School Torfaen 678 5402 St Alban’s Roman Catholic High School Newport 680 4602 St Joseph’s Roman Catholic High School Cardiff 681 4600 St Illtyds Roman Catholic High School 681 4611 Corpus Christi Catholic High School 681 5402 Mary Immaculate Roman Catholic High School VOLUNTARY AIDED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS Denbighshire 663 5900 St Brigid’s School ## III SCHOOLS WHOSE RELIGIOUS CHARACTER IS ROMAN CATHOLIC AND ANGLICAN LEA LEA No. School No. School Name Wrexham 665 4602 St Joseph’s Roman Catholic and Anglican High School ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order, which comes into force on 1 May 2007, designates schools in Wales which have a religious character in accordance with section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (“the Act”). This Order revokes and replaces the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Wales) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1814), and the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character and Amendments (Wales) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1734 (W.177)). This Order is made to reflect:— (i) the closure of some schools listed in the Orders made in 1999 and 2004; (ii) the change of category of some schools listed in the Orders made in 1999 and 2004; and (iii) the opening of some schools. Designation as a school which has a religious character is relevant for a number of purposes under the Act, notably:— (a) as part of the mechanism for determining the form of religious education to be provided under Schedule 19 to the Act; (b) as part of the mechanism for determining the form of collective worship to be provided under Schedule 20 to the Act. (c) as part of the mechanism for determining school staffing matters under sections 58 to 60 of the Act; (d) for the purposes of the determination of admission arrangements under section 89 of the Act; and (e) for the purposes of the disposition of assets under paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Act, so that assets can be re-assigned for the benefit of schools of the same religion or religious denomination. Designation as a school with a religious character will not be accepted as conclusive evidence that an endowment has been held or used, wholly or partly, in connection with the provisions at the school of religious education for the purposes of section 554(2) of the Education Act 1996. Section 554 enables appropriate authorities of any religious denomination or religion (but normally Church in Wales diocesan authorities) to make fresh provision for endowments held or used for the provision of religious education. This normally happens as a result of a school closing. In confirming eligibility for an order, the trust deeds and supporting evidence would be considered. 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) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2535). Under the Act a school must first close if it is to acquire a religious character, if it does not, as a question of fact, have one already, or where it is to change its religious character. In Wales, the only religion in accordance with those tenets religious education is, or may be, required to be provided at a school in accordance with Schedule 19 to the Act is currently the Christian religion. The relevant religious denominations within Christianity are the Church in Wales and the Roman Catholic Church A statement in the Order in relation to a school that the religion or religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets religious education is, or may be, required to be provided at the school in accordance with Schedule 19 to the Act, is Roman Catholic does not determine whether or not the school is a Roman Catholic Church school according to canon law. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/972 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/designation-of-schools-having-a-religious-character-wales-order-2007 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.