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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2007 No. 1370

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2007

  Made 25th April 2007 

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 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) Order 2007.

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.

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 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

25th April 2007



SCHEDULE
Articles 3 and 4


Schools Having a Religious Character


(1)

Name and Postcode of School

(2)

Relevant Religion or Religious Denomination

Barking           
Apex Primary School, IG11 8NW Muslim
Barnet           
Ayesha Community Education, NW9 7DA Islam
Edgware Jewish Primary School, HA8 8NX Orthodox Jewish
Durham           
The Chorister School, DH1 3EL Church of England
Hammersmith and Fulham           
Burlington Danes Academy, W12 0HR Church of England
Hampshire           
Three Counties Primary School, GU9 9PZ Christian
Manchester           
Hanifah Small School, M13 0YD Muslim
Merton           
St Mark's Church of England Academy, CR4 1SF Church of England
Waltham Forest           
Lantern of Knowledge Secondary School, E10 6QT Islam
Walthamstow Academy, E17 5DP Christian
Warwickshire           
Crackley Hall School, CV8 2FT Catholic



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 (S.I. 2003/2314, as amended by 2004/2262).


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



ISBN 978 0 11 076995 0


 © Crown copyright 2007

Prepared 8 May 2007


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