Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 3) Order 2004

Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 577

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 3) Order 2004

Made

4th March 2004

Coming into force

11th March 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. 3) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 11th March 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).

Penny Jones

A Divisional Manager in the

Department for Education and Skills

4th March 2004

Articles 3 and 4

SCHEDULE Schools Having a Religious Character

(1)	(2)
Name and Postcode of School	Relevant Religion or Religious Denomination
Barnet
St Martha’s Convent Junior School, EN5 4BW	Roman Catholic
Wellgrove Education Centre, N20 9EQ	Christian
Bedfordshire
The Sceptre School, LU4 9DZ	Christian
Bournemouth
Parkhouse Education Trust, BH9 3JG	Christian
Bracknell Forest
Wellington College, RG45 7PU	Church of England
Buckinghamshire
Fulmer Education Trust, SL2 4EX	Christian
The Woodlands Education Trust, MK18 4WE	Christian
Camden
St Anthony’s School	Catholic
Cheshire
Greater Grace School of Christian Education, CH2 48E	Christian
Willowview Education Centre, CW1 4PP	Christian
Cornwall
Treverbyn Education Trust, PL26 8XR	Christian
Coventry
Copsewood Education Centre, CV6 4LX	Christian
Croyden
Croydon and District Education Trust, CR8 1HA	Christian
Ealing
Percival Study Centre, UB6 7LA	Christian
East Riding of Yorkshire
Hull High School and Junior School, HU10 7EH	Christian
East Sussex
Sussex Weald Education Trust, TN35 4PL	Christian
Essex
St Philip’s Priory School, CM2 0AR	Roman Catholic
Gloucestershire
Eastbrook Education Trust, GL4 3DB	Christian
St Edward’s Junior School, GL52 6NR	Roman Catholic
St Edwards' School, GL53 8EY	Roman Catholic
The Abbey School, GL20 5PD	Christian/Church of England
Hampshire
Solent Education Trust, PO9 3HN	Christian
The King’s School Senior, SO50 7DB	Christian
Winchester Christian Primary School, SO22 4BT	Christian
Hertfordshire
Lockers Park School, HP1 1TL	Church of England
Hounslow
Thamesway Education Trust, TW13 4PH	Christian
Isle of Wight
Stenbury Education Trust, PO38 3LT	Christian
Kent
Ashford School and Junior School, TN24 8PB	Christian
Leydenhatch Study Centre, DA1 1TY	Christian
Tunbridge Wells Education Trust, TN12 6DQ	Christian
Kingston upon Thames
Surbiton High School, KT1 2JT	Christian
Surbiton Junior Girls' School, KT1 2HW	Christian
Surbiton Preparatory School, KT6 4SP	Christian
Kirklees
The Branch Christian School	Christian
Leeds
Brownberrie Education Trust, LS18 4DR	Christian
Victory Academy, LS11 5JY	Christian
Lewisham
Allenby Tutorial Centre, SE23 2DF	Christian
Lincolnshire
High Leas Education Centre, LN2 2TA	Christian
Lincoln Minster School, LN2 5RW	Christian
Lincoln Minster Prep School, LN2 1QE	Christian
Liverpool
Riverside Study Centre, L36 6JF	Christian
Newbury
St Gabriel’s School, RG20 9BD	Church of England
Nottinghamshire
The Parrs Training Centre, NG9 1PJ	Christian
Norfolk
Beechcroft Study Centre, NR7 0LS	Christian
Sacred Heart Convent School, PE37 7BA	Roman Catholic
Peterborough
Medeshamstede Education Trust, 874/6001	Christian
Plymouth
Planting School, PL3 4PY	Christian
Tamar Education Trust, PL4 0NN	Christian
Reading
Redlands Education Trust, 870/6012	Christian
The Abbey School, RG1 5DZ	Christian
Sheffield
Al-Mahad Al-Islami, S9 5FP	Muslim
Southampton
The Atherley School and Grove Place Prep School, SO16 0AB	Christian
Somerset
Taunton School Educational Charity, TA2 6AD	Christian
Staffordshire
Ashwood Education Trust, ST16 3YT	Christian
St Dominic’s Priory School, ST15 8EN	Roman Catholic
Suffolk
Larchcroft Education Trust, IP4 3DH	Christian
Sunderland
Grindon Hall Christian School, SR4 8PG	Christian
Sunderland High School, SR2 8HY	Christian
Sunderland High School Junior School, SR2 6JA	Christian
Surrey
Guildford High and Junior School, GU1 1SJ	Christian
Three Counties Education Trust, GU10 3QA	Christian
The Wrekin
Castle House School, TF10 7JE	Christian
Trafford
Afifah High School, M16 9LT	Muslim
Christ the King School, M33 4AQ	Christian
Mereside Education Centre, M33 3HS	Christian
Warwickshire
Northfields Education Trust	Christian
West Sussex
Littlehaven Education Trust, 938/6261	Christian
Riverside Education Centre, BN14 8HQ	Christian
St Margaret’s School, GU29 9JN	Catholic
The Towers Convent School, BN44 3TF	Roman Catholic
Wiltshire
Cocklebury Education Trust, SN15 1LE	Christian
Worcestershire
St Mary’s Convent School, WR5 2HP	Catholic

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.