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2004 No.2986

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No.6) Order 2004

  Made 12th November 2004 
  Coming into force 12th November 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. 6) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 12th November 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).


P S A Jones
A Divisional Manager in the Department for Education and Skills

12th November 2004



SCHEDULE
Articles 3 and 4

Schools Having a Religious Character
(1) (2)
Name and Postcode of School Relevant Religion or Religious Denomination
Bexley     
Merton Court Preparatory School, DA14 4QU Church of England
Cambridge     
St Catherine's Preparatory School, CB2 1JE Roman Catholic
City of Bristol     
Prospect Education Trust, BS4 3DS Christian
Gloucestershire     
Aldwickbury School, AL5 1AD Church of England
Hampshire     
St Nicholas' School, GU52 0RF Church of England
Leicester City     
Leicester Grammar School, LE1 5PX Church of England
Leicester Grammar Junior School, LE5 6HN Church of England
Leicestershire     
Fairfield Preparatory School, LE11 2AE Christian
Loughborough Grammar School, LE11 2DU Christian
Loughborough High School, LE11 2DU Christian
Northamptonshire     
Maidwell Hall, NN6 9JG Christian
Slapton Pre-Preparatory School, NN12 8PE Church of England
North Lincolnshire     
Brigg Preparatory School, DN20 8EF Christian
Oxfordshire     
Our Lady's Convent Senior School, OX14 3PS Roman Catholic
Sutton     
Oakhill Education Trust, SM5 4AZ Christian
Warwick shire     
Warwick School, CV34 6PP Christian
West Sussex     
Oakwood Preparatory School, PO18 9AN Church of England
Slindon College, BN18 0RS Church of England
Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School, BN15 0AZ Church of England
Wolverhampton     
Tettenhall College, WV6 8QX Christian


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; as amended by S.I. 2004/2262.back


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  © Crown copyright 2004

Prepared 19 November 2004

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