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2003 No. 3108

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2003

  Made 27th November 2003 
  Coming into force 1st December 2003 

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 69(3) and 124B of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998[1], and having followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) (Independent Schools) (England) Regulations 2003[2] the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement
     1. This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st December 2003.

Interpretation
     2. In this Order "the relevant religion or religious denomination" means the religion or religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets education is provided at the school, or the school is conducted (or, as the case may be, each such religion or religious denomination).

Designation of schools
     3. The schools listed in column (1) of the Schedule are hereby designated as schools having a religious character.

     4. The relevant religion or religious denomination in relation to a school listed in column (1) of the Schedule is stated opposite thereto in column (2).


Penny Jones
A Divisional Manager in the Department for Education and Skills

27th November 2003



SCHEDULE
Articles 3 and 4

Schools Having a Religious Character
(1) (2)
Name and Postcode of School Relevant Religion or Religious Denomination
         
Bath & North East Somerset     
Prior Park College BA2 5AH Roman Catholic
Birmingham     
St Georges School, Edgbaston B15 1RX Christian
Blackburn     
Markazul Uloom BB2 3NY Islam
Bolton     
Madrasatul Imam Muhammad Zakariya BL1 8LX Islam
Bournemouth     
St Martin's School BH3 7NA Church of England
Talbot Heath School BH4 9NJ Church of England
Bromley     
Farringtons & Stratford House BR7 0LR Methodist
Bury     
Darul Uloom Al Arabita Al Islamiya BL8 4NG Islam
The Potters House School BL9 5HD Evangelical Christian
Cheshire     
The King's School, Chester CH4 7QL Church of England
Cornwall     
Truro School TR1 1TH Methodist
Croydon     
New Life Christian School CR0 1XP Christian
Cumbria     
Austin Friars St Monica's CA3 9PB Roman Catholic
Derbyshire     
Gateway Christian School DE7 4PP Christian
Devon     
Edgehill College EX39 3LY Methodist
Shebbear College EX21 5HJ Methodist
Dorset     
Castle Court School BH21 3RF Christian
Durham     
Barnard Castle School DL12 8UN Christian
Ealing     
St Benedict's School W5 2ES Roman Catholic
Hampshire     
Farnborough Hill GU14 8AT Roman Catholic
Hertfordshire     
Queenswood School AL9 6NS Methodist
St Columba's College AL3 4AW Roman Catholic
Kent     
Kent College, Pembury TN2 4AX Methodist
Kent College, Canterbury CT2 9DT Methodist
St Angela's School CT8 8LX Roman Catholic
Lancashire     
St Joseph's Convent School BB12 6TG Roman Catholic
Imam Muhammad Zakariya School PR1 3TN Islam
Emmanuel Christian School FY3 0BE Christian
Leeds     
Woodhouse Grove School BD10 0NR Methodist
Leicestershire     
Al Aqsa Primary School LE67 9SY Islam
Our Lady's Convent School LE11 2DT Roman Catholic
Norfolk     
Notre Dame Preparatory School NR2 3TA Roman Catholic
Northamptonshire     
St Peter's Independent School NN3 8TA Christian
Wellingborough School NN8 2BX Church of England
Northampton Christian School NN3 2HT Evangelical Christian
North Yorkshire     
Queen Margaret's School YO19 6EU Anglican
St Martin's, Ampleforth YO62 4HP Roman Catholic
Oxfordshire     
Kingham Hill School OX7 6TH Protestant, Evangelical Christian
Our Lady's Convent School OX14 2HB Roman Catholic
Reading     
Leighton Park School RG2 7ED Quaker
Redbridge     
St Joseph's Convent School E11 2PR Roman Catholic
Richmond Upon Thames     
St Paul's School SW13 9JT Church of England
Rochdale     
Emmanuel Christian School OL12 6LG Christian
Sheffield     
Birkdale School S10 3DH Christian
Somerset     
Downside School BA3 4RH Roman Catholic
Queens College, Taunton TA1 4QS Methodist
The Park School BA20 1OH Christian
Stockport     
Covenant Christian School SK4 4NX Christian, Evangelical
Stoke on Trent     
St Joseph's Preparatory School ST4 5RF Roman Catholic
Suffolk     
Culford School IP28 6TX Methodist
Surrey     
Barrow Hills School GU8 5NY Roman Catholic
St George's College Junior School KT13 8NL Roman Catholic
St George's College KT15 2QS Roman Catholic
Waltham Forest     
Forest School E17 3PY Church of England
Noor Ul Islam Primary School E10 6QW Islam
West Sussex     
The Prebendal School PO19 1RT Christian, Church of England
Wiltshire     
Dauntsey's School SN10 4HE Christian
Prior Park Preparatory School SN6 5BB Roman Catholic
Windsor and Maidenhead     
St Mary's Ascot SL5 9JF Roman Catholic
Wirral     
Kingsmead School CH47 0LL Christian
Worcestershire     
The Alice Ottley School WR1 1HW Church of England
The King's School WR1 2LL Church of England


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order designates the independent schools named herein as having a religious character.

Under section 124A of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, independent schools which are so designated are permitted to take account of certain religious considerations in making specified employment decisions which relate to teaching staff.

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) (Independent Schools) (England) Regulations 2003.

A statement in the Order in relation to a school that the religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets education is provided at the school, or the school is conducted, is Roman Catholic, does not determine whether or not the school is a Catholic school according to canon law.

Notes:

 [1] 1998 c. 31; section 124B was inserted by the Independent Schools (Employment of Teachers in Schools with a Religious Character) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2037).back

[2] S.I. 2003/2314back


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  Prepared 5 December 2003

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