2013 No. 2162
Education, England
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2013
Made 30th August 2013

The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, as applied in relation to independent schools by section 124B(1) of that Act.
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) and has been amended by the Alternative Provision Academies (Consequential Amendments to Acts) (England) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/976).
In making this Order the Secretary of State has followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) (Independent Schools) (England) Regulations 2003.
S.I. 2003/2314, as amended by S.I. 2004/2262.

1 Citation
This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2013.

2 Interpretation
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.

3 Designation of schools
1 The schools listed in column (1) of Schedule 1 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 Schedule 1 is specified in relation to that school in column (2).

4 Revocations
The instruments listed in column (1) of Schedule 2 (which have the references listed in column (2)) are revoked to the extent indicated in column (3).
Peter Swift A Deputy Director in the Department for Education 30th August 2013

SCHEDULE 1 Schools having a religious character
Article 3
(1) Name and postcode of school	(2) Relevant religion or religious denomination
Barnet	
Alma Primary, N12 8PE	Jewish
Bexley	
Hope Community School, DA14 5BU	Christian
Blackburn with Darwen	
The Olive School, BB1 7EY	Islam
Buckinghamshire	
Khalsa Secondary School, SL2 4PQ	Sikh
Cheshire West and Chester	
University Cathedral Free School, CH1 2HU	Church of England
Ealing	
William Perkin Church of England High School, UB6 8QD	Church of England
Hackney	
The Olive School, N16 6AA	Islam
Vishnitz Girls School, N16 5ES	Orthodox Jewish
Harrow	
Harrow Primary School, HA1 2LS	Islam
Herefordshire	
St Mary’s CE Primary School, Dilwyn, HR4 8HR	Church of England
Hounslow	
Nishkam School West London, TW7 5XB	Sikh
Kent	
Hope Community School, DA14 5BU	Christian
Trinity School Sevenoaks, TN13 2DN	Christian
Leeds	
Leeds Jewish Free School, LS17 7TN	Jewish
Newcastle upon Tyne	
Bahr Academy, NE4 6PR	Sunni Deobandi
Oldham	
Westwood High, OL9 6HR	Islam
Oxfordshire	
Tyndale Community School, OX4 2JX	Christian
Richmond upon Thames	
Hampton Church of England Primary, TW12 2HP	Church of England
Southwark	
ARK All Saints, SE5 0UB	Church of England
Stoke on Trent	
North Road Academy, ST6 2BP	Islam
Wandsworth	
Mosaic Jewish Primary School, SW19 5QD	Jewish

SCHEDULE 2 Revocations
Article 4
(1)Regulations revoked	(2) References	(3) Extent of revocation
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No 2) Order 2004	S.I. 2004/354	In the Schedule, the entry in relation to Northampton High School NN4 6UU
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No 2) Order 2005	S.I. 2005/2993	In the Schedule, the entry in relation to Oasis Academy, Enfield SE1 0AX
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2009	S.I. 2009/510	In the Schedule, the entries in relation to: Oasis Academy Brightstowe. BS11 0EB; Oasis Academy Bristol, BS14 9BU; Oasis Academy Coulsdon, CR5 1ES; Oasis Academy MediaCityUK, M6 8GG; Oasis Academy Lord’s Hill, SO16 9RG; and Oasis Academy Mayfield, SO19 9LX
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No 3) Order 2009	S.I. 2009/3276	In the Schedule, the entries in relation to: Oasis Academy Shirley Park, CR9 7AL; Oasis Academy Hadley, EN3 5PA; Oasis Academy Wintringham, DN32 0AZ; and Oasis Academy Immingham, DN40 1JU
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No 2) Order 2010	S.I. 2010/1771	In the Schedule, the entry in relation to Oasis Academy Oldham, OL8 3PT

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates the independent schools listed in Schedule 1 as having a religious character and revokes the instruments listed in Schedule 2 to the extent set out in that Schedule. The revocations relate to schools which will no longer be designated with 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 or denominational considerations in making specified employment decisions which relate to teaching staff (such as decisions on appointment or promotion).
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 S.I. 2004/2262).