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

Statutory Instruments

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 12^th 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

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SCHEDULE

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.

(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).

(2)

S.I. 2003/2314; as amended by S.I. 2004/2262.