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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2005 No. 2993

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No.2) Order 2005

  Made 27th October 2005 

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

Citation
     1. This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 2) Order 2005.

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 designated as schools having a religious character.

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


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

27th October 2005



SCHEDULE
Articles 3 and 4

Schools Having a Religious Character
(1)

Name and Postcode of School

 		(2)

Relevant Religion or Religious Denomination
Birmingham           
Salafi Independent School, B10 0UG Islam
Bradford           
Darul Uloom Da'watul Imaan, BD4 9PH Islam
Croydon           
Lodge School, CR8 3HB Christian
Doncaster           
Trinity Academy, DN8 5BY Christian
Enfield           
Oasis Academy Enfield, SE1 0AX Christian
Greenwich           
St Paul's Academy, SE2 Roman Catholic
Hertfordshire           
Village Montessori, HP2 6HG Christian
Liverpool           
The Academy of St Francis of Assisi, L6 1ZA Anglican, Roman Catholic
Manchester           
Hanifah Small School, M16 8BD Islam
Merton           
King's College School, SW19 4TT Church of England
Newham           
London Christian Learning Centre, E15 4HT Christian
Richmond upon Thames           
The Lady Eleanor Holles School, TW12 3HF Church of England
Surrey           
King Edward's School Witley, GU8 5SG Christian


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order designates the independent schools named 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;back

[2] section 124B was inserted by the Independent Schools (Employment of Teachers in Schools With a Religious Character) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2037).back

[3] S.I. 2003/2314; as amended by S.I. 2004/2262.back


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 © Crown copyright 2005

Prepared 7 November 2005

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