Statutory Instrument 2004 No. 1378

The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No.4) Order 2004

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2004 No. 1378

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No.4) Order 2004

	Made	17th May 2004
	Coming into force	24th May 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. 4) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 24^t^h May 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

17th May 2004

SCHEDULEArticles 3 and 4

Schools Having a Religious Character

(1)	(2)
Name and Postcode of School	Relevant Religion or Religious Denomination
Barnet
Akiva School N3 2SY	Jewish
Birmingham
The Birmingham Blue Coat School B17 0HR	Church of England
Bradford
Jaamiatul Imaam Muhammad Zakaria BD14 6JX	Muslim
Buckinghamshire
Caldicott School SL2 3SL	Church of England
Pipers Corner School HP15 6LP	Church of England
Cambridgeshire
Beechwood Education Trust CB2 4XL	Christian
Sarum Hall School NW3 3EL	Church of England
Cheshire
Alderly Edge School For Girls SK9 7QE	Roman Catholic & Church of England
City of Derby
Derby High School DE23 7DT	Church of England
City of Westminster
Westminster Abbey Choir School SW1P 3NY	Anglican
Westminster Cathedral Choir School SW1P 1QH	Roman Catholic
City of York
Ebor School YO30 6WT	Quaker
Bootham School YO30 6NT	Quaker
The Minster School YO1 7JA	Church of England
Coventry
Bablake School CV1 4AW	Christian
Bablake Junior School CV1 4AU	Christian
Coventry Preparation School CV3 6PT	Christian
King Henry VIII Junior School and King Henry VIII Senior School CV3 6AQ	Christian
St David's Preparatory School CR8 3AL	Church of England
Devon
Kelly College PL19 0HZ	Church of England
St Christopher's School TQ9 6PF	Christian
Doncaster
Wheatley Hall School DN1 2TB	Christian
Dorset
Sherborne School DT9 3AP	Christian
East Sussex
Owlswick Independent School BN7 3NF	Christian
Essex
Brentwood School CM15 8AS	Christian
Peniel Academy CM15 0DG	Christian
Gloucestershire
Saint Anthony's Convent School GL14 2AA	Catholic
Havering
The Noak Hill School RM4 1RL	Christian
Kent
Acorn Study Centre ME8 9AB	Christian
Bethany School TN17 1LB	Christian
Dover College CT17 9RH	Church of England
Leicester City
Jame'ah Academy LE5 3QG	Muslim
Lincolnshire
Stamford High School PE9 2LS	Christian
Stamford Junior School PE9 2LR	Christian
Stamford School PE9 2BQ	Christian
Newbury
Elstree School RG7 5TD	Church of England
Newham
Imam Zakariya Academy E7 8AB	Muslim
Oxfordshire
Cranford House OX10 9HT	Church of England
Headington School Oxford OX3 7TD	Church of England
Magdalen College School OX4 1DZ	Christian
Rye St Antony School OX3 0BY	Roman Catholic
Plymouth
King's School PL3 5LW	Christian
Redbridge
Al-Noor Muslim Primary School IG3 9RP	Muslim
Ilford Ursuline Preparatory School IG1 4QR	Roman Catholic
Rutland
Uppingham School LE15 9QE	Church of England
Sheffield
Elsworth House Education Centre S6 1QS	Christian
Jamia Al Hudaa S9 1WD	Muslim
Surrey
Battlebridge Education Centre RH1 2HZ	Christian
Claremont Fan Court KT10 9LY	Christian Science
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton Islamic Preparatory School WV1 4RA	Muslim
Worcestershire
Bromsgrove School B61 7DU	Church of England
Malvern College WR14 3DF	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.back

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