{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-standards-and-framework-act-1998/section-124B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-standards-and-framework-act-1998/section-124B.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/124B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "124B",
  "heading": "Designation of independent schools as having a religious character",
  "text": "(A1) Subsections (1) and (3) of section 68A (which relate to the designation of foundation or voluntary schools in Wales as having a religious character) apply in relation to an independent school in Wales as they apply in relation to a foundation or voluntary school in Wales, but as if—\n(a) in subsection (1) of that section, the references to Part 2 and the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 were a reference to this Part, and\n(b) in subsection (3) of that section, the reference to subsection (2) of that section were a reference to subsection (2) of this section.\n(1) Subsections (3) and (5) of section 69 (which relate to the designation of foundation or voluntary schools in England as having a religious character) apply in relation to an independent school in England (other than an alternative provision Academy) as they apply in relation to a foundation or voluntary school, but as if—\n(a) in subsection (3), the reference to Part 2 were a reference to this Part, and\n(b) in subsection (5), the reference to subsection (4) of that section were a reference to subsection (2) of this section.\n(2) An order made under section 68A by virtue of subsection (A1) or under section 69(3) by virtue of subsection (1) shall specify, in relation to each school designated by the order, the religion or religious denomination (or as the case may be each religion or religious denomination) in accordance with whose tenets education is provided at the school or the school is conducted.",
  "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": "S. 124B(A1) inserted (30.4.2021) by Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4), ss. 73, 84(1), Sch. 2 para. 37(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 124B(1) inserted (30.4.2021) by Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4), ss. 73, 84(1), Sch. 2 para. 37(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 124B(1) inserted (30.4.2021) by Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4), ss. 73, 84(1), Sch. 2 para. 37(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 124B(1) inserted (E.) (1.4.2012) by The Alternative Provision Academies (Consequential Amendments to Acts) (England) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/976), art. 1, Sch. para. 9 (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 124B(2) inserted (30.4.2021) by Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4), ss. 73, 84(1), Sch. 2 para. 37(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/31/section/124B",
    "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."
}