The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No.2) Order 2018

Statutory Instruments

2018 No. 1245

Education, England

The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No.2) Order 2018

Made

26th November 2018

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Secretary of State for Education, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998(1), as applied in relation to independent schools by section 124B(1)(2) of that Act, makes the following Order.

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(3).

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No.2) Order 2018 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Designation of school

2.—(1) Bradford Academy, Teasdale Street, Bradford BD4 7QJ is designated as a school having a religious character.

(2) The religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets the school is conducted is Church of England.

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Education

Peter Swift

Deputy Director

Department for Education

26th November 2018

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates Bradford Academy, Teasdale Street, Bradford BD4 7QJ (an independent school) as a school having a religious character, the religious denomination of the school being Church of England.

Under section 124A of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, independent schools which are designated as having a religious character are permitted to take account of certain religious or denominational considerations in making specified employment decisions which relate to teaching staff (such as decisions about 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).

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

(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) and has been amended by the Alternative Provision Academies (Consequential Amendments to Acts) (England) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/976).

(3)

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