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The Designation of Schools having a Religious Character (England) Order 2009

Made

10th December 2009

The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 69(3) and (4) and 138(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998(1).

In making this Order the Secretary of State has followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) Regulations 1998(2).

Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools having a Religious Character (England) Order 2009.

Designation of schools

2. The schools listed in column (1) of the Schedule (all of which are voluntary schools, or are new schools that have temporary governing bodies and which will be voluntary schools when established) are designated as schools having a religious character.

3. In relation to each designated school, the religion or religious denomination (or, as the case may be, each such religion or religious denomination) in accordance with whose tenets religious education is, or may be, required to be provided at the school is listed in column (3) of the Schedule.

J D Loosley

Deputy Director

Department for Children, Schools and Families

10th December 2009

Regulations 2 and 3

SCHEDULE Schools having a religious character

(1) Name and Postcode of School (2) Category of School (3) Religion or Religious Denomination
Barnet

The Jewish Community Secondary School

EN4 9AR

Voluntary aided Jewish

Bath and North East

Somerset

St Nicholas CofE Primary School

BA3 3QH

Voluntary controlled Church of England
Blackburn with Darwen

Blackburn The Redeemer CofE Primary School

BB2 4JJ

Voluntary aided Church of England
Bolton

St Catherine´s CofE Primary School

BL6 5SJ

Voluntary aided Church of England
Bury
St Luke´s CE Primary School BL9 9JQ Voluntary controlled Church of England

Calderdale

Walsden St Peter´s CE (VC)

Primary School

OL14 6RN

Voluntary controlled

Church of England

Cheshire East

Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary

School

SK11 7SF

Voluntary aided Roman Catholic/Church of England
Cheshire West and Chester

Saughall All Saints Church of

England School

CH1 6EP

Voluntary controlled Church of England

Ealing

Khalsa VA Primary School

UB2 4LA

Voluntary aided

Sikh

Halton

St Chad´s Catholic and Church of England High School

WA7 5YH

Voluntary aided Roman Catholic/Church of England
Manchester

The Divine Mercy Roman Catholic Primary School

M14 7SH

Voluntary aided Roman Catholic
Middlesbrough

Trinity Catholic College

TS5 7EY

Voluntary aided Roman Catholic
Oldham

Holy Cross CofE Primary School

OL1 3PU

Voluntary aided Church of England

Shropshire

Holy Trinity Church of

England Primary School

SY11 2LF

Voluntary controlled Church of England

Mereside Church of England Primary School

SY2 6LE

Voluntary controlled Church of England

Meole Brace Church of England Primary and

Nursery School

SY3 9HG

Voluntary controlled Church of England

Oakmeadow Church of England Primary and

Nursery School

SY3 0NU

Voluntary controlled Church of England

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the voluntary schools named in the Order as having a religious character in accordance with section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 ("the Act").

Designation as a school which has a religious character is relevant for a number of purposes under the Act, notably:

(a) as part of the mechanism for determining the form of religious education to be provided under Schedule 19 to the Act;

(b) as part of the mechanism for determining the form of collective worship to be provided under Schedule 20 to the Act;

(c) as part of the mechanism for determining school staffing matters under sections 58 to 60 of the Act;

(d) for the purposes of the determination of admission arrangements under section 89 of the Act having regard to the code of practice issued under section 84;

(e) for the purposes of the disposition of assets under paragraph of Schedule 3 to the Act, so that assets can be re-assigned for the benefit of schools of the same religion or religious denomination.

(2)

S.I. 1998/2535, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Back [2]



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