{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-standards-and-framework-act-1998/section-124A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-standards-and-framework-act-1998/section-124A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/31",
  "legislation_title": "School Standards and Framework Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-standards-and-framework-act-1998",
  "path": "section/124A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "124A",
  "heading": "Employment of teachers at independent schools having a religious character",
  "text": "(1) This section applies to an independent school which has a religious character , other than an Academy to which section 124AA applies.\n(2) Preference may be given, in connection with the appointment, promotion or remuneration of teachers at the school, to persons—\n(a) whose religious opinions are in accordance with the tenets of the religion or the religious denomination specified in relation to the school under section 124B(2), or\n(b) who attend religious worship in accordance with those tenets, or\n(c) who give, or are willing to give, religious education at the school in accordance with those tenets.\n(3) Regard may be had, in connection with the termination of the employment or engagement of any teacher at the school, to any conduct on his part which is incompatible with the precepts, or with the upholding of the tenets, of the religion or religious denomination so specified.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 5A inserted (E.W.) (1.9.2003) by The Independent Schools (Employment of Teachers in Schools with a Religious Character) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2037), regs. 1(1), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 124A(1) inserted (1.2.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), ss. 62(2), 82(3); S.I. 2012/84, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 124A(2)(3) excluded (28.7.2010) by The Academies Act 2010 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1937), art. 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/31/section/124A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:40.566698+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."
}