2003 No. 3284
EDUCATION, ENGLAND

Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No.2) Order 2003

Made
Coming into force
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 69(3) and 124B of the School Standards and Framework Act 19981, and having followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) (Independent Schools) (England) Regulations 20032, 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.2) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 11th December 2003.

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).

Penny Jones
A Divisional Manager in the
Department for Education and Skills

SCHEDULESchools Having a Religious Character

Articles 3 and 4

(1)

(2)

Name and Postcode of School

Relevant Religion or Religious Denomination

Barnet

Kerem School N2 0RE

Orthodox Jewish

Blackburn

Westholme School BB2 6QU

Christian

Bolton

Bolton Muslim Girls School BL3 6TQ

Islam

Bournemouth

St Thomas Garnet’s School BH5 2BH

Roman Catholic

Bromley

Bishop Challoner School BR2 0BS

Roman Catholic

Brighton & Hove

Dharma School BN1 8TB

Buddhist

Camden

The Cavendish School NW1 7EY

Roman Catholic

Cheshire

Abbey Gate School CH2 2AX

Church of England

Derbyshire

Barlborough Hall School S43 4TJ

Roman Catholic

Mount St Mary’s College S21 3YL

Roman Catholic

Devon

Exeter Cathedral School EX1 1HX

Christian Anglican

Dorset

St Antony’s Leweston DT9 6EN

Catholic

Durham

Durham High School DH1 3TB

Church of England

East Sussex

Sacred Heart School TN5 6DQ

Roman Catholic

Essex

Dame Johane Bradbury’s School CB10 2AL

Christian

Gloucestershire

Dean Close School GL51 6HE

Evangelical, Church of England

Dean Close Preparatory School GL51 9QS

Evangelical, Church of England

Hackney

Beis Rochel D'Satmar Girls School N16 5DL

Jewish

Hampshire

Farleigh School SP11 7PW

Roman Catholic

St Swithuns School SO21 1HA

Church of England

Harrow

Reddiford School HA5 5HH

Church of England

Havering

Immanuel School RH1 4HR

Christian

Hertfordshire

Aldenham School WD6 3AJ

Church of England

Berkhamsted Collegiate School HP4 3AA

Anglican Christian

Immanuel College WD23 4EB

Jewish

St Albans School AL3 4HB

Christian non denominational

St Edmund’s College SG11 1DS

Roman Catholic

The King’s School Harpenden AL5 4BZ

Christian

Kent

Grace School CT20 1HE

Reformed Baptist

Lancashire

St Mary’s Hall School BB7 9PU

Roman Catholic

Stoneyhurst College BB7 9PZ

Roman Catholic

Lewisham

Olive Tree School SE13 6NZ

Islam

Lincolnshire

Conway School PE21 6PL

Church of England

Manchester

St Bede’s College M16 8HX

Roman Catholic

Merton

Wimbledon College Preparatory School SW19 4NP

Roman Catholic

North Yorkshire

Ampleforth College YO62 4ER

Catholic

Nottinghamshire

Al Karam School DN22 0PR

Islam

Oxfordshire

Sibford School OX15 5RG

Quaker

St Mary’s School OX12 8BZ

Church of England

Richmond Upon Thames

Twickenham Preparatory School TW12 2SA

Christian

Salford

Manchester Junior Girls School M7 4GN

Orthodox Jewish

Sefton

St Mary’s College L23 5TW

Roman Catholic

Somerset

King’s School Bruton BA10 0ED

Christian Anglican

King’s Bruton Preparatory School BA22 7JA

Christian Anglican

Staffordshire

Lichfield Cathedral School WS13 7LH

Church of England

Suffolk

Woodbridge School IP12 4JH

Church of England

Surrey

Notre Dame Senior School KT11 1HA

Roman Catholic

Notre Dame Preparatory School KT11 1HA

Roman Catholic

St John’s Beaumont School SL4 2JN

Roman Catholic

Torbay

Stoodley Knowle TQ1 2JB

Roman Catholic

Warwickshire

Princethorpe College CV23 9PX

Roman Catholic

West Sussex

Great Walstead School RH16 2QL

Christian

Wiltshire

Marlborough College SN8 1PA

Church of England

St Mary’s School SP7 9LP

Roman Catholic

Windsor & Maidenhead

The Marist Senior School SP5 7PS

Roman Catholic

The Marist Preparatory School SL5 7PS

Roman Catholic

Wirral

Redcourt School CH43 1TX

Roman Catholic

(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.