The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 2) Order 2008

Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 2340

Education, England

The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 2) Order 2008

Made

29th August 2008

The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred 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.

In relation to the making of the Order the Secretary of State has followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) (Independent Schools) (England) Regulations 2003(3).

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 2) Order 2008.

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.—(1) The schools listed in column (1) of the Schedule are designated as schools having a religious character.

(2) 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 Children, Schools and Families

29th August 2008

Article 3

SCHEDULE Schools Having a Religious Character

(1) Name and Postcode of School	(2) Re levant Religion or Religious Denomination
Barnet
Wren Academy, N12 9HB	Church of England
Cambridgeshire
Heritage School, CB2 1JE	Christian
Cheshire
Riverside Study Centre, CW1 4PP	Christian Brethren
City of Bristol
Bristol Cathedral Choir School, BS1 5TS	Church of England
Kingston upon Hull, City of
Archbishop Sentamu Academy, HU9 4HD	Church of England
Leicester
Leicester Grammar School, LE8 9DJ	Anglican
Luton
Oakwood Primary School, LU1 3RR	Islamic
Norfolk
Breckland Park School, PE37 7XD	Christian
Southwark
London Christian School, SE16 2TN	Christian
West Sussex
Boundstone Academy, BN15 9QZ	Christian
Littlehampton Academy, BN17 6DQ	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 (S.I. 2003/2314, as amended by 2004/2262).

(1)

1998 c. 31.

(2)

Section 124B was inserted by the Independent Schools (Employment of Teachers in Schools with a Religious Character) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2037).

(3)

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