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2004 No. 2089

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 5) Order 2004

  Made 14th July 2004 
  Coming into force 10th August 2004 

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) (No. 5) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 10th August 2004.

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

14th July 2004



SCHEDULE
Articles 3 and 4


Schools Having a Religious Character


(1) (2)
Name and Postcode of School Relevant Religion or Religious Denomination
Bedfordshire     
Bedford School, MK40 2TU Church of England
Bournemouth     
Bournemouth Christian School, BH6 5NG Christian
Buckinghamshire     
Thornton College, MK17 0HJ Roman Catholic
City of Bristol     
St Ursula's High School, BS9 4DT Roman Catholic
City of Derby     
Derby Grammar School, DE23 4BX Anglican
Cumbria     
St Bees School, CA27 0DS Church of England
Derbyshire     
Trent College, NG10 4AD Anglican
East Riding of Yorkshire     
Northmoor Education Trust, HU16 4JS Christian
Gloucestershire     
The School of the Lion, GL1 1UY Christian
Hammersmith and Fulham     
Al Muntada Islamic, SW6 4HW Islam
Hampshire     
Itchen Valley Education Trust, SO50 4LW Christian
Thistledown Education Centre, SP11 9QF Christian
Hertfordshire     
St Francis' College, SG6 3PJ Christian
Kingston upon Hull     
Hull Grammar School, HU5 2DL Christian
Lambeth     
Lambeth Academy, SW4 9ET Christian
Lancashire     
Whinfield Study Trust, PR2 1EN Christian
Leicestershire     
Grace Dieu Manor School, LE67 5UG Roman Catholic
Lincolnshire     
St Andrew's School, NR27 9PG Quaker
Norfolk     
Norwich School, NR1 4DD Christian
Northamptonshire     
Northampton Academy, NN3 8NH Christian
Plymouth     
Fletewood School, PL4 6AN Seventh Day Adventist
Rutland     
Oakwood School, LE15 6DT Anglican
Somerset     
Quantock Education Trust, BA20 2EQ Christian
Southwark     
Bacon's College, SE16 1AG 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. 2003/2314.back


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Prepared 10 August 2004

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